Contemplating Madness

[“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:44 -0700

[“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.”

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Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:44 -0700

"[Obama’s] words will be little consolation for 8-year-old Nabila, who, on Oct. 24, had just returned..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:55:29 -0700

“[Obama’s] words will be little consolation for 8-year-old Nabila, who, on Oct. 24, had just returned from school and was playing in a field outside her house with her siblings and cousins while her grandmother picked flowers. At 2:30 p.m., a Hellfire missile came out of the sky and struck right in front of Nabila. Her grandmother was badly burned and succumbed to her injuries; Nabila survived with severe burns and shrapnel wounds in her shoulder. Nabila doesn’t know who Mr. Obama is, or where the Hellfire missile that killed her grandmother came from.”

- The Forgotten Victims of Obama’s Drone War (via theamericanbear)

officialiwrotethisforyou: sarah—-tonin: I Wrote This For You...

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:38:36 -0700

officialiwrotethisforyou:

sarah—-tonin:

I Wrote This For You by Iain Thomas

"Fuckin' Concrete Contemporary Abstract Algebra Introduction..." by Nicolas Bourbaki Junior

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:57 -0700

"Fuckin' Concrete Contemporary Abstract Algebra Introduction..." by Nicolas Bourbaki Junior:

ladyphysicist:

It’s so beautiful.

logicianmagician: liberalsarecool: The GOP hates students,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:59:56 -0700

logicianmagician:

liberalsarecool:

The GOP hates students, loves their debt payments.

Fuck you.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:14 -0700

"Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat."

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:20:10 -0700

“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat.”

-
When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.

It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”

I mean, it’s just true.

(via tealeafprincess)

“Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.”

That’s it. That’s it right there.

(via oddpicturesoddpeople)

whythefuckareyouromeo: wtfshiroko: Radioactive (Music Box...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:48 -0700

whythefuckareyouromeo:

wtfshiroko:

Radioactive (Music Box Version) - Imagine Dragons

by JoshuaSaundersMusic

Well that took me 0.01 seconds to reblog

"And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry.. and it was..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:18 -0700

“And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry.. and it was suddenly so very wrong that he had begun to cry, not at death but at the thought of not crying at death.”

- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (via spetharrific)

toejamjoolz: rroyai: niceguyloki: life-more-abundantly: denys...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:12:59 -0700

toejamjoolz:

rroyai:

niceguyloki:

life-more-abundantly:

denyselfandfollowchrist:

spadeoface:

he looks like one of the italian people pushing one of those boats

#DEAD

OH MY FUCKING GOD

CAN’T BREATH

WHAT IS AIR

beeishappy: Stephen Colbert salutes UVA’s Class of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:50:49 -0700

beeishappy:

Stephen Colbert salutes UVA’s Class of 2013 Followed by this.

Basically why I shouldn’t have a child.

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:26:54 -0700

Basically why I shouldn’t have a child.

"Scientists and artists are the official noticers of the world. Their job is simply to notice what..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:20:03 -0700

“Scientists and artists are the official noticers of the world. Their job is simply to notice what other people cannot.”

- Frank Oppenheimer (via thedailycosmos)

laboratoryequipment: Boycott of Vaccine Causes Measles Surge a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:45 -0700

laboratoryequipment:

Boycott of Vaccine Causes Measles Surge a Decade Later

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.

This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after a record number of nearly 2,000 cases last year. The country once recorded only several dozen cases every year. It now ranks second in Europe, behind only Romania.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/05/boycott-vaccine-causes-measles-surge-decade-later

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it is tied to everything else in the universe."

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:12 -0700

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it is tied to everything else in the universe.”

- John Muir (via we-are-star-stuff)

"The man ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:23 -0700

“The man ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of civilization.”

- John Kemeny (via centerofmath)

justlikeyourvoice: The Ten Commandments for students of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:26 -0700

justlikeyourvoice:

The Ten Commandments for students of Mathematics

matthen: If a mathematician wants to cross a road, they will...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:46:22 -0700

matthen:

If a mathematician wants to cross a road, they will think carefully about their optimal path. The total distance of the path should be minimised, but they prefer walking on the sidewalk to the road. If there is no extra discomfort from being on the road, the best path is a straight line, but as it increases it is better to cross the road more directly. The resulting path is exactly the same as a ray of light refracting through a block of glass [with relative refractive index equal to the ratio of these ‘discomfort levels’]. Fermat’s principle says that light will want to spend less time in the glass (on the road), as it actually travels more slowly in the glass. [video] [code] [more]

kittensandbrianfallon: the average lifespan of a mouse is three years given that mickey mouse is...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:05 -0700

kittensandbrianfallon:

the average lifespan of a mouse is three years

given that mickey mouse is still alive, he must be traveling pretty close to the speed of light

trust me

i did the math