“Voting for Trump because you think the system is corrupt is like buying a car on eBay because you hate dealerships. You weren’t wrong in your assessment, but your solution was impulsive and grotesquely misinformed. Honestly, I don’t think it was all racists who voted for this man … because even some racists took civics class, or at least remembered that Monorail episode of The Simpsons. This wasn’t about ideology, or a frustrated rural Midwest, or an out-of-touch liberal bubble. This was about basic lack of education in America, combined with apathy and spite. And for that reason, we passed up one of the most experienced candidates ever in favor of a shifty man with zero background in politics. Name a single fucking job where you’d rather have an “outsider” in charge, you goddamn children.”
on this world aids day let’s take a moment to remember that if you know a gay person of a certain age, then you know someone who has suffered unimaginable loss. listen to your elders and never forget what they have been through, what must never be allowed to happen again.
i went to too many funerals before i was even a teenager.
Popular vote loser Donald Trump may just be soothing his wounded ego when he talks about “millions of people who voted illegally,” or he may be soothing his wounded ego and laying the groundwork to disenfranchise millions of people, but either way, he has injected the false claim that there were millions of illegal votes into the public conversation. How false a claim is this? Philip Bump rounded up the documented cases of voter fraud from 2016 and chances are, you can count them on the fingers of one hand.
A woman in Iowa who voted twice. Terri Lynn Rote had the enormous misfortune of bad timing. Right as the candidate she supported, Trump, was drawing attention to fraud cases, Rote decided to try to vote twice in Des Moines, and got caught. The case made national headlines simply by virtue of the fact that it happened when it did, and that she voted for who she voted for. [...]
A man in Texas who voted twice. Phillip Cook was arrested on Election Day after voting twice. He claimed to be an employee of Trump's campaign who was testing the security of the electoral system. He wasn't an employee of the campaign — and the polling location's security worked perfectly well, it seems.
A woman who cast a ballot for her dead husband. Audrey Cook is a Republican election judge in Illinois. She and her husband applied for absentee ballots because he was ill. He died before completing his, so she filled it out for him and sent it in. The ballot will not be counted.
A woman in Florida who marked absentee ballots. Gladys Coego was hired to open absentee ballots in Miami-Dade County. One of her co-workers noticed that she was going a step further, filling in the bubble for a mayoral candidate with a pen she had in her purse. She was caught in the act and arrested. There's no evidence she changed any presidential votes.
There are a few other maybes out there still being investigated, but suffice it to say, this is not the kind of thing that’s changing election outcomes. Or making Donald Trump anything but the popular vote loser, despite his having benefited from major, documented vote suppression in key states.
Ben Carson is such a great example of how the concept of raw intelligence doesn’t exist, and that people can have wildly varying types of intelligence. This man is the best brain surgeon in America. Possibly the world. He invented a new way to treat seizures. He separated conjoined twins in a surgery that everyone else said was impossible. And he thinks going to prison makes you gay. He thinks the pyramids were grain silos built by the biblical Joseph.
So maybe you suck at something because in one area you’re Ben Carson The Politician but in another area you might be Ben Carson The Neurosurgeon.
this is tremendously inspiring and utterly horrifying at the same time
For their part, the Gardner police said in a Facebook post that they thought it was pretty damn funny.
“We would like to sincerely thank the persons responsible as it made our day when we pulled up what we expected to be hundreds of pictures of coyotes, foxes and raccoons. Thank you to the citizens who noticed the cameras. Your effort and sense of humor are greatly appreciated.”
I’d like to think that this is just how people in Kansas naturally behave at night.
I live in Kansas and can confirm that this is completely normal Kansas behavior. (Although you are more likely to find this sort of thing in Lawrence, where I live.)
This must be what @unpretty’s version of Smallville is like.
Ending the Fairness Doctrine ushered in the ‘know-nothing era’ of fact-free conservative politics.
Republicans have made their careers off denying science, climate, basic economics, basic rights, and dumbing down the country to the point that electing Trump seems like an option.
Bring in the noise! Bring in the funk! Bring in them tumblr posts and all of that junk! reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog it reblog … Continued
I don't know, the stuff I read and watch make it pretty darn clear that orbs should be avoided at all costs, they have an immediate net negative effect on your health, happiness and well-being.
The perfect antidote to the Ghost In The Shell news! Hope it gets an American release. Your move, Hollywood.
I think this is pretty fitting, since cowboy movies have been cribbing from Japanese samurai film for a long time now. Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai was remade as The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo got a remake via A Fistful of Dollars, and The Hidden Fortress helped inspire George Lucas to create Star Wars. (Even the word “Jedi” is derived from the “jidai geki” genre of Japanese film– an appropriate name for a group space samurai.)
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Since we've been discussing badges in that other thread, I figured I'd share Tiny Adventure Club's post about actual badges that you can actually buy.
Hey Adventurers, just a head’s up: several new packs have been added to the shop, so if you missed the first set of adulting and mental health packs, now’s your chance to snag these bad boys before they sell out again.
Remind me to show this to Super ButtButt and the boyfriend's cat when I get home. Eight years. It's been eight years. They can TOO get along.
The Internet is going crazy about the picture of two adopted kittens, Louie and Luna, kissing next to a Christmas tree. Yup, love is in the air, and thanks to the cat duo, we’ve just been reminded what Christmas spirit is all about!
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“They’ve been inseparable since they were adopted and they always do everything together,” their Florida-based owner James told Buzzfeed. “They sleep, eat, and tear apart my Christmas tree as a unit.”
Their human is happy that the love of his two 10-month-old cats is inspiring so many people. “I’ve seen a lot of people saying things like, ‘This has made my day’ or ‘I’m crying at how beautiful this is,’ or something along those lines,” he said. “I like seeing people happy, and I’m glad they can confide in cat photos for that.”
OK, so how many times do I listen to the Hamilton soundtrack to guide the votes of the electoral college in a saner direction?
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I will always love this. Sarek climbs out of the shuttle and has a look around, and there’s his son at the back of the line soundly ignoring him because he’s busy (pretty patiently) teaching his friend how to say hello.
And McCoy, that bastion of humanity, grumpy and old-fashioned, is patiently trying yet again to learn it, despite the fact that it’s - clearly - physically difficult for him to do so.
And they’re both positioned so they have a clear view of Jim’s well-defined ass.
For the last 8 years I’ve been shooting in the San Francisco area I have been absolutely obsessed with the fog. Night and day it’s what I live for and what defines my photographic style. I check the cams, satellites, and other forecasts to always be able to just get up and go. We even have a small group of about 20 of us known as, “Fogaholics” where we keep each other updated all the time as soon as we see it roll in.
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Recently in my studies of the area I have discovered something amazing! During the summer months, when the fog is created from high amounts of inland heat, it gets too high to shoot in the bay area (including the Golden Gate Bridge) as it is usually above 1,000′ and the bridge sits at 746′. In addition, since it is coming from the Pacific ocean, the coastline is pretty much unshootable. So the only option is to hit up the high vantage points, one of the best being Mt. Tamalpais, which sits at 2,572′. Mt. Tam allows you to get, “above it all” and is literally heaven on earth as you feel on top of the world or almost on an airplane looking down on clouds. What I discovered from hundreds of trips up there is, when the fog rolls through and is at the perfect height and density, it will create wave-like movements as it contours the land. This is where I coined the term “Fog Waves” as it literally looks like waves that resemble the ocean.
I found that when playing around and experimenting with different shutter speeds in my camera it would either freeze the movement or accentuate the flow and make it more buttery and smooth. This is all done “In camera” and not photoshopped. I do this by putting on dark filters known as ND or Neutral Density filters that trick the camera into thinking it’s night time forcing a longer shutter speed. Doing this is how I am able to get these smooth effects and sometimes I shoot up to 2 minutes depending on the flow. Too long and it can turn to mush and too short will be too textured. Shooting fog is a study and takes a lot of patience, preparation, and knowledge of the area to catch it as it is very elusive. In the end though, the chase is always worth it and the views on Mt. Tamalpais are literally something out of a dream!
