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a large, fruit-eating bat.

February 2011

175 posts

Wastefulness really irks me.

I am relatively pissed off. Some “friends” (in quotations because I only really consider one of them a friend anymore - he doesn’t live in this particular house though) rent a house together in my hometown. It’s your typical “punk house” full of cultural appropriating, white privilege guys and gals (they’ve named it the ‘Tetonka Fortress’)...

Anonymous asked: Let's make out.

January 2011

146 posts

Scrape 1 inch of ice off car. Sit in car for 20...

And by screaming, I mean screaming.

We don’t ask for much, just broadcast what is... →

soupsoup: To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even the phone landlines will be cut tomorrow, to prevent...

The government in Egypt shut down the Al-Jazeera bureau in Cairo. Seems they are getting more and more desperate for control.

Anonymous asked: Best sex you have experienced thus far?

"Inequality In America Is Worse Than In Egypt,... →

stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith: You think I am making this up, but I’m totally not.

Anonymous asked: What do you think about California?

beidhmeataim asked: Where in Costa Rica did you do your field work? I went on a week long trip there when I was in high school with my Spanish class, and we spent time in San Jose, Monteverde cloud forest, and Jaco on the Pacific. It was a great trip.

Also, followers & anons should ask me questions, I... →

Didn’t wake up until 2:00pm today, and I probably would have slept even later if Ethan hadn’t called me. I feel like such a failureee, but I woke up wide awake and without feeling sore for the first time in months. I probably needed to sleep that long. But I was gonna accomplish so much today and it’s already dark but I’ve only been awake for 4-ish hours. Fail. :( Also...

I Hate This Mess: What You Should Know About... →

uhuh-she-said: The army is holding back and watching looters in both Cairo and Suez. Why? The police just let the Museum in Cairo get sacked despite the best intentions from normal Egyptians guarding it. Why? Because the looters are commissioned by the government in times like these.…

Rainbow vomit (we are so corny...)

Laura: yup Kimya & J.D. are friends
Ethan: haha
Ethan: guess you just wish you were Kimya eh? :P
Laura: ha nah
Laura: i'm good witchu

The local news just showed a maternity ward with...

I need to GTFO ASAP. Thesis, you gotta get done.

Third World Protest as US Spectator Sport →

zuky: I’m not a fan of the US cultural habit of turning political turmoil in faraway lands into a gawkworthy spectator sport. I came to this realization in the aftermath of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square, as it gradually dawned on me that sheltered, largely clueless people who had no stake in what was happening had little business pushing their intrusive, hungry gaze into such...

krthing asked: An interesting point on tim wise (I'm scanning through and you reminded me of it) is that all the talks of his I've been linked to, he starts off with a speech that goes something like "what I'm about to tell you isn't new, it's what has been said by people of colour forever and ever, but the only reason you're listening to me tonight and not them is because I am...

sweetcalamity asked: I understand what you are saying, definitely. I would never attempt to speak for someone else if they didn't want me to and I had no idea what they had struggled with. That would be unfair, ridiculous, offensive, and just... wrong. I was thinking more of instances where people need, and want someone to speak up for them -- at least, I've had a bit of personal experience with that because...

waking up, going on: Half-doing Stats homework,... →

sweetcalamity: Half-doing Stats homework, half paying attention to Tumblr… I understand that privilege, not understanding or acknowledging your own privilege, and abusing that privilege can be a very negative and harmful thing. When you attempt to speak for a group of oppressed people, or minorities, and you… I think it might just be related to less privileged people feeling like they...

I posted a facebook status about how upset I was that no one on my feed mentioned the protests today. Someone responded: “Because it’s fucking boring and of no interest to the US college students that are not Egyptian and plus I don’t plan to go there anytime soon.” I DON’T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE AT ALL WTF. WTF. I gotta get off the internet now this is all so...

Egyptian protesters please stay strong.

You are all so inspiring.

Anonymous asked: Laura hello. I'm a poet and - oddly - in desperate need of a biologist
knowledgeable about white-nose syndrome to answer an obvious question
not answered anywhere. From my research it would appear that WNS -
whatever is originating cause - is a danger to HIBERNATING bats.
It also appears that all hibernating bats are microchiroptera. Am I accurate in

URGENT: Egypt has shut off the internet →

I just received a call from a friend in Cairo (I won’t say who it is now because he’s a prominent activist) telling me neither his DSL nor his USB internet service is working. I’ve just checked with two other friends in different parts of Cairo and their internet is not working either. This just happened 10 minutes ago — and perhaps not uncoincidentally just after AP TV posted a video of a...

Radical Hott Off Notes: And You Thought We Damn... →

radicalranting: jaded16india: Click this only if you can take puking in your mouth. This is a screen cap from the Girl Store, where one can buy books and school supplies for Indian girls. I admire their goal but I won’t lie, I started crying looking at this. There are many animated ‘doll-like’ girls you can choose to help. Upon placing the cursor, they move. These doll-girl-pity-objects...

How the disabled were dehumanised - Laurie Penny →

krona: thefeministhub: It’s official: disabled people aren’t allowed to be independent. This week, amid rows about how this country treats people with disabilities, it was announced that the government will be phasing out the Independent Living Fund (ILF), a vital stipend that allows more than 21,000 “severely disabled people to pay for help so they can live independently”. Such provisions,...

“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and...”

– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via technipol)

My anxiety is so paralyzing sometimes.

A big snowstorm is coming, and I was done with classes for the day, so I decided I should drive home and do work there rather than drive home later when the snow was bad. It was aroud noontime, and there were people with their cars sitting in the lanes waiting for people to leave. A car saw me put my backpack in my trunk and then pulled up until the car was right next to mine. Now, I’m...

I like when fellow scientists also realize &...

I think my limnology professor is like me and believes industry/capitalism/civilization is killing the planet. The first chapter of our book is completely filled with this type of thinking, and I’m really enjoying reading it: “When the crisis finally occurs, the public response is not to seek corrective measures that address the root of the problem, such as stabilization of...

State of the Union

It’s disappointing me immensely. Obama, wtf happened to you? I’m embarrassed that I believed you wouldn’t be a corporate whore like the others, but you are. :/

“Yesterday you told me that you have the impression of being a captive. You have...”

– -Ishmael, Daniel Quinn (via theslowcollapseofsociety) This book honestly changed the way I think about the world. (via ethanology)

If I could just shower forever with a continual...

genderbitch: inautumn-inkashmir: I would, in a heartbeat Omg you too? I think about this too. Maybe one day I will destroy a golf course and then justify that all of the water I just saved from watering said golf course will go to me and my endless, heated, amazing shower. (Not really, of course. I actually only shower like once a week, sometimes less, so I can justify a shower longer...

I am being charged 221 dollars for the fucking...

genderbitch: UNFUCK THOSE FUCKERS. I WAS GOING TO DIE. I totally feel your pain. :( I recently got charged $4,891.00 for just the routine bloodwork needed to make sure my lupus is not ravaging any other organs than it already is. I managed to get it down to ~$300, but I can’t even afford that either, so I have no idea what I’m gonna do. :/ I hope you figure something out.

I FUCKING FINISHED MY GRANT PROPOSAL TODAY.

Anonymous asked: because there are tons of libraries with free wi-fi just kinda laying all over the place, especially all just kinda sprinkled all around rural towns and areas that are not primarily white

if you can afford to be on tumblr, you can afford...

sammistarrdust: splatterdick: prettyjane: and thats all im gonna say.. So much bullshit and lies. LIES! Yeah ‘cause going into your local library and using the free internet is super hard these days… -_-

It’s like -12 degrees out there and still I do not have enough money to adequately heat my apartment so that the lupus doesn’t flare up my joints as much, so typing has been a real issue. I still haven’t finished my grant but hopefully will get that done tonight, along with reading/studying for class. But Ethan had a phone interview with a professor at the grad school I currently...