May 2012
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Lucy Grey: Gendernaut: "How to Kill a Transperson"... →
On Saturday, Sanesha Stewart, a transwoman of color living in the Bronx, was murdered in her own apartment. She was 25 years old. Her accused killer, Steve McMillan, had known her for months, yet when he was arrested, he claimed to have been enraged to find out that she was what the media coverage called not really a woman. He stabbed her over and over again in the chest and throat. She tried to...
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“If there’s work to do I’ll do it. I’ve still got to stagger through the last...”
–  Maggie Smith (a truly amazing woman) :’( 
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“If I should learn, in some quite casual way, That you were gone, not to return...”
– “Sonnet V”, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. 
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Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is. Distant relatives of course Die, whom one never has seen or has seen for an hour, And they gave one candy in a pink-and-green stripèd bag, or a jack-knife, And went away, and cannot really be said to have...
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Maps: Behold ORBIS, a Google Maps for the Roman... →
Have you ever wondered how much it would cost to travel from Londinium to Jerusalem in February during the heyday of the Roman Empire? Thanks to a project helmed by historian Walter Scheidel and developer Elijah Meeks of Stanford University, all of your pressing queries about Roman roadways can be answered! This is ORBIS, an online simulation (and thoroughly brainy time sink) that allows you to...
May 19th
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Psychology: How Reading Novels Can Make You A... →
We all know that reading about heroic characters in impossible situations can be thrilling and a great escape from our otherwise drab lives. But new research shows that reading fiction can actually make us better people as well —
May 17th
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Biotechnology: A virus that creates electricity →
A virus called simply M13 has the power (literally) to change the world. A team of scientists at the Berkeley Lab have genetically engineered M13 viruses to emit enough electricity to power a small LED screen.
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Inner Christ: And the Lord said, "Thou shall not... →
innerchrist: Most conservative Christians operate with the curious delusion that the Bible condemns gay sex, gay marriage, or even gay people; in fact, I saw a person just yesterday who, quoting Leviticus, said “Those gays should be put to death, and it will be their own doing.” Their argument often uses the words of Moses in Leviticus or the words of Paul to the Corinthians and Romans, and...
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Esme Weatherwax: damnlayoffthebleach:... →
damnlayoffthebleach: korraisnottan: wetdawg: it’s just a cartoon character calm do- its just a shade lighter stop being pick- Deedee: BRHood: THIS IS WHY WE POINT THIS OUT. THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHY WE DON’T GIVE SLACK FOR “JUST A SHADE LIGHTER” OR WHATEVER. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES. THIS DOLL TEST HAS BEEN REPLICATED SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST TEN YEARS THAT YOU CAN EASILY...
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May 13th
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Stfu, Pro-Life!: World Health Organization: Key... →
stfuprolife: An estimated 19-20 million unsafe abortions take place every year. 97% of these are in developing countries. Despite its frequency, unsafe abortion remains one of the most neglected global public health challenges. An estimated 68,000 women die every year from unsafe abortion, and millions…
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xxykjkk-deactivated20121130 asked: In response to your comment about the bible not saying anything about homosexual, consensual love, it says that "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving...
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