Mid-20th century, Lysol disinfectant — because of the illegality of female contraceptives — was the #1 selling “feminine hygiene” product.

~John Durham Peters

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After the plane skidded off the runway while landing in Bangkok Thai Airways covered its logo as a "recommendation from Star Alliance known as the 'crisis communication rule'." 14 people were injured.

Rachel’s legacy remains to be noted as a woman that was a great Jewess, a great actress, and a great lover.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had sold the rights to the name “World Trade Center” back in 1986 for just $10. The buyer, a not-for-profit named the “World Trade Centers Association," has been doing some really profitable things with it since then.

gcp:

gcp is a file copying utility, loosely based on cp, with some high level features like:

• A progress bar.
• A copy continues even when there’s a problem, skipping the problem file.
• gcp lets you know what it’s up to, so you know which files were copied
• File name correction in case of file system incompatibilities (e.g., the removal of * or ? on FAT.)

Who needs a unifying theme anyway?: If I’m feeling shitty about things on the internet, I just email a...:

openareas:

indefensible:

If I’m feeling shitty about things on the internet, I just email a person out of the blue who is doing something good on the internet and tell them that I like that thing they do on the internet and then everything gets a little less shitty.

People would like email more if email was occasionally nice.

Maybe this is a thing you could do too. I’m not going to get all pay-it-forwardsy, but doing something nice takes almost no time and it increases the sum total of human happiness in the world, even if just momentarily.

You’re lovely.

Yes.

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Barence writes "The wild man of antivirus software, John McAfee, has been forced to deny reports of his own death. Internet reports circulating last night claimed the hard-living security software entrepreneur had died after one too many drink and drugs sessions. However, McAfee has taken to his Twitter account in the past few hours to assure everyone that he's still alive, and hasn't mislaid his sense of humour.'"I felt great when I went to bed last night. I had such great plans,' tweeted McAfee, alongside a link to a report — now hastily withdrawn — that claimed he had died from an overdose."

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I'm going to be honest with you. I actually have no idea whether this is the first time Daniel Radcliffe has had to put on an American accent for a movie or not. Either way, it's a clip from Horns, a movie in which Radcliffe's character grows horns that force people to tell the truth, even as he comes under suspicion for the murder of his girlfriend. Harry Potter, it isn't.

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tate + tennant + barrow. singing. 

DWO - The Ballad of Russell & Julie (by drwhoonline)

Bar Review: 4th Dimension Sober Club:

 The hangout spot fills a gaping hole within Portland’s recovery community. I found myself asking the obvious: What is there to do if you don’t spend Friday nights drinking craft beers at bars? Well, the Sober Club has some answers. For starters, grape slushies and Red Bull. The club has a concession stand that serves everything you might expect to find at a high-school volleyball match. Bob Marley’s “One Love” blasted from two speakers, and a teenager shot pool with his mother. Men in jeans and button-downs played three-on-three basketball, and other men played pinball or pingpong. Yes, there are lots of men. “That’s mainly who attends these things,” said a 20-year-old who preferred not to be named. Indeed, the founders of 4th Dimension Sober Club have created a place reminiscent of a teenage basement hangout. The sober club is located across the street from Widmer Brothers Brewery and shares a parking lot with Oregon’s Finest, a medical marijuana dispensary. Multiple patrons see the location, within smelling distance of intoxicating substances, as essential to their recovery. “It’s symbolic of our struggle,” says one regular. “I find it’s good to form our community in these places. Just so we know what we can deal with.”

Original work. A map of Westeros from A Game Of Thrones in the style of Google Maps. 

sandandglass:

The Daily Show explains Western imperialism in the Middle East. 

vandaleyesarmy:

Martini buddy.

lulz-time:

nothingbutfauxpas:

why am I laughing so hard right now.

what…

endofthewest:

sathinfection:

Archbishop of Cologne (1238 - 1261), von Hochstaden wielded great influence in imperial affairs but was a controversial and contentious figure. Ultimately, to generate funds for continuing work on the cathedral, he initiated a tax on hops (thus raising the price of beer), a move that may have influenced the grotesque ornamentation added by stone carvers at the base of his statue

guess yoga reached europe even before hippies

history is very serious

THIS. IS. SEWIUS.

lutsanguisargilla:

thefrogman:

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AMAZING.

joebagofdoughnuts:

Godzilla; the original mouth breathing nerdrager.

“If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.”

- Carl Sagan (via girlfriendandgirlfriend)

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I’m a big fan of Robin Davey’s work. Based in London, Robin works as a freelance illustrator, animator, designer and director. Recently he’s been working with Wired Italy, where he’s created these wonderful animated GIFs. Illustrating a feature on the best apps for different types of consumers, Robin’s illustrations are full of fun and humor. I’m a big fan of his globetrotting couple and his “workaholic” painfully reminds me a lot of myself!

This work was featured in both the print and the iPad editions of the magazine, and Robin says that it was a fun challenge to do something that straddled both new and traditional media. I love it and hope to see more animated illustrations like this in the future.

You can see more work from Robin on his website here and check out the bottom of this post to see an Instagram video of the illustrations in context.