“Making Money from Misery? Disaster Capitalism from the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti” and other Tweeted Links…
Making Money from Misery? Disaster Capitalism from the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti [democracynow.org]
If Apple didn’t hold $181B overseas, it would owe $59B in US taxes [arstechnica.com]
when you hear Apple fan boys/girls whoo-ing that's an American thing: the Rebel Yell, a racist tradition [youtube.com]
watch how "the world" will overlook Steve Jobs' babymomma on welfare while he was a millionaire -that's thug life [youtube.com]
Experian hack affects 15 million T-Mobile customers [wmpoweruser.com]
US puts more trash in landfills than the EPA knew about [arstechnica.com]
Facebook reaches deal to beam internet to Africa from space [telegraph.co.uk]
Whole Foods to stop selling products made by inmates [blavity.com]
Air France manager pisses off workers, literally loses shirt [youtube.com]
Nigeria’s ex-petroleum minister has been arrested in London for money laundering [qz.com] via @qzafrica
Legionnaires' Bacteria Reemerges In Previously Disinfected Cooling Towers [science.slashdot.org]
Gut bacteria could be key in preventing asthma in children [theverge.com]
NYC Construction Industry's Shame: Black Workers Earn $5.74 Less Hourly Than Whites [blackstarnews.com]
Florida Teen Arrested for Science Experiment Never Offered Same Support as Ahmed Mohamed [miaminewtimes.com]
Houston's Gifted Education Program Biased Against Blacks and Latinos [news.slashdot.org]
First Latino US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Migrant Farmworkers, the Border and Ayotzinapa [democracynow.org]
Epicdermis - By Khairani Barokka It strikes me; the analogy Of woman to country Recurs in part Becau … [mediadiversified.tumblr.com]
Rita Dove first American to win Chinese poetry award | Shanghai Daily: [shanghaidaily.com]
Svetlana Alexievich Gets Nobel Prize in Literature [youtube.com]
when your superfine Indonesian wife steals your kid [youtube.com] @MaronzioVance @megafunkmega
Sam Greenlee / When Desoree Danced [weblog.liberatormagazine.com] @liberatormag
Brilliantly-Designed Inuit Fish Hook That Allows the Halibut Population to Replenish Itself [core77.com]
Texas mom calls out publisher McGraw-Hill for rewriting slave history in student textbook: [theroot.com] [twitter.com]
Education: Families Can Request For Testing For Gifted And Talented Exam [blackstarnews.com]
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools [everydayfeminism.com] via @evrydayfeminism
the Wolfenstein series (with my commentary) has taught my 12 year old son more about white supremacy history than any PBS kids bullshit
Black Then | This Man Was Nicknamed “The Negro Einstein” At Harvard University. Here’s Why [blackthen.com]
Despite His Skill & Flourishing Practice, This Doctor Was Shut Down & Disappeared In 1802.. [blackthen.com] via @@4blackthen
Wealth Without Health for Some African Americans in OC [voiceofoc.org]
10 things you’re bound to see at a West African wedding [blavity.com]
Peak sex: relationships lose passion after just one year [what’s wrong kids?][telegraph.co.uk]
Money mistakes to avoid in your 40s [getrichslowly.org]
Nearly half of US households must sell or borrow something to cover an unexpected $400 expense [economist.com] [twitter.com]
What If We Made Gun Culture Uncool Like We Did Cigarettes? [talkingpointsmemo.com]
Charles Woods (a.k.a The Professor) on Black Love in the Movies [youtube.com] @megafunkmega @AVAETC
The Night Josephine Baker Never Got Her Steak [blackstarnews.com]
Noah Purifoy, Joshua Tree [youtube.com] @JuneCarol_E @mikemassenburg @vernissagetv @another_africa
Omar Victor Diop: ‘I want to reinvent the heritage of African studio photography’ [theguardian.com] @another_africa @megafunkmega
'Afro-Saxons' - Acclaimed British Doc About Rival Black Hairdressers, Revived in UK Theaters [blogs.indiewire.com] [twitter.com]
GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE 4 at JANM!! OPENING PARTY ON SATURDAY 10/10 /15 7PM!! [facebook.com] [twitter.com]
I’m no expert, but holy crap the hacking on Homeland was bad [arstechnica.com] @megafunkmega
@KinteSpace The solution is climbing aboard the @whoismrrobot train to the last exit.
most Kung Fu movies made by people from China provide no insight into Shaolin monasticism; most “black” movies are of the same way @AVAETC
4 the record: THE MARTIAN (the book) had no Black males (that I recall) in it; THE MARTIAN (the movie) had no Indian males in it @anildash
the phrase "let's think about the positive side of having recessive genes" is not funny -but it will be @MaronzioVance @ComedienneMsPat
saw MOON (#bowie); #2, never (#squidbillies); #3, for my daughter; #4, nah (I'm actually from L.A.) [youtube.com]
Get 'em, Bill! “Bill Gross Sues PIMCO Over Forced Exit” [I very, very much understand why Bill would use such words] [youtube.com]
there will be an eno-esque ambient music album called "recurring slope lineae" dropping soon [spaceflightnow.com]
Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less by Joseph McCormack [amazon.com]
a young Mariah Carey played The Feral Kid in Mad Max 2: the Road Warrior @MaronzioVance -bad joke?