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"If you are a white woman and you want to call yourself a feminist, you must acknowledge that your whiteness affords you a privilege that shields you from a lot. You must also acknowledge that you are afforded privileges that some men in this country do not have. Racism and sexism are tightly intertwined. You cannot fight one while ignoring the other."
"In my first substantive discussion with Edward Snowden, which took place via encrypted online chat, he told me he had only one fear. It was that the disclosures he was making, momentous though they were, would fail to trigger a worldwide debate because the public had already been taught to accept that they have no right to privacy in the digital age."

(Source: christopium, via abagond)

Do you know? The speed at which cherry blossoms fall…
5 centimeters per second.
At what speed must I live… to be able to see you again?

I watched 秒速5センチメートル or 5 Centimeters Per Second like a year or two ago, and it still remains at least one of my all-time favourite short animated films. Makoto Shinkai is an absolute genius. The art direction and the animation in particular was stunning, the best in the world. The plot may not be to everyone’s taste, but trust me, it’s a lovely film. Highly recommended. (GIFs are not mine).

"Allowing the United States government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest."
— Admitted NSA whistleblower Edward SnowdenIn an interview with The Washington Post, the other publication he worked with when leaking information. (He previously spoke to The Guardian.) Snowden says he has no plans to hide from the federal government, and will remain in Hong Kong for the time being. He suggests that, by arresting him, the federal government will only prove his point on the leaks issue. “I’m not going to hide,” he told the newspaper. (via shortformblog)
"I would not urge you simply to get off the PlayStation. I would urge you to understand who made the game. I would not urge you to take down your King James poster. I would urge you to think about the business that makes him possible. Perhaps you’d like to be part of that business some day. I would urge you think about what Kendrick is doing in his lyrics, to think about music. Do you know how to read music? Have you learned an instrument? Would that interest you? How about poetry? Have you ever read any? Would you consider trying to write some of your own?"

johngoodwin225:

Pangea (a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago) mapped with contemporary geopolitical borders.

Map by Massimo Pietrobon

(via techspotlight)

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