Anybody want a cat? It’s not the cute one. It’s the hate filled, mentally ill one that just puked all over my bedroom floor.
RAGERAGERAGE
Can someone smarter than me explain why we are still raging about this? Should the context of who put this together change our perception? Should fried chicken and collard greens be banned in February so people with privilege don’t have to feel guilty about their tenuous understanding of anything concerning African-American culture or experience in the United States?
After watching the interview with the chef, I hope she doesn’t lose her job.
john:
Someone used Kickstarter to encase a Detroit home in ice.
Ice House art project - compelling use of the very cool Kickstarter
The flash went off while my cold fingers fumbled with the settings. The trees, scrappy things clinging to the steep hill behind the house, shifted in the gusting wind and suddenly assumed a menacing quality.
6:15 a.m. Everything is faintly orange from the city lights reflecting off the low clouds.
"[Obama was elected because] we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."
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Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo, in his opening-night speech at the National Tea Party Convention (via TPM)
Literacy and civics test were used during the Jim Crow era to keep blacks from voting. Note that this is the same man who said Sonia Sotomayor was a member of the “Latino KKK” and who’s former speechwriter (for his failed presidential run) plead guilty to delivering a “karate chop” to a random black woman after calling her a nigger.
(via ericmortensen)
A resident prepares mud cakes at the zone of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince. The cakes, made of mud with a bit of salt and vegetable oil spread, are a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs. (Via)
The city is looking especially clear and pretty tonight. This picture doesn’t do the view from my bedroom window any amount of justice.
I see the antenna up the hill from where I live, so I guess I’m kinda in this picture. You have an amazing view.
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