December 2010
8 posts
28 Die in Factory Fire [Bangladesh] Making Clothes... →
akio:
coldfish:
padaviya:
Whether you go more highscale at Banana Republic or casual at Old Navy, all these store chains (and Piperlime and Athleta) are owned by Gap, Inc., which just doesn’t seem to care much about the lives of its workers. The Hammem factory also provides clothes to other recognizable brands in America, such as H&M, Walmart, Sears, JC Penny, and Target, though Gap...
Nearly half of Americans can't come up with $2000... →
tobia:
“Which means that they stand only one emergency or crisis away from really quite dire circumstances. This isn’t picked up in the national economic statistics.”
“Africa, in fact, is now one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions....”
– The African Miracle: How the world’s charity case became its best investment opportunity (via caraobrien)
Astronomers Find First Evidence Of Multiverse: Our... →
constantflux:
There’s something exciting afoot in the world of cosmology. Last month, Roger Penrose at the University of Oxford and Vahe Gurzadyan at Yerevan State University in Armenia announced that they had found patterns of concentric circles in the cosmic microwave background, the echo of the Big Bang.
This, they say, is exactly what you’d expect if the universe were eternally cyclical....
“Obama ordered his first drone strike against Pakistan just 72 hours after being...”
– Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan Elites Turn Blind Eye To War (via storiesfrompakistan)
Because apparently some of my followers don't know...
dangerouslycoldtea:
A link spam:
This Is What Rape Culture Looks Like [Yes Means Yes]
On “Hey Baby” And The Invisibility Of Managing Sexual Harassment (Invisible To Men, I Mean) [Alas A Blog]
Sexual Force And Reader Consent In Romance [Dear Author]
The Rise Of The Rape Joke [The Guardian]
Race And Assault Collide: The Adrianne Curry Incident [Racialicious]
Rape Culture 101 [Shakesville]