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Alien³ by Tob Waylan

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:05 -0400

"As sometimes happens, the legislation that emerged was far too broad, and would have had..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:33 -0400

“As sometimes happens, the legislation that emerged was far too broad, and would have had ramifications that neither he nor the Commonwealth’s attorney’s office ever intended. Sen. Obenshain is strongly against imposing any added burden for women who suffer a miscarriage, and that was never the intent of the legislation.”

- The Virginia GOP’s nominee for attorney general says his bill to criminalize unreported miscarriages was a big misunderstanding—it was just a poorly written law. So, you know, it’s a good thing he wants to be attorney general. (via motherjones)

- this is the kind of bullshit response I’d expect from someone who just got their ass handed to them for being a dick.

Gerhard Richter - Abstraktes Bild, See, 1997 1997

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:26:11 -0400

Gerhard Richter - Abstraktes Bild, See, 1997

1997

chrisgeidner: Obama Went Off Script To Address Gay Grads...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:02 -0400

chrisgeidner:

Obama Went Off Script To Address Gay Grads Directly At Morehouse College: A slight change in the language, but a significant change in meaning. Instead of a veiled reference to same-sex couples, Obama made the language direct.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:33 -0400

Banksy on Advertising

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:09 -0400

Banksy on Advertising

dangerously hot

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:51 -0400

dangerously hot

Scholars in Bondage - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:43:07 -0400

Scholars in Bondage - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

Three books from university presses dramatize the degree to which once taboo sexual subjects have gained academic legitimacy. Margot Weiss’s Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality (Duke University Press, 2011) and Staci Newmahr’s Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism, Risk, and Intimacy (Indiana University Press, 2011) record first-person ethnographic explorations of BDSM communities in two large American cities. (The relatively new abbreviation BDSM incorporates bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadomasochism.) Danielle J. Lindemann’s Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Control in the Dungeon (University of Chicago Press, 2012) documents the world of professional dominatrixes in New York and San Francisco.

"If your degree was focused upon one particular area, don’t let that stop you moving in another..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:41 -0400

“If your degree was focused upon one particular area, don’t let that stop you moving in another direction. If college hasn’t worked out for you, don’t let that put you off…. If you spot an opportunity early on and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you have got. Be ambitious. There probably won’t be another time in your life when you have such freedom of opportunity. Grasp it with both hands.”

- Richard Branson’s advice to graduates, echoing Debbie Millman’s fantastic commencement address on courage and the creative life.

Pair with Don’t Go Back to School.

(via explore-blog)

"There are empty spaces where there used to be bedrooms and living rooms and classrooms. We will need..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:22 -0400

“There are empty spaces where there used to be bedrooms and living rooms and classrooms. We will need to rebuild those spaces.”

- PRESIDENT OBAMA, in remarks from the White House pledging federal aid to Oklahoma in the wake of the deadly tornado.

He also asked for relief donations to be made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund. More details here: https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002.

The Red Cross also has a “Safe And Well” website where residents can register to help let family know their status following a disaster. More information here: http://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php

(via inothernews)

laliberty: Disaster Relief | American Red Cross The tornado...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:20:38 -0400

laliberty:

Disaster Relief | American Red Cross

The tornado devastation in Oklahoma and surrounding areas is a horrific tragedy beyond words. At least 145 people reported injured with the death toll at 51, including 20 children (Updated reports this morning now say as many as 91 dead including approximately 30 children, though USA Today is reporting that the official death toll has been lowered to 24.)

Please give what you can to help those who need it.

Also consider Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, Salvation Army, and United Way of Central Oklahoma.

mikeyamada2: So I’ve started working on a comic.

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:18:29 -0400

mikeyamada2:

So I’ve started working on a comic.

Cup of Espresso (by jsuominen)

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:59 -0400

Cup of Espresso (by jsuominen)

theatlantic: See More Photos From Our In Focus Gallery of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:42:55 -0400

theatlantic:

See More Photos From Our In Focus Gallery of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

[Images: AP, Getty, Reuters]

Be realistic, ask the impossible.

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:48 -0400

Be realistic, ask the impossible.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:58:06 -0400

congrats to the War on Drugs? um….

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:39 -0400

congrats to the War on Drugs? um….

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