Mike Daisey, an “Apple fan-boy” who visited workers at the factory, noted “when we dream of a future where the regulations are washed away and the corporations are finally free to sail above us, you don’t have to dream about some sci-fi dystopian Blade Runner/1984 bullshit. You can go to Shenzhen tomorrow. They’re making your crap that way today.” From interview on “This American Life.” (Frying Pan News)
Chilean Camila Vallejo, 23, “has gained rock-star status among the global activist class. Since June she has led regular street marches of up to 200,000 people through Santiago’s broad avenues — the largest demonstrations since the waning days of the Pinochet regime in the late 1980s.” Her nickname is “Comandante Camila.” (NYTimes)
Hilarious. (via Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Releases ‘Mitt Romney Is a Serial Killer’ Ad — Daily Intel)
How to beat procrastination (by YouAreNotSoSmart)
If you tell someone they may die of diarrhea, it is not much of an incentive to build a toilet. But if toilets become a sign of wealth, jealousy over their neighbors’ latrines will drive them to build their own.
IRIN Asia | ASIA: Taking the taboo out of the loo
This story includes the following statistic: According to UNICEF, some 1.2 billion people worldwide defecate in the open rather than using toilets.
I stumbled on this great website where you can submit your half-baked idea, and people tell you what a terrible plan it is!
This broken washing machine part on my couch looks like spaceship detritus or the jet engine that killed Donnie Darko.
Discovered some long-lost cousins in the pest-control business. (Not really, but love the “Killed by Corbett” slogan on the bug’s tombstone).
The scary thing is we still see all these tweets being jokey and jovial and taking a laissez-faire attitude about the storm. Do they really understand the damage Irene could cause?
Their salary history follows them wherever they go. It’s like a parrot on your shoulder, traveling with you everywhere, constantly telling you, ‘No, you can’t make that much money.’
