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Hillary Clinton on Being Asked about Her Clothes

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:38:38 -0400

Interviewer: Okay. Which designers do you prefer?

Hillary Clinton: What designers of clothes?

Interviewer: Yes.

Hillary Clinton: Would you ever ask a man that question?

Interviewer: Probably not. Probably not.

[Via UniteWomen.org; State.gov]

Yet another reason why Hillary Clinton is the epitome of awesome.

"Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that..."

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:23:08 -0400

“Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”

- Simon Pegg (via kirkbonesspock)

I sent this paper to JK Rowling explaining how the wizarding gene could be singular, autosomal, and dominant despite the protests of a bunch of fans who stopped learning genetics after Punnett squares. Warning: Contains science

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:57:18 -0400

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This is the most amazing thing ever.

thedailywhat: Mars Porn of the Day: NASA has just released...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:11:44 -0400

thedailywhat:

Mars Porn of the Day: NASA has just released a 360-degree interactive panoramic (embiggen image) of Mars, created from footage taken by the Opportunity rover between Dec. 21, 2011, and May 8, 2012, while the rover was stationed on an outcrop of the rim of the ancient Endeavour Crater.

While there are no alien life forms to be found — and, really, it’s pretty much just a tease for what is sure to be amazing footage from the much more technologically advanced Curiosity rover in the weeks to come — we’ll take it.

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"For me, the last few years of the postmodern era have seemed a bit like the way you feel when you’re..."

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:28:57 -0400

“For me, the last few years of the postmodern era have seemed a bit like the way you feel when you’re in high school and your parents go on a trip, and you throw a party…. For a while it’s great, free and freeing, parental authority gone and overthrown…. but the sense I get of my generation of writers and intellectuals or whatever is that it’s 3:00 a.m. and the couch has several burn-holes and somebody’s thrown up in the umbrella stand and we’re wishing the revel would end. The postmodern founders’ patricidal work was great, but patricide produces orphans, and no amount of revelry can make up for the fact that writers my age have been literary orphans throughout our formative years. We’re kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we’re uneasy about the fact that we wish they’d come back…. Is there something about authorities and limits we actually need? And then the uneasiest feeling of all, as we start gradually realizing that parents in fact aren’t ever coming back — which means we’re going to have to be the parents.”

- DFW (via gqoy)

"If your identity is formed by hard boundaries, if you come from a specific place, if you embody a..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:06:39 -0400

“If your identity is formed by hard boundaries, if you come from a specific place, if you embody a distinct musical tradition, if your concerns are expressed through a specific paracosm, you are going to have more depth and definition than you are if you grew up in the far-flung networks of pluralism and eclecticism, surfing from one spot to the next, sampling one style then the next, your identity formed by soft boundaries, or none at all.”

- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/opinion/brooks-the-power-of-the-particular.html?src=me&ref=general

"This is why it’s vital to bring yourself face-to face with the implications of mass uninsurance —..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:05:49 -0400

“This is why it’s vital to bring yourself face-to face with the implications of mass uninsurance — not as emotional manipulation, but to force you to decide what forms of material deprivation ought to be morally acceptable.”

- http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/health-care-as-privilege-what-gop-wont-admit.html?mid=facebook_nymag

Truth.

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:52:58 -0400

Truth.

WHERE I THOUGHT I'D BE BY AGE 23

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:47:59 -0400

howdoiputthisgently:

I THOUGHT I’D HAVE A:

AND ALSO A:

WHERE I’M REALLY AT:

textsfromhillaryclinton: A submission from Secretary Hillary...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:30:50 -0400

textsfromhillaryclinton:

A submission from Secretary Hillary Clinton.

Original image by Diana Walker for Time.

Reason 85739 why Hillary Clinton = AWESOME (and I was a fan way back before she became popular, when it was STILL “in” to hate her for no legitimate reason, so THERE.)

explore-blog: Bill “Science Guy” Nye on why the city of the...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:39 -0400

explore-blog:

Bill “Science Guy” Nye on why the city of the future is a bike-friendly city.

When I went apartment hunting in New York

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:41:14 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

"Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:03:00 -0400

“Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.”

- Teilhard de Chardin

How to Impress a Boy by Baking — Joy the Baker

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:25:22 -0400

How to Impress a Boy by Baking — Joy the Baker:

Truth. :)

Odysseus Lies Here? - NYTimes.com

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:03:42 -0400

Odysseus Lies Here? - NYTimes.com

When I see my best friends from college

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:04:04 -0500

whatshouldwecallme:

fred-wilson: i just love stuff like this #nyc, #transit,...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:55:43 -0500

fred-wilson:

i just love stuff like this

#nyc, #transit, #engineering

architizer:

Incredible new photos of New York City’s 7 train expansion project.

Ooooo aaaahhhh. I take back everything I said about the 7 train’s mediocrity.

Reason #54694 why How I Met Your Mother is such a golden (and...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:54:40 -0500

Reason #54694 why How I Met Your Mother is such a golden (and timely!) sit-com.

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody..."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:21:45 -0500

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

- ~E.E Cummings (via theimpossiblecool)

photojojo: Daaaang, that’s talent! San Francisco band Wildlife...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:16:39 -0500

photojojo:

Daaaang, that’s talent!

San Francisco band Wildlife Control made a time-lapse and stop-motion video in one! They awesomely used our tutorials to make it, too!

Wildlife Control’s Time-Lapse/Stop-Motion Video

The Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography

How to Make Stop-Motion Digital Shorts with Your Digital Camera