Mitt Romney in New Orleans discussing climate change and sea-level rise.
WHAT.
(via thewherefores)
You know when I was a kid I had a book called “Why is the sky blue?” that answered questions like this very simply, and with pretty pictures. Maybe it would be of some help to him.
Let’s send him a picture book on climate change.
WHAT.
His dad is a hands on sheriff, actually working cases, instead of being wrapped up in managing his office. He’s a good investigator. Hell, an over invested, creative investigator, with protective instincts that would put Bruce Wayne to shame. Beacon Hills is HIS TOWN and he’s got people to take care of.
Scott isn’t Batman, you guys (he’s Superman, duh). Sheriff Stilinski is Batman and Stiles is Robin. But one day he’ll grow up into Red Robin and then eventually strike out totally on his own.
But my point is, Stiles’ dad is his real hero, and that’s why it’s so terrible for Stiles to think about disappointing him.
“I’m not a hero dad.”
“You were that night.”
I have serious issues with complacency.
I have this same problem.
waxjism reblogged your photoset: Road to Perdition is still in my list of top five…
THE SHORT PANTS THO
C’mon they’re glorious.
Stiles should eventually develop contingency plans to kill all of his friends, in case of moon or feels-induced rampage, right? Right.
OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING. Seriously if you elect him it will be a huge country of poverty and debt. ARE YOU DUMb? ?? Gay rights and abortion won’t look like such a big deal when the country collapses around you.
-Uhg, I’ll probably delete this soon cause it makes my blog look ugly but right now i’m steamed from reading everyones dumb posts on tumblr.
Yes, Obama has done nothing.
I am so sick of these people. In addition to the fact that ‘Obama has done nothing’ is an immense load of horseshit, recognize that Americaland has a two party system.
Weigh your choices: Randian frat bros, or a moderate leftist. C’mon now.
Click through and read the article, which is great.
This is interesting. Is there an attitude that minority and poor students are already ‘slackers’ who need discipline, not play? Or is it just scrimping on poor and PoC kids (as usual).
The show tells us that the hunters are matriarchal, but it shows us Gerard Argent as top dog in the Argent clan. From the moment he rolls into town, he’s calling the shots on the home front, as well as in the field. He asserts his authority over Chris and Victoria as parents, as well as hunters. Gerard is a stereotypical patriarch in a supposedly matriarchal subculture. So what’s up with that?
If the hunters are matriarchal, it’s Gerard’s wife, Chris and Kate’s mother, who should be leading the Argent clan, but she’s absent from the show. Not only does she not appear on screen, she’s never once mentioned, and Gerard’s authority is absolute. It seems likely then, that she’s been dead for some time. (And knowing Gerard, one wonders if we should suspect foul play). Gerard’s authority seems to derive from his age, his experience, and his place in the family. Maybe there were no aunts or cousins who could take up leadership. Maybe Gerard just back stabbed his way through the power struggle. Regardless, the Argent family legacy means that they’re always going to be significant to wider hunter culture, even without their matriarch.
What I take from this is that either, a) men can be leaders, in spite of the tradition of female leadership, or b) men can be leaders in special cases. I think it’s the latter.
carlosadama replied to your photo: [ cloud overview ] [ get your own cloud ] This is…
well hello me!
Probably because you’re one of the few people on Tumblr I chat back and forth with. ;)
Mish Way, frontwoman for riotous Vancouver punk band White Lung, talks to Jenn Pelly about feminism, serial killers, and figure skating in our latest Rising profile. (via pitchfork)
I don’t admire anything about Hunter S. Thompson, Keith Richards, OR Courtney Love. That said, it’s true that women are typically just ca-razy, while men can be charmingly eccentric.
In the most literal sense. Because I need them.
carlosadama replied to your post: I wish more science fiction was science-y.
The moon is a harsh mistress… you have physics about living in mars, politics, alternative family organizations, AI, gravity as a weapon…
You know, I’m not sure that I’ve ever read it. #shame
Do you like Greg Bear? Moving Mars was a lot of fun. Black ops seeded nano-factories, mega-physics, AIs being recognized as people.
I’m not a hard SF snob, but so much of what passes for SF these days (come on, Stargate?) is really bad space gadget opera melodrama. Science fiction, in addition to having robots, rayguns and possibly attractive people in silver bathing suits, contain at least one big idea. One fascinating, brain twisting quandary. One hint of the almost-possible, the soon-to-be-possible. Even if it’s a bad big idea.
Give me something to chew on here, people.
Neil De Grasse Tyson, Center for Inquiry, New York Academy of Sciences, July 21, 2009.
You know, I do think it’ll be better in season three, because Davis seems to understand now why viewers were unhappy with some of his choices. I appreciate that he’s genuinely interested in fans’ opinions, and takes some of them on board. And I agree with your assessment of his comments—he wants a core group of characters who are progressive, clued in, and mostly good-intentioned.
While it’s true that Sinqua’s work schedule caused problems for the writing team on Teen Wolf, his lack of development called attention to the comparatively shallow development of the show’s other black characters, Deaton and Morell. Here’s hoping that Boyd gets some serious screen time next year, because I think there’s a lot of potential there. But the spoilers are making me happy—it sounds like we’ll be learning more about all of the supporting characters. \o/
Megan Byrd aka ComicBookCandy has something to say about Batwoman and JH Williams III.
Batwoman as a character is still rather new, and not all of her stories will be well written. But this early on, I won’t settle for anything less than the high standard set by her iconic origin. There are too few superhero titles featuring female characters; there is no room for mediocrity. But because it resembles its former incarnation, this title will continue to garner undeserving praise. This is one reader that won’t be fooled: a heroine can’t just look strong, she has to be well written, too.
Dan Kahan - Why we are poles apart on climate change
at Nature News
Remember this: A person’s most deeply held values can cloud their judgment about seemingly factual scientific matters. They must weigh the risks and rewards of believing something. It is not enough to say something is true or false. We must ask how we can MAKE it true in the lives of those we are communicating with.
(via jtotheizzoe)
I have no background in marketing myself, so I jumped at the chance to talk comics marketing with Sue of DC Women Kicking Ass.
The female consumer controls 80% of all buying decisions. (I really encourage people to read The Power of the Purse). Women are clearly attracted to the concept of powerful female characters. Yet there’s this weird disconnect where marketers chase after the latest thing (KATNISS) and kinda ignore these characters with enormous brand awareness. There seems to be little or no connection between the publishing and what WBCP does. Look at The Dark Knight Rises. Anne Hathaway has a huge female fan base. Catwoman is maybe, what? The 3rd or 4th most familiar female DC character? And yet there’s been nothing done to translate the interest in TDKR, to interest in the comics.
In which I WHY WHY WHY at Sue, over the dearth of female creators working at the Big Two, and the great lie of female superheroes being unsuitable for movies. “Women can’t open movies!” Ha ha.
