Yum & Yuk

Using Jealousy As a Gift: "There’s a lesson here for all of us. When you feel jealous, instead of identifying with that feeling or beating yourself up for feeling it, let it serve as an important message."

Matisyahu "Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon Cover + Beatboxing) (thanks ELM).

Really interesting (thanks Moosh): Jake Brewer on "The Tragedy of Political Advocacy" "If you are one of the 135 million people who have contacted Congress by letter, phone call, or online petition in the last few years, you've probably asked yourself: "Did that matter?" Despite how good your civic action may have made you feel, the overwhelming odds are your deed was essentially pointless - and Congressis not to blame."

From the NYTimes: Latino Immigrants to Sue a Connecticut Police Dept., Asserting Racial Bias: "When Yadanny García asked police officers in East Haven, Conn., why they were ordering him to the ground, they shocked him three times with a Taser gun, punched him and told him to “go back to your country.” When José Luis Albaraccín was arrested after questioning an officer, he was taken to the police station, sprayed with pepper gas and beaten to the floor. And when Edgar Torres vowed to complain publicly that officers had used a Taser gun on him four times for no reason, an officer threatened to kill him."

Image: source. Never gets old.