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jhameia: bitchouttahell: cleophatrajones: yannickbrouwer: Thi...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:08 -0400

bitchouttahell:

cleophatrajones:

yannickbrouwer:

This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that wash up on the beach. Pictures by Ben Curtis

How glorious is this?! Upcycling at its finest…

I have a couple bracelets made from the same stuff! yay

The company’s name is Ocean Sole: http://www.ocean-sole.com/

dynamicafrica: iluvsouthernafrica: Madagascar: Beautiful...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:57 -0400

dynamicafrica:

iluvsouthernafrica:

Madagascar:

Beautiful Magadascan women: c. 1898

(the beauty and power of these women made me cry)

Felt the same way as I was scrolling through these photographs of these incredibly beautiful women. Their elaborate hairstyles and equally as immaculate clothing just blows me away.

todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, May 17, 2004:...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:35 -0400

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, May 17, 2004: Starbucks baristas in New York City sign cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World. The Starbucks Workers Union, affiliated with the IWW, continues to fight for higher wages, better working conditions, regular hours of work, and health coverage for Starbucks workers.

Gina Calaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14, released at 34

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:36 -0400

Gina Calaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14, released at 34:

socialismartnature:

When then-14-year-old Gina Celaya killed the man who tried to rape her, the state of Arizona sentenced her to life in prison.

Today — after twenty years in prison, and almost as many years of legal battles fought from state courts up to the federal court of appeals — Gina is finally free.

That’s the American “justice system” for you. Serving up injustice to poor people, people of color, and women, since 1776 … She has served more years in jail than the number of years she had been on this Earth at the time of her supposed “crime.”

Meanwhile, actual murderers and rapists walk around freely if they wear a police badge or serve in the U.S. military.

malformalady: The Jabuticaba(Plinia cauliflora) is a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:34 -0400

malformalady:

The Jabuticaba(Plinia cauliflora) is a fruit-bearing tree native to Minas Gerais and São Paulo states in southeastern Brazil. The tree is grown for its purplish-black, white-pulped fruits; they can be eaten raw or be used to make jellies and drinks (plain juice or wine). Other common names include Brazilian Grape Tree, Jaboticaba, Jabotica, Jabuticabeira, Guaperu, Guapuru, Hivapuru, Sabará and Ybapuru

Photo credit: Roberto Hoffman

Pooping & drinking Cigar City Maduro.

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Pooping & drinking Cigar City Maduro.

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Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:13:45 -0400

Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes.

reginasmom: i could not consciously go to bed tonight without...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:06:45 -0400

reginasmom:

i could not consciously go to bed tonight without reblogging this

todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, May 12, 1902:...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:59:36 -0400

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, May 12, 1902: Nearly 150,000 anthracite coal miners go on strike in Eastern Pennsylvania for higher wages, better working conditions, and recognition of their union: the United Mine Workers of America. After months of an extreme coal shortage, President Teddy Roosevelt intervened, a commission was set up, and the strike was called off after 163 days.

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melissa-moon: “When I consider the lack of cooperation in human...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:27:24 -0400

melissa-moon:

“When I consider the lack of cooperation in human society, I can only conclude that it stems from ignorance of our interdependent nature. I am often moved by the example of small insects, such as bees. The laws of nature dictate that bees work together in order to survive. As a result, they possess an instinctive sense of social responsibility. They have no constitution, laws, police, religion or moral training, but because of their nature they labour faithfully together. Occasionally they may fight, but in general the whole colony survives on the basis of cooperation. Human beings, on the other hand, have constitutions, vast legal systems and police forces; we have religion, remarkable intelligence and a heart with great capacity to love. But despite our many extraordinary qualities, in actual practice we lag behind those small insects; in some ways, I feel we are poorer than the bees.”

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

"Q. Given the problem with pesticide residues, can we expect the ban to have any effect? A. Given..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:25:58 -0400

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Q. Given the problem with pesticide residues, can we expect the ban to have any effect?

A. Given enough time, the chemicals would disappear, but of course there’s not a total ban, and it’s only set to last two years. Farmers are banned from using neonicotinoids on crops bees feed upon after December 2013, but they’ll sow treated crops in October 2013, which means the chemicals will persist in growing plants until the summer of 2014, and then the ban will expire in 2015. It will hardly have been in place in real terms. People will surely campaign for an extension, but they won’t have any more evidence than we do now, since it’s unlikely there will be a dramatic change in bee population when the chemicals remain in the soil. They’re still being used quite extensively on winter wheat [not pollinated by bees], which is the most common agricultural crop in the U.K. and perhaps Europe. So in two years, we might be exactly where we are now.

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- Hive mind: Talking with the man who may save Europe’s bees | Grist (via bonnyglen)