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"Scale isn’t always the answer, but if it is, then scale. Build the systems necessary to..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:55:08 -0400

“Scale isn’t always the answer, but if it is, then scale. Build the systems necessary to dramatically change your impact. Halfway gets you nowhere.”

- Seth’s Blog: On adding a zero

Well damn. Get outta my head Seth Godin.

"I had always associated Shavuot with Revelation and Memorial Day with duty, but I had never..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:41:28 -0400

“I had always associated Shavuot with Revelation and Memorial Day with duty, but I had never associated either of them with hope. And yet when Ruth’s eyes saw nothing but sorrow and death in her family, her heart believed in a brighter future ahead. Her embrace of Judaism was more a prayer for what could be than a reaction to what already was. As I watched the chem-lights twinkle, I realized that was the soldiers’ prayer as well—for a time when friends and loved ones would never be separated by war again. Perhaps in a strange way it’s easier to be optimistic after you’ve actually sacrificed or lost something.”

- An Army Chaplain Deployed in Afghanistan Finds Hope on Memorial Day – Tablet Magazine

"The people who plant the seed are often forgotten through history,” Molina said. “Even..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:30:14 -0400

““The people who plant the seed are often forgotten through history,” Molina said. “Even though one could arguably associate substantial or equal credit to them. I’m not saying that’s what I want. I just think it’s interesting how the last one wins.””

- The Daily Dot - The real origins of Tumblr

McCain To Apple CEO: Why the hell do I have to update the apps...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:47:48 -0400

McCain To Apple CEO: Why the hell do I have to update the apps on my iPhone all the time? (by tpmtv)

(via Kentucky Bourbon Trail App by Mocura)

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:40:45 -0400

(via Kentucky Bourbon Trail App by Mocura)

"Why Society Still Needs Feminism Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women,..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:30 -0400

“

Why Society Still Needs Feminism

Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night.

Because the biggest insult for a guy is to be called a “pussy,” a “little bitch” or a “girl.” From here on out, being called a “pussy” is an effing badge of honor.

Because last month, my politics professor asked the class if women should have equal representation in the Supreme Court, and only three out of 42 people raised their hands.

Because rape jokes are still a thing.

Because despite being equally broke college kids, guys are still expected to pay for dates, drinks and flowers.

Because as a legit student group, Campus Fellowship does not allow women to lead anything involving men. Look, I know Eve was dumb about the whole apple and snake thing, but I think we can agree having a vagina does not directly impact your ability to lead a
college organization.

Because it’s assumed that if you are nice to a girl, she owes you sex — therefore, if she turns you down, she’s a bitch who’s put you in the “friend zone.” Sorry, bro, women are not machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out.

Because only 29 percent of American women identify as feminist, and in the words of author Caitlin Moran, “What part of ‘liberation for women’ is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? Did all that good shit get on your nerves? Or were you just drunk at the time
of the survey?”

Because when people hear the term feminist, they honestly think of women burning bras. Dude, have you ever bought a bra? No one would burn them because they’re freaking
expensive.

Because Rush Limbaugh.

Because we now have a record number of women in the Senate … which is a measly 20 out of 100. Congrats, USA, we’ve gone up to 78th place for women’s political representation, still below China, Rwanda and Iraq.

Because recently I had a discussion with a couple of well-meaning Drake University guys, and they literally could not fathom how catcalling a woman walking down University Avenue is creepy and sexist.
Could. Not. Fathom.

Because on average, the tenured male professors at Drake make more than the tenured female professors.

Because more people on campus complain about chalked statistics regarding sexual assault than complain about the existence of sexual assault. Priorities? Have them.

Because 138 House Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act. All 138 felt it shouldn’t provide support for Native women, LGBT people or immigrant women. I’m kind of confused by this, because I thought LGBT people and women of color were also human beings.
Weird, right?

Because a girl was roofied last semester at a local campus bar, and I heard someone say they think she should have been more careful. Being drugged is her fault, not the fault of the person who put drugs in her drink?

Because Chris Brown beat Rihanna so badly she was hospitalized, yet he still has fans and bestselling songs and a tattoo of an abused woman on his neck.

Because out of 7 billion people on the planet, more than 1 billion women will be raped or beaten in their lifetimes. Women and girls have their clitorises cut out, acid thrown on them and broken bottles shoved up them as an act of war. Every second of every day. Every corner of the Earth.

Because the other day, another friend of mine told me she was raped, and I can no longer count on both my hands the number of friends who have told me they’ve been sexually assaulted. Words can’t express how scared I am that I’m getting used to this.

Because a brief survey of reality will tell you that we do not live in a world that values all people equally and that sucks in real, very scary ways. Because you know we live in a sexist world when an awesome thing with the name “feminism” has a weird connotation. Because if I have kids someday, I want my son to be able to have emotions and play dress up, and I want my daughter to climb trees and care more about what’s in her head than what’s on it. Because I don’t want her to carry keys between her fingers at night to
protect herself.

Because feminism is for everybody, and this is your official invitation.

”

- Caitlin O’Donnell, Drake University. (via on-another-note)

"To get any traction in software today you have to start with a feature — an atomic unit of delight...."

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:11:54 -0400

““To get any traction in software today you have to start with a feature — an atomic unit of delight. You have to solve one problem superbly.””

- How VCs think: Is your startup a feature, a product or a business? - The Next Web

"Vaillant’s key takeaway, in his own words: “The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:06:02 -0400

“Vaillant’s key takeaway, in his own words: “The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points … to a straightforward five-word conclusion: ‘Happiness is love. Full stop.’ ””

- Grant Study Reveals What Makes Us Happy - Business Insider

Is this Kentucky city the center of the universe? Not quite, but...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:25:53 -0400

Is this Kentucky city the center of the universe? Not quite, but it’s close enough (via The One Map That Explains Louisville’s Economy - NationalJournal.com)

"As a general rule, if you are the one typing in all caps insisting that everyone else is wrong, they..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:24:20 -0400

“As a general rule, if you are the one typing in all caps insisting that everyone else is wrong, they are not wrong.”

- Amy’s Baking Company vs. The Entire Internet

Deep interent truth right there.

"I once rolled my eyes at the thought of a conspiracy cabal involving Mellie, Cyrus, Olivia, and..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:33:25 -0400

“I once rolled my eyes at the thought of a conspiracy cabal involving Mellie, Cyrus, Olivia, and Hollis. Now I learn that the head of a super secret CIA organization is Olivia’s father and pre-order popcorn for Fall 2013. The show’s earned respect when it comes to its long-term narrative planning, and deserves it as long as it keeps churning stories out like this.”

- “White Hat’s Back On” | Scandal | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club

Word. THIS SHOW.

andyswan: Big companies fear you. Let me repeat that. Big...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:53 -0400

andyswan:

Big companies fear you. Let me repeat that. Big companies fear you.

You’re fast, they’re slow. You’re nimble, they’re not. You’re innovating, they’re conference-calling.

Yes, their mass makes them extremely powerful. They can monetize FAR better than you can even dream of. That’s what they do… they push the big lever that works really well.

But if you’re smart and stay in the blue ocean, they can’t touch you. They know it.

That’s why they need you. They need you to find a new lever that works. They need you to show them the way through dangerous new water.

Don’t compete on the big levers. Find the small ones that work and grow them.

Win.

That’s just a great great image.

"To get the quantities of food needed by large school systems and institutions, Fritschner also works..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:17:12 -0400

“To get the quantities of food needed by large school systems and institutions, Fritschner also works with area farmers to increase their capacity. She notes that butternut squash grows particularly well in Kentucky, and that the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 instructs school districts to serve more leafy greens and orange vegetables. “If I can get local butternut squash into the schools somehow, I’m solving a problem for them,” she says. And indeed, after doing some research, she matched up a butternut-squash farm with a local processor that peels and seeds the squash and gets it to Jefferson County public schools.”

- Louisville’s War on Chicken Nuggets - NationalJournal.com

Butternut squash to the rescue!

swirlspice: sevenlittledevils: The Lowry and 35W Bridges in...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:18:16 -0400

swirlspice:

sevenlittledevils:

The Lowry and 35W Bridges in Minneapolis, Minnesota following the passing of the equal marriage laws. Minnesota is the 12th state to accept same-sex marriages (but by far the most fabulous, although that may be my biased opinion).

You right.

americasgreatoutdoors: Summer nights in Joshua Tree look a lot...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:17:47 -0400

americasgreatoutdoors:

Summer nights in Joshua Tree look a lot like this. In other words, beautiful.

Photo: Sarah Chah

swirlspice: whitehouse: americasgreatoutdoors: One of the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:58 -0400

swirlspice:

whitehouse:

americasgreatoutdoors:

One of the most spectacular #lightning strikes we have ever seen. This photo was taken near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Photo: Travis Roe

Check out more amazing pics and get the latest news about our country’s public lands at the Department of Interior’s tumblr, America’s Great Outdoors.

The Department of Interior has a tumblr?!

"The Sefaria Project is about building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:19:27 -0400

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The Sefaria Project is about building the future of Jewish learning in an open and participatory way.

We are building a living library of Jewish Texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation. Our scope is Torah in the broadest sense, from Tanakh to Talmud to Zohar to modern texts and all the volumes of commentary in between. Sefaria is created, edited, and annotated by an open community.

Having digital texts enables us to create a new, interactive interface for the Web, tablet and mobile which allows students and scholars around the world to freely learn and explore the interconnections among Torah texts.

Judaism’s core texts grew out of millennia-long conversations and arguments across generations. We envision creating an open space for ancient conversations to continue in new ways, with new participants, new questions, and new layers of dialogue.

”

- Sefaria.org : New Interfaces for Jewish Texts

So cool. Can’t wait to participate.

"Why not let women thank God for not making them men? Surprisingly, this is not some modern, liberal..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:10:35 -0400

“Why not let women thank God for not making them men? Surprisingly, this is not some modern, liberal attempt to mess with tradition. Instead, such a prayer actually exists in a siddur dating back to 1471 Northern Italy, which you can see here (p. 5v). This siddur was written by Rabbi Abraham Ben Mordechai Farissol, a well-respected Italian rabbi at a time when there were no Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, or other denominations of Judaism. The prayer’s language is unambiguous and unabashed: blessing God “she-asitani ishah v’lo ish”–for making me a woman and not a man. The beauty of this prayer is that, in one line, it affirms the inherent dignity and worthiness of women in society, rebutting (though by no means removing) the toxicity of the male praise for not being made a woman. Its poignant language promotes gratitude for the privilege of having been born as a woman.”

- Should Women Thank God For Not Making Them Men? | Rabbis Without Borders - My Jewish Learning

"Mayor Greg Fischer talks about Louisville’s multi-sector economy, which runs on manufacturing,..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:44:20 -0400

“Mayor Greg Fischer talks about Louisville’s multi-sector economy, which runs on manufacturing, logistics, food, and bourbon. Did we mention Moonshine University?”

- The City That Never Went Bust - NationalJournal.com

"Mosley enthusiastically welcomes Jewish readers who are drawn to his fiction because of a feeling of..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:19:05 -0400

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Mosley enthusiastically welcomes Jewish readers who are drawn to his fiction because of a feeling of shared cultural experience or a common identity. “I know that people who aren’t insecure about their identity and who are Jewish like hearing that I’m Jewish,” he said. He also knows that his dual identity gives Jewish readers “an entrée” into the African-American experience. And, because his Jewish learning and political orientation run deep in his life and work at an unconscious level, he welcomes the notion that his Jewish readers “might see things in my work that I don’t see.”

And the arrow points in the other direction, too, as Mosley celebrates moments of acceptance in his life and in his experience as a Jew. “A long time ago I was talking to a rabbi, a young rabbi who was a student at City College,” he recalled. “And I said, ‘I’m Jewish too you know.’ And he kept talking. And at one point I said, ‘I said I was Jewish and you didn’t bat an eye or ask a question.’ And he looked at me and he goes, ‘Who would lie about that?’ Now, I got that.”

”

- Best-selling Novelist Walter Mosley on Jewish L.A., and More – Tablet Magazine

Attn: Jason