January 2013
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Japanese language learning blog. →
So! Again, this blog, QuickJam, died as I became too busy for it. =(
I’ve been very active on my Japanese language blog, however, because the content is also part of my course, so it works quite well as part of my University activities.
I miss this blog though~! I shall have to try and make the time to post at least occasionally.
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November 2012
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HIV Vaccine Safe Enough To Pass Phase 1 Human...
“The first human applied clinical study (SAV CT 01) using a genetically modified killed whole-virus vaccine (SAV001-H) to evaluate its safety and tolerability was initiated in March 2012. This study is a randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled study of killed whole HIV-1 vaccine (SAV001-H) following intramuscular (IM) administration. Infected men and women, 18-50 years of age, have...
September 2012
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Characteristics of the left-handed.
Within the Stone Age, it was found that the amount of those who were left or right handed were very equal. This was determined by finding out which hands they prioritised their cave drawings with. However, once tools became more sophisticated, it seems to be that the right hand began to gain more preference over the left.
There are several theories surrounding why this might be, such as having to...
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Child Porn and Freedom Of the Press
“Rick Falkvinge of the Swedish Pirate Party blogs on the subject of freedom of the press and foresees how users of Google glasses could be charged for possession and distribution of illegal porn. ‘Child pornography is a toxic subject, but a very important one that cannot and should not be ignored. This is an attempt to bring the topic to a serious discussion, and explain why possession...
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The 'two-spirit' people of indigenous North...
Native Americans have often held intersex, androgynous people, feminine males and masculine females in high respect. The most common term to define such persons today is to refer to them as “two-spirit” people, but in the past feminine males were sometimes referred to as “berdache” by early French explorers in North America, who adapted a Persian word “bardaj”,...
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Rewiring the Autistic Brain →
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quickjam:
“Signs of autism — such as impaired social skills and repetitive, ritualistic movements — usually begin to appear when a child is about 18 months old. Autism is thought to result from miswired connections in the developing brain, and many experts believe that therapies must begin during a…
The comparison between curing Autism and impaired vision is not an equal one....
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Rewiring the Autistic Brain
“Signs of autism — such as impaired social skills and repetitive, ritualistic movements — usually begin to appear when a child is about 18 months old. Autism is thought to result from miswired connections in the developing brain, and many experts believe that therapies must begin during a ‘critical window,’ before the faulty circuits become fixed in place. But a new study...
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Hate crime in England and Wales.
Nearly 44,000 hate crimes took place in England and Wales in 2011-12.
• 35,816 (82%) were race hate crimes • 1,621 (4%) were religion hate crimes • 4,252 (10%) were sexual orientation hate crimes • 1,744 (4%) were disability hate crimes • 315 (1%) were transgender hate crimes
The data shows that the majority of all hate crimes (83%) involved violence - and the worst proportion for that was...
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“FAT FOR AN ASIAN:” THE PRESSURE TO BE... →
“FAT FOR AN ASIAN:” THE PRESSURE TO BE NATURALLY PERFECT
eschergirls:
everythingbutharleyquinn:
by Noel Duan
I’m not fat — by American standards. I am considered slightly chubby for an Asian in China. I’m 5’1” and about 100 pounds, give or take five pounds depending on whether it’s New York Fashion Week or final exams week at Columbia. Everyone assumes I’m naturally petite because of my...
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The UK's New Minister For Magic
“A serious blow to science-based medical practices has been dealt in the UK with the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary. The fortunes of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) are about to be transformed with the help of the magical waters of homeopathic medicine. Top marks to The Telegraph’s science writer Tom Chivers for quickly picking up on talk that the...
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We associate the term 'concentration camps' with... →
chrismcmahon:
class-struggle-anarchism:
Great article by Owen Jones in the indy
“Remember all that national soul-searching and self-flagellation over Empire and all the horrors committed in its name? No, me neither. But this is the fictional Britain that has been conjured up by our Foreign Secretary, William Hague. “We have to get out of this post-colonial guilt,” he declared in Friday’s...
August 2012
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“Why should women be paid equal to men? Men have been in the working world a lot...”
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Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney
[Source]
I know (or hope?) that most people most probably know this because it sounds a bit too outrageous, but this is not real quote from her.
Just to verify… because I don’t like false information that isn’t...
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July 2012
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Teenager Jarrell Brooks saves a mother and her two... →
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dionthesocialist:
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cynique:
fuckyeahcracker:
Honoring this hero today
hm i wonder why the media’s ignoring him…:/
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WHOA WHOA WHOA HANG ON JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THIS STORY HAS A YOUNG, BLACK HERO, BUT THE MEDIA WOULD STILL RATHER GLORIFY A WHITE MURDERER THAN ACKNOWLEDGE A BLACK MAN WHO SAVED LIVES? WTF? WTF? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO...
June 2012
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What group do 'Indians' belong to?
If you mean ethnic background, scientifically there are the three main ethnicities in the study of anthropology: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid. North Indians belong to the Caucasoid classification along with Arabs and Europeans. Regardless of skin color, notice how Indians have the same facial features. They have the caucasian noses, wavy hair, thin lips, etc. South Indians are Australoid...
May 2012
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Why the Engineering, Computer Science Gender Gap... →
intranaut:
Isolation, subtle discrimination and inherent gender differences could be keeping women underrepresented in the “hard” sciences and tech
By Jenny Marder and PBS NewsHour | April 25, 2012
“…Consider these numbers: In 2008, 41 percent of college freshman men planned to major in science and engineering, compared to 30 percent of women, according to the National Science...
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Seriously, are American college students dumb or... →
socialuprooting:
President Obama is reportedly ”visiting college campuses in key states this week to rally students.” From what I’ve seen and heard online, the reception has been quite warm.
College students of America: are you in denial? Have you lost your minds?
There is reportedly a 50% unemployment rate among recent college graduates. One out of every two of you will be outrageously...
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(triggers)
gunmetalskies:
The problem with arguing with people who use/defend rape jokes is that from the start they are seeing things from the offenders perspective, and so they have borrowed the rapist’s disregard for the victim. Asking them to stop functions much like asking a rapist to stop… That is, not well… Don’t waste your time petitioning people who have abandoned logic to think logically… ...
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“Previous studies suggest that severe sexual sadism and psychopathy are...”
– From Empathy in sexually sadistic offenders: An experimental comparison with non-sadistic sexual offenders [via]
Yeah? Did a couple of tests there? Self-reporting and interviews? I see. Right, so I was just reading somewhere about how people feel about scientists when they dig in their heels...
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A Complete Guide to Hipster Racism →
aquariuschicken:
But you know what? At least that’s sincere. And at least sincere racism isn’t running around Brooklyn wearing artisanal suspenders and masquerading as enlightenment. Give me sincere racism or give me no racism at all, but enough with this weaselly shit.
This article. So much. Yes.
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Types of Attraction
Sexual Attraction: Sexual attraction is a feeling that sexual people get that causes them to desire sexual contact with a specific other person.
Romantic Attraction: Romantic attraction is a feeling that causes people to desire a romantic relationship with a specific other person.
Crushes: A crush is a romantic attraction to someone, a desire for a romantic relationship of some kind, a desire that is possibly temporary in nature, possibly never to be acted upon.
Squishes: A squish is an aromantic crush, a desire for a strong platonic relationship with someone; this envisioned relationship is usually more emotional intimate than a typical friendship.
Sensual Attraction: Some asexuals report a desire to do sensual (but not sexual) things with certain people, especially relating to tactile sensuality such as cuddling.
Aesthetic Attraction: Some asexuals report feeling an attraction to other people that is not connected to a desire to do anything with them, either sexually or romantically. They simply appreciate their appearance.
SQUISHES!!! So glad that this exists, cos I sometimes have a really hard time classifying my feelings for people, especially in the sort of situation described above so I'm reaaalllyy thankful there's an actual word for it.
Man, I just love that the idea of an aromantic crush, had a massive one on a real life male mate of mine once and golly was it confusing.. mainly due to lack of appropriate terminology.
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Why so few people are left-handed →
youmightfindyourself:
Right-handers have long accounted for 90 percent of the population, and scientists may have figured out why
Only one out of every 10 people are predisposed to favor their left hand instead of their right, ”a ratio that has remained constant for more than 5,000 years,” says Rick Nauert at PsychCentral. Why isn’t there a 50-50 righty-lefty split? Why aren’t all of us...
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Did Humans Invent Music? →
psydoctor8:
jtotheizzoe:
Psychologists Gary Marcus & Geoffrey Miller debate the origins of human music and its associated behaviors. Is it a cultural invention, a technology that piggy-backs on language? Or is there a deeper genetic wiring behind our music and its neurological effects?
Marcus says:
“Ancient” seems like a bit of stretch to me. The oldest known musical artifacts are some...
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10 Very Rare Cloud Formations
1. Nacreous Clouds
2. Mammatus Clouds
3. Altocumulus Castelanus
4. Noctilucent Clouds
5. Mushroom Clouds
6. Cirrus Kelvin-Helmholtz
7. Lenticular Clouds
8. Roll Clouds
9. Shelf Clouds
10. Stratocumulus Clouds
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“A 911 operator who worked for Vancouver Police when sex workers were...”
– Missing aboriginal women were ‘just hookers’ to police, says 911 operator.
Wow. Sex workers’s lives =/= valuable police time. Got it.
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VIRGINITY IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
girlebony:
Virginity:
is sexist
is heteronormative
commodifies sex
commodifies young cis-het white women
contributes to rape culture
contributes to slut-shaming
erases queer folk
erases transfolk
frames a woman’s worth as inversely proportional to the number of dicks that have been inside her
So much word.
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“You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:...”
– — Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl.
This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their...
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“Is gender something people need to get? Is it something that can be quantified...”
– Beyond the Binary: But What Does It All Mean? I Don’t Get It!
i’m gonna get some books out of the library about gender, it’s one subject that really fascinates me. after i’ve read the one about voodoo, and the one about devil worship, and the one about the psychodynamic understanding of depression....
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(In a conference on the GWOT, 9/11 and "Islamic ideology", I was in the speaking panel)
Young British man in the crowd asks me: Are you apologetic about 9/11?
Me: No. I don't apologize for 9/11. Why should I? I had nothing to do with it. I'm only sorry about the lives lost - regardless of who they were. But I am NOT a spokesperson for Al-Qaeda. No sensible Muslim is. Do I ask British people to apologize to me for colonizing my country back then, taking the rights of the masses away, ending freedom of speech, creating problematic borders that led to bloodshed, sexually assaulting the women of my land, westernizing the entire pedagogues in the subcontinent, turning my culture and my identity into a mystical subject for orientalist authors to go capitalize on? Have I asked you to say sorry to me?
Him: (remains silent)
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