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Compassion Fatigue

Compassion fatigue (also known as a secondary traumatic stress disorder) is a condition characterised by a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among trauma victims and individuals that work directly with trauma victims. It was first diagnosed in nurses in the 1950s. Sufferers can exhibit several symptoms including hopelessness, a decrease in experiences of pleasure, constant stress and anxiety, and a pervasive negative attitude. This can have detrimental effects on individuals, both professionally and personally, including a decrease in productivity, the inability to focus, and the development of new feelings of incompetency and self doubt. Journalism analysts argue that the media has caused widespread compassion fatigue in society by saturating newspapers and news shows with often decontextualized images and stories of tragedy and suffering. This has caused the public to become cynical, or become resistant to helping people who are suffering…

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A New Hope

Mister President, We Hope You’re On Our Side

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Incredible what a comic book (and a movie) can do for the world. Props to V for Vendetta’s Alan Moore, for creating something truly inspiring.

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A protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask during the unrest in Cairo on Thursday, February 2. Thousands of protesters marched on government buildings after more than 70 soccer fans were killed in Port Said. Nearly 1,500 people were hurt in the Cairo confrontation, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. Photo courtesy of @mosaaberizing. (Taken with instagram)

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Holy Shit by Dan Tague presented by Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

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(Source: steveagee)

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Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal’s deed, however calculated, can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date on which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not to be encountered in private life.

Albert Camus, “Reflections on the Guillotine”

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Posted 8 months ago

Leave it to Howard to cut to the truth of it

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Posted 9 months ago

There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office. What is unusual about today’s Republican party (I disavow the ridiculous ‘GOP’ nickname, because the party of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt has lately forfeited all claim to be considered ‘grand’) is this: In any other party and in any other country, an individual may occasionally rise to the top in spite of being an uneducated ignoramus. In today’s Republican Party ‘in spite of’ is not the phrase we need. Ignorance and lack of education are positive qualifications, bordering on obligatory. Intellect, knowledge and linguistic mastery are mistrusted by Republican voters, who, when choosing a president, would apparently prefer someone like themselves over someone actually qualified for the job.

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Funny moment over the weekend: A blog called Politiku asked to publish last Friday’s haiku, then moved the first line to the last, giving it a 7-5-5 structure. My sixth-grade English teacher is rolling over in her grave. Fortunately, I’m not as strict as that old bat. 17 syllables is 17 syllables is 17 syllables, I guess. My haiku are hardly traditional anyway. And, really, it’s just nice to have something I wrote in five minutes on a lunch break recognized in any way at all.

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