January 2012
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“If popular stereotypes about classical music held true, the genre should have...”
– (via thenoobyorker)
$5 Student tickets at Orchestra Hall in Mpls.
Although I did once splurge for a date and paid $160 for two tickets to see The Rite of Spring.
Think I'm going to nominate myself as Miss Native...
adailyriot:
angelangheart:
adailyriot:
hahaha can we please have tumblr native royalty
… who ever wins it has to take a picture and everything… make a video speech lol
Let’s do it! or y’all scared to go against me?! mwahaha
so down!
how are we gonna decide this?
who wants in?!
I volunteer to judge.
I might even be impartial.
Today we remember the Lakota men, women, and...
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I can't watch Doctor Who until I join Eric in...
Don’t know how I’m going to cope with this.
Eric bought a bag of Kit Kats.
They’ll all be gone by the time he gets back to SF.
Although how the hell does it take two minutes for...
HE'S IN MINNESOTA!!! UGUISE, HE'S IN MINNESOTA!!!
SANTA'S GOING TO BE IN MADISON! HE'S ALMOST HERE!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
waawaatesi: ndnsurgency: trillationship:... →
nakkyy:
ayiman:
ndnsurgency:
trillationship:
ndnsurgency:
trillationship:
so i made some frybread right
my mom tried to put icing on it
wtf are you doing
WHITE PEOPLE
She’s trying to make it into a beaver tail? LOL.
the woman’s gone mad
don’t deface my FRYBREAD
I was gonna eat it…
I like putting a little maple syrup it sometimes, but I usually prefer it plain or with some...
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ayiman replied to your post: Solution to my longing for Minnesota?
we don’t want another frozen shithole.
It ain’t frozen right now (which is fantastic, considering I’ll be there next Thursday).
Plus the following:
More money to fund your healthcare system
An economy that isn’t solely reliant upon mining
More great accents!
More Anishinaabeg. Can throw in some Dakota, as...
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Solution to my longing for Minnesota?
Watch all movies that take place there.
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ayiman:
nakkyy:
hopefullyitsbeautiful:
“The legend of the dream catcher is believed to have originated with the American Red Indians. The dream catcher allows good dreams to flow through the spirit hole in the centre of the web. Bad dreams are trapped in the web and then disappear with the morning sun.”
“The American Red Indians”
-_-
“The legend of the lager can is believed to have...
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Heading to Minneapolis next Thursday!
Lube up, folks - Imma coming your way…
(Although I have to go to Oakland, and my layover is at LAX… so I may not make it there until next year)
How Do You Prove You’re an Indian? →
adailyriot:
AMERICA’S first blood quantum law was passed in Virginia in 1705 in order to determine who had a high enough degree of Indian blood to be classified an Indian — and whose rights could be restricted as a result. You’d think, after all these years, we’d finally manage to kick the concept. But recently, casino-rich Indian tribes in California have been using it themselves to cast...
Day 5: What is a word in your language
nakkyy:
angelangheart:
Yuspupi It means change as in money
It’s my favorite word right now.. I don’t know why.. probably because of how it’s pronounced.. “yoush-poo-pee” hahaha
škoškópa (bent, curved) had been my favorite for a bit there
I like the way it’s pronounced too =]
Uzhín shtan - someone who begs with their eyes (not a pleasant term)
“…two women sailors became the first to share the coveted “first kiss” on the...”
– For First Time, Navy Chooses Two Women To Share Traditional “First Kiss” - Liberaland
(via brooklynmutt)
I can see most sailors that I used to work with being very OK with this.
(via jasencomstock)
Daaaaawwwww
“A vaccine that may prevent HIV has been given the green light by the U.S. Food...”
– HIV vaccine trial approved by FDA - Health - CBC News
Holy cow this is fantastic news.
(via ubermichael)
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jakke replied to your post: jakke replied to your link: Hungary’s…
Ugh, what is the point of the EU having these rules if they don’t enforce them? The Hungarian govt is trampling human rights and democracy and deserves to be smacked down hard.
Agreed. At the very least, it would give some support to the Hungarian populace to oppose this bullshit.
And we both know the EU is terrible at...
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jakke replied to your link: Hungary’s Constitutional Revolution by Kim Lane Scheppele
What are the odds the EU would actually impose sanctions on Hungary? Will it all be increasingly strongly worded letters?
I would wager on the strongly worded letters.
Sanctions, much less expulsion, seem pretty damn unlikely.
Hungary’s Constitutional Revolution by Kim Lane... →
Last week, Paul Krugman’s column “Depression and Democracy” called attention to Hungary’s “authoritarian slide.” Since I was one of the sources for Paul’s column, I’d like to explain why I have been alarmed at the state of both constitutionalism and democracy in Hungary.
In a free and fair election last spring in Hungary, the center-right political party, Fidesz, got 53% of the vote. This...
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“This is likely a reasonable assumption when considering a large population of...”
– Okay this is a sentence I actually just typed. (via jakke)
Your secret is safe with us.
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ShortFormBlog: Recession-era must have,... →
shortformblog:
correlation This year, nail polish sales jumped 59% from 2010. Despite economic troubles, it appears that painted nails are one expense that’s worth the plunge. “Beauty is one thing women never forget about,” said Demitrius Simpkins, a manager at a New York salon.
causation Such a growth in…
Um… duh.
Make-up. Recessions.
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One of my pecs is larger than the other.
I'm going to celebrate Barcelona's victory by...
I have nothing better to do today.
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Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. -... →
shortformblog:
rubenfeld:
The must-read of the weekend:
WHEN I was 14, my mother told me not to panic if a police officer stopped me. And she cautioned me to carry ID and never run away from the police or I could be shot. In the nine years since my mother gave me this advice, I have had numerous occasions to consider her wisdom.
Agree with Sam. Another key line: “Maybe blacks and brown...
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OH GOD I LEFT GRINDR ON OVERNIGHT.
Personal Genome Service™ →
cuntymint:
thenoobyorker:
Get to know your DNA. All it takes is a little bit of spit.
I want this to be my gift to myself, but I’ll admit that it’s a little scary.
This makes me really claustrophobic and anxious for a few reasons.
:(
The Havasupai and Arizona State University.
CRISIS IN ALABAMA: Investigating the Devastating... →
thetart:
excerpt from the report, bold by me:
At an ad hoc hearing on Nov. 21, Mary Bauer shared a “small sample of the kinds of concerns people have raised” through the hot line, including:
A worker called to say his employer refused to pay him, citing HB 56, and stated the worker had no right to be paid under this law.
Latino workers on a construction jobsite were threatened by a group of...
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oh to clarify "faygeleh" means "gay man" in...
jakke:
It’s literally “little bird”, and has the same connotations of effeteness as that would suggest in English.
I think the words that end up meaning “gay” in different languages are kind of fascinating. English ended up with a word that means “jaunty” and Yiddish has “little bird” - but Mandarin has “tongzhi” which is the Communist-era term for “comrade” or “fellow-worker”, which is kind...
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Four whole hours and no mention of this? →
love-and-radiation:
how-to-kiss-distinctly-american:
I am shocked, Tumblr. Shocked.
I saw it pass by on my Facebook feed.
I’m pleased with the decision; as much as I liked them during Season 5, they didn’t feel as well-developed in Season 6 and companions always have to leave at some point.
Eh. Amy has always been very bleh to me - less awesome than Martha, but better than Rose (Donna...
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jakke replied to your post: jakke replied to your post: jakke replied to your…
Hmph. Yeah, I guess setting your people’s optimal taxation policy and resource extraction rents doesn’t sound so aspirational. Definitely know people who have done both, but MA is generally scholarship’d in Canada.
Damn you Canadians. The amount of debt I take on will depend on how much aid my tribe can give...