February 2012
27 posts
[Possible Trigger Warning] Horrible Virginia... →
Caveat: I don’t say any of the following with the presumption that I have any particular skill/knowledge/relevant experience regarding sexual assault, the law, politics, etc. I say the following as someone who thinks about words and how we use them.
I predict that a lot of the arguments coming from this legislation are going to start to orbit around people responding to comparisons its...
My (Sort Of) Geopolitical Look At Grantland's... →
I love this except it says “bowl full of onions” like it’s a bad thing. Also, pretty sure there are sportswords I’m not quite getting.
WatchGPOY
poshprogrammer:
If you ever thought that Martin Freeman WASN’T the best person alive, watch this video.
I like that Casey Dienel has the power to make any...
January 2012
33 posts
WatchThere’s a sesame street tumblr!
sesamestreet:
How to be a superhero, starring Grover.
Róisín: Random Dead Presidents Fact of the Day:... →
deadpresidents:
In the early evening hours of February 6, 1962, President John F. Kennedy summoned his Press Secretary Pierre Salinger to the Oval Office and entrusted Salinger with a serious, time-sensitive task.
“Pierre, I need some help,” the President said. Salinger responded, “I’ll…
Aw hell yeah
By the time I let my hair get too long I always forget how much I love it once it gets used to being short and falls into this sort of consistent bedhead where it sticks straight up in the middle. Shit makes me look like a bird, which means it makes me look like a fast, scary-intelligent dinosaur that can survive asteroid impacts and has menstruation that tastes delicious with cheese and tiny...
“I’ve got a dad, a mom, and a sister. There is Donnie - we found him. And Darwin,...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
What If We Treated Doctors The Way We Treat... →
untenured:
What if we indeed held doctors and other professionals to the same bloat and condescension that we currently hold teachers? I can predict some of the responses that physicians might make: “We can’t control what our patients do or eat outside of our offices to maintain minimum levels of health. Also, these variables — BMI, cholesterol, blood pressure — are limited and don’t adequately...
“Maury, I am out of control. Yeah, I use drugs. I can do what I want, bitch!...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
“WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Ensure that every child in America has...”
– The librarians need 11,000 more signatures on this petition…
wh.gov/Wgd
(via neil-gaiman)
JSTOR opens limited free access option... →
infoneer-pulse:
Now JSTOR is getting ready to go one step further, by cutting a small window in its paywall for visitors who are not affiliated with any subscribing institution. The new program, called Register & Read, will soon let anybody read back filed JSTOR content at no cost.
Under the new program, unsubscribed visitors will be allowed to check out three “items” from the JSTOR...
Police in Schools: In Which Adults Lose All Sense... →
“Each day, hundreds of schoolchildren appear before courts in Texas charged with offences such as swearing, misbehaving on the school bus or getting in to a punch-up in the playground. Children have been arrested for possessing cigarettes, wearing “inappropriate” clothes and being late for school. … Fines run up to $500. For poorer parents, the costs can be crippling....
MAEL PRIVILEGE: kiriamaya: ragnell: [Image: a... →
kiriamaya:
ragnell:
[Image: a photo of Mae Jemison, a short-haired black woman astronaut, on a spacecraft.]
BBC News:
The Pentagon’s premiere research agency has chosen a former astronaut to lead a foundation that is designed to take humanity to the stars.
The Defense…
