April 2010
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Radiotrophic fungus via Wikipedia →
aka the black mold found growing on the walls of chernobyl, fueled by nuclear radiation.
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March 2010
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ilykadamen:
Rabbit Lord of the Undead: this ain’t livin’ — Adult Inaction on Statutory Rape, Stalking, and Harassment Leads to Death of 15 Year Old Student
meloukhia:
this ain’t livin’: Adult Inaction on Statutory Rape, Stalking, and Harassment Leads to Death of 15 Year Old Student
Content Warning: Post contains discussions of suicide, rape, rape culture, bullying, and...
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“The personal part comes in that my family has picked food for your table. And...”
– imaginando: I’m pro-immigration reform, but I’ll be honest, it’s not a major issue for me. Why does it appear to be such a major issue for legal latinos here?
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In short:
thecurvature:
Yup, all of us have the power to be bullies. I imagine that most of us have at some point, however briefly, acted as bullies ourselves.
And in most cases, that probably doesn’t make you an awful, awful Bad Person forever and all time who is irredeemable and has no soul and basically exists as some kind of evil incarnate.
But at the time you’re doing it? Yeah, in that moment,...
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For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path... →
claytoncubitt:
“Can an amateur take a picture as good as a professional? Sure,” Ms. Eismann said. “Can they do it on demand? Can they do it again? Can they do it over and over? Can they do it when a scene isn’t that interesting?”
But amateurs like Ms. Pruitt do not particularly care.
“I never followed any traditional photography rules only because I didn’t know of any — I never went to...
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Watchmarty just linked these on blast-o-rama, so i may as well add them to the other lost credits.
also, tron.
Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.
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“Because if smart women who know how smart they are intimidate men (and they do),...”
– Tiger Beatdown: 13 Ways of Looking at Liz Lemon (required reading) (via syntheticpubes) (cue maniacal laughter)
(via meaghano)
this article has popped up on half a dozen tumblrs i read, and i just want to make sure everyone else has read it too. this particular bit is brilliant but it’s...
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kungfucarrie:
““ What did liberals do that was so offensive to the Republican Party? I’ll tell you what they did. Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created...
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“In October 2009, it was revealed that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci had signed...”
– Hawaii Five-O - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
very excited for this (albeit i only found out about it five minutes ago.) i never watched much of the original, but i like cop shows and i like sunny beach towns, so the synthesis is ideally fantastic. i wouldn’t mind a new miami vice while...
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“but that ya know, pretty soon there will be no Fleetwood Mac to make Fleetwood...”
– meaghano versus the forest of digital mediocrity
see also, ruined FOREVER
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Movie Trailers -... →
YES. A THOUSAND TIMES YES.
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Zoe - momma, I got some pos-picles! Do you want poop or cherry?
Annie - ah, cherry, thanks.
Zoe - okay. I got poop.
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she was actually just yawning, i swear
zoe: uncle sean! i want to watch some quiet trains with you!
me: okay, let's see if i can find it.
zoe: i want to watch the one with the wind where it blows the train /off the tracks/.
me: right.
zoe: let's watch the one with the wind where it blows the train /off the tracks/.
i have no idea where dad has that on his computer, so i youtube for train + tornado and find it immediately
zoe: i'm scared because of the wind blowing the train off the tracks.
me: but you know they're going to be okay.
zoe: i don't want to watch this anymore.
me: okay. want to watch some cats?
zoe: yeah.
i youtube for funny cats, find an alternate version without the music, with annoying sound effects, and also a few extra bits. i turn the sound off and press play.
zoe: boing! kaboom! boing boing!
zoe: i want to watch /that/ one next.
we cycle through a half dozen dachshund videos before she gets fidgety
me: do you want to watch some guys dancing?
zoe: yeah!
i load up run dmc / roots of breakdance (the version with 20s russian soldiers dancing)
zoe: wow! he's jumping!
me: he is. do you see that guy spinning?
zoe: i /do/ see him spinning! whoa! that guy is spinning /and/ jumping!
me: that's pretty tricky, isn't it.
zoe: yeah.
me: do you think you'll be able to do that someday?
zoe: yeah, when i'm a guy.
me: or a lady.
zoe: yeah. ladies and... boys have penises.
me: ah, yeah they do.
zoe: and girls have vaginas.
me: that's true.
zoe: my daddy has a penis.
me: he does. yes.
zoe: i don't want to watch dancing anymore.
me: okay, what do you want to watch?
zoe: ...
i youtube for aquarium videos
me: how about some fish?
zoe: yeah! i want to watch /that/ one!
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“Absent some countervailing pressure from what we’ll call, for short, the...”
– Chapter II. The Ratchet Effect via i forget who there it is
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the buddha, the dharma, the sangha →
ilykadamen:
There are no sanctuaries, for girls who are asking for it.
You walk, talk, dress, breathe and be wrong.
Well, if breathing and walking is asking to be hurt, then you might as well do what the fuck you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want.
If life cant give you safety, then you demand adventure, risk, freedom and love, because your life is still worth something...
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