3.141592 vs. 1.61803

orticariavaria: WIN

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:22 +0200

orticariavaria:

WIN

rjmckinnon: frostedsammy: i don’t normally post porn sorry I...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:27:22 +0200

rjmckinnon:

frostedsammy:

i don’t normally post porn sorry

I do, and this is much better.

wnycradiolab: Julie Mecoli’s “Dark Matter” is a series of...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:38:02 +0200

wnycradiolab:

Julie Mecoli’s “Dark Matter” is a series of artworks inspired by the University of Queensland Pitch Drop Experiment (if you want to seriously geek out about this, our story on the experiment is right here).

Mecoli’s pieces are made of bitumen. They start out looking like solids and slooooowly reveal their true liquid nature. Check out some of her other work here.

ze-violet: paranoie: colchrishadfield: With deference to the...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:12 +0200

ze-violet:

paranoie:

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

OMFG. Questa è forse la cosa più bella mai vista su internet.

è davvero una delle più meravigliosissime cose mai apparse.

<3

Chris Hadfield è oggettivamente e innegabilmente una persona meglio (sic).

sci-fact: “ I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:49:46 +0200

sci-fact:

“ I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers, and possible beliefs, and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything, and then many things I don’t know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we’re here, and what the question might mean. I might think about it a little, but if I can’t figure it out, then I go on to something else. But I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn’t frighten me. ”
_{~ Richard Feynman; (Born 95 years ago today, May 11, 1918)}

jtotheizzoe: Allie Brosh and Hyperbole and a Half are back...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:20:00 +0200

jtotheizzoe:

Allie Brosh and Hyperbole and a Half are back after a year and a half of internet silence. That’s incredibly good news for people who like awesome things.

I point this out for two reasons:

It contains one of the best evolutionary biology illustrations of all time (above), about how we are at the end of a long line of things that successfully avoided getting chewed to death.

It is one of the greatest explorations and personal stories of depression and mental health that I have ever seen, and should really be read by every single damn person on Earth.

marikabortolami: lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers around...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:39:10 +0200

marikabortolami:

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

Galimberti said many of the subjects for the project were selected serendipitously, picked while he was working on a project about couch surfing that explored the global phenomenon of staying in other people’s houses. Since Galimberti never slept in hotels while working on the project, he was able to come into contact with people who introduced him to grandmothers in the area.

Galimberti acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

[ I was going to post a long rant about some arrogant white yoga girl who insist people are ignorant for using olive oil to cook and should not eat fish or drink milk or eat cheese because of all sorts of problematic food issues, instead I said, let me focus on those who celebrate food. If you still want to see the link of the article she was waving on her Facebook, there you go. Privileged white people…ugh]

idea fantastica

(mia nonna mi avrebbe scodellato una teglia intera di lasagne)

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Wed, 08 May 2013 18:02:59 +0200

kaitrokowski: “Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert:...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:29:05 +0200

kaitrokowski:

“Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: How men would look if they had to pose in ads the way women are expected to.”

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Sun, 05 May 2013 17:14:32 +0200

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Sun, 05 May 2013 12:05:10 +0200

giannibugnosagace: B.

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:04:24 +0200

giannibugnosagace:

B.

catastrofe: dersuzala: braindead: ...

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:00:43 +0200

catastrofe:

dersuzala:

braindead:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/255620_10201002566175054_1118367813_n.jpg

merda se la voglio

questa su threadless fa il botto

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Thu, 02 May 2013 10:20:20 +0200

astrodidact: Seems legit…

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:04:24 +0200

astrodidact:

Seems legit…

Rilevantissimo.

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:11:30 +0200

Rilevantissimo.

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:28:33 +0200

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via awelltraveledwoman)

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:40:34 +0200

fuks: best thing I’ve seen in a while

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:15:35 +0200

fuks:

best thing I’ve seen in a while

nipresa: dendroica: inothernews: TOP: The shouty, alarmist...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:01:35 +0200

nipresa:

dendroica:

inothernews:

TOP: The shouty, alarmist front page of the the Thursday, April 18th edition of the New York Post.

BOTTOM: Um, the non-shouty, non-alarmist follow-up story on the website of the New York Post, less than 12 hours later.

The John King of newspapers.

This is disgraceful.

Non erano gli stessi indicati dalle foto analizzate da 4chan che giravano l’altro giorno?
Ooops…