February 2011
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HOPING FOR 1 MILLION IN TAHRIR!
Brick by brick, wall by wall, YOU WILL MAKE MUBARAK FALL! Good luck everyone.
Feb 1st
I have 100 followers.
HELLO.
Feb 1st
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Feb 1st
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A Guide: How Not To Say Stupid Stuff About Egypt →
The past few days I have heard so many stupid things from friends, blogs, pundits, correspondents, politicians, experts, writers that I want to pull my hair.  So, I will not beat around the bush, I will be really blunt and give you a handy list to keep you from offending Egyptians, Arabs and the world when you discuss, blog or talk about Egypt.
Feb 1st
January 2011
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Jan 30th
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Brick by brick, wall by wall, we will see Mubarak fall!
Jan 29th
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Government shuffling is not enough.
Mubarak, you are so dumb.
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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“We don’t expect anything from Obama, whom we regard as a great hypocrite. But we...”
– Egyptian blogger and activist Hossam el-Hamalawy talks to U.C. Irvine history professor Mark LeVine at Al Jazeera. (“We Don’t Expect Any Help From America, Just To Leave Us Alone.” | The Awl)
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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ListenAnd now for something completely different… ...
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
kimannjosouth asked: ...I don't have a question. I just wanted to agree with you about your comment about the tea party. It's quite depressing. However, I'm a grammar professor, and you really shouldn't use "they" as a singular pronoun... JUST SAYING. Thanks for all of your posts. The little things go a long way on the Internet nowadays. Here's to hoping that everything in Egypt ends...
Jan 29th
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normies in punk suits
aceldama: what’s the point of being a punk if you don’t even think about life outside of a skinny white cisgendered ablebodied male perspective? you’re still buying in
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Facebook event: Chicago Stands in Solidarity with... →
Time: Saturday, January 29 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Consulate General of Egypt 500 North Michigan Avenue # 1900 Inspired by the successful ouster of the tyrant of Tunisia and the continued mobilizations in that country for justice, the Egyptian people have organized massive marches and rallies throughout their country for the past 3 days, fighting off vicious police attacks and mass arrests...
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Al Jazeera: Imagining a new Egypt →
Almost two thirds of Egypt’s population have been born since President Hosni Mubarak came to power. Many of them have found it hard to imagine anything but his rule - until now. Across the nation people of all kinds - old and young, Christian and Muslim, rich and poor - have taken to the streets and they’re refusing to back down until their voices are heard.
Jan 28th
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So...
My friend’s sister was sending her text messages all day with updates about the situation in Egypt. It was amazing. We weren’t able to find the source, but supposedly cops and military personnel are joining in on the protests. This entire situation is so inspiring and empowering even to someone who has no connection to Egypt. At the same time, it depresses me that the most motivated...
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Prepare for a ton of posts concerning Egypt.
Jan 28th
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Gawker: House Republicans Are Already Redefining... →
Trigger warning: Information about rape, incest, abortion House Republicans: ALL RAPE IS FORCIBLE, YOU MISOGYNIST ASSHOLES.
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Twitter and Facebook are powering the protests in...
Jan 28th
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“Egyptian Christians said they will guard the Muslims from security while they...”
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Mr_MOTO/egypt-internet-goes-down-_n_815156_75453990.html This is beautiful.
Jan 28th
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48 hours to save Brenda →
aceldama: afterthecurtain: http://allout.org/en/brenda/ Brenda Namigadde, a Ugandan lesbian in the UK, faces deportation THIS WEEK (tomorrow, on Friday 28th) back to the life-threatening persecution she fled eight years ago. With David Bahati, the Ugandan politician and author of the… SIGN SIGN SIGN
Jan 28th
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well this sucks: This is my friend Elliot and his... →
purebloodprat: This is my friend Elliot and his boyfriend, Ross. Today, Elliot was expelled from his school because the administration found out he’s gay. Someone sent the principal printouts of his facebook conversations with Ross. He was confronted and asked if he was gay. He denied it. He had to go…
Jan 28th
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Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt... →
promotingpeace: The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia….
Jan 28th
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دعم شعب مصر
Support the people of Egypt
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Want to help Kelley Williams-Bolar? →
lostgrrrls: mizjenkins: thecranium: She’s in need of donations to appeal the sentence.  You can send them to the National Action Network Akron Chapter, c/o Kelley Williams-Bolar, P.O. Box 4152, Akron, Ohio, 44321.Checks can be made payable to Williams-Bolar. Please spread this far and wide. For those of you who missed the original story or my rant about it on Gawker, I encourage you to...
Jan 28th
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Arabist.net: A woman's ordeal in Cairo →
Trigger warning: Police brutality, sexual assault
Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Yes, Chick-fil-A Says, We Explicitly Do Not Like... →
Over the past few weeks, the restaurant chain’s deep ties to the anti-gay movement have been exposed and uncovered by a number of activists, most notably Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. Whether it’s Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, or Exodus International, Chick-fil-A ties run deep.
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
Being the ugly friend.
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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“I think it’s about time we think about what we mean by “racism” if a black...”
– Mother Jailed For Sending Her Children to the “Wrong” School — The Curvature (via notemily)
Jan 27th
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“When I lost my virginity as a high school freshman, I didn’t understand why I...”
– Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth (via petitefeministe)
Jan 27th
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BBC: Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed →
27 January 2011 Last updated at 16:10 ET David Kato, a Ugandan gay rights campaigner who sued a local newspaper which outed him as homosexual, has been beaten to death, activists have said.
Jan 27th
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