Random Slurp

Whatever catches my goldfish peeper.

[michaelshillingburg]

haven’t made a pixel planet in a while!

[bluehubbard87]

Boss

[bluehubbard87]

Couple jailed over Lee Rigby videos

Absolutely disgraceful. Whatever happened to freedom of expression? 5 years in jail for a youtube video? Try locking up criminals instead of idiots.

[bluehubbard87]

The sanitary pad revolutionary

What an amazing man.  His story just goes to show what you can achieve with conviction.

[bluehubbard87]

This is rape culture – and look at the damage it does

We live in a world where sexual assault can be dismissed with jokes or excuses, even used in a chatup line or plastered across a T-shirt. The UK rape statistics are shocking, and so are these harrowing reports to the Everyday Sexism Project

Scary stuff. This needs more exposure

[bluehubbard87]

Mary Beard: vocal women treated as 'freakish androgynes'

Academic who has faced online abuse says prejudice against women is hardwired over two millennia, from Homer to Twitter

[bluehubbard87]

THe best allotment/vegetable gardening blog I've ever come across. I wish Rebsie Fairholm was still blogging!

[bluehubbard87]

Love the mad dancing from the chap.

[edwardspoonhands]

This is The Name of The Wind. Buy it.

The Name of The Wind is my book suggestion of the year. I read it about six months ago and I’m still thinking about it. It is the best book I have read in years, fantasy or otherwise. 

The Name of The Wind needs to be the next book you read. And the next book after that, I can guarantee, will be the second in the Kingkiller Chronicles “The Wise Man’s Fear.”

I am a Harry Potter fan, you probably are a Harry Potter fan as well. But, in the years since you read Harry Potter, you’ve grown up a bit. This is the book that Harry Potter fans have been looking for. It’s not a book for Harry Potter fans…it’s just a book that I think people who loved Harry Potter and are now in their 20s or 30s would REALLY REALLY ENJOY.

I bought this book because I was in the book store and I tweeted “BOOK SUGGESTIONS PLEASE” and about 12 people suggested it. I am so thankful to those 12 people. 

The world is so deep, the stakes are so high, the characters so real, the mysteries so magical, the magic so mysterious, the plot so twisty…every day you haven’t read it is a day in your life that could be better. 

I do not take this review lightly…buy this book. Buy it now. On Amazon or, preferably, at your local book store.

If you love The Name of The Wind, reblog.

[urbangardenallotment]

So true

[bluehubbard87]

I witnessed Ohio's execution of Dennis McGuire. What I saw was inhumane

[bluehubbard87]

Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress

Vermont senator poses question to spy agency as the NSA enters political minefield in fight to keep its broad powers

[bluehubbard87]

Chinese fans relish new Sherlock

[bluehubbard87]

Have You Heard The Story of LaVena Johnson?

Have you heard of the story of LaVena Johnson? LaVena Johnson was a soldier who enlisted in the Army in 2003. She was the first woman from Missouri to die in Iraq. What happened to this young black...

How can anyone tell her family she committed suicide? The military is a law unto itself..

[egzpl-deactivated20160802]

Licia Ronzulli, member of the European Parliament, has been taking her daughter Vittoria to the Parliament sessions for two years now.

[problematicfeminist-deactivated]

#get it #grrl power

[ohthatsdope-blog]

I’m sorry but women get shit done. In fact, not sorry. 

[bluehubbard87]

Not Your Asian Sidekick

Did you know that 60% of the global population is Asian? It seems ridiculous to hold stereotypes about such a diverse diaspora of different peoples.

[bluehubbard87]

Everyday Sexism Project hits 50,000 entries - what does that tell you?

Laura Bates: After two years and 50,000 stories of sexual harassment and discrimination, it's time to stop questioning women's stories, and start listening to them

REALLY interesting article

[oupacademic]

Our modern fishing methods have allowed us to pull giant tuna species out of the ocean by their millions. A global taste for sushi has reduced bluefin tuna numbers in the Northern Pacific by 96%. Their rarity means that a single bluefin tuna can now sell for over $1.5 million.

[oupacademic]

Justin Gregg, research associate with the Dolphin Communication Project and author of Are Dolphins Really Smart? The Mammal Behind the Myth, on the ocean megafauna that are at serious risk of becoming extinct.