— Sebastian, Cruel Intentions
A Fistful of Style: A Thrifter’s Manifesto Vol 1: Rethinking Retail
I am a second hand shopper. A thrifter. I almost never buy retail. I grew up in thrift stores. Second hand isn’t just an option for me, it’s the only option.
Around the time clothes started determining your social status I was faced with a choice. I could chase my peers acceptance through…
On Sundays Kafka goes for walks by himself, without any objective, without thinking. He says, ‘Every day I wish myself off the earth. There is nothing wrong with me except myself.’
— From a note by Max Brod, early 1911 (via depressionparty)
(Source: hypocrite-lecteur, via lepoemedufeu)
Grrr nudity on tumblr -_-
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
— Oscar Wilde, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
[haule haule- sukhwinder singh]
Available on Netflix instant. One of the nicest movies I’ve seen this year.
On Usain Bolt
Research by Ethan Siegel, an American theoretical astrophysicist, suggests that Bolt represents a physiological leap forward. The men’s 100m world record has dropped by 0.05 seconds every 10 years since 1968 (when Jim Hines became the first man to break 10 seconds). But Bolt has been performing at a level three decades beyond what should be achievable in the present era, according to Siegel’s graphs. And Dr Peter Weyand, a leading physiologist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and an expert on the science of sprinting, says “Bolt is a freak – he defies the laws of biology.”
Moment in time: Usain Bolt in BeijingBolt is blessed with unique physical gifts. “He is such an unusual physical specimen and one need not look beyond that for an explanation of his speed,” Mark Denny, a Stanford University biology professor, tells me. With his long legs, Bolt takes 41 steps to complete the 100m. His rivals take 44. He has a high percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibres, which produce explosive speed, and he can channel more than 1,000lb of force through each stride – double the human norm, according to Dr Weyand. Professor Alan Nevill, a biostatistician at the University of Wolverhampton, suggests his superior height enables him to dissipate heat faster, so his muscles can work harder.
I eat out alone all the time, now I know people are seeing me and feeling sad. ;_;
(Source: thisisonlyme, via lmaogtfo)
LMAO @ the Daily Mail, Jezebel and other blogs picking up the necrophilia story like idiots
A reader writes:
Regarding the necrophilia story - apparently there is bzero confirmation that this is true. Numerous people, including Sarah Carr, a journalist who I respect and trust, wrote into the Daily Mail to contest the reporter’s story (see her comment on the article time-stamped 11:06):
If Lee Moran had troubled himself to do a little bit of research beyond translating an op-ed and a TV talking head, he would have discovered that in fact, a draft law to allow men to have sex with their deceased wives does not exist. If Mr Moran’s googling had been more thorough he would have discovered that this rumour was started by a local wacko who, alas, has a public platform by virtue of the fact that he owns a satellite channel.
There is no evidence that such a bill exists or was under discussion in parliament at any point. Where’s the video? Apparently this rumor was started by a TV personality famous for not being particularly accurate, the sensationalism of the story led it to be passed around on Twitter as if it were fact, and the Daily Mail - a true paragon of journalism - picked it up as well. (To be fair, so did Jezebel.) Please don’t propagate this unsubstantiated crap.
Journalists are so pretty and smart. lol, ya right.
Isn’t the name of the journalist responsible for the story an amusing coincidence too?
Sending social scientists to study local populations in the company of armed troops amid active hostilities will not produce scientifically reliable information. Just as important are the long-term consequences of this approach. Embedding anthropologists with combat brigades undermines their independence and duty not to harm populations — requirements that are the linchpins of anthropological ethics. Calling embedded anthropologists “social scientists” does not solve the problem…The association’s Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the U.S. Security and Intelligence Communities concluded unanimously that “when ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment — all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application — it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.
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