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nerddownand5: itspartyrehab: Sarasota LemonadeIngredients...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:42:29 -0400

itspartyrehab:

Sarasota Lemonade

Ingredients & Measurements:

2 bottles Moscato

1 can Pink Lemonade Concentrate

3 cups of Sprite

Raspberries

Instructions:

Empty all of the liquid ingredients into a pitcher and stir. Then mash about half the raspberries and put them in. Placed the rest of the raspberries in the glasses and serve it.

This should be called the “Sweetheart Drake” special.

the-absolute-funniest-posts: barksysofetch: BEST SASS FROM THE...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:01 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

barksysofetch:

BEST SASS FROM THE BBMA’S THIS YEAR!!!!

abagond: There should be a White History Month in America. That...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:58 -0400

abagond:

There should be a White History Month in America. That way we can teach all about the things White Americans have done in history, like:

Cherokee Trail of Tears

Japanese American internment

Philippine-American War

Jim Crow

The genocide of Native Americans

Transatlantic slave trade

The Middle Passage

The history of White American racism

Black Codes

Slave patrols

Ku Klux Klan

The War on Drugs

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

How white racism grew out of slavery and genocide

How whites still benefit from slavery and genocide

White anti-racism

The Southern strategy

The rape of black slave women

CORE

Madison Grant

The Indian Wars

Human zoos

How the Jews became white

White flight

Redlining

Proposition 14

Homestead Act

Tulsa Riots

Rosewood massacre

Tuskegee Experiment

Lynching

Hollywood stereotypes

Indian Appropriations Acts

Immigration Act of 1924

Sundown towns

Chinese Exclusion Act

Emmett Till

Vincent Chin

Islamophobia

Indian boarding schools

King Philip’s War

Bacon’s Rebellion

American slavery compared to Arab, Roman and Latin American slavery

History of the gun

History of the police

History of prisons

History of white suburbia

Lincoln’s racism and anti-racism

George Wallace

Fox News

Cointelpro

Real estate steering

School tracking

Mass incarceration of black men

Boston school busing riots

And so on. No fear of running out of topics: there is more than one a day! I am sure my commenters can come up with tons more, probably some big ones that are not coming to mind at the moment (I did not list slavery, the abolitionist movement, the civil war, Reconstruction or Lincoln since they are, in fact, covered in history class, however poorly).

(via Why there should be a White History Month | Abagond)

Annette Koh: the public

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:25:44 -0400

Annette Koh: the public:

anniekoh:

As a follow up to the excerpts from Raymond Williams’ Keywords, Ananya Roy on how we define the public in “A ‘Public’ Muse On Planning Convictions and Feminist Contention”:

Much of this article is concerned with one of planning’s central concepts: the public. For planning, the…

french: lol @ the look Nicki Minaj gives in the background

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:38:30 -0400

french:

lol @ the look Nicki Minaj gives in the background

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:35:48 -0400

iamburdenedwithgloriousnuggets: ohblessyourlittleheart: magical...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:28:24 -0400

iamburdenedwithgloriousnuggets:

ohblessyourlittleheart:

magical-mayhems:

ridinghi:

egberts-plush-posterior:

srsbronydrama:

pepper-puppy:

CLICK THE SQUARES.

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

OH MY GOD THIS IS BACK.

FUCKING FUCK I LOVE THIS.

….so that’s how you get 800k+ notes.

everyone can put aside their differences and just agree this is awesome

they need to send this to Israel and Palestine.

ITS BACK!

this is addictive. i selected all squares

CLICK IT ALL

I EVEN MADE A RING TONE OUTTA IT

LOOK AT THIS. STOP SCROLLING AND LOOK AT THIS.

IT’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

humansofnewyork: We talked for a few minutes. She told me that...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:01 -0400

humansofnewyork:

We talked for a few minutes. She told me that she’d had a plan to join the Navy out of high school, but that fell apart because her knees were bad. She told me that she’d just finished working a 12 hour shift on a food truck. She told me that she’d moved to New York for no reason, just to get out of Kansas. “But I’m so glad I came,” she said.

“Why’s that?” I asked. Her eyes began to water.

“Because I’m so in love with a girl right now.”

humansofnewyork: “Why were you homeless?” “It just got to a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:19:13 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“Why were you homeless?”

“It just got to a point where my mom couldn’t maintain anymore. The sad part was that it was during high school. So I had to keep it a secret. Cause, you know, it’s high school.”

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:47 -0400

When someone asks "You gonna eat that?"

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:14:59 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

thekhooll: Crosswaters Ecolodge Simón Vélez, architect and...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:54:40 -0400

thekhooll:

Crosswaters Ecolodge

Simón Vélez, architect and pioneer in the contemporary use of bamboo as an essential building component. He invented a new method to build foundations and roofs, which transformed one of the world’s oldest building materials, namely bamboo, into a modern resource.

architecturepage: Turning Torso | Malmö (by detounchin)

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:51:58 -0400

architecturepage:

Turning Torso | Malmö (by detounchin)

thenewurbanist: Kentlands, Maryland Kentlands, designed in...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:35:29 -0400

thenewurbanist:

Kentlands, Maryland

Kentlands, designed in 1988, is a 352-acre new urbanist community in Gaithersburg, MD located 23 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. As one of the most mature and complete examples of the first generation of new urbanism, Kentlands uses common sense but highly effective environmental and urban design techniques to prove the viability of sustainable urban growth in the larger region.

thenewurbanist: Post-Industrial Waterfronts, San...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:11 -0400

thenewurbanist:

Post-Industrial Waterfronts, San Francisco: Hunters Point Shipyard, Mission Bay Design for Development, Mission Rock, & Treasure Island Master Plan + Urban Design

Urban edges where the city meets the water have often been closed to the public, relegated to industrial uses, and condemned over time to become areas of urban decay, pollution and dereliction. As cities evolve and industry relocates, post-industrial urban waterfronts can become communal meeting places, centers for arts and entertainment, focal points for celebration and inspiration. As designers and planners, we delight in the unique potentials waterfronts and buildings offer, and bring to them creativity, contemporary design and civic identity.

thenewurbanist: Downcity Providence Downcity Providence was...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:44 -0400

thenewurbanist:

Downcity Providence

Downcity Providence was commissioned Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company in 1991 to prepare a downtown revitalization plan for the City of Providence, Rhode Island. In 2004, DPZ was asked by the City to revisit the master plan for the redevelopment of the Washington Street Corridor. Special attention was given to redevelopment opportunities that would connect and complete existing gaps in the urban fabric. The design team identified and designed numerous sites in and along the Washington Street Corridor, including a plan to reconnect the Westside neighborhood, which suffers from reduced access due to I-95.

thenewurbanist: Canary Wharf, London The decision to develop...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:07:51 -0400

thenewurbanist:

Canary Wharf, London

The decision to develop Canary Wharf at a dense urban scale enabled the creation of a walkable, transit-based district that has gradually challenged the City as London’s financial heart. Canary Wharf’s large scale has enabled financial institutions, particularly those requiring the large-plate trading floors hard to find in the city center, to maintain their headquarters in London. This, in turn, has ensured London’s continued financial centrality to the EU and beyond.

conganh: Gomti Greens Master Plan

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:37 -0400

conganh:

Gomti Greens Master Plan

conganh: Sofia Multifunctional Complex

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:04:34 -0400

conganh:

Sofia Multifunctional Complex

chrisnortonriley: Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavìk, Iceland

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:01 -0400

chrisnortonriley:

Hallgrímskirkja

Reykjavìk, Iceland

The Daily Distractions

nerddownand5: itspartyrehab: Sarasota LemonadeIngredients...

the-absolute-funniest-posts: barksysofetch: BEST SASS FROM THE...

abagond: There should be a White History Month in America. That...

Annette Koh: the public

french: lol @ the look Nicki Minaj gives in the background

Photo

iamburdenedwithgloriousnuggets: ohblessyourlittleheart: magical...

humansofnewyork: We talked for a few minutes. She told me that...

humansofnewyork: “Why were you homeless?” “It just got to a...

When someone asks "You gonna eat that?"

thekhooll: Crosswaters Ecolodge Simón Vélez, architect and...

Crosswaters Ecolodge

architecturepage: Turning Torso | Malmö (by detounchin)

thenewurbanist: Kentlands, Maryland Kentlands, designed in...

thenewurbanist: Post-Industrial Waterfronts, San...

Post-Industrial Waterfronts, San Francisco: Hunters Point Shipyard, Mission Bay Design for Development, Mission Rock, & Treasure Island Master Plan + Urban Design

thenewurbanist: Downcity Providence Downcity Providence was...

thenewurbanist: Canary Wharf, London The decision to develop...

conganh: Gomti Greens Master Plan

conganh: Sofia Multifunctional Complex

chrisnortonriley: Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavìk, Iceland