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I've got to know, was this done intentionally? The complimentary covers with Aziraphale and Crowley, your names in different orders?
It was intentional, yes. It was so that whether you looked on the P shelf or the G shelf you would still find a copy of Good Omens. Also Terry wanted the black cover because he felt it would be cooler.
You can sit at home and do, like, absolutely nothing and… And your name goes through, like, 17 computers a day.
There’s no walking back from our hyper-connected world. Maybe the question has never been how to stop the flow of private information into the hands of those who would use it as a weapon. Those who would use it to not simply break into your accounts and steal from you, but also those who would manipulate and oppress you.
In a world of echo chambers, hoaxes and propaganda hopped up on the steroids of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter, how do we make sure we are armed with real information and not dressed up half-truths or counter-intelligence?
Zebra hiding in the Bush.
Tomorrow morning this street will be jam-packed with people waiting to run one of the greatest races in the world. (at Pietermaritzburg Town CBD)
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
LMAO. There is no need to break logs for no reason.
Hahah Mr. Miyagi clownin on fools
I have wanted to make an animated illustration since, about, a million years ago.
Hey, wow, this is my 7,777th post.
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Done in Manga Studio 5 & Photoshop CS3
Took so many hours.
Found you! For some reason this came up while searching for “Dear Buddha, please send me a pony” animated gif.
Reverse image search then detected it as “Dark Side of the Moon” (The Pink Floyd Album), because for some reason this image is associated with the phrase “mysterious as the dark side of the moon”.
But in the end I found you, and now you will be on my timeline forever.
Religion in Game of Thrones
While we anxiously wait for the return of Game of Thrones next spring, Anna Strhan, author of Aliens & Strangers? The Struggle for Coherence in the Everyday Lives of Evangelicals, discusses the significance of religion in the series.
GIF via Giphy.
Very interesting observations. Caprica, and to some extent Battlestar Galactica, did this much better than Game of Thrones does.
How a simplistic, unworkable, and ultimately stifling conception of social justice took over the American college campus.
...their desire to democratize complex fields of study by making them as digestible as a TGIF sitcom, has led to adoption of a totalizing, simplistic, unworkable, and ultimately stifling conception of social justice.
Very interesting article on the chilling effect this new tendency to seek reasons to be outraged has had on real discourse.
As the title suggests, the article specifically focuses on ability of teachers to challenge the pre-conceived ideas of their students in higher education institutions.
The press for actionability, or even for comprehensive analyses that go beyond personal testimony, is hereby considered redundant, since all we need to do to fix the world's problems is adjust the feelings attached to them and open up the floor for various identity groups to have their say.
All the old, enlightened means of discussion and analysis —from due process to scientific method — are dismissed as being blind to emotional concerns and therefore unfairly skewed toward the interest of straight white males. All that matters is that people are allowed to speak, that their narratives are accepted without question, and that the bad feelings go away.
A comic about Seagulls. If you feel like this comic doesn’t accurately represent you, and that you personally don’t act like this, good. That means this comic isn’t about you.
If you DO act like this, and are working on a counter argument about how not all _____ are ______ , well that’s just disappointing.
Scientists are so clever with naming animals.
No you don’t even know these birds call actually sounds like its saying go away and what it does is it hangs around large groups of herbivores and when a predator shows up it will just start shouting GO AWAY GO AWAY and then all the gazelles and zebras and such will take off.
Heres a great video
G’WEEEEEEHHH
Gweeehhh
GEHH WEEH WEHH
My new favorite pastime: watching people discover something I grew up with. It reminds you of the wonder you are surrounded by every day.
The birds in the video are actually Grey Loeries/Go-away birds (or Kwêvoël in Afrikaans).
White bellied go-away birds seem to have a slightly different call, with one call that's sounds like it's saying what: http://youtu.be/4b549tp7yKU
And another that sounds like GWAAA! - http://youtu.be/jSXFoJtPrDo
A Date in Amsterdam
I always wanted to illustrate Hazel and Gus’s dinner date, plus my degree in architecture is over and I now have too much free time on my hands, so not only did I do a triptych, but I also decided to animate them, cinemagraph-style. To see the still versions, go to my deviantart here.
P.S. This is my first time making gifs!
P.P.S. I’m thinking of taking the plunge and putting my prints up on Society6 or something, so I wonder if anyone’s interested? Of course, I’ll probably have to build up a sizeable amount of art first.
These are just amazing, and therefore must be reblogged.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Ruins Your Zombie Fantasies Forever - Video
Love this bit
"just sayin’"
He’s thought about it though. One of the greatest minds of our generation sat down one day and was like “wait, could zombies exist?” And then he did the science thing and was like “nah we’re good.”
I managed to track down a version of this video available outside the US (link for folks in the US: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/iegury/neil-degrasse-tyson--buzzkill-of-science, and for those without: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-4lc5rPcck)
While he's ruined our dreams of the zombie apocalypse, he has conceded that somewhere in the universe there could be a lifeform that reanimates dead tissue.
SPACE ZOMBIES!
That means that the scenario painted in Half-Life, where Xenomorph facehugger-like Headcrabs attach to humans and make them attack other humans.
See also: Necromorphs from Dead Space and Reavers from Firefly.
HAH!
Instead of killing an unwanted tree , this machine makes it possible to move it to a new place instead.
#HOW FUCKING COOL IS THIS THING#IT’S ALL LIKE#’GGRRRAAAAAAWWWWWWWW’#AND THE TREE IS ALL LIKE#’WHOOP!’#AND IT’S ALL LIKE SHIT YEAH GOT A TREE#this could also be used for murder.
This description has made the gif redundant.
Earlier today, I met with several students at Addis Ababa University to discuss the opportunities and challenges they face in their academic and professional lives.
One of the biggest challenges we have here on the Internet is hearing marginalized and underrepresented voices, especially those across the digital divide. You can’t amplify voices online that aren’t online.
While all of the young people I talked to used the Internet and most had regular access via a tablet, smartphone, or laptop, none had blogs or tumblrs or YouTube channels, and none had social network interactions with people outside their IRL social networks. I’m sure there are English-language tumblrs from Ethiopian students (although I haven’t been able to find any today), but almost all voices—even highly educated and privileged ones—from the world’s poorest countries go completely unheard online.
(And when we do hear them, it’s usually through an intermediary: videos edited by someone else, transcripts of interviews, etc. It’s not direct participation in the conversation by, for instance, posting to tumblr or reblogging HIMYM gifs. [The students I spoke to agreed that HIMYM is the best American show they have on TV, although a couple said that watching TV was a waste of time and a distraction from studying, to which I said HAVE YOU SEEN PHINEAS AND FERB BECAUSE IT IS TOTALLY EDUCATIONAL.])
Anyway, all of this is a long preamble to say: Earlier today I met with a 20-year-old law student who helped found an organization in Ethiopia devoted to empowering women and ending gender-based violence. (I’ll include her talking about her work in a video soon.)
The organization does fundraisers so the poorest women at the university can have access to contraception, and every year they have a Blood Drive for Mothers, where many students donate blood to combat maternal death. (Post-partum hemorrhaging is a too-common cause of death among Ethiopian women.)
We often think of global charity as people from rich countries giving money to people from poor countries. But the real story is much more complicated (and much more exciting!); we just don’t hear those stories often, because organizations like the one founded by the young woman I met don’t have YouTube videos or tumblrs.
Reblogging to highlight the bolded part. Something worth thinking about. Also: can't wait for John Green's next video.
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BOOK 3 MOVING TO DIGITAL RELEASE!
Hey Korra Nation! Phew. Some of you may have heard versions of this news elsewhere, but here’s the official word. After this Friday’s on-air premiere of Episode 8 “The Terror Within” at 8/7c, all remaining Book 3 episodes will move to a digital rollout. That means two things: 1) Korra is NOT cancelled, 2) the remaining episodes will roll out weekly on Nick.com and the Nick app beginning August 1, as well as on platforms like Amazon, Google Play, Xbox and Hulu.
Thousands of you have been asking to watch this incredible show online, so hopefully this news works in your favor. Mike and Bryan created a breath-taking season for us all…so get ready to watch it all go down!!!
Thanks for being the BEST fans in the industry and see you at Comic-Con.
And here's the official announcement following the little infographic from earlier.
