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I DO THESE THINGS SO THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO LEARN CSS, PEOPLE!
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Study Suggests U.S. Could Use Fewer, Not More Science Students
Ugh, talk about something I did NOT need to read today.
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Ugh, talk about something I did NOT need to read today.
Over 600,000 science and engineering degrees are granted annually from American universities.(1)
The US produces only 120,000 science and engineering jobs per year (much less lately; the number may now be negative).(2)
That leaves 480,000 graduates per year without jobs in their chosen careers. Add to this over 250,000 H-1B, L-1, and trade visas each year. Half a million Americans are losing their jobs to cheap foreign technical workers every year. Another half million Americans waste their S&E degrees on non-S&E jobs.
this is heartwarming
Oh, Femputer. The world is less awesome for the loss of you.The estate of the late, great Bea Arthur — aka Maude, aka Dorothy Petrillo Sbornak — has donated $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center. The nation’s largest organization dedicated to homeless GLBT youth, the center announced at Arthur’s memorial service last month that they planned to purchase a building to house 12 youths and name it her honor.
The Ali Forney Center offers emergency shelter and transitional housing in numerous residential sites in New York City, and operates drop-in centers offering food, clothing, medical and mental health treatment, HIV testing, treatment and prevention services, and vocational and educational assistance — providing services to over 1,000 young people each year. (shakes)
“ He didn’t close Guantanamo Bay, and not only didn’t reject the idea of pre-emptive detention but added spice to his own new version of pre-crime prosecution, “prolonged detention.” He promised health care reform and campaigned on a public option, and we all know how that is going to turn out. But most importantly, he came into office amidst sweeping crises in the financial sector and did not do what needed to be done, and what had been done the last time the U.S. was sent careening into a depression because of Wall Street: he failed to push for tough financial reforms. Barack Obama needed to be the FDR figure who remade the American capital markets and made them fair again, and he barely laid a finger on the whole scene. Instead, he put the people who created the problem in charge of fixing the mess, and ended up bailing them out instead of the rest of the country, at huge current and (presumably) future cost.The total bill for the Bush-Obama bailout is certainly above ten trillion at this point — Inspector General Neil Barofsky thinks it might hit nearly $24 trillion ultimately — and this went through without much fanfare. Meanwhile, the congress is stuck in the mud, panicked at the thought of paying three or four trillion over a decade or so for a health care program.
Matt Taibbi (via recro) (via azspot)
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The Please Stop Making Will Schuester Rap in Glee Petition
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Dear Ryan Murphy,
Please stop forcing Glee Club director Mr. Will Schuester, played by Broadway actor Matthew Morrison, into performing highly embarrassing rap and/or R&B numbers on national television.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
“ Well, I think it was [a signal]. I think God was preparing me for the fact that about 15 years ago, he made me unable to digest dairy of any kind.
John Cleese on his original family name (Cheese), his childhood best friend (Barney Butter) and his hometown (10 miles from Cheddar).
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Blogging About TV When You Don't Have One - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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TNC apparently has the same trouble I do in explaining that just because you don’t have cable doesn’t mean you don’t watch television shows.
“ Anonymity is usually granted when the source has something of value to say. I could be wrong, but I don’t think “take off your pajamas and get dressed” really qualifies. It just feels like gossip, or reporters giving cover to some White House “advisor” so that he can tell “Ya mamma” jokes.
About That Pajamas Quote - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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“ I was ready to jump off the balcony of my office,” (Randy) Phillips says. “We went and met with Michael, and Kenny (Ortega) said, ‘Michael, you’ve got to stop. We’ve got an incredible show; we don’t need any more vignettes.’ Michael said, ‘But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can’t sleep because I’m so supercharged.’ Kenny said, ‘But Michael, we have to finish. Can’t God take a vacation?’ Without missing a beat, Michael said, ‘You don’t understand — if I’m not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.’
From the Entertainment Weekly cover story about the documentary about Michael Jackson’s preparation for his come-back shows immediately before his death in July. I think this quote says a lot about the man as an artist. I do find myself wondering — if this is true, how many of Prince’s great moments were intended by God for Michael Jackson? (via perpetua)
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These are the albums that are being made into stamps in the UK. We will set aside Coldplay for the moment (although, to be fair, that’s totally their best album and I like a lot of songs on it despite myself) and just say that on the list of reasons why living in the UK would be cool, postal stamps with Screamadelica on them might place number two. Behind, you know, health care. via Idolator
PREPPY IN PINK - Daisy von Furth Is the Girl Behind X-Girl - Vice Magazine
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Tonight is the “Things From the ’90s I Miss” night on my Tumblr, I guess. The fact that this whole issue of Vice is written as if it were 1994 has only increased the retroness of my evening. Point: I miss tiny tiny t-shirts and vintage bellbottom cords. I also miss being 14 so I could get away with wearing tiny tiny t-shirts and bellbottom cords. Instead, I’m almost 30 and I wear bootcut jeans from the Gap and nursing tanks. The end.
