Ruby. Female. 17. United States. Chicana. Los Angeles born and bred.
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el brillante sol
rifa:
Centralia (Pennsylvania)
mine fire burning beneath the borough since 1962
oh shit this place
this place is literally burning from the inside out
there’s this mine underneath the town that they used as a landfill and years ago it caught on fire
they had to evacuate the whole god damn place because the street was caving in and shit and smoke was spilling out
the fire hasn’t stopped since then and it’s predicted that it will burn for the next 150 years
this place not only inspired silent hill but it’s like literal hell on earth
Want to know something even creeper? The only thing still standing in that place is the church.
this has been on my list of places to visit for years
(via angrynerdyblogger)
So Long, Kepler: NASA’s Crack Exoplanet-Hunter Falls to Mechanical Failure
In the science press, the obituaries are already rolling out. Though many scientific experiments teach us something new about the world, few have been able to so clearly redefine our place in the universe as Kepler. Decades ago, the planets in our solar system were all we knew. Now, we’re practically swimming in them
have you ever had that moment where you see police officers and try not to look suspicious even though you didnt do anything and you end up looking like you just murdered ten people
(Source: battor, via angrynerdyblogger)
if you think that i won’t listen to the same song 400 times in a row you are dead wrong
(via staleconversations)
to meekly go where other people have already been
shy trek
into darkness (but with a night light)
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#YoSoy132: A Look Back at the Future of Mexico
The students and young people of #YoSoy132 celebrated their one-year anniversary on Saturday.
It was May 11, 2012, that PRI presidential-candidate Enrique Peña Nieto attended a forum at Ibero University and was literally run out after rejecting a question asked to him about the beatings, rapes and other human rights abuses at Atenco that he oversaw as governor of the State of Mexico.
More than a thousand students carried signs, cut-outs of the face of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and chanted, “Atenco no se olvida” as Peña Nieto was whisked away by bodyguards.
PRI president Pedro Joaquín Coldwell and other Peña Nieto campaign heads attempted to dismiss those involved in the protest by calling them thugs and “acarreados,” or paid protesters.
In response, 131 Ibero students made a video showing their student ID cards. The video went viral on Twitter; in solidarity, many began using the hashtag #YoSoy132, and thus, a movement was born.
What followed were several more protests, marches and forums that played a major role in the final seven weeks of the presidential campaign period, and beyond.
#YoSoy132 has used their network and resources to serve social causes important to Mexican young people, like that of helping Central American migrants and Indigenous Peoples.
Hundreds of thousands have marched with #YoSoy132 throughout Mexico and the world, but many continue to dismiss them as fresas and ninis. Time will tell the role they’ll play in the future of Mexico, but what’s certain is that they’ve already left their mark on society and the consciousness of many more.
5 #YoSoy132 Stories of Interest:
1. #YoSoy132 - Chronology of a Movement
2. Students and Young People of Mexico March for Democracy, Fair Media #MarchaYoSoy132
3. Antonio Attolini: From Golden Boy to Televisa Sell Out
4. What Really Happened During El Grito?
(via ashtar-sheran)
Handing out Abercrombie clothes to shame a self-absorbed brand
Recent USC graduate Greg Karper, along with a friend, has taken to the street of Los Angeles to voice his disgust with comments from Abercrombie Chief Executive Michael S. Jeffries that have recently resurfaced.Said Jeffries:
“Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”
To counter that “exclusionary” bend, Karper has purchased bundles of used Abercrombie clothes to hand out to the homeless of L.A., and is hoping that more people will do the same.
