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Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.

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—	Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy) when i tell people my great grandparents were born into slavery people look at me sideways (via brooklynwaste)

rollingstone:

“Michael Hastings did not write to make friends, but if you were his friend, he was an inspiring and exciting and original and deeply lovable guy.” - Rachel Maddow, who paid moving tribute to Michael Hastings last night on MSNBC.

Select work by Hastings:
The Runaway General: the 2010 profile that took down General Stanley McChrystal.
Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview: Hastings’ 2012 interview where the WikiLeaks founder talks about the future of journalism.
The Rise of the Killer Drones: Hastings’ 2012 piece on how killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.
America’s Last Prisoner of War: Hastings’ 2012 investigative piece on a soldier that became a crucial pawn in negotiations to end the Iraq War.
More here.

fantasticedibles:

Brown Butter Sage Mushroom Lasagna with Gruyere cheese

Recipe

thesmithian:

…up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and poor public services took to the streets. Protesters in Rio de Janeiro burned cars and looted buildings as police attempted to disperse them with teargas and rubber bullets. Aerial images showed thousands of people attempting to storm the congress building in Brasilia. The rallies…are some of the biggest ever seen in the country…

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niceonehilaryfaye:

one of my favorite sketches when I was younger.

Neil’s Puppet Dreams with Nathan Fillion. (x)

wildandwild:

Happy 41st birthday, John Cho!

bleakparadise:

rare, personal list of kim and kanye’s possible baby’s name