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Malouma - Yarab (mauritanie) (by didoo68)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:17:45 -0400

Malouma - Yarab (mauritanie) (by didoo68)

grimdarktome: vriskies: yellow-dress: Imagine the uproar if...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:28 -0400

vriskies:

yellow-dress:

Imagine the uproar if these kinds of pictures were shown in magazines all the time. But nobody bats a fucking eyelid when we do it to women. Everyone (men (white men)) would be up in arms about ~misandry~ and hypersexualization, but do these dudebro MRAs care that women are subjected to this type of imagery /reversed/ in our own magazines on every second goddamn page? Didn’t think so.

THAT is why these images showing the reversal is important. Dudes will cry “you won’t get people to join your cause if you respond to degradation of your gender by degrading another gender” - no, fuck you. We are sick of the constant hypersexualization, and one photoset relieving us of our plight that makes you uncomfortable is NOTHING compared to what we deal with everyday.

Not to mention these are stinkin’ hot.

(via Gordon Przybyla)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:06:55 -0400

(via Gordon Przybyla)

Alfred Munnings (via Underpaintings)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:45:59 -0400

Alfred Munnings

(via Underpaintings)

"The moral of the story isn’t that intuition is better than reason. We all know that in some..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:27:00 -0400

“

The moral of the story isn’t that intuition is better than reason. We all know that in some situations our feelings are misleading and it is better to think about what we’re doing. But this study shows the reverse – in some situations introspection can interfere with using our feelings as a reliable guide to what we should do.

And this has consequences in adulthood, where the notion of expertise can mean struggling to discern when introspection is the best strategy. The researchers who carried out this study suggest that the distorting effect of reason-giving is most likely to occur in situations where people aren’t experts – most of the students who took part in the study didn’t have a lot of experience of thinking or talking about art. When experts are asked to give reasons for their feelings, research has found that their feelings aren’t distorted in the same way – their intuitions and explicit reasoning are in sync.

”

- When giving reasons leads to worse decisions « Mind Hacks

"Dear english speaking friends around the world, Brazil needs your help. Maybe some of you noticed an..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:42:26 -0400

“Dear english speaking friends around the world, Brazil needs your help. Maybe some of you noticed an intense brazilian activity on facebook, posts with images and long texts about the protests, or maybe not. This morning though, the New York Times wrote about it, and that’s very good (also, the fb page World Riots 24/h talked about it a few days ago). But the problem is that this article is very very mild about what is really happening in São Paulo. I wrote this to help you understand what’s going on here.
I haven’t been to the protests yet for some reasons, but many of my friends (real world friends, not just-on-facebook friends) have been there, and it was really sad and revolting to read their texts tonight, about what’s really happening…
The NY Times doesn’t say that THE POLICE is not only starting the violence against peaceful citizens who want to protest the bus fees (and they have the right to, according to our constitution), but they’re also brutalizing people who have nothing to do with the protests: old ladies, college kids, workers. People who happened to be there, going home from work or from school were, for no reason at all, attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets. The police attacked journalists, students, ordinary citizens who were just passing by. They closed a subway station and threw tear gas bombs on the inside, so even people who were on a train, going home, were attacked. They also fired tear gas and rubber bullets on people while they were shouting “NO VIOLENCE, NO VIOLENCE”. They fired against people on their knees, or lying on the ground with their hands on their heads. Some of them also put fire on trash bags and tires; at least one of them (the one who happened to be filmed while doing it) broke the windows of his own car. If they could make believe, through the media, that the protesters did it, they can also say they “just defended themselves”.
We are living in a city where the police acts without identification and under the orders of the state governor and the consent of the city mayor. And our news papers and TV networks are not telling the truth about it either. I wrote this in order to ask you for your help: help the world to know what is happening in Brazil, help the world to see how our police is acting against the people, and how our government doesn’t represent us anymore!”

- My friend Marilia “Bombom” Jardim in Sao Paulo, on the Sao Paolo bus fare protests. Marilia is a costumer who helps run Dr. Sketchy’s in Brazil. Here’s the NY Times article she’s talking about. (via mollycrabapple)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22899748 and BBC reportage. Very different.

"My Princess,” he said tenderly, “Two great powers are on our side: the power of Love and..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:45:00 -0400

““My Princess,” he said tenderly, “Two great powers are on our side: the power of Love and the power of Arithmatic. Those two are stronger than anything else in the world.””

- The Book of Dragons - E. Nesbit - Google Books

My weakness in the field of mathematics takes on new meaning.

Nelson Shanks

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:27:03 -0400

Nelson Shanks

Gil Scott-Heron - ‘I’m New Here’ (official...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:27:44 -0400

Gil Scott-Heron - ‘I’m New Here’ (official video) (by XLRecordings)

Thoughts on Air Turbulence.

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:31:33 -0400

First: Breathe.

Second: Fuck this. If I’m going to die, I’m going to bloody well enjoy it.

Third: Wee!

(via Tin Can Forest)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:08:46 -0400

(via Tin Can Forest)

"C’est encore peu de vaincre, il faut savoir séduire."

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:43:00 -0400

“C’est encore peu de vaincre, il faut savoir séduire.”

- Voltaire

Making love to sunshine.

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:29:10 -0400

Making love to sunshine.

spacetrvlr: Frank Lloyd Wright - HollyHockHouse- Stained glass...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:06:51 -0400

spacetrvlr:

Frank Lloyd Wright - HollyHockHouse- Stained glass windows at its best!

Laura Marling - Master Hunter (by LauraMarlingVEVO)

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:51:41 -0400

Laura Marling - Master Hunter (by LauraMarlingVEVO)

A video giving advice for escaping sexual assault. It is a...

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:58:00 -0400

A video giving advice for escaping sexual assault. It is a sensible application of basic jujutsu. Simple, direct and the tutor obviously understands the mechanics of the techniques he’s demonstrating.

hoodoothatvoodoo: Svetlana Dorosheva

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:34:44 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Svetlana Dorosheva

"Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you..."

Tue, 28 May 2013 14:13:00 -0400

“Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this? Or are you not terrified by it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not reveal itself;… In every man there is something which to a certain degree prevents him from becoming perfectly transparent to himself; and this may be the case in so high a degree, he may be so inexplicably woven into relationships of life which extend far beyond himself that he almost cannot reveal himself. But he who cannot reveal himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the most unhappy man of all.”

- Søren Kierkegaard

Why, hello, Søren. We meet again, my friend.

This is from Either/Or. Kierkegaard’s speaking as ‘Judge William’, in this section. Kierkegaard rarely uses his own voice, as tho’ careful to acknowledge that he is not as wise as his wisdom.

The passage comes from a longer s ection.

(via blackspaceandstars)

brighid45: luvsallthingsbritish: brighid45: This always,...

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:58:18 -0400

brighid45:

luvsallthingsbritish:

brighid45:

This always, always breaks my heart. I hate ‘Baggage’ because (IMO) the writers broke House’s relationship with Nolan at DS’s insistence—he decreed House was eternally doomed to fail—but even so, they managed to sneak in some home truths. And this is one of the best ones. That simple statement has so many layers and unspoken emotions … perfect.

DS is an… never mind. I’m too much of a lady to actually say it. I love Andre Braugher and he is, clearly, in my top 5 guest stars on House. And, I will admit it, so is Sela Ward. It took me time and distance to realize just how valuable she was to the show. And even Cuddy, in her trainwreck, annoying sort of a way, proved what you just said: that House is doomed to fail. Not only did they pander to the audience with her (ugh) but they made it so horribly awful that it was like strapping House to a rocket launcher and speeding up the process down the ‘doomed to fail’ road.

Agreed on all points :)

The one thing I do love about this scene is how Hugh and Andre play it. Nolan has House pinned down; his gaze never wavers from House’s face. House won’t look directly at Nolan. He turns his head, his gaze shifts back and forth or upwards as Nolan pulls bits of the truth out of him—and then that one sentence at the end that tells so much more than just the words alone, that sentence that gives the viewer House’s life history. If you think about another sentence that revealed just as much—‘If you die, then I’m alone’—now you know one of House’s greatest fears. He’s said before that he lives alone and tells himself that it’s for the best, but this scene reveals that for the lie it is. House has a very human, vulnerable and lonely heart. He just keeps it hidden behind massive fortress walls.

"The American Cancer Society reports that approximately 60% of women with one of the harmful..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:48:00 -0400

“The American Cancer Society reports that approximately 60% of women with one of the harmful mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 develop breast cancer during their lifetime, versus the 12% of women in the general population. Remember, though: these genes are not the only ones playing a role in cancer. Things like epistasis with other loci in the genome can deeply affect such risks and, unfortunately, we still don’t know enough to quantify them. High levels of IGF-1, the insulin-like growth factor have also been linked to breast cancer. So while having those mutations raises the risk, it does not mean that the individual will develop breast cancer for sure as other factors are still unknown. Careful considerations should be made before making a drastic choice like Angelina’s. These considerations should also include risks associated to a double mastectomy (infection, necrosis, etc.) and reconstruction surgery, neither one free of complications. I’m somehow reluctant to consider implants healthier than normal breasts, whether or not those breasts were expressing faulty genes.”

- CHIMERAS: Angelina no longer has them. Does that mean I should get rid of them too?

Breast ca is interesting. It’s surprisingly common and very emotive. I fully expect that women will be asking whether they should have a double mastectomy (or even demanding it) as a result of the Angelina Jolie coverage. It bothers me.