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ma-ballin:

eyemusingmuses:

Gems in the Neighborhood

This is by far the cutest thing I have come across in my old neighborhood (aww memories) - and I have my childhood friend to thank for sharing this w/me! Southeast San Diego does not have the best reputation (hah beachy clean it is not!), but it has it’s charm. I don’t know who set this up, I don’t know whose books these are, but I love the idea of a Corner Library Free Book or Exchange! The books aren’t exactly literary masterpieces, but they are interesting and I am sure w/time, there will be some gems. My friend ended up leaving behind two mangas (Japanese comic books if you really don’t know) and I ended up taking a book called “They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900” by Arnoldo de Leon. Oh yeah, this one is certainly going to be interesting! Getting my history on! 

what streets this on? 

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getoutoftherecat: it’s Memorial Day in the States!! thank you to all service members, past present and future. this particularly cuddly soldier comes to us from the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines!

getoutoftherecat:

it’s Memorial Day in the States!! thank you to all service members, past present and future. this particularly cuddly soldier comes to us from the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines!

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ikenbot: Science Query for the Presidential Candidates I wonder when will the public start demanding scientific literacy among their governing officials, including presidential candidates. We were not a country founded on religious beliefs yet it floods our country’s interest for some odd reason. Would it be too much to ask these people have at least a basic, well-rounded sense of the scientific method, much like we require the same level of expertise from our doctors, scientists, teachers, etc.?. Here’s a nice article via SciAm that reiterates a similar concern: 3 Science Questions to Ask U.S. Presidential Candidates “As you may already be aware from my previous posts, The Guardian U.S. and NYU’s Studio 20 journalism lab have teamed up to push a project called The Citizens’ Agenda into the media discourse surrounding the U.S. presidential 2012 election. The idea: find out what you–the citizens–want the candidates to be discussing over the next four months – usually meaning questions of substance about policy rather than horserace and gotcha questions so pervasive in mainstream media.” Continue to Full Article

ikenbot:

Science Query for the Presidential Candidates

I wonder when will the public start demanding scientific literacy among their governing officials, including presidential candidates. We were not a country founded on religious beliefs yet it floods our country’s interest for some odd reason. Would it be too much to ask these people have at least a basic, well-rounded sense of the scientific method, much like we require the same level of expertise from our doctors, scientists, teachers, etc.?.

Here’s a nice article via SciAm that reiterates a similar concern:

3 Science Questions to Ask U.S. Presidential Candidates

“As you may already be aware from my previous posts, The Guardian U.S. and NYU’s Studio 20 journalism lab have teamed up to push a project called The Citizens’ Agenda into the media discourse surrounding the U.S. presidential 2012 election. The idea: find out what you–the citizens–want the candidates to be discussing over the next four months – usually meaning questions of substance about policy rather than horserace and gotcha questions so pervasive in mainstream media.”

Continue to Full Article

(via discoverynews)

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truebluemeandyou: amandaonwriting: An entire chapter of Harry Potter written under the stairs. Truebluemeandyou: A first - featured in LIT and DIY? I like this because it’s quirky. I reblogged it eventhough I could find absolutely no source (pinterest? really?).

truebluemeandyou:

amandaonwriting:

An entire chapter of Harry Potter written under the stairs.

Truebluemeandyou: A first - featured in LIT and DIY? I like this because it’s quirky. I reblogged it eventhough I could find absolutely no source (pinterest? really?).