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Hundreds of thousands of people are out on the streets in Brazil protesting deteriorating economic conditions.
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June 18, 2013
June 17, 2013
46 people were shot in less than 72 hours this weekend in Chicago.
The families of gun victims grieve during Chicago’s deadliest weekend of the year. Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune
June 14, 2013
Have a good weekend!
This GIF represents all that is good in the world.
June 13, 2013
2.5 million gallons of toxic oil waste spilled in Alberta
Globe and Mail claims it’s the largest spill in North America. It’s also the third major leak in Alberta, including one burst pipeline that spilled nearly one million gallons of oil in May 2012.
Also of interest, the company didn’t report the spill until a citizen reported it to a local TV station.
June 12, 2013
"A plan for using discarded smartphones, powered by small solar panels, to monitor audio frequencies across areas of protected rainforest and send alerts to authorities when the sounds of chainsaws are detected will be soon put into use by Rainforest Connection in western Sumatra. The non-profit organization’s pilot project will entail deploying a series of 15 modified Android smartphones in an area within the huge (25,000 hectare) Air Tarusan reserve, which will use the built-in microphones to listen for the tell-tale frequencies of chainsaw motors over a .5 km radius surrounding them."
— <a href=”http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/smartphones-used-monitor-rainforest-illegal-logging.html”>Solar-powered smartphones to be used to monitor rainforest for illegal logging</a> (via treehugger)
June 11, 2013
"The incomparable A. J. Liebling wrote once that there are three kinds of journalists: the reporter, who says what he’s seen; the interpretive reporter, who says what he thinks is the meaning of what he’s seen; and the expert, who says what he thinks is the meaning of what he hasn’t seen. The first two—reporters and interpretive reporters—have been largely undermined by economics and incuriosity. But the third category never stops growing. We are now a nation of experts, with millions of people who know the meaning of everything that they haven’t actually experienced."
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker (via @LineHolm1)
(Source: soupsoup, via brooklynmutt)
June 11, 2013
June 11, 2013
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A child from the Munduruku tribe rests in the auditorium of the Brazil’s Indian affairs bureau (FUNAI) headquarters while Munduruku Indians occupy the building in Brasilia on June 10, 2013. The Indians from the Amazon Basin are demonstrating against violations of indigenous rights and calling for the suspension of the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the Xingu, Teles Pires and Tapajos rivers.
[Credit : Lunae Parracho/Reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5a7a182f7932222e46f62f823205d80/tumblr_mo8havPWkf1r44q44o1_1280.jpg)
A child from the Munduruku tribe rests in the auditorium of the Brazil’s Indian affairs bureau (FUNAI) headquarters while Munduruku Indians occupy the building in Brasilia on June 10, 2013. The Indians from the Amazon Basin are demonstrating against violations of indigenous rights and calling for the suspension of the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the Xingu, Teles Pires and Tapajos rivers.
[Credit : Lunae Parracho/Reuters]
June 11, 2013
Nepal court orders passport change for transgenders
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to alter passports so that transgenders no longer have to describe themselves as male or female, a court spokesman said, a move welcomed by rights activists.Not all is bad at home :)
(via humanrightswatch)
June 10, 2013
Sales of George Orwell's 1984 up 69 percent on Amazon | WashingtonExaminer.com
Sales of George Orwellâs 1984 are up 69 percent on Amazon, according to a list on the website. The book marked its 60th anniversary on June 6 amid a flurry of real-world news stories on secret government surveillance. Amazon lists the paperback version of the sci-fi classic as the 19th biggest book on its Movers and Shakers list. The current sales rank is 110. The list identifies the biggest gainers in sales rank compared to 24 hours ago. Update: As of 3:22 p.m. EDT, sales of Orwell’s 1984 are up 91 percent on the Amazon Movers and Shakers list.
(Source: christopherhuff)
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