Banana Adventures

One banana on the road.

[micdotcom]

Watch: SNL nailed the reaction to “Formation” — and it only got more spot-on from there. 

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Queen Rania: Let’s Drop The First ‘I’ In ISIS. There’s Nothing Islamic About Them

LONDON — Queen Rania of Jordan said Thursday evening that there is nothing Islamic about the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS.

Watch the full interview here. 

[fuckyeah-nerdery]

I think the West is the only place calling them ISIS; the Middle East and elsewhere calls them Daesh. Here’s the thing: Daesh hate being called Daesh. Daesh wants to be called the Islamic State because Daesh thinks it gives them legitimacy and validity. Plus, Daesh is very insulting to them, so I think we should call Daesh Daesh as a fuck you to Daesh.

[stele3]

What does Daesh mean?

[thentherewasfury]

Technically, Daesh is an acronym for their full name in Arabic (al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham), but it also sounds very similar to Arabic words meaning “one who crushes things underfoot” and “one who sows discord” (“daes” and “dahes”, respectively) so that’s why Arabs like to call them that.

[kweendestiny]

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[babyanimalposts]

feeling down? you need this baby animal blog

[thebabyanimals]

beautiful blog full of baby animals!

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by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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[wakeupslaves]

Dear white people

remember you committed genocide against us

[pharaohoftheghetto]

i love this

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

HOW I FEEL DURING MY COMMITTEE MEETING

[hashtagparksandrec]

[doctorpuppet]

I had the honor of dressing a corgi up as all 13 Doctors.

WATCH THE VIDEO!

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GET A LOAD OF THAT DOG

[owlmylove]

[distantly] THAT DOG

[kingcheddarxvii]

woohoo

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(photo via Evermine / martyz)

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[crentist]

[theagendacollective]

Omg

[skunkbear]

One of my favorite animals, inexpertly rendered by centuries of European artists. That one from the Netherlands looks like a high school mascot.

Happy World Elephant Day!

If you’re in the mood to learn about some other giant animals, check out Skunk Bear’s latest video.

[staff]

We missed elephant day but NPR’s science Tumblr is called skunkbear and that’s what’s important here.

[huffpost]

Women Explain Why It’s Not On Them To Stop Street Harassment

“I don’t dress to make somebody else happy."That’s how a new video about street harassment and personal style begins. Created by anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! and fashion company ModCloth, the video features eleven women discussing why no one should ever censor their style to feel safe on the streets. 

Watch the full video here. 

[dhrupad]

[apr-jul]

dhrupad: Madras (2014)

[kalesbug]

Trying to find something to motivate myself and I found this little line from Van Gogh