Laurel shares a breakthrough TED talk by Dave Meslin about obstacles to engagement vs. ‘apathy.’ (via Elect Laurel Ralston)

motherjones:

cheatsheet:

youngmanhattanite:

moorehn:

AMAZING.

felixsalmon:

(via The Greatest OWS Protest Sign Ever | The Big Picture)

You can tell this isn’t a Tea Party rally because there’s not one misspelling in that sign.

Succinct.

*This* is a sign.

Naomi Klein: OccupyWallStreet Speech →

WoodSourceBC →

British Columbia’s online wood marketplace is up and running.

(via jinankb - sensing nature; knowing nature)

Panglossian! A New Sing-a-long Song!!! From Peak the Oil Blues Blog... →

Panglossian Disorders and Their Subtypes

Temporal Subtypes:Scarlet O’Hara-ism- “I’ll just have to think about that tomorrow.” A strategy of denial that allows the person to temporally compartmentalize the feared event(s).Futurism: “Sure, that will happen, but it will occur after all of us are long dead.” A belief that something that might happen in the distant future is no concern in the present.Y2K features: “They said everything would collapse with 2000, and it didn’t.” A belief that any prior concern about societal problems that didn’t occur demonstrates the impossibility of any others happening in the future.

Angry Subtypes:Rhett-Butlerist Features- “Peak Oil? Planetary Collapse? Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Aggressive denial of information not in keeping with one’s world view.Kill the Messenger Redirection: “Why are you telling me this? What kind of sicko focuses on these kinds of facts? You need help!” The belief that those who bring bad news are doing it for malevolent reasons….

And so on in this great post.

Social Source Commons: Very interesting round up of 'what's out there' + 'who's using what' tools and resources in the non-profit sector. →

I love ilovecharts.

pleatedjeans:

kids vs. adults

(via ilovecharts)

Soup: The American Tourist and Mexican Fisherman →

soupsoup:

An American tourist was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.

Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The tourist complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The…