Earth To Humanity

definitelydope: Colorful clouds (by Andrei Reinol)

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:26:26 -0400

Colorful clouds (by Andrei Reinol)

misandristscum: ppgfreak85: One of the BEST ad campaigns about...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:34:24 -0400

ppgfreak85:

One of the BEST ad campaigns about representation I have seen.

Everyone has a backbone. Use yours.

you know what i really like about this, is that it shuts the “it’s not offensive, it just means [alternate definition]” crowd right the fuck down. good.

Great.

youbroketheinternet: Perfect I think this is my favorite...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:41:21 -0400

youbroketheinternet:

Perfect

I think this is my favorite building in all of NYC.

liberalsarecool: Banks have zero moral hazard.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:12:41 -0400

liberalsarecool:

Banks have zero moral hazard.

definitelydope: A surreal seascape (by ajcoleyyy) “What if I...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:20:14 -0400

definitelydope:

A surreal seascape (by ajcoleyyy)

“What if I told you that I only used photos of clouds to create this?”

shorm: pooki-chu: seriouslyamerica: caraobrien: pubhealth: L...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:21:27 -0400

shorm:

pooki-chu:

seriouslyamerica:

caraobrien:

pubhealth:

Look How Quickly the U.S. Got Fat (1985-2010 Animated Map)

25 brief, delicious year.

(From The Atlantic)

I was born in ‘85. Interesting to see just how fast things have changed.

Okay, cool graphic. But can we stop the bullshit discussions about how this is because people are too lazy to take care of their bodies? Can we finally address the ACTUAL root causes of this, like poverty (causing people to have no money for fresh foods, and NO TIME to prepare it because working three jobs is necessary just to pay the rent), food deserts (no access to healthy food), and lack of education (no, not that people think a Big Mac is healthy, but that they literally do not know how to cook and store food, because that’s something parents often teach and they have to time to do so - see above)?

Can we talk about how processed food is considerably cheaper and INFINITELY more convenient for working people than fresh food? Can we talk about how most agricultural subsidies underwrite the cost of processed food? Can we talk about the way physical education is being cut from schools all over the countries, and many after-school sports are making the transition from free for all to pay-to-play? Can we talk about how free of charge safe places for children (and adults) to exercise are more and more scarce, especially in urban areas?

Can we talk about how BMI, the formula used to measure “obesity rates,” is patently unscientific and absurd? And for the love of all that is good in the world, can we finally talk about how you can be healthy and obese at the same time?

No, of course not. Because then we’d have to stop shaming people for their bodies - fuck off, Atlantic.

^^ I was waiting for good commentary on this before I reblogged. Thank you.

Also, what definition of fat/obese/overweight whatever are you working with? Are you adjusting for when the BMI chart was shifted down, so suddenly more people were overweight with no actual change in weight? BMI’s bullshit anyway, but it isn’t even reliable and standard just by itself.

archann: A new quick painting I did today titled ”Two Folds ” ....

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:18:53 -0400

archann:

A new quick painting I did today titled ”Two Folds ” . Thank you!

www.archann.net

gifs-gifs-gifs-gifs-gifs: (Via/FOLLOW The Absolute Best GIFs)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:31:36 -0400

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"Let me give you a stunning number I reported the other day. From 1966 – when Lyndon Johnson was..."

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:34:46 -0400

“Let me give you a stunning number I reported the other day. From 1966 – when Lyndon Johnson was president — to 2011, 45 years later, the bottom 90 percent of Americans’ average income, as reported on tax returns, went up by a stunning $59 — almost no change at all. If you measure that $59 increase for the vast majority of Americans as one inch, then on the same scale, the incomes of those in the top 10 percent went up by 168 feet. The top one percent, 888 feet. The plutocrats — the Mitt Romney crowd, the top one percent of the top one percent? Their incomes rose by almost five miles relative to that one inch.”

- Outrageous: David Cay Johnston Explains How Big Corporations Withhold Your Taxes and Then Pocket Them | Alternet (via vicster)