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Stats Pr0n of the Day: U.S. Map of Hate Speech on Twitter
Since June 2012, Dr. Monica Stevens of Humboldt State University in California has been mapping more than 150,000 geotagged tweets that contain homophobic, racist or abliest language. The result is the Geography of Hate, an interactive map of the U.S. which reveals the hotspots of “hate tweets” across the country. A deeper analysis of the project is available at Floating Sheep.
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“I think that we got so caught up in school being a tradition that we stopped using it as a learning tool, which it should be.” -Tupac Shakur at Age 17
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“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”
- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl
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things i haven’t learned in high school
- how to pay bills
- how to buy a house
- how to buy a car
- how to apply for loans for college
but thank jesus i can graph a polynomial function
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I was born
outside of
my mother’s
country,
and for that
I will always
remain
a foreigner.
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Attempting.
Wonder if we had this as a class in high school… more students would actually feel engaged! This to me is where our world is headed. My hope is that schools can be a place where students discover what they want to be and then spend their time trying to “be it”… I don’t even think it needs to be work focused and I hope it is not “I” focus but how “I” become an unique “I” within a more collective “we”……
Just thinking…. that is why I love my work with Imagining Learning. Visioning different types of schools with young people stops you from thinking about school in the traditional sense and opens your mind to all the different possibilities of what school could and should be. See some of their unique visions here and donate to help us travel to other cities to vision with more students.
——Adventures In Learning
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This girl is the strongest girl I know. Since summer of June 2011 Marie has been kicking leukemia’s ass like the trooper she is. Unfortunately her cancer has relapsed and there is nothing else the doctors can do. Marie has made the decision to no longer go through the harsh chemo treatments and will live out the rest of her life surrounded by our loved ones.
I know I am nowhere near ‘tumblr famous’ on this site but I am asking the people of tumblr for help. Marie’s favorite music is Kellin Quinn of sleeping with sirens. It is her dream to meet him and although that may not happen, I am trying to get his attention and try to get him to atleast sykpe or call her.
It would mean the word if you would instagram, facebook or even tweet Kellin and his band #kellinmeetmarie I know it would absolutely bring her happiness and that is all that she deserves. Thankyouu so much for reading this
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3 May 2013. Kabul. Afghanistan. A girl pops an Ollie as Afghan youths gather for the Sound Central Festival in Kabul. (Photo: Massoud Hossaini / AFP-Getty via The Guardian)
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