Repost: Noēma Mag, "The Cult Of The American Lawn"
This deep dive traces the American lawn from colonial ideals of taming land to the postwar fantasy of uniform suburbia.
Repost: Ashley Rindsberg (Pirate Wires), "The Terrorist Propaganda to Reddit Pipeline"
Posts exposing Hamas war crimes or antisemitic rhetoric are deleted, while calls for violence against Israelis are tolerated or even encouraged.
Repost: Michael J. Petrilli, "Teachers Should Replace 'the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations' with 'the Suspension of Disbelief'"
I expect more. “Low expectations, high standards” has been my motto for years.
Repost: Louise Perry, "What Sexual Liberation Really Looks Like"
“Following hookups, women are more likely than men to experience regret, low self-esteem, and mental distress.”
Repost: Creme Puff the Oldest Cat
ingesting some things bad for you… may be good for you.
Repost: Epoch Times, "Wikipedia Co-Founder Criticizes Site, Says It Has Slid Into ‘Leftist Propaganda’"
Wiki banned Fox News, NY Post and Daily Mail as news sources, but treats Mother Jones, Guardian and other papers as a primary resource.
Repost: BBC, "Syria's musicians await future..."
“War may have energised the metal bands, but ultimately it led to a mass exodus of musicians that felt the country no longer offered a future.”
Repost: Luigi's Manifesto
More like minifesto
Repost: Adena Philips for SAPIR, "The False Binary of Theism vs. Atheism"
“an atheist may have more in common with a believer who ascribes to a universal consciousness than to an absurdist”