Well done.
(Source: lacarpa, via t00muchcaffeine)
Where idealism comes to die, but I still dare to dream.
May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor : NPR
The number of poor people living in America’s suburbs now surpasses those in cities or rural areas. Long focused on the urban poor, social service agencies are now trying to respond to the basic needs of a much more far-flung population.
May 20, 2013
"That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the ‘war on terror’ will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined. The military historian Andrew Bacevich has spent years warning that US policy planners have adopted an explicit doctrine of ‘endless war’. Obama officials, despite repeatedly boasting that they have delivered permanently crippling blows to al-Qaida, are now, as clearly as the English language permits, openly declaring this to be so. It is hard to resist the conclusion that this war has no purpose other than its own eternal perpetuation. This war is not a means to any end but rather is the end in itself. Not only is it the end itself, but it is also its own fuel: it is precisely this endless war - justified in the name of stopping the threat of terrorism - that is the single greatest cause of that threat."
— Washington gets explicit: its ‘war on terror’ is permanent | Glenn Greenwald (via theamericanbear)
(via writingcapital)
May 20, 2013
The sky over Al-Qusayr.
The Syrian Army advanced in Al-Qusayr on Sunday, killing and wounding a large number of militants, while the others escaped, Al-Manar correspondent reported, adding that the Syrian Army took control over most of the area, reaching the municipal building in the center of the city.
The Syrian Army’s operations in Al-Qusayr city in Homs started after it waged air raids and shells at militants’ bases in the area late Saturday.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn.
May 19, 2013
"I’m DD 2.0. I study Web Development. I’m hoping to build neat stuff one day. I’ve got great friends and family. And occasionally, I kick some ass. So why, can’t I sleep?"
May 19, 2013
"In recent years, Vice has been engaged in an energetic process of growing up—both commercially and in terms of journalistic ambition. It now has thirty-five offices in eighteen countries, from Poland to Brazil. It operates a record label, which, in 2002, began putting out albums by such of-the-moment bands as Bloc Party and the Raveonettes; book and film divisions (Vice recently helped market the R-rated “Spring Breakers,” directed by Harmony Korine); a suite of Web sites; and an in-house ad agency. These ventures are united by Vice’s ambition to become a kind of global MTV on steroids. According to Shane Smith, Vice’s C.E.O., “The over-all aim, the over-all goal is to be the largest network for young people in the world."
— “The Bad-Boy Brand: The Vice Guide to the World” by Lizzie Widdicombe
May 19, 2013
Longreads: Reading List: Brave New Internet
Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps.
1. “The Vice Guide to the World.” (Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 8 April 2013)
“My big thing was I want you to do stupid in a smart way and smart…
May 19, 2013
May 18, 2013
The before and after part of our delicious Chinese meal in Monterey Park.
May 18, 2013
Those Pesky Kids and Stupid Science Fairs
I take offense with this Gizmodo posting because A) I’m wearing shorts right now and B) I’m busting my ass studying web development on a Saturday afternoon. Otherwise, I loathe these damn pesky upstart kids:
18-year-old Eesha Khare […], for instance, not only invented a supercapacitor that could someday be a phone battery that charges in just a couple of seconds; she also won $50,000 for it.
Khare is one of the three big winners from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. She and 17-year-old Henry Lin (right)—who created a model that simulates thousands of galaxies—picked up Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Ionut Budisteanu won the Gordon E. Moore Award and $75,000 for his AI model that could lead to a cheaper self-driving car. Khare’s invention is the one with some really immediate potential though, and quick-charging phones is something we all want.
If by now you haven’t realized my mocking comments are really adulatory in nature, I don’t know what to do with you. I am damn proud and happy when the internet shows me reasons to smile. Congrats guys. The future looks brighter because of you.
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