Jill-land

A dumping ground for whatever comes out of my brain.

[dailystrangerthings]

[just-shower-thoughts]

The reason why Patrick from SpongeBob is so clueless is because he lives under a rock.

[veronicajill]

Whoa

[popculturebrain]

Metropolis TV Miniseries in the Works from Sam Esmail

Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is bringing his high-tech hijinks to a classic sci-fi property with a TV miniseries adaptation of the iconic 1927 film Metropolis.

[veronicajill]

Skeptical, but interested.

[just-shower-thoughts]

A vaccuum wouldn’t work in a vaccuum

[adulting]

Resources:

• U.S.: 1-800-656-HOPE The National Sexual Assault Hotline can help get you in touch with local service providers and support. Run by RAINN.  • U.S.: NotAlone.Gov • Supporting a loved one after sexual assault

Any good resources I’m missing, please mention in comments.

[livevideo]

Launches Tuesday, June 21.

[veronicajill]

Cool!

[skunkbear]

Thanks to cutting edge tracking technology, Baltimore is probably the best known wild snowy owl in history. You can see real footage of him (not just animations) in our new video:

[npr]

Check out the adventures of the cutest snowy owl you’ll ever see! -Ariel

[veronicajill]

@double-bubble-dancing-queen

[thekillersnews]

‘Q’ Names ‘Hot Fuss’ a Modern Classic, Interviews Brandon Flowers in 30th Birthday Special Issue

Q, in a special issue dedicated to their 30th birthday, has named The Killers’ ‘Hot Fuss’ a modern classic.

Q also has a brief interview with Brandon Flowers.  This interview appears to have been conducted earlier this year, perhaps sometime in February, as Flowers confirms that The Killers were set to work with Elton John on their fifth studio album.  However, it appears that this never came to pass as Elton John was forced to cancel the writing session due to an illness.

This update has been added to The Killers’ Fifth Studio Album page. 

Also of note in the brief interview, Brandon says his greatest highlights of the last thirty years are:

Playing ‘Thunder Road’ with Bruce Springsteen in Belgium at a festival. Playing Wembley Stadium. Opening for Morrissey. Those real pinch-me moments.

While this special edition of Q is already available digitally, it should be on newsstands Tuesday May 31, 2016.

Here’s a video of Brandon Flowers performing ‘Thunder Road’ with Bruce Springsteen at Pinkpop in May of 2009.

[veronicajill]

Saving

[bookriot]

I don’t know why it took me so damn long to read Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me. As someone who writes about female sexuality, consent, and rape culture for a living, Solnit’s book should have been considered required reading. Because—though the book as a whole is about the gender wars in general—the two pieces that really donkey-kicked me in the gut were the ones that tackled domestic violence and sexual assault.

In “The Longest War,” Solnit writes that every three years, the death toll from domestic violence “tops 9/11’s casualties, though no one declares war on this particular kind of terror.” In “#YesAllWomen,” Solnit writes about the changing conversation around rape culture, and on how women’s voices are growing louder, and their experiences more visible.

Reading this slim collection was like hearing a rallying cry, and I knew it should be required reading not just for me, but for all men and women.

But beyond Solnit’s book, what else should be on the curriculum?

http://bookriot.com/2016/05/26/9-books-call-action-rape-culture/

[noobtheloser]

Let the heeling begin.  I do a lot of these. So do other people.

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[npr]

Pork shoulder, cauliflower and cheese curds are all trending in 2016, according toGoogle’s tracking of food-related searches. That list might either nauseate you or make your mouth water.

Our food preferences are intensely personal, but scientists have tried to figure out why some people are so picky about the things they eat. Jane Kauer is anthropologist who has studied this topic at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Monell Chemical Sciences Center. She’s also a board member of the youth nutrition company Rebel Ventures. She recently spoke with Here & Now co-host Jeremy Hobson.

Breaking Down The Science Of Picky Eating

Image: Tim Lee/The News & Observer/MCT Graphics via Getty Images

[fencehopping]

Electron microscope video of a needle on a vinyl record.

[skunkbear]

Two incredible things:

1. This was much harder to make than it looks! To achieve this resolution with an electron microscope, it took 10 seconds to capture each frame of this “video.” The traditional 30 frames per second video was impossible. Instead, this is stop motion - like those Wallace and Gromit cartoons. Ben Krasnow of the youtube channel Applied Science took a picture, moved the record slightly, then took another image and on and on. Because electron microscopes can’t image electrical insulators, he had to coat the whole thing with a thin, thin layer of silver. You can watch the whole process in this video.

2. This gif not only shows us what a record looks like up close - it’s a visualization of the vibrations that make a song! If you took those wavy shapes into a digital player, you could actually hear the song being played.

[npr]

[bookriot]

While my depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder are mostly managed, after all these years I still have my days here and there where I need to practice a bit of extra self-care and curl up with a book. I don’t read just any book. I certainly don’t read a book I haven’t read before, because the uncertainty of events in the book can make me extra anxious at a time where I’m already feeling a bit fragile. I don’t read a short book, because what if it doesn’t do the trick by the time I finish it? What if I finish the book and then I have the added gloom that happens after a book is over? So, I reread Harry Potter.

from Rereading Harry Potter as Self-Care (via bookriot)

Wow.

[1980smusic]

[veronicajill]

Rawrrr...

[badkidsjokes]

​What did the chicken say to the pilot?

Can I have a ride to chicken island.

[buzzfeed]

me with food [x]

[veronicajill]

Mmmm hmmm...

[npr]

The choice not to marry isn’t necessarily a conscious rejection of marriage.It is the ability to live singly if an appealing marriage option doesn’t come along

Rebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies, on the declining marriage rates among adult women.

Single By Choice: Why Fewer American Women Are Married Than Ever Before

(via npr)