29 5 / 2012
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The Spring of 2012 Is the Hottest in U.S. History
In case, you know, you haven’t been outside in the past three month, it’s about to become official: unless a freak blizzard blankets the country by Thursday, the spring of 2012 will go down as the warmest for the U.S. in 117 years of record-keeping. The National Climatic Data Center won’t release a report on the temperatures in May until sometime in June, but based on their assessment of March and April, University of Maryland professor Steve Scolnik, who blogs at Climate Capital, says that our warm May will smash the 102-year-old record.
Read more at The Atlantic Wire. [Image: Dino Grandoni]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sy2g5zhc1qcokc4o1_500.png)
The Spring of 2012 Is the Hottest in U.S. History
In case, you know, you haven’t been outside in the past three month, it’s about to become official: unless a freak blizzard blankets the country by Thursday, the spring of 2012 will go down as the warmest for the U.S. in 117 years of record-keeping. The National Climatic Data Center won’t release a report on the temperatures in May until sometime in June, but based on their assessment of March and April, University of Maryland professor Steve Scolnik, who blogs at Climate Capital, says that our warm May will smash the 102-year-old record.
Read more at The Atlantic Wire. [Image: Dino Grandoni]
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24 5 / 2012
Being 20…
is a lot like being 19 so far. I’ll keep you updated with any massive changes.
24 5 / 2012
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22 5 / 2012
To MPA or not to MPA?
And why the hell should that be the question when I’m not even 20? Or off of my parents’ health insurance?! #futurestruggles #evanplanstoomuch
22 5 / 2012
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21 5 / 2012
So being home
is boring the hell out of me. As in, there is hope for my soul yet it’s so bad. What the fuck were the city planners smoking when they said, “Dude, dude, listen to this: let’s make a city, right, a city, with no public transportation. RIGHT?! Fucking crazy shit.”
Yes, city planners, fucking crazy shit. I hope you crawl into a hole, with your stupid yellow HUMMERs (did you know they still sell those? I didn’t until I came home) and die.
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11 5 / 2012
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German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011
According to Germany’s Der Spiegel, German police shot only 85 bullets in all of 2011, a stark reminder that not every country is as gun-crazy as the U.S. of A. As Boing Boing translates, most of those shots weren’t even aimed anyone: “49 warning shots, 36 shots on suspects. 15 persons were injured, 6 were killed.” […]
Meanwhile, in the U.S., where the population is little less than four times the size of Germany’s, well, we can get to 85 in just one sitting, thank you very much. 84 shots fired at one murder suspect in Harlem, another 90 shot at one fleeing unarmed man in Los Angeles. And that was just April.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uzwx6Fue1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011
According to Germany’s Der Spiegel, German police shot only 85 bullets in all of 2011, a stark reminder that not every country is as gun-crazy as the U.S. of A. As Boing Boing translates, most of those shots weren’t even aimed anyone: “49 warning shots, 36 shots on suspects. 15 persons were injured, 6 were killed.” […]
Meanwhile, in the U.S., where the population is little less than four times the size of Germany’s, well, we can get to 85 in just one sitting, thank you very much. 84 shots fired at one murder suspect in Harlem, another 90 shot at one fleeing unarmed man in Los Angeles. And that was just April.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
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10 5 / 2012
I want to be able to say, “my bag is packed, let’s go,” and go anywhere in the world. I want to have no attachments. Is there a major for that?
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10 5 / 2012
Dear person who may also inhabit this room:
Fuck off and stop being passive-aggressive. I tolerate you screaming at people in Korea about some gold swords or towers or “minions” day in and day out, so the least you can do is tolerate my computer screen and desk lamp during finals. Grow a fucking pair.
T-minus 2 days until I never have to put up with your shit again.
09 5 / 2012
A repost of a classic in honor of the 61% of North Carolinians who should be ashamed of themselves.
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