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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Well that escalated quickly…

So Bad Ass

So the past few days have gone WILD! My post about using disabled/accessible toilets when you have a hidden disability went viral and I can’t believe it, but So Bad Ass has had over 1.3 million views!!!

On Tuesday evening, I wrote the post, an open letter to people who judge others using public loos. It was about human courtesy, kindness and not judging a book by it’s cover. By the time I went to bed, it had a couple thousand views and I was over the moon! When I woke in the morning, the post was at 20,000+ and I was gob smacked.

By the end of the day, it was 100,000, and the next two days were hundreds of thousands each!!!

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Today my little website has hit well over a million hits.

1,000,000 +

WTAF?! I feel like I’m dreaming!! I have had thousands of messages, emails and comments…

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Myanmar army deepens offensive on “rebels” near China border – Channel NewsAsia

Those who oppress and enslave their own people “get” to call them rebels, even if they are just trying to defend themselves from a government that has rebelled against humanity for 40 years…

Myanmar has blamed Kokang leader Phone Kya Shin for the upsurge of violence – after six years of relative peace – and called on Beijing to rein in any local officials who might be helping the group on its side of the border. President Thein Sein has vowed “not to lose an inch of Myanmar’s territory” to the rebels.

via Myanmar army deepens offensive on rebels near China border – Channel NewsAsia.

The Kawara Chair finds a new use for discarded Japanese roof tiles – The Fox Is Black

I love that the design is centered around a discarded object that already has an inherent beauty. Kawara smartly developed a solution for an object that was being discarded simply because it wasn’t perfect enough.

via The Kawara Chair finds a new use for discarded Japanese roof tiles – The Fox Is Black.

Lebanon To Have Its Very Own High-Tech “Silicon Valley” Soon?

A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

Batroun hollywood sign

Back in 2012, I wrote about an economical boom coming my home district Batroun’s way (link). It promised great things for the caza and North Lebanon. Now, more than 2 years later, that project is going through the bureaucratic motions of Lebanese governance on its (hopeful) way for fulfillment.

A parliamentary committee consisting of MPs Ibrahim Kanaan (Metn), Nadim el Jesr (Tripoli), Hekmat Dib (Baabda), Jean Ogassapian (Beirut), Neamtalah Abi Nasr (Keserwan), along with a representative of the Minister of Economy Alain Hakim, is studying the law required in order to make the zone a reality.

The zone will be spread over an area of 200,000 m², donated by the Maronite Church in Batroun. The project was championed mainly two years ago by the Maronite League (الرابطة المارونية).

The purpose of the Maronite League behind the project is to improve the economy of that region in order to prevent…

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Eurodiputada de PODEMOS

Tenemos otra forma de entender la política porque tenemos otra forma de entender la vida. Venimos de abajo y en la calle nos encontramos, nos miramos, nos enamoramos en primera del plural, más allá del dual. Confluimos, aprendemos rápido y de repente se nos ocurre que llevamos riendas y que las queremos llevar nosotras y nosotros. Y si metemos un pie en las instituciones es para darles la vuelta, demostrar que sí se puede hacer política de otra manera y reforzar los otros miles de pies que seguimos manteniendo en las calles. Yo soy el resultado de las luchas que me tocó dar, de las victorias que arrancamos y de las que nos robaron: anticapitalista, feminista, antimilitarista, ecologista y defensora de todas las libertades que no pasan por preferir lo injusto. Soy profe de instituto, eventualmente eurodiputada de PODEMOS. Lo que sigue es parte de ese camino que recorremos colectivamente.

via Teresa Rodríguez | Teresa Rodríguez.

El álbum de fotos de Pablo Iglesias en Nueva York

Poco más de dos días. El líder de Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, aterrizó en Nueva York el lunes y abandonará Manhattan este miércoles.

Su viaje ha estado repleto de actos en los que Iglesias ha desgranado los puntos básicos de su formación política. El momento más interesante ha sido la reunión con el nobel de Economía Joseph Stiglitz que, según reconoció, le había “inspirado” y reafirmado en sus posturas en contra de medidas de austeridad.

via El álbum de fotos de Pablo Iglesias en Nueva York.

League of the South to Celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination | Hatewatch

Members of the Maryland-Virginia chapter of the League of the South (LOS) are set to host an event celebrating John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Screen shot from the LOS main Facebook page.

The event, organized by Shane Long, the Vice Chairman of the Maryland-Virginia LOS, is scheduled to take place in Baltimore on April 11th.

via League of the South to Celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination | Hatewatch.