May 2012
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“Vigilance is but one step away from paranoia. Vigilant people notice that you’ve...”
– Tom Hodgkinson, Utne Reader
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“Flawed as they were, for a little while [presidential nominee] debates may...”
– Sam Ross-Brown, Utne Reader
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“Nowhere is actually where everything is. Your mind is here. Unlike a spring...”
– Courtney E. Martin on road trips, Utne Reader
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Hope For Agoldensummer — Life Inside the...
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“As a physician involved in preventive medicine, I often ask my patients how they...”
– Dan Beskind, M.D. Utne Reader
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Making Solar Affordable | EMagazine.com →
Solar panels eventually pay for themselves, but if they cost $40,000, it almost doesn’t matter. With a lease you could start seeing smaller savings right away.
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“In America the Possible, our dominant culture will have shifted, from today to...”
– James Gustave Speth, for Orion: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/6810
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“The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again… You know...”
– Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things (via thatwordbumsmeout)
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“When President Obama spoke in the State of the Union of the need to send more...”
– Malcolm Harris for n+1. http://nplusonemag.com/bad-education
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Southern, Pagan, and Proud: A Visit to America's... →
“It is not going to get better. The climate crisis alone will assure that. The...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
Egypt: 'Shouting slogans into the wind'
uth:
This briefing lists many of the human rights concerns that Amnesty International has documented since the beginning of 2010, including tightening restrictions on freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in the run-up to the parliamentary elections. Amnesty International is concerned that the pattern being established is one that is already familiar from previous elections...
Throw Like a Girl: Pitching the Hell Out of Your... →
futurejournalismproject:
Her Girl Friday, a Brooklyn based group dedicated to empowering and fostering community among women in journalism and nonfiction storytelling, is hosting a free event next Tuesday.
“Throw Like a Girl: Pitching the Hell Out of Your Stories”
A free panel with the best editors in the…
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“It is astounding how significantly one idea can shape a society and its...”
– Nick Hanauer, a venture capitalist whose TED talk about inequality was deemed “too political controversial” to publish. (via theatlantic)
“I saw that I had not learned to live alone at all. What I had learned to do was...”
– Vivan Gornick, excerpted in “The Lonely Ones,” by Emily Cooke (via thenewinquiry)
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Tao Te Ching Verse 8
sexartandpolitics:
The highest good is like water. Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive. It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In business, be competent. In action, watch the timing.
No fight: No...
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The Case For Breaking Up With Your Parents →
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