daniellemertina: thenoobyorker: The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole [The Atlantic] If Americans want to care about Africa, maybe they should consider evaluating American foreign policy, which they already play a direct role in through elections, before they impose themselves on Africa itself. There’s no point in quoting the entire piece, just read it. I really admire Teju Cole. Somebody needs to keep it real.

daniellemertina:

thenoobyorker:

The White Savior Industrial Complex by Teju Cole [The Atlantic]

If Americans want to care about Africa, maybe they should consider evaluating American foreign policy, which they already play a direct role in through elections, before they impose themselves on Africa itself.

There’s no point in quoting the entire piece, just read it.

I really admire Teju Cole. Somebody needs to keep it real.

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PAX AMERICANA: What’s strange is that, aside from the two or three who are convinced...

paxamericana:

What’s strange is that, aside from the two or three who are convinced that the CIA was behind Jonestown, everyone who survived the Peoples Temple has resolutely denounced Jim Jones and the things that happened in Guyana.

But almost all of the surviving Heaven’s Gate members still believe 100% in…

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united-states-of-americunt: jake-spanish: accioharo: This is a map of every country England has ever invaded. I… can’t. That’s all but twenty-two countries.  wow england gets around dayum gdi england 

united-states-of-americunt:

jake-spanish:

accioharo:

This is a map of every country England has ever invaded.

I… can’t. That’s all but twenty-two countries. 

wow england gets around dayum

gdi england 

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ladymalchav:

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I had decided to go to Paris when I was thirteen, but I didn’t realize what that meant. All I knew was that Paris was like a big signal in my life. In order to realize my dream, I had to master French. So I went to study French literature in the University of Rabat. However, when I arrived, I realized that my French was really poor. To master it, I decided to write my diary in French. For me that was the best way to be confronted with the language, to have a relationship with it without any mediation or intercession. My literary writing emerged from this relationship and that diary, which I kept for many years in Morocco. That’s how I became a writer.
—  Interview with novelist Abdellah Taia (via derica)

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colchrishadfield: I don’t think that sand came from those rocks.

colchrishadfield:

I don’t think that sand came from those rocks.

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paxamericana: This is the most cyberpunk shit I’ve ever seen. Makeup to obscure facial recognition cameras. http://cvdazzle.com/

paxamericana:

This is the most cyberpunk shit I’ve ever seen. Makeup to obscure facial recognition cameras.

http://cvdazzle.com/

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paxamericana:

if you’re a “history buff” but you only collect nazi memorabilia, you’re probably just a nazi. 

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themineralogist: Allende meteorites under the microscope by chipdatajeffb (click Original size to run the .gif) “The Allende meteorites are of a type called carbonaceous chondrites and in addition to chondrules also contain interstellar dust particles as well as CAIs (Calcium-Aluminum Inclusions), which are thought to be the oldest unaltered particles in our Solar System.”

themineralogist:

Allende meteorites under the microscope by chipdatajeffb (click Original size to run the .gif)

“The Allende meteorites are of a type called carbonaceous chondrites and in addition to chondrules also contain interstellar dust particles as well as CAIs (Calcium-Aluminum Inclusions), which are thought to be the oldest unaltered particles in our Solar System.”

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narcissustea: A professional stage debut is a huge event in the life of any ballerina, but Michaela DePrince’s recent tour of South Africa also marked the end of an extraordinary journey from her childhood as a war orphan in Sierra Leone. “I got out of a terrible place,” says DePrince. “I had no idea I would be here - I’m living my dream every single day.” She was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinty, but after they both died during the civil war, she was sent to an orphanage, where she became a number. “They named us from one to 27,” she recalls. “One was the favourite child of the orphanage and 27 was the least favourite.” DePrince was number 27, because she suffers from vitiligo, a condition in which patches of skin lose pigmentation. To the “Aunties” who ran the orphanage, it was evidence of the evil spirit within the three-year-old. She still recalls the fierce antagonism of the women. “They thought of me as a devil’s child. They told me every day how I wasn’t going to get adopted, because nobody would want a devil’s child,” she says. Read the rest here, with a warning that it gets pretty horrible in places. Her story is inspiring and I wish her every success!

narcissustea:

A professional stage debut is a huge event in the life of any ballerina, but Michaela DePrince’s recent tour of South Africa also marked the end of an extraordinary journey from her childhood as a war orphan in Sierra Leone.

“I got out of a terrible place,” says DePrince. “I had no idea I would be here - I’m living my dream every single day.”

She was born in Sierra Leone in 1995. Her parents named her Mabinty, but after they both died during the civil war, she was sent to an orphanage, where she became a number.

“They named us from one to 27,” she recalls. “One was the favourite child of the orphanage and 27 was the least favourite.”

DePrince was number 27, because she suffers from vitiligo, a condition in which patches of skin lose pigmentation. To the “Aunties” who ran the orphanage, it was evidence of the evil spirit within the three-year-old. She still recalls the fierce antagonism of the women.

“They thought of me as a devil’s child. They told me every day how I wasn’t going to get adopted, because nobody would want a devil’s child,” she says.

Read the rest here, with a warning that it gets pretty horrible in places. Her story is inspiring and I wish her every success!

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