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pleatedjeans: The Unimpressed Astronaut Meme

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:59:56 -0500

pleatedjeans:

The Unimpressed Astronaut Meme

Woah killerhair:

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:59:09 -0500

Woah

killerhair:

firsttimeuser: Song of the gray seas, 1981 by N....

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:16:52 -0400

firsttimeuser:

Song of the gray seas, 1981 by N. Abdoul

sov-photo

Photo

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:09:20 -0400

Photo

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:05:29 -0400

WHITE WHINE

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:14:06 -0500

WHITE WHINE:

Amusing

thedailywhat: Tweet of the Day: When someone asks me why I love...

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:12:36 -0400

thedailywhat:

Tweet of the Day: When someone asks me why I love the Internet so much, I tell them it’s because it allows me to say things like “the Death Star’s Public Relations Division makes a good point.”

[@deathstarpr.]

View of Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, first men on...

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:22:38 -0400

View of Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, first men on the moon. That was July 20th 1969, imagine what we could do now, if we all worked together.

thedailywhat: Afternoon Snack: Hipster Leaves. Also: I’m...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:17:33 -0400

thedailywhat:

Afternoon Snack: Hipster Leaves.

Also: I’m posting this on Tumblr!!!

[bite.]

Would you really walk 5,000 miles? I think a year would allow...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:18:26 -0400

Would you really walk 5,000 miles? I think a year would allow enough time.

t-s-k-b: arma: r-u-ins: acheiropoieton: Nicolas Moulin,...

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:39:29 -0400

t-s-k-b:

arma:

r-u-ins:

acheiropoieton:

Nicolas Moulin, Askiatower, 2006

(via trawlr)

hilker: ilovecharts: whoa MATH!

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:38:50 -0400

hilker:

ilovecharts:

whoa

MATH!

The French Revolution Moments before Robespierre’s death, the...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:52:29 -0400

The French Revolution

Moments before Robespierre’s death, the executioner noticed that his head would not fit into the guillotine with the bandages applied to his jaw wounds, so he brutally ripped them off; from Robespierre’s ruined throat emerged a ghastly piercing scream, only cut short as the blade fell upon his neck. The status of this last scream is legendary: It gave rise to a whole panoply of interpretations, mostly along the lines of the terrifying inhuman screech of the parasitic evil spirit that signals its important protest when it is losing possession of its host human body – as if, at this final moment, Robespierre humanized himself, discarding the persona of Revolutionary Virtue embodied, emerging as a miserable, scared human being.

In his last speech the day before his arrest and execution, Robespierre said, “But there do exist, I can assure you, souls that are feeling and pure; it exists, that tender, imperious and irrestistible passion, the torment and delight of magnanimous hearts; that deep horror of tyranny, that compassionate zeal for the oppressed, that sacred love for the homeland, that even more sublime and holy love for humanity, without which a great revolution is just a noisy crime that destroys another crime; it does exist, that generous ambition to establish here on earth the world’s first Republic.”

From Robespierre or the “Divine Violence” of Terror, Slavoj Žižek

I would love to have this view.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:38:04 -0400

I would love to have this view.

Symphony of Science

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:25:36 -0400

Symphony of Science

hilker: “The Ark, designed by Rintala Eggertsson Architects is...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:03:21 -0400

hilker:

“The Ark, designed by Rintala Eggertsson Architects is a book lovers dream - the ultimate bookshelf, one that you can literally climb inside and spend the day in.

Part of an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert, the two story structure connects the first and second floor of the museum. The exterior shows the uniform white paged sides of the books - to peruse the colorful spines and access the volumes, you need to enter the tower.”

(via The Two Story, Climb Inside Bookshelf Tower | Apartment Therapy Chicago)

oh my would i love one of these.

[via @seconddrafts]

Come on Whitman give it a break….

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:52:36 -0400

Come on Whitman give it a break….

This gives me a sick feeling in my...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:57:49 -0400

This gives me a sick feeling in my stomach.

hilker:

davereed:

The End of Privacy: Entire City to Track People With Public Eye Scanners

“The City of Leon, Mexico, is installing real time iris scanners from biometrics R&D firm Global Rainmakers Inc. These scanners don’t require people to stop and put their eyes in front of a camera. They work in real time.

“From large scanners—capable of identifying 50 people per minute in motion— to smaller ones—like the EyeSwipe in the video above—that range from 15 to 30 people per minute, these devices are being installed in public places, like train and bus stations, and connected to a database that will track people across the city.

“According to Jeff Carter, CDO of Global Rainmakers, ‘If you’ve been convicted of a crime, in essence, this will act as a digital scarlet letter. If you’re a known shoplifter, for example, you won’t be able to go into a store without being flagged. Certainly for others, boarding a plane will be impossible.’

“The retinal scanning of Leon’s one million population has started already with its convicted criminals. Citizens with no criminal records have been offered the opportunity to ‘voluntarily’ scan their eyes.”

As long as only convicted criminals are on file, I have no problem with this. This could be very successful in reducing crime. But the opportunities for abuse and loss of privacy goes up if every-day people start being tracked, as well.

this is terrible news. under the guise of safety and order, big brother encroaches closer.

via thisisindexed.com

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:07:08 -0400

via thisisindexed.com

Plastiki, That Plastic Ship, Makes it Home

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:17:42 -0400

Plastiki, That Plastic Ship, Makes it Home