December 2011
86 posts
You're Missing The Point: Audacious Agriculture:... →
This post goes IN.
permaculturetarian:
Campus Community Garden. Edmonton, AB.
This being my first official post, big shout out to thecallofthewild for turning me on to tumbr.
Being from Agro-Oil heavy Alberta I hear this argument all the time: “If we switched over food production to organic localized food systems we wouldn’t be…
Think Progress: 11 Facts From 2011 →
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
“Our research shows that blacks comprise 62.7 percent and whites 36.7 percent of...”
– Human Rights Watch - “Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs” (via fuckyeahdrugpolicy)
I just got word that Dr. Ben-Jochannan is in need.
Here’s a list of things need by our elder scholar of (94 years of age), whom we affectionately call, “Dr. Ben”. He’s currently in a nursing home.
pants (size 32x31), shoes (size 9), t shirts, socks, books, and a belt. DO NOT SEND MONETARY DONATIONS!!
You can send items to:
Bay Park Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
c/o Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan Rm 301
801...
“I release the fear and doubts which block the way to my creative expression.”
– Throat chakra affirmation (via serpentpriest)
“Science is not “neutral,” nor is it purely beholden to positivism. People do...”
– More Race Science: They Lock Up Those “Crazy” Negro Agitators and Call Them “Schizophrenic,” regarding Jonathan Metzl’s The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (via thetart)
this is my father’s story
(via guerrillamamamedicine)
“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that...”
– Albert Einstein (via cultureofresistance)
“Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze...”
– Noam Chomsky, The Responsibility of Intellectuals (via cultureofresistance)
Acupressure Points (index)
filtrationandmotivation:
(refer to the guide for more information)
Keep in mind: Each is on the left, as well as on the right of the body.
GB-44
Name: Yin Portals of the Foot (Gall Bladder 44)
Location: On the fourth toe, in the outer corner of the nail (so near the smallest toe). Use: Press. Effects: Enhances decisiveness and focus, while resolving anger. For timidity.
KI-3
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Hey Fran Hey: The "Your 5 Favorite Things"... →
Can I enter this contest on behalf of my and my woman? Like, put two tickets in the lottery? ;)
heyfranhey:
Most product giveaways are sponsored by beauty brands, so mixing them up is usually not an option. Or bloggers will just send you products that work for them! lol. I’ve decided to switch it up a bit. This giveaway will be a box of YOUR favorite hair products. FIVE of them, to be exact....
The "True" Meaning of Christmas?
Don’t read this if you’re not willing to ask some questions about Christianity and Christmas.
The True Meaning of Christmas
I don’t want to be a party pooper or set a blizzard down on anyone’s parade. I just need to vent. Here’s what’s got me annoyed. I was at the post office on XMas Eve, and when a worker said, “Happy Holidays,” to...
listening to "Capone n Noreaga, Mobb Deep, Tragedy... →
Knicks about to go on this west coast trip and take it to cali like this song! (i prefer the kuwait mix, though)
Hip Hop COLORING BOOK!! →
Mad props to the good brother, James Shields.
(click here) The Hip Hop Coloring Book
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Soulistic Healing) →
The Power of the Winter Solstice (click here)
Meditative/ Relaxful Music; Please Recommend!
Which specific songs help you to relax, chill, get your mind uncluttered and clear?
listening to "Old DMX - ATF [Old Version]" →
DMX - “ATF” old version * dedicated to Richie Valens & Manic Enterprises Records! http://t.co/tUX1JlAA
Listen to my station on Blip.fm! →
“We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination, and...”
– Terence McKenna (via cultureofresistance)
so-called "Teachers" Don’t Like Creative Students →
One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of authority (e.g., Bachtold, 1974; Cropley, 1992; Dettmer, 1981; Getzels & Jackson, 1962; Torrance,...
“It is hard to free fools from chains they revere.”
– Voltaire (via cultureofresistance)
Watchmylifeasafeminista:
Please help support my amazing friend Alexis Marie by funding her kickstarter project, Black Girl Abroad. You can help by making a donation, getting the word out about this project, joining the Facebook page, and telling all your friends! Alexis is a great friend, an extremely talented woman, and an all around beautiful person.
Here is her description of the project:
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“You are a seeker.
Delight in the mastery
Of your hands and your feet,
Of your...”
– Buddha (via filtrationandmotivation)
The six syllables purify the six realms of...
filtrationandmotivation:
I only knew of Dahmer vaguely, til now →
why-lips-smile:
liquornspice:
soydulcedeleche:
karnythia:
liquornspice:
For some reason (do not ask me why or how I got here because I have no idea) I was just reading about the Laotian boy killed by Jeffrey Dahmer. How two Black women found him, defended him against…
I might get back on my Samson steez... →
“Hair is an extension of the nervous system, it can be correctly seen as exteriorized nerves, a type of highly evolved ‘feelers’ or ‘antennae’ that transmit vast amounts of important information to the brain stem, the limbic system, and the neocortex. “
“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– One man’s modest plea for womankind’s right to nonviolence (via sociolab)
We all have to do better, fellas.
