JonSSon

Aug 31

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Aug 26

pockynojutsu:

#chicken#angry (Taken with Instagram)

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Amish Hair-Cutting Hate Crime Trial Set To Begin -

By GREGORY J. KRIEG and COLLEEN CURRY, go.com

The trial of mem­bers of a break­away Amish sect charged with hate crimes for cut­ting off the beards and hair of other Amish men and women is set to begin Mon­day in an Ohio court.

The gov­ern­ment revealed Fri­day that horse mane shears, along…

Aug 06

Motivational Poster #32
by Mark Remy |, runnersworld.com

RW DAILY

Maybe next week I’ll return to fartlek jokes and beer-and-flying-robot-themed posters. But today, here’s anoth­er one on the serious/sappy end of the spec­trum:

For links to all pre­vi­ous Moti­va­tion­al Posters, click here.

Aug 01

deafinsight:

I totally agree. Parents need to give the chance for the child to decide what kind of life they want to live. The implant is not for everyone! I don’t have a problem with the option of getting a cochlear implant but I do have a problem with underage implanting!

ewitty:

Just ‘cause this isn’t twitter doesn’t mean it’s not trending. Stop the trend. Say ‘No’ to Underage Implanting.


[“I don’t have time to learn ASL. Why change my life to fit him, when I can just fit him .. with a cochlear implant?” said 80% of parents who had a Deaf child in 2012.]

Statistics are scary.

[video]

You Don’t Listen!

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Jul 31

Deaf Job -

I am not at that job anymore that I took one year ago. Partly because I want to be an entrepreneur, and partly because I am Deaf and they were unaccommodating. I thought they might be willing to work with me due to their progressive, liberal stance on social issues. I won’t get into details about the Disability Discrimination now because I’m not sure if maybe revealing this information could be used against me. In fact, all the while I had been employed at that job, I wanted to blog about issues I was having. But I was afraid that I would get in trouble for expressing my view of things regarding being Deaf in the Workplace.

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thedailywhat:

Intense Internet Infographic of the Day: A staggering glimpse at the Internet, by the minute.

[dvice]

(Source: thedailywhat)

Jul 28

Language: How I Learned a Language in 90 Days(via @Lifehacker) -

Becoming bilingual opens up a whole new world of different people, different cultures, and different emotions. It also takes a huge time commitment—one that many of us can’t dedicate to.

Jul 24

DC police chief issues order defending citizens’ right to record police
By Kimber Streams, theverge.com

Wash­ing­ton DC’s police chief Cathy Lanier has issued a gen­er­al order that explains the pub­lic’s con­sti­tu­tion­al right to pho­to­graph and record and gives offi­cers detailed instruc­tions for how to respect this right. The order, as first…

Record cops

Jul 19

Sophie Aschauer’s Beautiful SerpentSea Rugs Are Made From Upcycled Marine Rope | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Bridgette Meinhold INTERVIEW: Artist R Nelson Parrish Talks About His Eye-Popping Bioresin Color/Fast Installation INHABITAT: How does the term Colorfast describe your latest show? R Nelson Parrish: The term Colorfast originally is a textile industry term derived at the beginning of the last century. It defines how a color cannot fade, wash out, or be diluted over time, and ultimately the color stays the same. Whether it be in […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Unless you grew up at the seashore or work in the sail­ing indus­try, you’ve prob­a­bly never thought about what hap­pens to marine rope once it’s no longer use­ful aboard a boat. Thank­ful­ly, there are artists like Sophie Aschauer who live to sa…

Jul 18

Existence is justified by virtue of being, not doing.

Jul 17

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