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  • Lane Kenworthy’s “Social Democratic America”

    Lane Kenworthy’s “Social Democratic America” azspot: Although Kenworthy’s theory of history suggests that reforms will come piecemeal and not in one big slate, he does provide one of the most complete descriptions of what a future social democratic America could look like. Among other things, he proposes the following: Universal health insurance Universal system of…

  • Rethinking Exercise as a Source of Immediate Rewards

    Rethinking Exercise as a Source of Immediate Rewards kenyatta: Three years ago, I wrote about research by Dr. Segar and othersshowing that promoting physical activity to prevent or control disease, lose weight or sculpt one’s body, and prescribing doses as if exercise were medicine, wouldn’t get most people to do it and keep doing it.…

  • Sadly, the Church basically lost the struggle against usury. This failure helped make the terrible cruelties of the conquistadors possible. And it also helped make possible the capitalist economic system which we have today, financed largely by interest bearing loans. Capitalism’s ability to make Christian religion “seem frivolous in comparison” to the imperative of economic…

  • My boyfriend told me over text that he didn’t know the Minotaur story

    Boyfriend: I… I don’t even know the story that well babe, I can’t even say xD Me:Okay so Me:Poseidon gives a bull to King Minos, the best and shiniest bull you ever saw, and he’s like “You can have this, but only if you promise to sacrifice it to me later” and Minos is like…

  • Technoccult: Captain America is a Progressive Super Hero

    Technoccult: Captain America is a Progressive Super Hero technoccult: Klint Finley Steven Attewell writes: Steve Rogers doesn’t represent a genericized America but rather a very specific time and place – 1930’s New York City. We know he was born July 4, 1920 (not kidding about the 4th of July) to a working-class family of Irish…

  • pigeony: bronzebasilisk: wretneck: mbt1991: zoophobiacrazies: sparou: I cried a bit. holy shit best CGI short I have ever seen ffff Dear Pixar, Somebody beat you to it.  <gif snipped> Holy crap an actual respectful non appropriation depiction of Dia de los Muertos, and a fucking adorable story to boot <3 I love this omfg (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • stripclubcoupons: lifemadesimple: Step by Step: A Great way of Painting your own Mural without Knowing how to Draw

  • Masterpieces of the past are good for the past: they are not good for us. We have the right to say what has been said and even what has not been said in a way that belongs to us, a way that is immediate and direct, corresponding to present modes of feeling, and understandable to…

  • Here’s a basic rule: if you’re reading or watching a Shakespeare play, and you’re not imagining the actors standing in front of a mosh pit of jeering Londoners waiting to throw vegetables at the stage, you’re doing it wrong. Shakespeare might have written the best works in the English language, or given us profound insight…

  • anatomicalart: Let me link Yall’ to this holy grail.I present to you Character Design Referenceon [Pintrest] || [Tumblr] || [Twitter] || [Facebook] || [YouTube] I couldn’t even include all of the reference boards this blog contains on this photoset. That’s right! There’s EVEN MORE! There are pages and pages of them! It is an inspiration treasure…