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politicalprof:

1. Does it help rich people, probably at the expense of poor people? Then do it.

2. Does it advance the global interests of rich people, but harm the global interests of the United States as  whole? Then do it.

See? And you thought this complicated … 

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stephendann:

gunsandfireandshit:

metalbatteryzone:

vonisv:

fortooate:

revedas:

thatdangerous:

extrajordinary:

GUYS. THERE WAS DRIVE-THROUGH IN ANCIENT ROME. FINDING OUT THIS ALONE IS WORTH THE COST OF MY MASTERS IN HISTORY.

[From Daily Life of the Ancient Romans by David Matz]

*rolls up to the window* yeah gimme a number V combo

“I’ll have two number IXs, a number IX large, a number VI with extra ambrosia, a number VIII, two number XLVs, one with cheese, and a large goblet of wine.”

hail, I am Gaius Furius, welcome to Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives

“YEAH CAN I GET A FVCKIN VVVVHHH….VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVHHHHHHHHH…BVRGER?”

“Goatmilk machine broke.” *dying goat baaing in the distance*

*holds up two fingers* “Five Bacchus meals please.”

Dine in, or Chariot Away. Ask about our Colosseum catering for your next Bread and Circuses day

topherchris:

The Shake: Trump vs. Macron

Good on ya, Macron.

Go fuck yourself, Trump.

lauraannegilman:

waltersandmurdock:

feynites:

sweaterweathercub:

apinchofsanity:

pipistrellus:

kuttithevangu:

Honestly the mere fact that some people refer to Daddy Long Legs as “harvestmen” is creepier than 90% of all deliberately created horror but like the worst part is that the alternative is calling them Daddy Long Legs

#WHAT ARE THEY HARVESTING #I AM HAUNTED AND VEXED

They are harvesting our sorrows

True harvestmen, and not cellar spiders which are the other Daddy Long Legs, are truly omnivorous- known to eat everything from spiders, to fecal matter, to leaves and fungus… But one of the singularly most interesting habits of a particular European species is their almost symbiotic relationship with beehives– particularly man-made beehives. When a bee dies inside the hives, workers will remove the the corpse to just outside the hive just before dark. And the harvestmen? Well, they live up to their name.

So what you’re saying is that they are the grim reaper for bees.

The grim beeper

Go to your room and think about what you’ve done.

avinaris:

were-all-queer-here:

helpimbeingchasedbywaltwhitman:

y'all I can guarantee you 9/10 times cashiers do not give a flyin’ flip what you buy listen I have seen people buy laxatives and adult diapers you think I’m gonna give a damn if you’re buying tampons for your wife like bitch I probably didn’t even look at the package I’m just concerned with getting it scanned beep beep motherfucker and we’re done

This is helpful for people with anxiety

beep beep motherfucker

megabeeprime:

Mr. Rogers wouldn’t have had to.

jenniferr-jareau:

I don’t even know where to begin with this

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bonniegrrl:

Behind the scenes of original Star Wars film sets

Actor Peter Mayhew took some amazing photos on the original Star Wars sets and shared them on Twitter. 

Here’s some of those candid moments in my CNET slideshow.

This month, we thought we’d make a comic for people who are just a little bit curious about birds. My dad grew up in a big city and he only knew these species as “the little brown ones” or “the big grey ones”. Here’s an intro to some of them!

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the-movemnt:

The mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu recently spoke out against Confederate-era statues. His comments are not to be missed.

follow @the-movemnt

sparkitors:

if you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, or anything else today, here’s a reminder that we love you, and you’re not alone. 

illos by the lovely @thelatestkate​

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Ben Carson, our HUD Secretary of somewhat dubious expertise, recently burbled on about how he thinks that “poverty, to a large extent, is a state of mind,” a statement which earned him some well-justified push-back and which prompted several people, knowing of my general thoughts about poverty, to wonder if I had any thoughts on the matter.

My thought on poverty in the United State being a “state of mind” is that what it really is, to a rather larger extent, is a lack of access — to money, to education, to opportunities, to adequate housing, to networks of expertise and help, among many other things, and most importantly (and as often a consequence of all the others noted and more) to the margin of safety that people who are not in poverty have when any individual thing knocks them off their stride.

It’s the last of these, in my opinion, that illustrates the gormlessness of Carson’s thoughts on poverty. You can have the most can-do spirit in the world, but your state of mind doesn’t mean jack when confronted with, say, a broken-down car you can’t afford to repair, which means that you can’t get to your job, which means that the job goes out the window, putting you at risk of not being able to pay the rent (or other bills), increasing the possibility of putting your family out on the street, making it more difficult for your kids to get and maintain an education. Your “can-do” spirit doesn’t mean shit to a worn-out timing belt or transmission. Your “can-do” spirit doesn’t mean shit to the landlord who decides to raise a rent you can barely afford, because he knows he can get more from someone else. Your “can-do” spirit doesn’t mean shit to the ice outside your home you slip and fracture your arm on when you head off to your second job. Your state of mind is not telekinetic. It can’t fix things that are out of your control, and which by dint of poverty you have no immediate way of addressing. When you’re poor, so many things are out of your control.

Conversely, if you have margin, your “state of mind” matters even less — because you have the ability to address problems as they arise. It doesn’t matter what my state of mind is if my car stops working; I can afford to have it taken to the shop and fixed. My state of mind is not relevant when I crack my arm; I have good health insurance with a low deductible. My state of mind is neither here nor there to my housing situation; my mortgage is paid off. My margin is considerable and will be regardless of what state my mind is in.

Yes, you might say, but you, John Scalzi, have an industrious state of mind! Well, that’s debatable (more on that later), but even if it is true, is it more industrious than the person who works two shitty jobs because they have no other choice? Am I more industrious than, say, my mother, who cleaned people’s houses and worked on a telephone exchange while I was growing up, so that I could eat and have a roof over my head? My mother, who barely cracked a five-figure salary while I grew up, worked as hard as hell. Tell me her “state of mind” was less industrious than mine is now, and I’ll laugh my ass off at you. Tell me any number of people in the small, blue-collar town I live in, who make significantly less than I do, and who are one slip on the ice away from tumbling down the poverty hole, have a “state of mind” substantially less industrious than my own, and I’ll likely tell you to go fuck yourself.

I happen to be one of those people who went from poverty to wealth, and because I am, I can tell you where “state of mind” lies on the list of things that have mattered in getting me where I am. It is on the list, to be sure. But it’s not number one. Number one is access to opportunity, which I got when my mother — not me — decided to chance having me apply to Webb, a private boarding school that cost more than she made in a year (I was a scholarship kid), with immense resources that allowed me entree into a social stratum I might not have otherwise had access to.

Number two is a network of people — mostly teachers at first — who went out of their way to foster me and nurture my intellect and creativity when they saw it in me. Number three is luck: being in the right place at the right time more than once, whether I “deserved” the break I was getting or not. Number four is my creativity, my own innate talents, which I then had to cultivate. Number five are the breaks I got in our culture that other people, who are not me, might not have gotten. Number six would be Krissy, my wife and my partner in life, who has skills and abilities complementary to mine, which has made getting ahead easier and building out our family’s margins much simpler than if I had to do it on my own.

Number seven — not even in the top five! — I would say is my “state of mind,” my desire and determination to make something of myself. And let’s be clear: this “state of mind” has not been an “always on” thing. There have been lots of times I was perfectly happy to float, or fuck around, or be passive, because times and opportunities allowed me to be so. There have been times when I have been depressed or apathetic and not interested in doing anything, and I didn’t — but still got along just fine because of my margin of safety. There have been times I have been overwhelmed and barely able to make any decisions at all. “State of mind” is a changeable thing, and importantly can be deeply influenced by one’s own circumstances. It’s much easier to have a positive “state of mind” when you know that no one thing is likely to knock your entire life askew. It’s easier not to give in to fatalism when not everything has the potential to ruin everything else. It’s easier to not feel like nothing you do matters, when you have the ability to solve many of your problems with a simple application of money.

I have seen people with what I’m sure Carson would describe as the correct “state of mind” fail over and over again because their legs are kicked out from under them in one way or another, and who never seem to make it no matter how hard they try. I’ve seen people who definitely don’t have the right “state of mind” succeed and even thrive — have seen them fail upward — because on balance other things broke their way. “State of mind” as a predictive factor of economic mobility is, bluntly, anecdotal bullshit, something to pull out of your ass while ignoring the mountains of evidence showing that economic mobility in the United States is becoming more difficult to come by. It’s not “state of mind” that’s the issue. It’s long-term systematic inequality, inequality that’s getting worse as we go along. Ignoring or eliding the latter and pinning poverty “to a large extent” on the former means you’re giving everyone and everything else that contributes to poverty in the United States — from racism to inertia to greed — a free pass.

I’m well aware that Carson has his own anecdotal rags-to-riches story, as I do; we both even have mothers who sacrificed for us so we could succeed. Good for him! I applaud him and his effort to get where he is now. But this doesn’t make his story any more than what it is, or what mine is — a single story, not necessarily easily replicated at large. Certainly my story isn’t easily replicated; not every poor kid can be given a break by a private boarding school catering to the scions of wealth and privilege. I think it’s fine if Carson or anyone else wants to lecture or opine on the poverty “state of mind.” But until and unless our country makes an effort to address all the other long-term issues surrounding poverty, Carson’s opinion on the matter is bullshit.

Control for opportunity. Control for access. Control for margin. And then come back to me about “state of mind,” as it regards poverty. I’ll be waiting, Dr. Carson.

unpretty:

idea: option to replace the standard youtube progress bar with one that doubles as an audio waveform so i can see when a motherfucker’s about to scream and turn the volume down

buffystolethetardis:

legalmatter:

why does everyone always associate satan with heavy metal

for all we know satan could like smooth jazz

Reducing the rate of infant mortality in the U.S. is an admirable cause, but some health and safety advocates say they aren’t yet convinced that placing your baby in a cardboard box to sleep is the right or safe way to achieve that goal.

All around the country, states have already handed out hundreds of thousands of so-called “baby boxes” — cardboard containers that not only come with helpful supplies for a newborn, but which can also be used as a bed for the infant. The hope is that the simple, flat-surfaced box — used for decades in Finland — will help to reduce sleep-related deaths, but The New York Times reports that the growing popularity of these boxes has also raised concerns.

For instance, unlike cribs and bassinets, the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission has no set minimize standards for these boxes. That brings up questions about whether or not a baby should be carried in the box, whether they can be held onto and reused for multiple babies, and where the box should be placed in the home for maximum safety.

READ MORE: Federal Safety Official Reminds Parents: Crib Bumpers Are Pointless, Possibly Dangerous

“If you look at nursery products in general, they’re highly regulated,” Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairwoman for the CPSC, tells the Times. “So there is an abundance of caution until we can make a determination.”

The CPSC posted a statement on its website in March noting that it, along with manufacturing and safety standards organizations ASTM, and other stakeholders, are working to answer these questions and create safety rules for the boxes.

“Cardboard boxes for babies are currently not subject to any mandatory safety standards.  These products do not meet the federal definition of a crib, bassinet, play yard, or handheld carrier.  CPSC staff is participating with a leading standards development organization, baby box manufacturers, child safety experts, and other stakeholders to include requirements for cardboard baby boxes within the bassinet voluntary standard.  As with all other infant sleeping areas, it is extremely important for parents and caregivers to remember: ‘Back to Sleep’ and ‘Bare is Best.’”

The Times reports the process likely won’t be complete for some time.

In the meantime, officials with Baby Box Company, which sells the boxes online and is supplying containers for hospitals in New Jersey, Texas, and other states offering them, says it has conducted independent testing of the products that has purportedly shown they meet standards similar to a bassinet, the Times reports.

Despite this, healthcare experts caution that until more is known about the standards and safety of at the boxes, parents should probably stick with traditional spaces.

“The safest place for a baby to sleep is a crib meeting CPSC standards,” Joan Muratore, the babies and kids test program leader for Consumer Reports, tells Consumerist. “The baby box idea may reflect safe sleep principles—namely, that a bare sleep surface is best, and that you should always place a baby on his or her her back to sleep. But we caution parents and caregivers about using any product that doesn’t meet strong safety standards.”

Dr. Rachel Moon, chairwoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ task force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, tells the Times that she’s been surprised at the excitement surrounding the boxes’ debut in the U.S., adding that assuming something that worked in Finland will work here isn’t the best way to go about things.

In fact, the Times reports that experts in Finland don’t believe the boxes are the specific reason infant mortality is lower in the country. Instead, doctors say providing free, high-quality maternal and child health care services and more education to new mothers likely contributes more to the low infant mortality rate.

The eyewitness accounts of Greg Gianforte’s violent assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs continue to paint an increasingly unsettling picture. From Alicia Acuna, who witnessed the event, along with Fox News field producer Faith Mangan and photographer Keith Railey:

During that conversation, another man — who we now know is Ben Jacobs of The Guardian — walked into the room with a voice recorder, put it up to Gianforte's face and began asking if him if he had a response to the newly released Congressional Budget Office report on the American Health Care Act. Gianforte told him he would get to him later. Jacobs persisted with his question. Gianforte told him to talk to his press guy, Shane Scanlon.

At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the man, as he moved on top the reporter and began yelling something to the effect of "I'm sick and tired of this!"

Jacobs scrambled to his knees and said something about his glasses being broken. He asked Faith, Keith and myself for our names. In shock, we did not answer. He then said he wanted the police called and went to leave. Gianforte looked at the three of us and repeatedly apologized. At that point, I told him and Scanlon, who was now present, that we needed a moment. The men then left.

There is NO question, based on the eyewitness accounts and the horrifying audio, Greg Gianforte committed a violent assault on Ben Jacobs, a member of the free press. He does not belong in the United States Congress. He belongs in jail. 

kaylapocalypse:

lesmiserabelles:

i want a modern-accent-accurate version of the arthurian myth. guinevere with a welsh accent, arthur with a midlands or northern accent, lancelot’s french, all the orkneys are scottish…

how much better would mordred be as a character with a scottish accent?

“a asked ma maw if arthur was ma da or ma uncle an she went tae me ‘yes’. a canny deal wi this am gonnae blow the whole kingdom up tae fuck”

I’m crying. I’m going to screenshot this and send it to my professor

I don’t want therapy, I just want a diagnosis

‘White genocide in space’: Racist fans seethe at diversity in new ‘Star Trek’ series:

nineprotons:

orevet:

littlegoythings:

The new series Star Trek Discovery stars Asian actress Michelle Yeoh as the ship’s captain and black actress Sonequa Martin-Green as her first officer — and this has caused some Trekkies to fret about the lack of white men in charge.

While the overall reaction to the new Star Trek trailer has been positive — although there are the usual complaints from Star Trek fans about continuity errors — one group of fans is particularly upset about the show’s diverse cast of characters.

As both Heat Street and Daily Kos point out, the series’ YouTube page has been bombarded by comments labeling the show a “SJW” plot aimed at shoving “political correctness,” “forced diversity,” and even “cultural Marxism” down viewers’ throats.Additionally, some angry Twitter users have even proclaimed that the show’s diverse cast is evidence of a “white genocide” conspiracy aimed at eliminating the white race from the face of the Earth.

“Cultural Marxism” is a common dogwhistle that means “the Jews are destroying out culture with diversity.” And as far as Star Trek goes, I don’t understand why they thought this was their white male safe space. Star Trek was invented by a Jew, cast a bunch of Jewish actors, has never had an all-white cast in the history of ever, and featured television’s first interracial kiss. 

Clearly, these alt-right fools are fake geek guys.

#fake geek goys

Y’know, I’m not really into gatekeeping fandoms/interests generally, but I think “if you’re a racist misogynist you aren’t a real Star Trek fan” is a gate I’m okay with standing guard at. 

These fake geek guys obviously missed (and/or choose to ignore) one of the major aspects of the setting and TOS’ background there as Roddenberry created, so I’m okay with saying they aren’t real fans. Unfortunately for the rest of us they’re loud and obnoxious, but they aren’t true fans of ST.

editorincreeps:

Breakfast and lunch should be free for all students in all public schools.

There is no counterpoint I am willing to entertain against this.

You know what, I changed my mind about this. They should get breakfast, *and* lunch, *and* also be able to take home a nice hot dinner.

“The pop star is a vessel for a mess of inchoate desires and thrilling, confusing sensations (Bowie knew this) so the girls aren’t just screaming for the star; they’re screaming for themselves and for each other. They are celebrating music, of course, but also youth, friendship, the ineffable glee of the moment, life at its most unquenchable. It’s a rite of passage that should never be contaminated by even an inkling of dread.”

- The joy of teenage girls is the heart of pop - we can’t let the Manchester attack change that (via elliesattlers)

anakinswywalker:

padme: look at finn being a part of the resistance! i’m so proud of him! he - wait. is he…

anakin: what?

padme: he’s wearing a vintage beige shirt fashionably tucked into his stunning naboo ocean blue pants with the Gucci Resistance Leather Jacket and Louis Vuitton boots and a Corellian belt made from the finest leather in the galaxy…

anakin: padme…breathe

padme: the aesthetic of the blaster strapped to his belt reminds me of my groundbreaking Geonosis look….he really did that. anakin are you seeing this. BAIL! breha! shmi! are you seeing this. this is beautiful

alonelypotatochip:

mockwa:

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“they painted the benches in the park”