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Steve Rogers leaves dishes in the sink.

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So, now, ahem, what exactly is the point of the box?
Chandler?
CHANDLER: The meaning of the box is threefold.
One, it gives me the time to think about what I did.
Two, it proves how much I care about my friendship with Joey.
And three…
…it hurts.

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Paradise lost, Ross Racine

wabrandsma writes with news about the latest trouble facing Uber. "Uber Technologies Inc has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over a recently disclosed data breach involving the personal information of about 50,000 drivers, the latest in a series of legal woes to hit the Internet car service. The suit, filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco by Sasha Antman, an Uber driver in Portland, Oregon, says the company did not do enough to prevent the 2014 breach and waited too long — about five months — to disclose it. Antman says Uber violated a California law requiring companies to safeguard employee's personal information."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Snapchat’s high-profile chief operating officer, Emily White, has left the company, the Venice company confirmed Friday.

Within an hour of FOX31 Denver discovering a hidden camera, which was positioned to capture and record the license plates and facial features of customers leaving a Golden Post Office, the device was ripped from the ground and disappeared.

Author: Osias Jota Source: Mobile Web (M2)

RT @KaitlynHova: THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING BUSINESS CARD OF ALL TIME :D http://t.co/kJ7Ir4PeBt

diggly:

mamacastiel:

why does this have 32k notes? it’s just a picture of a knife in a ranch bottle, is there some unspoken joke that 32 thousand people share? what is going on here, i dont get it. it’s just a fucking picture of a knife in a ranch bottle. is there some spiritual connection people have to this picture? is there some ominous and mystical reasoning that this has 32 thousand notes? do people reblog this because it makes them look like some indie blogger? or is there just something funny to this? someone please explain

no one tell him

"It’s our first time out this year."

seananmcguire:

tashabilities:

geeksofdoom:

washingtonexaminer:

That’s the expected cost to taxpayers over 10 years from Obama’s proposed free tuition plan, the White House admitted Friday.

That’s about the cost of 8 months of war in Iraq. Seems like a much better investment of my tax dollars to me.

I bolded

It’s amazing how 80 billion isn’t worth mentioning when it’s about killing people, but is suddenly a huge, horrifying barrier when it’s about improving lives.

marlene:

sheamonique713:

pardonmewhileipanic:

i almost cried watching this

what is wrong with me

i just want a pit so bad sometimes

LOOK AT THIS BABY IN IT’S SHOWER CAP

I want one so muhfuggin bad.

mattminerxvx

Although there have been some rare instances of all three contestants finishing "Jeopardy!" with no money to show for it, last night an even rarer and worse thing happened: only one player even qualified for Final Jeopardy. Our hat's off to you, Kristin, you maverick. UPDATE: We're no longer embedding this video from user My Email, as he or she has changed the name of this upload to 'FUCK OFF DIGG.' Your input is appreciated, sir or madam.

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy filled us all with hope that we could terraform Mars in the 21st century, with its plausible description of terraforming processes. But now, in the face of what we've learned about Mars in the past 20 years, he no longer thinks it'll be that easy.

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In the microscopic spaces between its patented 18-karat gold alloy casing and its cutting-edge circuitry, the “Apple Watch Edition” contains a contradiction. Expensive jewellery and high-tech gadgets both serve as status symbols; but while a classic watch derives value from its age and timelessness, a tech item does so from its newness and timeliness, and these cannot coexist. You could see Apple’s luxury watch as a kind of existential joke—a timepiece (or at least a device masquerading as one) whose own worth is gradually destroyed by the very thing it was built to measure.

This clash of value systems in the same physical object underlies the outrage that the watch, priced at up to $17,000, has sparked in some quarters. (“Perfect for douchebags,” one watch aficionado ranted.)

But why should it? People with the means to buy a disposable gold watch will happily spend similar sums on fleeting experiences—a first-class plane flight, an exotic wine, a luxury safari—that generate far more (and more toxic) waste. Other than an imperceptible bump to gold prices, what does it matter if a few thousand gold watch casings end up buried in drawers, or even as landfill? And there’s much uglier, and more expensive, useless jewellery out there. As long as people are going to flaunt their wealth, this is far from the most douchebaggy way to do it.

This was published as part of the Quartz Weekend Brief. Sign up for the Quartz Daily Brief here, tailored for morning delivery in Asia, Europe & Africa, and the Americas.

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revolutionary-afrolatino:

Student Suspended for Speaking Native American Language

When Miranda was teaching a classmate to say “posoh” and “ketapanen” on January 19, her teacher scolded her. Native News Network reported her saying “You are not to speak like that! How do I know you’re not saying something bad? How would you like it if I spoke in Polish and you didn’t understand?”

The words Miranda was chastised for translate to “hello” and “I love you” in Menominee.

And THIS shows you why most Native American languages are either extinct or endangered.

#this is why you dont get to wear a headdress hipsters

Submission - Fantasy Future Map: Glasgow Integrated Rail by Angus Doyle

Submitted by Angus, who says:

I’ve been working on this map of an integrated rail network for Greater Glasgow of the (imagined) near future for quite some time and now that it’s finally finished I’d love to know what you make of it. Shortly after beginning the project I found your blog and I’ve been regularly trawling through it for inspiration and tips ever since.

I started work on the map for three basic reasons. Firstly, I felt that the city region’s substantial urban rail network – as it exists now – really needs a dedicated map of some sort, having last had one more than a decade ago. Secondly, it is my belief that a modest amount of vision and investment could see the reinstatement of a range of unused or underused routes and thereby endow the city region with thoroughly modern and enviable transport network - something along the lines of the number of German cities with multi-modal transportation systems incorporating U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trams. Thirdly, like yourself and everyone who follows Transit Maps, I really love schematic transport maps and, as an aspiring graphic designer, I thought it was high time I have a crack at one.

A much more in-depth/boring synopsis of my motivations, vision and design processes can be found at my blog here.

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Transit Maps says:

Wow. Not only is Angus’ fine diagrammatic map simply beautiful to look at, but the applied design theory behind it is some of the most comprehensive I have ever seen. Every element has a defined relationship to the other parts of the diagram and it’s all applied consistently across the whole map. 

Check out the final image above to see how he ties everything together with some very consistent sizing and spacing of elements. It has to be said that this type of theoretical work is always a little bit easier with a fantasy map compared to a map of an existing transit system – reality doesn’t always oblige us quite so nicely with the location of and relationships between stations, etc. – but a set of strict guidelines that govern the look of a map is always a great idea.

The map itself is filled with lovely design touches that really set it apart: I particularly like the black dot/grid arrangement of interchange station symbols and the simply glorious “current” texture applied to the River Clyde. There’s good mode differentiation between the subway (greatly expanded from the single “Clockwork Orange” circle that currently exists) and the commuter rail lines, and connections to long distance trains are nicely shown as well. I do feel that the labels could perhaps be a little larger – there’s a lot of white space in the diagram, and bigger text is always helpful!

About the only other thing I don’t really like on the map is the unlabelled, stylised version of it at the top right of the header: it seems somewhat pointless and squiggly, and a little at odds with the clean, restrained design of the rest of the map.

I would definitely recommend all readers to head over to Angus’ blog, where he details the rationale and method behind this fantastic map; he also delves deep into the colour theory and branding of the system as well.

Our rating: One of the best fantasy transit maps I’ve seen in a long time, backed up with some solid design theory. Four-and-a-half stars!

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medievalpoc:

lyricsja:

EUROPEANS TAUGHT FOR CENTURIES that Africa had no written history, literature or philosophy (claiming Egypt was other than African). When roughly 1 MILLION manuscripts were found in Timbuktu/Mali covering , according to Reuters “all the fields of human knowledge: law, the sciences, medicine,” IT DID NOT MAKE MAINSTREAM NEWS as did the lies taught by Europeans concerning Africa

Someone asked me to somehow “verify” that this story is real.

Of course it’s real! The PROBLEM with the coverage regarding these manuscripts is that they’re constantly portrayed as being in “danger” because many of them are still in the possession of Malian descendants. About 700,000 have been cataloged so far, and they have had to be moved in part because apparently extremist groups have tried to firebomb them. Many others are still in the possession of the families they have been passed down in.

Some of these collected manuscripts are being housed in exile, but mold and humidity have been a constant threat. They have been raising funds to try and preserve these manuscripts-you can read more about the project to house and protect them here.

A bit of the history of these manuscripts from National Geographic:

These sacred manuscripts covered an array of subjects: astronomy, medicine, mathematics, chemistry, judicial law, government, and Islamic conflict resolution. Islamic study during this period of human history, when the intellectual evolution had stalled in the rest of Europe was growing, evolving, and breaking new ground in the fields of science, mathematics, astronomy, law, and philosophy within the Muslim world.

By the 1300s the “Ambassadors of Peace” centered around the University of Timbuktu created roving scholastic campuses and religious schools of learning that traveled between the cities of Timbuktu, Gao, and Djénné, helping to serve as a model of peaceful governance throughout an often conflict-riddled tribal region.

At its peak, over 25,000 students attended the University of Timbuktu.

By the beginning of the 1600s with the Moroccan invasions from the north, however, the scholars of Timbuktu began to slowly drift away and study elsewhere. As a result, the city’s sacred manuscripts began to fall into disrepair. While Islamic teachings there continued for another 300 years, the biggest decline in scholastic study occurred with the French colonization of present-day Mali in the late 1890s.

So yeah, basically the story of this collection’s source more or less ends with “…but unfortunately, colonialism”, as do most of the great cities of Africa, the Americas, and some parts of Asia.

Also, as an additional consideration:

With the pressures of poverty, a series of droughts, and a tribal Tureg rebellion in Mali that lasted over ten years, the manuscripts continue to disappear into the black market, where they are illegally sold to private and university collections in Europe and the United States.

Notice where the blame is placed here via language use: on the people in poverty forced to sell their treasures, as opposed to the Universities in Europe and the U.S. buying them.

It’s really just another face of Neocolonialism.

Fun fact : I only learned about that library by playing one of the Civilization games where it exists as a wonder

Just a few days ago we expressed our excitement (along with our prerequisite TLC trepidation) over the potential of the new reality show that will follow teen activist Jazz Jennings and her family. Now we’re hearing something else very encouraging on the Jazz front: She’s been named the face of Clean & Clear’s “See The Real Me” campaign.

If we’re going to spend our days getting advertising thrown at us from every direction, at least let it be cases like this. At this point it seems like we’ve seen countless examples of hygiene and beauty brands grasping for inspirational angles and often coming up short. But Jazz’s story is one that rings so true, and that so desperately needs to be told, that I can actually look past the attempts to sell me something and just focus on the girl at its center.

Jazz has been an active transgender activist for years now, and seeing her in such a prominent position — and yes, with such a prominent brand — is important and awesome exposure.

& in other @iamjazztrans news! I am crying. So happy for you. The new face of #CleanAndClear. #Amazing #girlslikeus https://t.co/z1S9YNzDlL

— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) March 14, 2015

As Yahoo’s Torraine put it:

The power of visibility cannot be stressed enough. We take in some form of media from the time we scroll through Twitter in the morning until falling asleep watching Netflix at night. Imagine what life would be like when you were growing up if the only time people who shared part of your identity were shown as prostitutes, punch lines, or murder victims. Certainly that would warp your sense of self worth to say the least. This is the reality for most transgender people. Until recently, positive images of a transgender person in the media were nonexistent and this omission has been extremely damaging. So damaging, in fact, according to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 41 percent of trans people attempt suicide in the United States each year compared to 4.6 percent of the general population. And that number isn’t even including the appalling murder rates stemming from transphobia. (It’s been said the average trans person’s life expectancy is somewhere between 23 and 32 years old.)

Representation is crucial. And considering the prevalence of advertising in our media, that extends to the way brands present themselves. As Torraine continued:

While the recent interest in trans people is very encouraging, what is more important is acceptance and understanding. And when it comes to trans lives, these two things are not one and the same. It’s great that people are beginning to accept, but now it’s to make sure we’re understood.

With a reality show on the way and this campaign hitting airwaves, Jazz is in a mightily important position right now. She’s making an impact. She’s being seen, and she’s speaking up.

The REAL me is DETERMINED to CREATE CHANGE!❤️

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The cords that tie us one to another become literal ropey metaphors in the film. It is a tale not of kinky sex, but of a sweeter human bondage, of loose ends tied into lover’s knots.

Link (Thanks, Curtis)