Category: words

  • dinosaurparty: (via 29 Life-Saving Tips They Didn’t Teach You At College Orientation) These are all VERY good and important, but also, don’t forget that they apply (maybe even more) to graduate school. I wish someone had told me that my physical health mattered more than my academic work. I ended up getting gnarly carpal tunnel…

  • oraclesofnorway: Controversial German Philosopher Says Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being (via Controversial German Philosopher Says Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being)

  • cinoh: 1. hand unknown 2. A letter from Keith Haring, to a young Basquiat.    "Satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else.“     thank you : reportedsightings

  • 99percentinvisible: The creative process explained by Honza Zamojski

  • rhube: quasi-normalcy: startrekships: airyairyquitecontrary: blue-author: unstoppablyplushjuggernaut: KIRK THIS WHY YOU GOTTA FILL OUT THE LOG I’ve heard the theory that Kirk’s logs just get circulated round headquarters for lulz before being dumped in the circular file as obvious fabrications by someone bored with a frontier posting. “Hey, have you seen this one? He says he…

  • nevver: Introvert Freelance yup

  • Color Blind: A Pocket Guide to Race in America — Matter

    Color Blind: A Pocket Guide to Race in America — Matter exerpt: “In the days after the Civil War and emancipation — as black men filled the roads searching for their families — this desire, which one could argue was plagued by guilt and shame, was soon projected onto black folks in the popular imagery of Aunt Jemimas, Uncle…

  • forestambassador: Error-Prone is a game about tech fantasies by Made With Monster Love. Play Online Why Try It: A cute, fun multiplayer party game (as long as you ignore the techvangelist politics). Mood: Silly Author’s Notes: “The game itself is very simple, 26 cars autonomous cars driving around in a neat little circle. When you…

  • I’m an English major. It is a language of conquest. What does it say that I’m mastering the same language that was used to make my mother feel inferior? Growing up, I had a white friend who used to laugh whenever my mother spoke English, amused by the way she rolled her r’s. My sister…

  • putthison: Backstory on the Birth of Vintage I really enjoy the public radio show Backstory, about American history. It’s hosted by three genial college professors from Virginia, and each episode explicateds a theme. A great recent show was about fashion in American history. There were fascinating segments on the Zoot Suit Riots (which might more…