August 2011
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Toronto Comics Review →
Maddy and I are going to visit and review every comic book retailer (including used book stores and chains) in the city of Toronto. And if we ever finish, the Greater Toronto Area too. Our mission? To help Toronto locals find the comic book store of their dreams: a store they feel at home in. In the comics bubble days of yore, it was easy to find a comic book store, if not a store that felt really...
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Peter Gabriel - My Body Is A Cage
fullofwhoa:
thewherefores:
ms marvel sucks
\horror is boring
PETUNIAS
IMPATIENS
YOU GUYS DON\T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I HATE IMPATIENS
Thewherefores had me over at her house, her nice parents fed me, she let me use her computer, and then I hacked into her blog accidentally used her blog and trolled her.
Because why not?
(Gif unrelated.)
The gif is very related.
ms marvel sucks
\\horror is boring
PETUNIAS
IMPATIENS
YOU GUYS DON\T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I HATE IMPATIENS
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Come on ladies, let's show 'em again
dcwomenkickingass:
This coming Sunday is International Read Comics in Public Day. Here is the purpose of the day According to the organizers:
The concept is fairly simple: we’re asking that everyone take an hour or two out of their day on August 28th (also the birthday of Jack “King” Kirby, incidentally) to read a comic book in a public setting–a park bench, a beach, a bus, the front steps...
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“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is...”
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Census of Marine Life →
What was the Census of Marine Life?
The international Census of Marine Life culminated in 2010 after a decade of exploration and research on the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans – past, present, and future. More than 2,700 scientists in 80+ countries collaborated to study and synthesize information on marine biodiversity at an unprecedented scope and scale from...
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I have time to spam this weekend, my god
Fuck yeah, radical pro-science agenda!
Would you prefer to be inundated with:
Astronomy and astrophysics
Military robots (because I’m sorry, they tend to be the wildest)
Internet history
Microorganisms that want to eat you
Pictures and stuff about deserts and desert ecology
Something else I haven’t spammed you with before…
So what’s it going to be?
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Canadian Forces to once again be 'royal'
A royal name change for Canada’s navy and air force will be announced Tuesday, and the army will also be renamed, in a move that taps Canada’s military heritage.
The Maritime Command and Air Command will again be known as the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force, while the Land Force Command will be renamed the Canadian Army.
The name changes will be officially...
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outlawpoet replied to your post: outlawpoet replied to your post: I’ll get this…
In opposition to all the well-regarded peaceful supportive political mudslinging I suppose? I get avoiding it in strategic use. I’m in favor of devaluing Treason in language, if only because it makes it less likely to be taken seriously.
Recently the new interim leader of the NDP was ~revealed to have been...
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Bushies slam Rick Perry's Ben Bernanke comment... →
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outlawpoet replied to your post: I’ll get this out of the way up front: I have no sense of humour
er, so your position is that treason is a terrible concept? or that “real treason” should not be cheapened by use in reference to the actions of first world public figures?
My position is:
Treason is a terrible concept that,
Shouldn’t be used in political mudslinging because,
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carlosadama replied to your post: carlosadama replied to your post: I’ll get this…
the power of Grayskull, on the other hand…
Ineffable and wondrous. I WANT TO BELIEVE.
She-Ra is such an attention hog. Look how miffed these other warrior-princess types are. You’re special too, ladies.
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A photoset of Titan, one of Saturn's moons. →
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Watch
The U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas recorded echoes of the Perseid Meteors as they passed over the monitoring facility. Includes imagery of a meteor photographed by astronaut Ron Garan aboard the International Space Station.
Credit: U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Radar/NASA
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carlosadama replied to your post: I’ll get this out of the way up front: I have no sense of humour
so how is that praying the problems away working out for him then?
Ha ha, as an atheist and skeptic, I try not to comment on the power of prayer.
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I'll get this out of the way up front: I have no...
Texas Governor Rick Perry (possible Rep. presidential candidate, USA) said that printing money in this economic climate is ‘almost treason’, and that Ben Bernanke would have a hard time of it, in Texas. In response, liberal commentators have recalled Perry’s past quasi-support for Texas secession and branded this too as ‘almost treasonous’. Trollolololing all the way...
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Navy prepares submarines for 1st female officers... →
livinginsneakers:
I ran across this while looking for info on the U.S. sub fleet cheating scandal. That’s an important story, but as a former submariner I think this one is even more important.
I have said before that, to me, feminism means women have the same array of choices that men have. Now the military is dropping another gender barrier, and women officers have a choice they didn’t have...
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8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How... →
kateoplis:
How exactly has American society subdued young Americans?
Student-Loan Debt. Large debt—and the fear it creates—is a pacifying force. […] Public universities continue to be free in the Arab world and are either free or with very low fees in many countries throughout the world. The millions of young Iranians who risked getting shot to protest their disputed 2009 presidential...
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The Youth Unemployment Bomb →
In Tunisia, the young people who helped bring down a dictator are called hittistes—French-Arabic slang for those who lean against the wall. Their counterparts in Egypt, who on Feb. 1 forced President Hosni Mubarak to say he won’t seek reelection, are the shabab atileen, unemployed youths. The hittistes and shabab have brothers and sisters across the globe. In Britain, they are NEETs—”not in...
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“I was shocked when some young acquaintances riding the bulls on Bay Street first...”
– What happened in London? Just an adjustment of the Riot Index. John Barber, for the Globe and Mail.
In a nutshell, he argues: Austerity -> Riots; Social spending -> Quiescent populace.
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“Sookie’s is the callousness of the bourgeoise writ large–eroticising and...”
– They want to do real bad things to you. Emily Manuel for Tiger Beatdown.
This is an interesting piece. I’m not sure the capitalist-vampire analogy is as strong as it could be… something I need to come back to. Love these closing paragraphs:
As much as Alan Ball and company have...
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“These calls for strong female characters start to run into trouble with trans...”
– What do you mean when you say you want strong female characters? s.e smith, for Tiger Beatdown.
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Lady Gaga says women don't enjoy sex till their... →
From the article:
While it may be unusual for a woman to wait until her mid-20s to have sex, Berman says there’s actually some scientific proof it’s a good idea. “A woman’s prefrontal cortex — the decision-making part of the brain — isn’t even fully developed until the age of 21. That means the consequences aren’t fully recognized until...
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“Slate: Let me play devil’s advocate. Isn’t Rent progressive? It revolves around...”
– Sarah Schulman: The Lesbian Writer RENT Ripped Off. I found this article so I could yell at fail memers about Rent, but this quotation is appropriate in lots and lots of contexts. (via tinyfist)
Thanks for digging this up. Great quote.
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How Music Fans Can Show Support for Indie Labels... →
My feelings about this effort are mixed, but FYI.
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good rant about Tara on True Blood
nastwich:
Let me ride on the back of the last post I reblogged, and tell you all about how I learned tonight to stay away from the True Blood tags on Tumblr. Cut for spoilers for the latest episode of True Blood, but also for trigger warnings of rape, kidnapping and very abusive relationships, possible sexism, sexist language, and you know generally the kind of shit that goes down on True Blood....
I'm taking a break from chubby-bunnies. →
chubby-bunnies:
I made this post last night, but reblogged it into the queue to make sure you guys who are in different timezones got to see it.
I am so disappointed with how things are going on here lately. I made this blog with the intentions of it being a happy and safe, judgement free zone for chubby girls who were like me. I didn’t ask for thousands and thousands of followers- I didn’t...
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“Do you realize that the… bank bailout — that sum of money is greater than the...”
– Dr. NEIL DeGRASSE TYSON, reacting to space programs such as the James Webb Space Telescope — the successor to the Hubble — falling to budget cuts, on Real Time (via inothernews)
Er… yes and no. I absolutely agree with him regarding funding—it’s not that the US and other wealthy...
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dream is destiny: An open letter to the feminist... →
crustyriotqueer:
hernameishelen:
stackedstars:
I am a FAAB, femme-presenting genderqueer person. This means that I rarely, if ever, pass as anything other than female. And since I am almost always read as female by strangers, they treat me as if I were a woman.
This means that I, too, get catcalls and wolf whistles.
I, too, cannot walk down the street by myself without someone beeping...
