January 27, 2012
Gustave Moreau, Oedipus And The Sphinx, 1864
“What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night? Just kidding. I have lady tits and a lion ass. All answers are invalid.”
13 hours ago • 250 notes
January 26, 2012
Reblog With Your Most Hated Cliché Phrases So That We May Write A Collective Suicide Note:
From a little known town called New York City
“…like the one on TV.”
That which does not kill me …
1 day ago • 69 notes
Biblical cats
In Egypt, cats used to be seen as the symbolic and sacred animal. However scholars who have read and analyse the Bible claim there is never a mention of cats throughout.
Reason I’m not Christian #41358: No mention of cats in the Bible.
1 day ago • 206 notes![deantrippe:
radiomaru:
this one’s for the guy who gave me the radiomaru.tumblr.com account. thanks tony
HEY KIDS -> Guess who’s on Tumblr?
[ahem] … SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lye49bH8ya1ro3irro1_500.png)
Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com
dyfl:
1 day ago • 4 notesI’m really, really glad that the Times is writing this series about manufacturing conditions in China; it’s one of the most significant human-rights stories in the world, and it’s one of those things Americans truly do not like thinking about. I know I generally don’t, but a part of me is glad to have it rubbed in my face.
I sort of worry that the focus on Apple is counter-productive — every company that manufactures goods for the American market is engaged in this sort of behavior, and Apple as a company is cast in the role of “shit-magnet” far too often and out of proportion to their actual conduct, I think.
That said, I do acknowledge the narrative advantages for a journalist of focusing on Apple — and I do have to say, their insanely gigantic cash hoard starts to look a little bit obscene in this context. It’s naive to say, I’m sure, but with a pile of reserve cash that gigantic, what kind of changes could be made to working conditions among their suppliers if even 20% of that was earmarked as required to go to programs to improve living conditions? It would be fundamentally anti-competitive in some ways, yes, but maybe having the resources to do things like that would make Foxconn even more attractive as both an employer and a supplier. Who can say.
January 25, 2012
