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Dude, no one needs to ask! Just do it and tag your posts #feBREWary. Join the party!
Currently drinking a Polish beer with disappointing head.
Kyle, our studio ghost
Where’sThePixel’s primary accomplishment was alerting me to how dirty my laptop screen is.
DAY 1 : Br. Van Steenberge Augustijn Blond : Ertvelde, Belgium
7% ABV
Nebraskagasm posted about a month-long beer challenge in Chicago Mag, and I am never one to resist piggybacking someone else’s great idea.
Nebraskagasm and TheMattSmith present: #feBREWary
Each night this month, drink a different beer. Take a picture, post it to your Tumblr and tag it #feBREWary.
In the post, put the day of the challenge and the name of the beer. Maybe include some information on the beer or your own impressions of it. But drinking beer is the important part.
Go to it!
I’m hoping that day never comes because I have no gotdamn clue what that shit is
RE: people’s attitude towards Calculus.
I see Calculus everywhere.
So I’m taking this history film class and we are discussing media theory and politics, which, when discussing media theory basically goes, Marxist theory of media which is: people on top use media to frame debate and inform you of the best choices (paraphrase) and then some dude (Althasser) came after who was like, na, it isn’t all top down because other people and groups take those messages and filter them and pass them down called ISA’s (ideological state apparatuses) but then some other dude was like, that’s bs because people each internalize every message themselves and have different effects on everyone else as well.
So why I say I saw calculus everywhere is you can say you have a curve and you are trying to find the volume of the curve and you can use the biggest square possible that fits the curve (Marxist theory)- but that isn’t very accurate, so you can use several unit squares, which is more accurate, or you can use an infinite number of squares (which is a limit and a fundamental feature of calculus) to actually find the volume of the curve.
First off, props to you, Jasen, because I actually believe you understand those words you just said (I sure as hell didn’t, but I didn’t graduate college).
However, I’m not sure “discussion of Marxist media theory in a film history class” counts as a real world application.
I’ve watched that Die Antwoord video at least 5 times
And I see something new every time.
It’s like peeling an onion.
Planned Parenthood, Komen & Moving Forward
So Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure today announced that they will no longer give any funding to Planned Parenthood.
This funding allowed Planned Parenthood to provide breast examinations and referrals for mammography and ultrasound to patients at their health centers, patients who were able to be seen and treated at Planned Parenthood regardless of income or insurance, because of Planned Parenthood’s sliding scale fees and commitment to treating as many people as possible.
In the aftermath of this, which has turned into a flurry of opinion and counter-opinion, deleted comments on Komen’s Facebook wall, and a tweetstorm of epic proportion, some salient points worth consideration:
While pressuring Komen to reverse this decision is an option (and there is already an online petition going for that purpose) it seems unlikely to be effective. I am decidedly pessimistic about Komen walking back from this precipice.
Komen has said that this decision arose from a new policy of not funding any organization that is under government investigation. Since Planned Parenthood was already under investigation when the policy was changed, it’s pretty clear that the policy was targeting PP.
Moreover, this Komen policy and the subsequent de-funding came quickly behind the hiring of Karen Handel as Komen’s Senior Vice President for Public Policy. Those in Georgia recall that in 2010 Handel ran for governor of Georgia with a extremely anti-choice platform. This woman is responsible for policy decisions for Komen, and she is clearly opposed to Planned Parenthood.
And we cannot forget that the founder of Komen, Nancy Brinker, has long been tied to the highest ranks of Republican politics.
Komen didn’t cave to external pressure from the right wing, because the right wing is intrinsic to the executive power structure of Komen.
Those who rely upon Planned Parenthood as their health provider, who still need breast examinations, who still need funded referrals when there is an issue, well, they’re collateral damage in a culture war that begin more than 30 years ago and has always had its sights set not just on Planned Parenthood but any organization that supported or affiliated with them.
So where do we go from here?
Well we give Komen the business. We email (news@komen.org), we tweet (@komenforthecure), we call (972-701-2168). We absolutely refuse to donate, not directly, not by buying pink ribbon festooned (and pinkwashed) products, not by sponsoring someone for a 5K or a 3 day walk. So long as Komen plays politics with human lives, they should not see another single penny of our money.
But more importantly, far more importantly, we do donate to Planned Parenthood, we go over and above the money that they will lose because of Komen, we get every penny we can to Planned Parenthood to ensure that no one will go without a needed cancer screening, no one’s life will be placed at risk because of where they get their medical care.
Planned Parenthood — and its clients, by extension — must be our primary concern and our primary focus. The political battle will always be there, it can be put on hold for a while. The patients whose care is hanging in the balance cannot wait.
We must keep our focus, we must redouble our commitment, we must step into the breech.
Join me in making a tax-deductible donation to Planned Parenthood right now.
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Lights Out: Die Antwoord - “I Fink U Freeky”
[zef.
No one does “Die Antwoord” better than Die Antwoord.
Oh shit, YUM. (Taken with instagram)
Put Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Zigaboo Modeliste, and members of The Dap Kings in the same room… and this is what you get. Genius.
‘A La Modeliste’ for Hyundai’s RE:GENERATION LP
Good lord.
Oh wow.
sweetbee reblogged your photo: warrennotg: I swear, why do grown people think…
Cornhole isn’t a drinking game; cornhole is a game you play while you’re drinking. Entirely different beast.
Also, yes.
A message from warrennotg
I generally have conversations with my friends: talk about sports, politics, the internet, but mostly about our lives: you know, catch up with people I don't get to see that often. Also, l generally don't like playing competitive sports, so people who get excited about beating the other team by throwing a bean bag through a hole confuse me.
I talk about my life on Tumblr so I don’t have to in real life. There’s not much I hate more than idle conversation. I like playing a game because then I don’t have to talk. We are different people, Warren, yet we can peacefully co-exist. HARMONY.
