showtimeallaccess:

We know, we know. You’re just starting to get comfortable with Marty and his pod of con-artists taking you for all you’re worth. You’re just reacquainting yourself with good ol’ Hank Moody, and you’re finally relishing in your ability to live shamelessly and vicariously through the Gallagher…

feedmerevolution:

 One dies,million cry.

Million die, no one cries.

crisisgroup:

ICG’s recent Key Issue report evaluates the impact of international attempts to end conflict mineral trade in DRC. These images by T. Kayikwamba Wagner, who was kind enough to share photos from her trip with us, depict the mining area on the island of Idjwi in the South Kivu province of DRC.

VIEW THE PHOTOSTREAM (Flickr)

READ THE REPORT (International Crisis Group)

nypl:

And the Academy Award for Best Performing Arts Library in New York City goes too.. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts! Believe it or not, but The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has TWO Academy Awards in its collections. One is the Oscar that Paul Muni won in 1937 for Best Actor in THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR and the other belonged to Burl Ives who won it for Best Supporting Actor in 1959 for THE BIG COUNTRY. 

latimes:

Sterilized by North Carolina, she felt raped once more: Elaine Riddick was only 14 when the state decided that she was not capable of mothering children and quietly cauterized her fallopian tubes. The $50,000 now offered to her only makes her angrier.

This is one of the most disturbing stories we’ve ever read.

Between 1929 and 1974, nearly 7,600 people were sterilized under orders from North Carolina’s Eugenics Board. Nearly 85% were women or girls, some as young as 10. The state estimates that 1,500 to 2,000 of the victims are still alive.

The board’s declared goal was to purify the state’s population by weeding out the mentally ill, diseased, feebleminded and others deemed undesirable.

In a 1950 pamphlet, the Human Betterment League of North Carolina said the board was protecting “the children of future generations and the community at large,” adding that “you wouldn’t expect a moron to run a train or a feebleminded woman to teach school.”

The pamphlet went on: “It is not barnyard castration!”

Photo: Elaine Riddick, 57, listens as Dr. Laura Gerald, unseen, chairwoman of the Governor’s Eugenics Compensation Task Force, announces on Jan. 10 the panel’s recommendation of a $50,000 payment to each victim. The meeting was held in Raleigh, N.C. Credit: Shawn Rocco, Raleigh News & Observer

allenpaltrow:

I’ve been getting a great response to the story, posted earlier today.

First, a challenger approaches! Apparently the “boy in the blue coat” is none other than Alex Godin, son of Seth Godin, and active in the startup community.

My pic:

His pic (via Seth Godin):

What a…

roaweb:

ZARAGOZA

5°ASALTO MURAL PAINTING FESTIVAL

Update 4

@comex had released the source code of jailbreakme.com on github:

comex’s star at master - GitHub
the code behind the second incarnation of jailbreakme.com

Update 3

Case Closed. Fixed in iOS 4.0.2 update:

• FreeType

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1797
Available for: iOS 2.0 through…