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Hey Diddle Diddle (Spinnaker - C64 - 1983)

vgjunk:

My favourite nursery rhyme from last week’s article about Hey Diddle Diddle on the Commodore 64 - a goose who hunts down the irreligious and the unbelievers and throws them down the nearest staircase. Truly magical.

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Zothecula (1870348) writes "Because 3D printing allows one-off items to be created quickly and cheaply, it should come as no surprise that the technology has already been used to produce unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. Engineers at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC), however, have taken things a step farther. They've made a 3D-printed UAV airframe that's designed to minimize the amount of material needed in its construction, and that can be printed and in the air within a single day."

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Synchronicity - Gwen Stefani gets Sting’s autograph, 1983.

wickedwomenwarriors:

Kobudo - Meiji jingu Martial Arts.  Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_kobud%C5%8D

She likes to ride

bonersaurus-sex:

One of my very favourite Morticia moments.

Kimberly Munley was shot three times taking down Nidal Hasan in 2009. Then she got laid off. Yet she’s never stopped fighting for the victims the military ‘betrayed’ in that shooting.

Sneaky devils. In a filmed interview at Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn mentioned that filming for Star Wars: Episode VII is underway. "Where?" you ask. "When? Who?" Your guess is as good as mine.

fuckyeah1990s:

"Silent Hill 1" (1999) 

tastefullyoffensive:

Stay classy, Seattle. [x]

plasticbagvevo:

when your friends joke about something you’re really sensitive about

miucciapet:

damn she thick

rachgeller:

Jake Peralta + undercover characters

you-had-me-at-downton:

Downton Abbey x iPhones

As a seafloor volcano continues to erupt in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, a newborn island has swallowed its neighbor whole, images from space show.

lawfulgoodness:

Abed  knows how to GM.

Louis Jules Duboscq, Still Life with Skul, ca. 1850

rpgwizzard:

meanwhilebackinthedungeon:

Random Magic Sword Properties

Table stolen from Hack & Slash

01-29) Weapon Glows (See color table)
30-34) Weapon glows (See color table) when a certain monster is nearby…

Very random magic sword properties

01-29: Weapon is actually food with a sword illusion spell cast on it (see food table)
30-34: Weapon is actually a weapon with a food illusion spell cast on it (see weapon table)
35-39: Weapon cannot possibly be far enough into you to hurt this badly
40-44: When swung, the weapon continues moving in that direction at that velocity for 1d20 rounds
45-49: Weapon is constantly surrounded by (see food table)
50-54: Non-euclidean weapon is all stabby parts with the slashy part at the end
55-59: Makes (see food table) sounds when struck
60-64: Damaged target re-enacts 1d4 random lines of the 1d12th episode of season 1d6 of rebooted Doctor Who
65-69: Target is really, really into whatever this weapon is doing to them
70-75: Weapon exudes an exotic but pungent scent of (see food table)
76-78: Weapon is so invisible that you didn’t actually find it in the first place
79: Weapon hums the theme to M*A*S*H
80: Weapon vibrates when you turn the volume down to 0
81: Weapon can play MIDI files
82: Weapon has cankles
83: Weapon constantly whispers that your taxes were due yesterday
84: Prunes appear on sword
85: Prunes appear near sword, juicing themselves erotically
86: Men’s Rights Activist sword
87: Weapon has its own tumblr
88: Weapon subtweets about wielder on a protected account only followed by the BBEG
89: Weapon teaches yoga on the weekends for extra cash
90: Weapon is drunk as efffffffffffff, texting you with ”bro lest hangout im so smoshed” constantly
91: Weapon sexts you photos of its blade at 3 a.m.
92: Weapon complains that you friendzoned it
93: Weapon only damages the patriarchy
94: Weapon only functions while reenacting slashfic about its wielder
95: Weapon causes those nearby to Follow wielder
96: Weapon causes those nearby to Unfollow wielder
97: Weapon intermittently sprouts stiletto heels and leather purses
98: Weapon is asexual
99: Roll a number of times equal to your follower count
100: Weapon reblogs your best post about (see food table) to everyone in the setting

Food table:
1-100: Pizza

Weapon table:
1-100: Pizza

	Courtney shared this story from People of Color in European Art History:
	Exactly

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Yes, I am aware it “bugs” you. It “bugs” a lot of people.

I’m noticing a pattern, and the people it “bugs” the most are almost always academics. I am assuming you actually read the conversation, but you still sent this message, so I guess I’ll just say it all over again.

Racism today affects how we view the past.

Racism in 1930 affects how we view the past.

Racism in 1850 affects how we view the past.

Racism in 1787 affects how we view the past.

The knowledge we currently possess has been filtered though all of these centuries before it got to us, and each century between us and the ancient world has shaped how the knowledge was passed on.

Every conversation we have about Roman slavery, class, and race relations in affected by not only these factors, but who we are as the people researching, reading, and exploring these materials.

Where did your information come from? How did you form these opinions and ideas? Someone wrote a book. You read it. Someone with authority you trust told you. Knowledge was passed from human being to human being. It doesn’t come from some kind of Supreme Universal Authority, it comes from human beings. Human being are not objective.

In plain terms-in previous eras, these histories were purposely racialized because the authors who wrote them were racist, and lived in an era where furthering white supremacy was highly encouraged and well-compensated.

Instead of challenging, confronting, or refuting this influence, the reaction has been “Hey, let’s just drop it already" from most of the disciplines involving history (which is honestly just about all of them).

Instead of trying to curtail or ameliorate the voices that infused white supremacy into our education in the first place, most people seem a lot more comfortable shush-shushing the voices that want to point out that that happened. To confront it head-on, and explore how this influence continues to shape our ideas, our worldviews, and our knowledge of the past.

It bugs you. Good! I’m not comfortable, you’re not comfortable, so let’s go digging because no one promised anyone the truth is a comfortable pair of well-worn shoes that fit everyone exactly the same.

Recently, I discovered a feature that made it possible to scale shapes during a Data Merge! It uses a combination of Data Merge, some “no fill or stroke” type, and the auto-size feature of text boxes introduced in InDesign CS6.

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At the end of last week’s review, I suggested that “Human Nature”/“The Family Of Blood” represented the apex of David Tennant’s tenure as the show’s leading man, of Russell T. Davies’ time as showrunner, and of the entire new series in general from 2005 to the present day. It isn’t really possible to sensibly argue that last category, as the new series now spans the work of two very different showrunners and four very different incarnations of the Doctor. The only way to call this two-parter the apex of the entire revival is to say that it is “the best” in a general sense. That kind of ranking can be fun—indeed, I’m pretty sure that’s going to dominate a good chunk of the comments section, as it does pretty much every week—but it would take this entire review just to sort ...

I have feelings for one of my best friends. He doesn’t feel the same way.

BUT instead of bitching about the "friendzone", we have had numerous discussions about how we both feel, we remain best friends, and I respect he doesn’t feel the same, and he respects my emotions and never makes me feel uncomfortable for how I feel. 

Whoa. It’s like we’re mature adults or something.

So shut the fuck up that someone doesn’t feel the same way as you and value the relationship you already have. Sorry your friend doesn’t feel the same. It sucks. But don’t blame them. Their feelings are just as valid as yours. And if you continue to bitch, you don’t deserve them and should shove a pinecone up your butt.