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gasolina, the original despacito,

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Not to sound like a Crazed Communist~! here.

But if you have $131 billion you can probably afford air conditioning and regular bathroom breaks for everyday Americans that work in your stores. 

You’re still going to be ridiculously rich anyway.

But, yeah, let’s focus on finding life on fucking Pluto.

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Loving Vincent (2017)

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anthony bourdain:

- was an incredible chef and writer beloved by so many

- very open about his struggles with drug use and abuse as well as depression, and in testimonials from fans used to encourage people he met in their struggles to get clean 

- an outspoken and passionate advocate for the “me too” movement, to the point where he penned an essay highlighting the horrible treatment of women in the food industry and his own failings and regrets in that regard for not speaking out against it sooner

- frequently challenged western views on the countries and places he visited; one of the clearest examples i can think of was an episode of parts unknown set in iran where the highlight was the normalcy of the lives of people who live there - he went bowling with them, for example, and spent an hour calling out the bizarre westernized views of iran and it’s people as tragic, war-torn and oppressed.

- spent so much time focusing on the people in the places he visited. he ate at their homes, in their backyards, anywhere they would like him to, as much (if not more) as he did at fine dining restaurants. he was generous and kind, and the show was never about “poverty porn” but rather about showing that these are real people, with real lives just like ours, and treated them with respect and graciousness.

- was an outspoken trump-hater particularly when it came to immigration rights, discussing the impact that mexican immigrants had on his love of cooking and his desire to be a chef.

- someone asked what tony would cook for trump & kim jong un if he was asked to cater their meeting and he said “hemlock”.

- a friend of obama’s, having dined with him many times before; when someone asked if he would do the same with trump tony said: “Absolutely f—ing not. I’ve been a New Yorker most of my life… I would give the same answer that I would have given 10 years ago, when he was just as loathsome.”

in short he was a beautiful and inspirational person and i sincerely hope this side of him is remembered just as much as the tragedy of his passing.

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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully you leave something good behind.” Anthony Bourdain ( June 25th 1956 - June 8th 2018 )

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we don’t need to make fun of corporate tweets anymore they’ve peaked. nothing will ever be funnier than bank of america unironically tweeting with the hashtag #bofapride. pack it up we’re done here

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me: oh yeah i’ll watch [insert mega popular easily-accessed netflix thing] at some point

me:

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Queen Rania: Let’s Drop The First ‘I’ In ISIS. There’s Nothing Islamic About Them

LONDON — Queen Rania of Jordan said Thursday evening that there is nothing Islamic about the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS.

Watch the full interview here. 

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Yuanyang rice terraces, China.

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La reina de la música tejano

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things in the news today that the royal wedding is talking over:

more than 100 dead in plane crash

10 dead and 10 wounded in texas school shooting

trump admin. to ban federally funded clinics from from discussing abortion & sharing space with abortion providers

british gov. accused of funding human rights abuses in bahrain

china lands nuclear strike-capable bombers on south china sea islands

italy’s far right use irish vote to boost their anti-abortion campaign

(feel free to add more)

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This is a big step in the right direction, but we still need… Well, what the image says.

Edit’:

Remember these “no” names in November

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Bajirao Mastani (2015) Cinematography 

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