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12 Dec 14:26

Sobre o Google Reader

by marcus

Like a physician’s scale, achieving the ideal social network is a question of balance. Twitter errs on the side of distribution, and, consequently, 40% of its users don’t tweet. Tumblr favors creators, but is rife with pornography and spam. Facebook may well achieve an equilibrium, but it is social to a fault; the network, like a heaving, many-headed Narcissus, rallies mostly around itself. Reader pivoted on the fulcrum of content, unearthed and spread in equal parts. What drew Courtney Stanton, a project manager in Boston, to Reader was that “it balances the two primary uses of the Internet: information and communication.” Or as Wetherell told me, “What we made is nearly a one-to-one relationship between the ease of consumption and the ease of sharing.” Google, after Facebook could no longer be ignored, went looking for a social network of its own. It might have already had a golden one.

Google’s Lost Social Network

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12 Dec 14:21

1932 : Cigarette Hat

by Chris Wild
João Gabriel Stein Zogaib

lápis na orelha, cigarro na cabeça.

Hat
22 Nov 12:16

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14 Nov 13:22

1973 : David Bowie playing ping pong in a kimono

by Chris Wild
David Bowie playing ping pong in a kimono, 1973
David Bowie playing ping pong in a kimono, 1973
David Bowie playing ping pong in a kimono, 1973
13 Nov 19:49

24 Pharmaceutical Ads from 1930s France

by 50 Watts
Illustrator Jérôme Dubois recently began scanning and preserving the covers and contents of Ridendo, "a medical and humor magazine distributed to French physicians from 1933 to 1977." (Read more about it in a post of the covers.) Jérôme's collection centers on the 1930s, when this improbable-sounding magazine was full of ads for improbable-sounding drugs. (I don't know exactly what Serenol is, but I think I should be taking it.) Jérôme pointed out that two of the ads here are signed by Victor Vasarely, who would go on to fame for his Op-art paintings. ad for Serenol Neuro-vegetative unbalance Anxiety, Emotionalism, Nervous Dyspepsia, Etc. from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Strychnal Signed by Vasarely from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Veinotrope, signed "Pesle" Well being Full treatment of venous illness and its complications from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for "Ampho Tablets" for Pharyngitis from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Strychnal from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Serenol from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Serenol from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Septicemine Each Septicemine injection leads to a temperature drop without any shock or reaction. from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Rhino-Amphogel Flu and head cold prevention from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Neo-Salyl Rheumatism from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Dr. Debouzy's Pills, signed "Loch" Made from biliary and boldine extracts from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Citrosodine from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for a urinary vaccine from the collection of Jérôme Dubois Intestinal vaccine ad signed by Vasarely Bring back to normal the diverted intestinal microbism. from the collection of Jérôme Dubois Intestinal vaccine ad from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Taxol Constipation vanquished, Cheerfulness returned. from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Taxol Made from 1 Intestinal mucous membrane powder 2 Depigmented biliary extract 3 Agar agar 4 Selected lactique culture from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Urisanine Gall bladder & loins antiseptis from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Opocalcium School overload from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Quinuryl antioxidant Block the formation of urea from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Anaclasine (which seems to cure everything) from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Carditone from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Irradiated Opocalcium from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Serenol from the collection of Jérôme Dubois *** Update, 11/15/2012: I caught a few more great ads when looking again through Jerome's scans. I had to add them here! ad for Azotyl from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Lactobyl (cropped) from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Opocalcium from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Serenol from the collection of Jérôme Dubois ad for Vivoleol from the collection of Jérôme Dubois Thanks again to Jérôme and Laurie for preserving and sharing this work!
08 Nov 19:05

Avenida Faria Lima, São Paulo, SP.



Avenida Faria Lima, São Paulo, SP.

08 Nov 18:46

Fireman casually buying pumpkins while a farmhouse burns to the ground

by Abraham Piper

This photograph was first published in Life Magazine with the accurate but less than compelling caption, “Joel Sternfeld; McLean, Virginia; December 1978.″

It isn’t staged. Sternfeld was driving through Virginia, saw the house on fire, stopped, snapped the photo, and happened to document a fireman in the foreground completely ignoring the blaze while he nonchalantly shops for the perfect pumpkin.

In that sense, it’s real.

In another sense, however, the picture is a lie. The emotions that the image almost inevitably evokes come from a wrong interpretation. On the face of it, there seems to be a sinister backstory of a family losing their home while officials stand negligently by. That would be interesting and entertainingly enraging, but no such luck. This was a controlled fire for training purposes, and the fireman was on a break.

In a 2004 interview, Sternfeld talked about this kind of misinterpretation of photos…

Photography has always been capable of manipulation. Even more subtle and more invidious is the fact that any time you put a frame to the world, it’s an interpretation. I could get my camera and point it at two people and not point it at the homeless third person to the right of the frame, or not include the murder that’s going on to the left of the frame.

You take 35 degrees out of 360 degrees and call it a photo. There’s an infinite number of ways you can do this: photographs have always been authored.

(via Iconic Photos)

05 Nov 14:25

New York Magazine's Stunning New Cover Photo of Dark Manhattan

by alice


Since being released on the internet yesterday, this photograph of a half light and half dark Manhattan has been quickly spreading throughout the web. The cover of New York Magazine's latest issue, which hits newsstands Monday, the aerial photo was taken by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan on Wednesday night, or two days after superstorm Sandy swept through New York, leaving millions without power.

If you check out New York Magazine's Facebook page, skeptics have been leaving comments as to whether this photo has been photoshopped. A few New Yorkers quickly set the record straight saying, "Definitely not photo shopped. This photo did well in documenting what the hurricane did to us" and "Not photoshop. We live in that darkness. Power just restored."

This is truly one of those photos we'll never forget.

Update: Poynter got in touch with the Dutch photographer to find out more details about the shot. Apparently, he took the photo while hanging out of a helicopter hovering 5,000 feet about the ground. It was shot with a new Canon 1D X with a 24-70mm lens on full open aperture. The camera was set at 25,000 ISO, with a 1/40th of a second shutter speed.

“With these aerials you shoot a lot, bursts of images, to finally pick one out there which is sharp,” Baan said. “It’s difficult if it’s freezing outside, you don’t have a door, helicopter is moving and vibrating, etc., but you really work towards an idea, visualization of that image which you have in mind.”

“What really struck me, if you look at the image on the left, you see the Goldman Sachs building and new World Trade Center. These two buildings are brightly lit. And then the rest of New York looks literally kind of powerless. In a way, it shows also what’s wrong with the country in this moment.”

31 Oct 18:26

1916 : ‘To dress extravagantly…’ poster

by Chris
Dress
30 Oct 17:12

Librarian asks celebrities to endorse reading, hears from Dr Seuss and more…

by Abraham Piper

The city of Troy, Michigan got its first public library in 1962 and in 1970 that library got its first children’s librarian, Marguerite Hart. Early in her tenure, she launched a letter campaign to dozens of celebrities — authors, politicians, artists, and more — simply asking that they reply with their thoughts on the importance of libraries and books.

She received 97 replies, many of which can be seen at the library’s site. Here is a selection of six…

Dr. Seuss

E. B. White

George Romney

Isaac Asimov

Neil Armstrong

Ronald Reagan

(via This Isn’t Happiness)

30 Oct 17:02

And Then It Was Ephemera #24

by WillyC
João Gabriel Stein Zogaib

pra aguentar o calor.


Anthony Perkins at leisure
30 Oct 16:55

A New Outlook

by Greg Ross

A correspondent of the Manchester Sporting Chronicle, thinking that his horse was short-sighted, had his eyes examined by an oculist, who certified that the horse had a No. 7 eye and required concave glasses. These were obtained and fitted on to the horse's head. At first the horse was a little surprised, but rapidly showed signs of the keenest pleasure, and he now stands all the morning looking over the half-door of his stable with his spectacles on, gazing around him with an air of sedate enjoyment. When driven his manner is altogether changed from his former timidity; but if pastured without his spectacles on, he hangs about the gate whinnying in a plaintive minor key. If the spectacles are replaced he kicks up his heels and scampers up and down the pasture with delight.

-- British Veterinary Journal, March 1888

26 Oct 11:45

Please design me a dog house

by Shaun Usher


In June of 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright — a man posthumously recognised as "the greatest American architect of all time" by the AIA — received an unusual letter from 12-year-old Jim Berger, a boy looking to commission the design of a home for his dog, Eddie, by the same architect who designed his father's house 6 years previous. Incredibly, Frank Lloyd Wright agreed and, as seen below, supplied a full set of drawings for "Eddie's House" the next year. Construction was eventually completed by Jim's father in 1963.

Eddie hated his new home. It was demolished in 1973.

The full exchange can be found below, along with a photo of the completed dog house. It was the smallest structure ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and possibly the least used.

(Sources: Architizer & Deborah Wright; Image: Frank Lloyd Wright, via Wikimedia.)



Transcript
June 19, 1956

Dear Mr. Wright

I am a boy of twelve years. My name is Jim Berger. You designed a house for my father whose name is Bob Berger. I have a paper route which I make a little bit of money for the bank, and for expenses.

I would appreciate it if you would design me a dog house, which would be easy to build, but would go with our house. My dog's name is Edward, but we call him Eddie. He is four years old or in dog life 28 years. He is a Labrador retriever. He is two and a half feet high and three feet long. The reasons I would like this dog house is for the winters mainly. My dad said if you design the dog house he will help me build it. But if you design the dog house I will pay you for the plans and materials out of the money I get from my route.

Respectfully yours,

Jim Berger


Transcript
Dear Jim:

A house for Eddie is an opportunity. Someday I shall design one but just now I am too busy to concentrate on it. You write me next November to Phoenix, Arizona and I may have something then.

Truly yours,

Frank Lloyd Wright

June 28th, 1956



Transcript
Dear Mr Wright

I wrote you June 19, 1956 about designing my dog Eddie a dog house to go with the house you designed for my dad. You told me to write you again in November so I ask you again, could you design me a dog house.

Respectfully yours,

Jim Berger

The Result




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25 Oct 17:54

Throne Of Games

by Jeremy Barker

"Have you ever seen the Bit Throne? The joysticks along the back, the cables of twisted steel, the jagged ends of controllers and gameboys all tangled up and melted? It is not a comfortable seat ser. Mario cut himself so often men took to calling him King Koopa, and Wart the Cruel was murdered in that chair. By that chair, to hear some tell it. It is not a seat where a man can rest as ease. Ofttimes I wonder why Luigi wanted it so desperately".

An awesome description by redditor odinsprice of Aaron Jasinski's Throne of Games for Gallery 1988’s Old School Video Game Art show.

Previously on Popped Culture...
Winter Is Coming, Hobbes, Winter Is Coming
Game Of Thrones: Mortal Kombat
Super Mario Game of Thrones


23 Oct 17:24

http://colt-rane.com/shuttle-dreams/

by rane

23 Oct 13:37

SOCIAL STUDIES

by c
I thought that if I ate the food of the area I was visiting
That I might assimilate the point of view of the people there
As if the point of view was somehow in the food
So I would make no choices myself regarding what food I ate
I would simply follow the examples, of those around me
I would study menus very carefully
Making note of important differences and similarities
When shopping at the supermarket
I felt a great desire to walk off with someone else's groceries
So I could study them at length
And study their effects on me
As though if I ate their groceries I would become that person; until I finished their groceries
And we might find ourselves going to the same places
Running into one another at the movies
Or in a shopping mall
Reading the same books
Watching the same T.V. programs
Wearing the same clothes
Travelling to the same places
And taking the same pictures
Getting sick at the same time
And getting well again simultaneously
Finding ourselves attracted to the same people
Working at the same job
And making the same amount of money
Living identical lives as long as the groceries lasted
23 Oct 12:17

"açougada, acracia, adevão, alarma, alarme, alteração, alvoroço, alvoroto, anarquia, angu,..."

“açougada, acracia, adevão, alarma, alarme, alteração, alvoroço, alvoroto, anarquia, angu, angu-de-caroço, anguzada, aperta-chico, aranzel, argel, arregaço, atabalhoação, atrapalhação, auê, bababi, babel, babilônia, bacafuzada, bachinche, badanal, baderna, bafa, bafafá, bagaço, bagunça, bagunçada, balborda, balbórdia, balbúrdia, bambá, bambaquerê, bananosa, bandoria, banguelê, banzé, banzé-de-cuia, banzeiro, barafunda, baralha, baralhada, barrilada, bereré, berzabum, bilbode, bochinche, bochincho, bode, bolo, bololô, brenha, briga, bronca, bruega, bulha, burundanga, cambulhada, caos, chinfrim, chinfrineira, chinfrinice, choldra, choldraboldra, cinza, cocoré, coisa-feita, coluvião, complicação, confa, confusa, cu-de-boi, cu-de-mãe-joana, danação, dédalo, desalinho, desarranjo, desarrumação, desgoverno, desmancho, desmanho, desmaranho, desordem, desorganização, desorientação, destempero, deus-nos-acuda, dificuldade, distúrbio, emaranhamento, embananamento, embaralhação, embrulhada, embrulhamento, embrulho, encrenca, enrolação, entuviada, envolta, esbregue, escangalho, esculhambação, esparrame, esparramo, estalada, estrago, estralada, estripulia, estropelia, estrupício, fandango, fecha, fecha-fecha, felga, ferga, flamengaria, forrobodó, frege, frevo, fritada, fubá, fula-fula, furdúncio, furdunço, fuzuê, galho, gambérria, gangolina, garabulha, garbulha, gódia, grude, imbróglio, indisciplina, inferneira, inferno, insubordinação, joldra, lambança, langará, lubambo, maçarocada, maranha, maria-da-fonte, massagada, mastigada, matinada, melê, melê-de-cuia, mexerufada, mexida, miscelânea, mistela, mistifório, mistura, misturada, mixórdia, motinada, movimentação, movimento, paçoca, pampeiro, pandemônio, pega-pega, pega-pra-capar, perequê, perereco, perplexidade, perturbação, pipoco, poeirada, porqueira, presepada, quebra-quebra, quebra-rabicho, quelelê, quilelê, reboldosa, reboldrosa, rebordosa, rebulício, rebuliço, recacau, rififi, roldão, rolo, ruge-ruge, rusga, salada, salgalhada, salsada, salseiro, sangangu, saragata, sarapatel, sarilho, sarrabulhada, sarrabulho, sarrafascada, sarrafusca, seribolo, sinagoga, sororó, surumbamba, sururu, tempo-quente, tiborna, tibornice, touraria, trabuzana, trança, trapalhada, trapalhice, tribuzana, tropel, tropelia, trovoada, tumulto, turbamulta, turbulência, turumbamba, turundundum, ula, valverde, vavavá, xirimbamba, zaragalhada, zaragata, zona, zorra, zungu”

- Sinônimos de “confusão” no Houaiss (via rafaelcapanema)
18 Oct 15:58

On the rare joy of writing on rubber with cheap pens

by Abraham Piper

From Nicholson Baker’s book of essays The Size of Thoughts

(via ShepelavyBoing Boing)

17 Oct 20:56

Neeeeura

by noreply@blogger.com (calote)
17 Oct 14:16

CALL ME MAYBE

by ricardo
João Gabriel Stein Zogaib

ainda bem que existe sms.

call me maybe
16 Oct 12:30

há esperança

by R.
16 Oct 12:25

Matt Groening

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
16 Oct 12:24

Photo



15 Oct 14:43

D is for Dying

by Holly Hibner

The Mime Alphabet Book
Gaslorowicz
1974

This is a picture book for young children learning the alphabet.  As you read through, the left page is the letter and a word spelled out, then on the right page is a picture of a mime acting out the word.  Cute.

Except… the words they chose are not child-friendly at all!  What ever happened to “a is for apple” and “d is for dog?” Good grief, they’ve got a for astonishment, d for dying, g for guilty, m for miraculous; very few of the letters are kid-friendly at all.  My personal favorite is x.  Scroll down to see the brilliant word they assigned to x.

Plus, there’s the mime situation.  Mary loves a good mime.  She calls them “the other clowns.”

Enjoy!

Holly

Well, THAT’S not scary.

How does this stance mean “guilty”??

Xeno-what??  This book is for very young children! Like, toddlers!!

13 Oct 18:56

Chavez win in Venezuela sets new challenges

by Tim Reese, Assistant Director of Multimedia

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans awakened on Monday to the prospect of another six years under President Hugo Chavez as the leftist president's supporters celebrated his victory against a youthful rival and a galvanized opposition pledged to build on its gains.

Chavez emerged from Sunday's vote both strengthened and sobered, having reconfirmed his masterful political touch but also winning by his tightest margin yet. Challenger Henrique Capriles said while conceding defeat that his campaign had launched a new political force and that he would keep working for change.

With a turnout of 81 percent, Chavez only got 551,902 more votes this time around than he did six years ago, while the opposition boosted its tally by about 2.1 million.

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venezuela_election_01.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cheer after polling stations closed and before any results were made available in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Venezuela's electoral council says Chavez has won re-election, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles. AP / Rodrigo Abd MORE IMAGES venezuela_election_02.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez perform a mock funeral for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles as they celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_03.jpg Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets his supporters at the Miraflores presidential palace balcony in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_04.jpg Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets followers after winning Venezuelan presidential elections defeating opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. ZUMA24.com / David Fernandez venezuela_election_05.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_06.jpg Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles cheer during a campaign rally in Barcelona, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_07.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_08.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate at the Miraflores presidential palace late Sunday Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_09.jpg A motorcycle covered with posters with images of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sits on a street after polling stations closed in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_10.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrate at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas late Sunday Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_11.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, celebrate his victory during Venezuela's Presidential elections in Caracas, Venezuela on Oct. 7, 2012. ZUMA24.com / Juan Carlos Hernandez venezuela_election_12.jpg Supporters of President Hugo Chavez celebrate outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ramon Espinosa venezuela_election_13.jpg Supporters of President Hugo Chavez celebrate outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ramon Espinosa venezuela_election_14.jpg Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is embraced by his mother Monica Radonski after he conceded defeat in the presidential elections at his campaign headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_15.jpg Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles waves to supporters as he leaves a polling station after voting in the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ramon Espinosa venezuela_election_16.jpg Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez arrives to a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Chavez is running for re-election against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_17.jpg Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with an electoral worker at a polling station before casting his ballot for the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_18.jpg A voter inks her thumb as part of the voting process during the presidential election at a polling station in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_19.jpg An elderly woman wearing a Bolivarian militia uniform stands before an election worker, who holds her identification as part of the voting process, before casting her ballot in the presidential election at a polling station in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_20.jpg Voters' shadows are cast on a wall as they wait at a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_21.jpg An elderly woman in a wheel chair is helped to enter a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Ramon Espinosa venezuela_election_22.jpg Residents look for their names on voter lists at a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Enric Marti venezuela_election_23.jpg People line up to vote in the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Enric Marti venezuela_election_24.jpg Voters line up at a polling station during the presidential election at Candelaria square in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. AP / Sharon Steinmann venezuela_election_25.jpg A giant inflatable doll representing President Hugo Chavez stands on top of a building in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. AP / Ramon Espinosa venezuela_election_26.jpg A defaced election campaign poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hangs in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_27.jpg A defaced campaign poster of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hangs in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_28.jpg People walk by election campaign posters of President Hugo Chavez and a picture of independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_29.jpg An election campaign sticker promoting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers another in support of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles on a wall in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_30.jpg Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, one wearing a mask representing Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, attend Capriles' closing campaign rally in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_31.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez march during his closing campaign rally in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. AP / Sharon Steinmann venezuela_election_32.jpg Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, center, is helped to get off a vehicle as he arrives to attend his closing campaign rally in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. AP / Fernando Llano venezuela_election_33.jpg Under pouring rain, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a microphone during his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_34.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cheer during a campaign rally in Maracay, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_35.jpg A boy dressed as a soldier salutes during a campaign caravan of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez from Barinas to Caracas, in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. AP / Rodrigo Abd venezuela_election_36.jpg Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, center, gestures from the top of a vehicle during a campaign rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. AP / Ariana Cubillos venezuela_election_37.jpg Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hold up an image of him during a campaign caravan from Barinas to Caracas, in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. Venezuela's presidential election is scheduled for Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) AP / Rodrigo Abd
11 Oct 15:12

it

by noemi
a hipótese pode ser estapafúrdia, mas é poética: a impossibilidade, em inglês, de criar orações sem sujeito e sem predicado, é que faz dos americanos e dos ingleses povos tão mais pragmáticos do que os falantes do português, por exemplo. afinal, com essa exigência, torna-se sempre necessário saber quem agiu, quem sofreu a ação, de onde se veio, para onde se vai. como deve ser difícil não poder dizer simplesmente: chove. por quê e para quê: "it rains?", uma espécie de "isto chove"? e a dor, então, de não poder dizer "eu sinto", "eu preciso", "eu quero", mas sempre "i feel it", "i need it", "i want it". por uma gramática dessubjetivizada e desobjetivizada, abaixo os its!
11 Oct 11:06

Cute little British kid sits quietly under his slightly older sister’s sage teaching

by Abraham Piper
10 Oct 20:19

Sharks and bait fish

by Minnesotastan
10 Oct 13:56

A century of movie genres

by Minnesotastan

Reportedly from this source, but I'm unable to access the link to ascertain what database was used to create the graph.  Via Reddit.