Believing that somebody is wrong about something is not an excuse to treat them as anything less than human.
via Hatred and the Unhealthy Debate : The Thought Bubble. (This is apropos the previous post, and by my wonderful friend Hannah, whose blog you really must read if you don’t already.)
What I’m not okay with is knowing that some day my daughters may not have the same rights as others based simply on whom they love. This is not okay. This is not right. And this is why I care so deeply about gay rights
via On Gay Marriage. A great post from a “selfish” perspective that shows a great deal of maturity and acceptance of human diversity.
Funism is an art project by Norm Magnusson that aims to do more than just put up pretty things for people to look at.
The signs are and will be set up along I-75, a north-south highway that touches some of the most conservative, reactionary states in the nation. People in these places consistently choose conservative political candidates who (as eight years of George Bush showed) not only don’t care about the ‘common people’ they allegedly champion, but go to great lengths to screw them (and the rest of us non-rich) over and over and over.
It remains to be seen whether The Public will enact positive change after seeing the signs, but bravo to him for giving it a go.
“Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say that the chances for life on this planet are 100 percent. I have almost no doubt about it,” Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at University of California Santa Cruz, told Discovery News.
via Earth-Like Planet Can Sustain Life : Discovery News. (With great thanks to Marija Drenkovska)
Ten of the greatest optical illusions, originally raised to my attention by the inestimable Stephen Fry.
My friend @Amle over on Plurk kindly shares her Swedish meatballs recipe here. Swedish meatballs are the main offering at IKEA stores and one of the best reasons to go there… but now I have a simple recipe on hand that I can use to make my own!
(Courtesy of my friend @Ell.)
[W]ords hurt. I’m not sure what is going on with people in this world, but more and more frequently people seem to be blurting out everything that crosses their mind without thinking about how it sounds when it comes out of their mouths. I learned a long time ago that the child’s rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is completely backwards. Physical wounds heal, but psychological ones last forever.
via Cuts Like a Knife « Popping Bubbles.
My friend Karin wrote the above in her post, and I can’t agree with her enough. I don’t know why people seem to be diving for the bottom when it comes to dealing with others these days—maybe it’s just age-related myopia on my part—but it feels like treating others with dignity has been tossed out the window these days.
xkcd: Public Opinion. As is so often the case, terrifyingly on-target.
