FoxySteve

I post things here. They are probably either political/social in nature. Sometimes they are personal. Sometimes they are not. Sometimes they might be. Sometimes they are something else.

[foxysteve-blog]

arE u an AnarCHiST?! O_O

I am a gratefully recovering anarchist. 

[deep-dark-fears]

A fear submitted by andthenwemetthelocals for deep-dark-fears.

[dotconor]

This is a warning. Please read carefully.

By now you’ve probably seen a Predictor; millions of them have been sold by the time you’re reading this. For those who haven’t seen one, it’s a small device, like a remote for opening your car door. Its only features are a button and a big green LED. The light flashes if you press the button. Specifically, the light flashes one second before you press the button.

[foxysteve-blog]

I would not at all be surprised if this was demonstrated in the future.  Time is set in dimensions just like all other things.  Our lives have always existed and we will never truly die.  We only ever experience parts of ourselves from a time subjective position, but we are so much more than that! 

So many people take that as bad news, but I have always seen it as hopeful.  I am not working hard to achieve my goals because I think they might be possible.  Rather, I work hard because I believe in my future. I find the end concept in this piece interesting.  Perhaps those who are discouraged remove themselves from the gene pool and we move towards people more capable of living in a 4 dimensional (if not more) world.  Perhaps this can be the starting point of a revolution of physics.  Perhaps this would be the beginning of intergalactic travel, a new dawn of scientific discovery and rapid human development. 

[wavy-cat-blog]

[foxysteve-blog]

Pete Rigley: timelessly relevant. 

[theamericanatheist-blog]

[foxysteve-blog]

team spider is far from libertarian, nearly the opposite

That all depends what you mean. If you are referring to the american libertarian ideology,  you are correct. However, in the broader tradition of libertarian fhougjt, especially left libertarian throut, they fit in quite nicely.

[introverdict]

Divine Lorraine- Good to You

[foxysteve-blog]

This is down the block from my house!

[maarnayeri-blog]

People believe that little white kids in the suburbs have the right to live. They have the right to be happy. They have the right to peace. When it comes to black babies in urban neighborhoods, people don’t believe these children deserve to have similar rights. When people say things like ‘I can’t believe this would happen here,’ they are effectively saying that there are some neighborhoods where these tragic outcomes are far more acceptable. I reject this notion entirely, and it is reflective of both white supremacy and classism.

The World Cries for Newtown’s Children, but Few of Us Think About Dead Brown Babies, Dr. Boyce Watkins (via eastafrodite)

[foxysteve-blog]

The most true statement ever made by a comedian.

RIP Bill Hicks

[sociolab]

As many as 15 percent of freshmen at America’s top schools are white students who failed to meet their university’s minimum standards for admission, according to Peter Schmidt, deputy editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education. These kids are “people with a long-standing relationship with the university,” or in other words, the children of faculty, wealthy alumni and politicians. According to Schmidt, these unqualified but privileged kids are nearly twice as common on top campuses as Black and Latino students who had benefited from affirmative action.

Ten myths about affirmative action (via linzyxxxxx)

Something to think about.

[newyorker]

Cartoon by Jack Ziegler. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/VYi5yb

[foxysteve-blog]

What dogs are saying when the bark.

[the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d]

K-Pop and J-Pop’s BIGGEST SELLING POINT appropriates from Black American culture, particularly the aesthetics of hip-hop and rap, from the fashion to the dance.

Let’s talk about that.

[karnythia]

All those “Oops blackface!” incidents aren’t cute either....

[foxysteve-blog]

...so because it is seen as racist in our culture, it is irrelevant that it might not be racist in their culture?  You need to understand that you are putting American culture over the culture of another country.

[howtosharpenpencils]

This is a long post but it’s about something pretty interesting so I hope you’ll indulge … Like many folks, Occupy Wall Street has been some doing good work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, helping people on the ground. Now OWS is launching the ROLLING JUBILEE, a...

[foxysteve-blog]

An interesting idea.

[azureusblue-deactivated20130903]

Ahhhhh.

Done.

Now I can go to sleep. 

[ilovecharts]

When Halloween meets OCD

[foxysteve-blog]

Truth. I totally did this on the kitchen table this year.

[newyorker]

In the current issue of The New Yorker, Dexter Filkins writes about an ex-Marine seeking forgiveness from the family of the Iraqi civilians his unit killed. Here Filkins talks with Nicholas Thompson and George Packer about the ongoing effects of the Iraq War on those who were there, and why the rest of the country has yet to deal with the legacy of a war we largely ignored. Also: Hilton Als on the Barbra Streisand persona. Listen now. 

[foxysteve-blog]

This is excellent.  Maybe we should alter the rules of war to include a mandatory healing period after war where all combatants must spend time with the former enemy to make peace.  Perhaps it would not only encourage peace after, but it might discourage fighting if one knows they will be meeting the family of the people they slay later.

[manchildaesthetic]

Lucas Foglia’s “A Natural Order”

[foxysteve-blog]

Live slow, die whenever.

[foxysteve-blog]

Tumbling/Tumblring?

I am tumbling, not tumblring.

Seriously, I am confused here.

Which is correct?