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Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:28:10 -0500

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Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:36:49 -0400

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Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:33:23 -0400

I signed up, so should you! azizisbored: South Asians, let’s...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:55:06 -0400

I signed up, so should you!

azizisbored:

South Asians, let’s help Amit beat leukemia. Basically, if you’re South Asian, its much harder to find a bone marrow match. Let’s pretend its a spelling bee and start running shit. Get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy. That’s so easy. DO IT. This gentlemen and many others lives kind of depends on South Asian people not being lazy on this. Let’s not let him down.

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.

If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.

If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above.

*NEW* Organize a donor drive near you (the most helpful thing you could possibly do!) email 100kcheeks@gmail.com. They’ll send you kits, flyers, tell you what to say, and make the whole process easy cheesy.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match.

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

justojusto: via kateoplis & Villa Amanzi, Phuket,...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:51:42 -0400

justojusto:

via kateoplis & Villa Amanzi, Phuket, Thailand

This makes me think of all the tiny apartments I’ve walked into. Life!

The Terrorists Have Won

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:57:43 -0500

The Terrorists Have Won

The Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:23:01 -0400

The Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names

bstriddy: Fibonacci pigeons.

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:10:36 -0400

bstriddy:

Fibonacci pigeons.

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Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:27:18 -0400

I love this video because it really represents Muslims (and what...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:34:48 -0400

I love this video because it really represents Muslims (and what they look like) around the world. What i also like about it, is that like the Civil Rights movement, all the controversy around the Ground Zero Mosque has brought out Muslims in the west to really reassert their cultural identity, as well as their place in contemporary society.

I’m also totally in love with the woman in hijab at 1:20. I think she is stunning.

"I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no one embraces the..."

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:40:31 -0400

“I think a lot of the problems we’ve been experiencing come from the fact that no one embraces...

I love this.

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:12:39 -0400

I love this.

"If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable we’d pay the..."

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:26:04 -0400

“If we were starting this whole office thing today, it’s inconceivable we’d pay the...

(via bullshit, seltzerlizard)

Sun, 16 May 2010 17:30:49 -0400

(via bullshit, seltzerlizard)

Muslim-American saved the day in Times Square

Wed, 05 May 2010 18:39:11 -0400

Muslim-American saved the day in Times Square: soupsoup: goodreasonnews and ron workman

Found in my cab this morning… Uhh you missed one.

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:55:08 -0400

Found in my cab this morning… Uhh you missed one.

moth: Conan O’Brien covers Radiohead’s “Creep” during...

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:57:32 -0400

moth:

Conan O’Brien covers Radiohead’s “Creep” during soundcheck ahead of his first live show in Eugene, Oregon last night. [thedailywhat]

emmawelles: Serenity Troublemaker Replica T-shirt via...

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:51:27 -0400

emmawelles:

Serenity Troublemaker Replica T-shirt

via store.quantummechanix.com

nerdalert- time for me to hit the gym and grow a goatee. Awesome!

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Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:21:32 -0400

This is the creepiest thing I have ever seen.

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:10:11 -0400

This is the creepiest thing I have ever seen.