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May 31

guardian: Monumenta, an installation by Daniel Buren, on display in the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris Photograph: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images

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Monumenta, an installation by Daniel Buren, on display in the nave of the Grand Palais in Paris
Photograph: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images

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May 30

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May 29

the common sense guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse:

gyzym:

So, in the wake of reading this terrifying shit, Postcard and I started chatting, as you do, about the zombie apocalypse. Here are some things Postcard and I enjoy: zombie media, common sense, and YELLING ABOUT STUFF. Thus, for your reading pleasure, please enjoy our simple twenty-step guide to NOT DYING in the unlikely event that a zombie apocalypse ravages humanity:
  1. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL APOCALYPTIC SITUATION, ASSUME THAT THE FOLLOWING THINGS ARE GOING TO STOP WORKING: running water (this includes toilets); anything that relies on electricity (this includes gas pumps); anything that relies on natural gas lines (this includes gas stoves/central heat); basically, anything that relies on there being a factory of some variety at the other end of thing you want to make do stuff. THAT’S ALL GONNA BREAK. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERNET. Thus, the most important thing to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse is: 
  2. RESEARCH. For as long as you possess the internet, do everything you can to learn as much as possible. Research edible/medicinal plants (or seriously, go into a bookstore and loot your shit a guidebook, they’re not large, they sell little tiny ones, you can put it in your pocket, WHY DOES EVERYONE IN EVERY ZOMBIE MOVIE NOT DO THIS). Research, from available information, how the zombies work/which of their senses are functional—for example, if they operate largely by smell, you want to work on smelling not alive. If they operate largely by sight, DON’T LIGHT FIRES AT NIGHT. And speaking of fires…

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cannedebonbon: kiranwearsscienceblue: dveoit: think-progress: There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third? Read the article here.  Canada is actually 15, but there are 35 weeks of paid parental leave that you can share between parents (incl. civil unions, iirc), and an additional 15 weeks of sickness benefits one can receive (which doesn’t appear too difficult to quality for), for a total of 65 possible weeks for one person. Right. So. I just want to make a point here that the United States was founded on the principle of states’ rights. The federal government is not supposed to be all-powerful; the states have the rights to make their individual laws as the locals there see fit. In the beginning of the States, this resulted in even differing currencies state-to-state. Today, at least, the currency has consolidated, but I just want to remind you guys that the federal government of the U.S. was not meant to be as powerful as that of other nations, and therefore it is best to judge things on a state-by-state basis.  In my state, for example, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and State and Federal Family Medical Leave Acts require all employers who offer any kind of sick or disability leave to grant pregnancy-related leave (to about 16 weeks).  These are benefits, not rights. The United States was founded on a generally hands-off policy, so yeah, while it might be nice for everyone to get 20 weeks of maternity leave, the federal government leaves that for the states and employers to decide. The U.S. is not every other nation in the world. States are meant to have more independent control over their laws than in other nations, so yes, there will be a gap in federal laws that exist in other nations.  //gets off soapbox. So what you’re saying is working parents shouldn’t have the RIGHT to care for their newborn infant. Yes? ^ This. Parental leave is important because it’s still the case more women quit their job to care for kids than men do, and so women lose out on promotions and employment opportunities. (If you haven’t seen it yet, Sheryl Sandberg gave an excellent TED talk about this.) Also, richer parents have money to hire a nanny or send their kids to daycare, while poorer parents can’t do so and end up losing sources of income in order to take care of their children. Also, it’s parental leave. Because dads should be able to take off time to take care of their newborns too!

cannedebonbon:

kiranwearsscienceblue:

dveoit:

think-progress:

There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?

Read the article here. 

Canada is actually 15, but there are 35 weeks of paid parental leave that you can share between parents (incl. civil unions, iirc), and an additional 15 weeks of sickness benefits one can receive (which doesn’t appear too difficult to quality for), for a total of 65 possible weeks for one person.

Right. So. I just want to make a point here that the United States was founded on the principle of states’ rights. The federal government is not supposed to be all-powerful; the states have the rights to make their individual laws as the locals there see fit. In the beginning of the States, this resulted in even differing currencies state-to-state. Today, at least, the currency has consolidated, but I just want to remind you guys that the federal government of the U.S. was not meant to be as powerful as that of other nations, and therefore it is best to judge things on a state-by-state basis. 

In my state, for example, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and State and Federal Family Medical Leave Acts require all employers who offer any kind of sick or disability leave to grant pregnancy-related leave (to about 16 weeks). 

These are benefits, not rights. The United States was founded on a generally hands-off policy, so yeah, while it might be nice for everyone to get 20 weeks of maternity leave, the federal government leaves that for the states and employers to decide. The U.S. is not every other nation in the world. States are meant to have more independent control over their laws than in other nations, so yes, there will be a gap in federal laws that exist in other nations. 

//gets off soapbox.

So what you’re saying is working parents shouldn’t have the RIGHT to care for their newborn infant. Yes?

^ This. Parental leave is important because it’s still the case more women quit their job to care for kids than men do, and so women lose out on promotions and employment opportunities. (If you haven’t seen it yet, Sheryl Sandberg gave an excellent TED talk about this.) Also, richer parents have money to hire a nanny or send their kids to daycare, while poorer parents can’t do so and end up losing sources of income in order to take care of their children.

Also, it’s parental leave. Because dads should be able to take off time to take care of their newborns too!

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4 in 10 young women sexually harassed in public in London over the last year -

I wish this figure surprised me.