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"One of the greatest threats we face is, simply put, bullshit. We are drowning it. We are drowning in..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:27 -0400

“One of the greatest threats we face is, simply put, bullshit. We are drowning it. We are drowning in partisan rhetoric that is just true enough not to be a lie; in industry-sponsored research; in social media’s imitation of human connection; in legalese and corporate double-speak. It infects every facet of public life, corrupting our discourse, wrecking our trust in major institutions, lowering our standards for the truth, making it harder to achieve anything.”

- Jon Lovett’s commencement address to Pitzer College. (via theatlantic)

reasonsmysoniscrying: He met Bill Murray. Submitted by: Laura...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:35 -0400

reasonsmysoniscrying:

He met Bill Murray.

Submitted by: Laura R.
Location: St. Andrew’s, Scotland

inothernews: Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, foreground, of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:49:54 -0400

inothernews:

Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, foreground, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, assisted by Port Authority structural specialist Pete Mizialko, holds one of four peregrine falcon chicks for banding, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21. In the second photo, the mother bird is seen flying towards northern Manhattan. (Photos: Richard Drew / AP via NBCNews)

"I think before his second term is over, we’re going to see a miracle before our eyes, I believe God..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:48:47 -0400

“I think before his second term is over, we’re going to see a miracle before our eyes, I believe God is going to answer our prayers and we’ll be freed from the yoke of Obamacare”

- Michele Bachmann decides God will repeal Obamacare. (via think-progress)

I don’t know how much more I can take honestly.

nevver: Hopper drawings

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:47 -0400

nevver:

Hopper drawings

cockenblog: Stop.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:37 -0400

cockenblog:

Stop.

me at work today….

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:59:13 -0400

me at work today….

Top image is what Hosta plants normally look like. Bottom image...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:52:00 -0400

Top image is what Hosta plants normally look like. Bottom image is what the Hosta in front of my house looked like this morning after yesterdays golf ball sized hail storm… Seems like every year my Hosta gets pounded..

"Then there are people who are saying, “Well, we better learn how to terraform Mars because Earth is..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:39:30 -0400

“Then there are people who are saying, “Well, we better learn how to terraform Mars because Earth is about to be completely messed up.” And… those folks - I think - are misguided in their thinking. Can I tell you why? I mean who doesn’t want to terraform Mars, right? That’s a fun vacation spot. I have no issues with that, but don’t do that just because you want another place to live to escape the fact that we’re destroying our own Earth - the environment, the oceans, the atmosphere. Here’s why. It’s a very simple argument. If we have the power to convert Mars into something that looks like Earth, then we have the power to fix our own oceans and our own atmosphere, right? If you have the power of geo-engineering, you don’t have to leave the planet you’re on, turn another one into Earth, and move there. Just fix Earth.”

- Neil DeGrasse Tyson (via somewisdom)

laughterkey: caffeinated-zombie: So, in the middle of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:33:24 -0400

laughterkey:

caffeinated-zombie:

So, in the middle of everything today, we ran across a hellaciously distressed momma mallard and a bunch of her baby ducks that had fallen down a sewer grate. Another guy was already trying to fish them out, so my friend and I called animal control before we tried to fish the rest of them out. When Animal Control got there, we had all of them out and the mother duck quacking very happily. I was surprised - none of us got snapped at or hurt. I was even holding onto a bag at one point that had all of them in it and she just watched me.

I love how pleased the momma duck looks in the pic where she’s standing on the dude. Like, “He’s savin’ my babies!”

Interior space saving stairs and staircase photos from...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:25:56 -0400

Interior space saving stairs and staircase photos from darlingamericancurl /(^_^)/

If you, like me, are in search of tiny home ideas and tiny living inspiration you may want to follow her blog. I have been a dedicated reblogger of recent.

The final pic is of modular stairs that can be ordered from the following:

http://www.modularstairs.com/custom-modular-stairs/mini-plus-stairs

everthang..

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:59 -0400

everthang..

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"We are in this position as a country because we assumed that the magic of the marketplace would..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:31:22 -0400

“We are in this position as a country because we assumed that the magic of the marketplace would provide competition and provide world-class communications. But history has demonstrated that left to their own devices, companies will gouge the rich, leave out the poor, cherry-pick markets and focus solely on their profits. It isn’t evil, it’s just the way things work.”

- Susan Crawford (via azspot)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:22:33 -0400

"I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21:12 -0400

“I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you.”

- Stephen King (via allegorys)

nevver: RIP Ray Manzarek

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:21:12 -0400

nevver:

RIP Ray Manzarek

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