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WRONG. I’m actually wearing my onesie underneath it and you will NEVER KNOW MWAHAHAHA

Wanna know another secret? Even though i LOOK like I’m paying attention to whatever nonsense you are saying…..

I AM ACTUALLY WEARING HEADPHONES AND LISTENING TO MUSIC

Imagine if the whole, beautifully paved world looked like this.

These are solar panels that, if placed in the place of roadways and other paving sites (parking lots, parks, etc) can produce more renewable energy than the entire country produces. 

It’s currently in the prototype stage with amazing results. Plus, they can be used in all weather situations that will also make icy roads a thing of the past. Heating elements will melt any ice and snow that sits on top. Another thing, they come with LEDs inside so that you’ll have a better view of the road as you drive. All powered by solar energy. 

I Fucking Love Science posted an article about it and it’s also raising money on indiegogo, which is disgustingly far from the goal. They have some pretty sweet gifts, including bumper stickers, a necklace containing pieces of the prototypes, and an entire working prototype of the plates.

BONUS: The prototypes were made of 10% recycled plastic AND can still handle the heaviest trucks. Imagine what the final product could do.

I urge everyone to at least reblog and spread the message so that hopefully this reaches the goal at May 31st. Projects like this hit me right in the heart because of my passion for renewable energy, which is what I hope to deal with once I’m done with my Engineering degree. I would gladly work on this project if I could, but for now I’m going to settle with donating as much as I can and spreading the word as far as possible.

32 women show us how to respond to common rape excuses

Don’t pick and choose which animals to love.

My sis Rell (Twitter: Awkward_Duck, Tumblr: swearimnotangry), did some investigative work today and found that Donald Sterling has ties to private prison investments, which led the two of us to an excellent discussion about the private prison industry.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. With contract mandates specifying 90% occupancy rates, private prisons feed directly into our problem with mass incarceration.

The private prison industry has become a lucrative business with some of our financial institutions heavily investing in them (Not to mention the music industry invests in them also, but I wont go there today). 

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) & GEO are the nations leading providers of correctional services. CCA has flourished as a business and has done so well ensuring that states maintain that 90% occupancy rate, that last year their Board of Directors authorized a $675 MILLION dividend to its shareholders. -_____-

I don’t even need to tell you who these prison beds are occupied by as I’m sure you all know the stats and demographics, but feel free to check out the links below.

Financial institutions that invest in private prisons: http://bit.ly/14rfwu9

CCA authorizes $675 million dividend to shareholders: http://yhoo.it/1ml7V4u

When you look at who is instituting and/or enforcing myriad laws in the American Southwest criminalizing those of Mesoamerican indigenous origins, it is old whites like Jan Brewer, Russell Pearce, and Joe Arpaio’s likes. When you look at who is always—always—screaming throatily for “More Enforcement,” which fuels the quotas DHS/ICE makes for filling beds, it is the old white rich men of the GOP. When you look at who is profiting from these prisons/detention centers, it’s old, rich, white racists like Donald Sterling. When you look at who champions Stop and Frisk—a style of racist policing that searches and thus imprisons more Black and Brown folk than whites—it is old, rich, white men like NYC’s old mayor Michael Bloomberg. 

Any patterns going on here?

Hi everyone I have a wonderful cat and I need to find a new home for her by June 15th. I’m an international student, and because I’m leaving my program here in the US, I also have to leave the country, and I can’t afford to take her back with me.