March 2010
“The LHC came back online early this morning. As we discussed a few weeks ago,...”
– Slashdot Science Story | The LHC Is Back Online
If one were given to conspiracy theories, he might wonder a bit about the recent earthquakes and the fact that the Lard Hadron Collider will apparently go to full power some time in 2012.
Just sayin’.
February 2010
“Thank you for your interest in opportunities with {REDACTED}. As you can imagine...”
– I choose to believe this means that I am a candidate who meets the Needs of Tomorrow.
WatchTED talk: Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system
“You can’t run a society by the lowest common denominator.”
(Incidentally, I tried posting this using <video> tags, but Tumblr strips them for whatever reason.)
Aaron Burr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Dude, have you read about this guy lately? Seriously. Go learn about him.
“Your eyes are blocking my starlight
I’m the last of my kind
And...”
– West Coast Smoker, by Fall Out Boy
“It’s a big rock. I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t...”
– Spike, on the Tomb of Acathla, in Becoming Part 1.
Passion
Jenny: I know you feel betrayed.
Giles: Yes, well, that's one of the unpleasant side-effects of betrayal.
KY Stone Serpent Mound →
ahowell:
Too bad it’s on Marathon’s property; I can only imagine the hoops one would have to jump through to study it.
From the description of the mound:
An ancient path runs across the hilltop ridges from Kentucky to West Virginia parallel to the Big Sandy River. Brisbin (1976) notes that “the trail is well marked with existing stone cairns and carved boulders.” Several stone...
President Obama presents Oberlin Conservatory of... →
Cleveland.com:
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the only professional music school to be honored this year. Others honored Thursday include actor/director Clint Eastwood; soprano Jessye Norman; singer/songwriter Bob Dylan; graphic designer Milton Glaser; architect/sculptor Maya Lin, singer/dancer/actress Rita Moreno; and the School of American Ballet.
Also:
Oberlin College will also be...
But Women Don’t Rape — Feministe →
The flipside of the male sex drive discourse is the other point Pluralist touches upon: that if men are hungry sex fiends, women are too compassionate and docile to ever do something like pressure a man into sex, let alone to assault him. And if they do – well, it couldn’t have hurt that much and he probably wanted it anyway, amirite?
Emphasis is mine. It sounds pretty horrible when put that...
“Oscar Wilde is gay dead.
And madam, you are ugly.
But in the morning,
I shall...”
– Multi-author bathroom graffiti at Oberlin College. Each colour represents a different author.
(Yes, I used <font> tags to achieve this. No, I’m really not proud of it.)
Citibank blocks bank account of social network for... →
malumelegans:
fabulis:
In a bit of strange and disturbing news, fabulis discovered today that someone(s) at Citibank had decided arbitrarily to block fabulis’ bank account due to what was described to us on the phone as “objectionable content” on our blog. In fact, the account — it turns out — was blocked a few days ago without anyone letting us know about it by phone or email.
As John...
curple
wordjournal:
noun • the buttocks
editor’s note: in addition to being another useful word for one’s posterior, curple does in fact rhyme with purple. it has been in the english language since the 1400s.
Now find me a rhyme for orange.
“On a scale of bicurious twinks at Oberlin to the transgender glee chorus at...”
– Jon Stewart
Commenting on someone telling CPAC that “The lesbians at Smith College protest better than you do!”. I’m so pleased Oberlin is in the news again. ::rolls eyes::
Utah Bill Criminalizes Miscarriage →
malumelegans:
Rachel Larris for RH Reality Check:
The bill does exempt from prosecution fetal deaths due to failure to follow medical advice, accept treatment or refuse a cesarean section. Bird said this exemption was likely because of a 2004 case where a woman who was pregnant with twins was later charged with criminal homicide after one of the babies was stillborn, which the state deemed due...
“Many forms of email client have been tried and will be tried in this world of...”
– Winston Churchill (paraphrased)
Hopefully, the Letters project will eventually resolve this problem. Currently, I’m sticking with Mail+Mail Act-on, but I occasionally find myself dropping back into the web interface all the same.
(via malumelegans)
“Nobody told me I had a clitoris.
Nobody told me I was capable of having...”
– Sex Education, or, What Boys Will Want From You « Frothing at the Brain
What. The. Hell. This is not okay.
“What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What...”
– Letters of Note: Winston Churchill
Absurdly ancient temple dig reshaping human... →
What frustrates me the most about stories like this is the disconnect between the awe in which they hold the ancient peoples and the total lack of ability they credit them with. For example, they credit the ancient peoples with raising a stone temple using ten-ton stones, but totally discount the notion that at least some of those same people—the guardians of the temple, perhaps—might have built...
Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers →
This is definitely the headline of the week. It’s also the best Slashdot comment thread I’ve seen in months.
“Jesus saves. Buddha makes incremental backups.”
– langelgjm’s Slashdot sig block
I'd rather have ink on my hands than blood.
Stephen Fry on Catholicism →
malumelegans:
The famous British humourist, documentarian, and tech enthusiast answers the question, “Is Catholicism a force for good in the world?”
WatchTed Talk: Mary Roach on Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Orgasm
“It was a big hurdle just to get farmers to touch underneath the vulva, so we thought ‘let’s not mention the clitoris right now’.”
National Geographic on Carnivorous Plants →
I’ve always been fascinated by carnivorous plants.
Discovery Dates Seafaring 100,000-Plus Years Ago →
This may be the least surprised I’ve ever been.
“I think I can speak for most of my generation in saying that computer classes in...”
– Dan Grover » Toward a Grand Unified Theory of n00bs
Legit. The exceptions being professional-type classes, like Computer Science at a serious four-year school.
“Note: if you are talking to a white person who is really into Bob Marley, has...”
– #125 Bob Marley « Stuff White People Like
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“It doesn’t matter how amazing the steak is, if it’s served on a cold plate it’s...”
– Gordon Ramsey
What an interesting quote on religion...
Eskimo: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?
Priest: No, not if you did not know.
Eskimo: Then why did you tell me?
“Researching my film In The Loop, a comedy about a British prime minister and a...”
– Armando Iannucci (via errorgorilla)
eush:
Chilling stuff.
Fuckity hell.