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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:14:42 +1000

thugkitchen: No lie, it’s been a while since a thug has been in...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:08:38 +1000

No lie, it’s been a while since a thug has been in the kitchen. So I log into the tumblrverse today to check my shit, maybe dust off the dash and get some new content out. Son, I’ve got a TON of fucking messages (I’m going to try to reply to them all, I promise) and I’m seeing my shit posted all over the god damn place.

I’m glad all you healthy/sexy mother fuckers kept the kitchen warm while I was away. I’m officially back and stepping up my game. Seriously, all the love I’ve got from my followers makes me want to post the best content I can for you. Thug Kitchen undergoing reconstruction as of right now. I’m so fucking heated right now. Shit.

"Male privilege is “I have a boyfriend” being the only thing that can actually stop someone from..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:34:54 +1000

“Male privilege is “I have a boyfriend” being the only thing that can actually stop someone from hitting on you because they respect another male-bodied person more than they respect your rejection/lack of interest.”

- The Sociological Cinema (via trimichaelceratops)

truest thing i’ve ever read

(via sleepymiss)

"What if all women were bigger and stronger than you? And thought they were smarter? What if women..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:30:42 +1000

“What if all women were bigger and stronger than you? And thought they were smarter? What if women were the ones who started wars? What if too many of your friends had been raped by women wielding giant dildos and no K-Y Jelly? What if the state trooper who pulled you over on the New Jersey Turnpike was a woman and carried a gun? What if the ability to menstruate was the prerequisite for most high-paying jobs? What if your attractiveness to women depended on the size of your penis? What if every time women saw you they’d hoot and make jerking motions with their hands? What if women were always making jokes about how ugly penises are and how bad sperm tastes? What if you had to explain what’s wrong with your car to big sweaty women with greasy hands who stared at your crotch in a garage where you are surrounded by posters of naked men with hard-ons? What if men’s magazines featured cover photos of 14-year-old boys with socks tucked into the front of their jeans and articles like: “How to tell if your wife is unfaithful” or “What your doctor won’t tell you about your prostate” or “The truth about impotence”? What if the doctor who examined your prostate was a woman and called you “Honey”? What if you had to inhale your boss’ stale cigar breath as she insisted that sleeping with her was part of the job? What if you couldn’t get away because the company dress code required you wear shoes designed to keep you from running? And what if after all that women still wanted you to love them?”

- For The Men Who Still Don’t Get It, Carol Diehl (via girlbabe)

"Britain’s health system could slip back by 200 years unless the “catastrophic..."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:43:00 +1000

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Britain’s health system could slip back by 200 years unless the “catastrophic threat” of antibiotic resistance is successfully tackled, the Government’s Chief Medical Officer warns today.

In her first annual report, Dame Sally Davies says the problem of microbes becoming increasingly resistant to the most powerful drugs should be ranked alongside terrorism and climate change on the list of critical risks to the nation.

The growing ineffectiveness of many antibiotics against infection is being compounded by a “discovery void”, as few new compounds are being developed to take their place. Dame Sally calls for a string of actions to tackle the threat, which is likely to include tighter restrictions on how GPs prescribe antibiotics for their patients.

Declaring that in 20 years’ time even minor surgery may lead to death through untreatable infection, she warns: “This is a growing problem, and if we don’t get it right, we will find ourselves in a health system not dissimilar from the early 19th century.”

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- Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies: Resistance to antibiotics risks health ‘catastrophe’ to rank with terrorism and climate change in the Independent

"Consider the recent female hate outbursts: There was Beyoncé, who dared to be successful and then..."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:02:41 +1000

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Consider the recent female hate outbursts: There was Beyoncé, who dared to be successful and then celebrate it, and poor Hathaway, loathed because her Oscars acceptance speech wasn’t as “real girl” as Jennifer Lawrence’s. Lena Dunham was called a narcissist, an anti-feminist, and a racist, all because her excellent television show reflects a very personal set of experiences and skills. And even Taylor Swift — who never should have brought Tina Fey and Amy Poehler into this and who should learn to take a joke — gets unfairly massacred for mentioning her past relationships in song.

If we held the omnipresent Justin Timberlake to the same standard as these women, he’d be a pariah — a self-aggrandizing sell-out like Beyoncé (Bud Light Platinum, anyone), a cloying fake like Hathaway (Serious Actor glasses? Instagram filter? Check), a self-indulgent nuisance like Dunham (an album of seven-minute space jam sessions and a love song about himself?), and a vengeful brat like Swift (that Joey Fatone joke had nothing on the Britney sketch. Also: “Cry Me a River”). Instead, we call him charming. We enjoy his talents — SNL, the first half of most of the songs on The 20/20 Experience — and skip over his flaws. We do not mention the all-denim suit of 2001.

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- Justin Timberlake and the Male-Star Hall Pass — Vulture

(via clambistro)

TO CALL Aaron Swartz gifted would be to miss the point. As far...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:54:39 +1000

TO CALL Aaron Swartz gifted would be to miss the point. As far as the internet was concerned, he was the gift. -

Remembering Aaron Swartz

Commons man from the Economist

different-exotic-fishes: Tilda Swinton Julia Gillard as she...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:30:39 +1000

different-exotic-fishes:

~~Tilda Swinton~~ Julia Gillard as she delivered her maiden speech to Parliament in 1998.

Delight!

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:08:35 +1000

Delight!

SARAH ILLENBERGER, 3-D ILLUSTRATOR

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:07:23 +1000

SARAH ILLENBERGER, 3-D ILLUSTRATOR

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Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:50:00 +1000

When being nice isn't cutting it

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:59:03 +1000

lifeinpublishing:

(via michelledeluca)

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:17:19 +1000

(via michelledeluca)

Nimbus, 2010Berndnaut Smilde the artist’s first experiments...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:57:22 +1000

Nimbus, 2010
Berndnaut Smilde

the artist’s first experiments using moisture, smoke and lighting to create a temporary rain cloud

"Starting later today, you may start seeing banner and interstitial ads targeted by your Facebook..."

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:37:33 +1000

“Starting later today, you may start seeing banner and interstitial ads targeted by your Facebook biographical and social data within non-Facebook mobile iOS and Android apps plus mobile websites where you’ve authenticated with Facebook. The targetable data includes your age, gender, location, Likes, friends who’ve used an advertiser’s app and basically any other targeting options in Facebook’s standard ads marketplace.”

- Facebook Beta Launches New Mobile Ad Network Using Your Data To Target You With Banner Ads In Other Apps | TechCrunch

This is a big deal - the future of advertising is finally being designed:)

"The hatred and bloodshed will go on until you stop taking the bait. Mockery of your prophet on a..."

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:43:39 +1000

“The hatred and bloodshed will go on until you stop taking the bait. Mockery of your prophet on a computer with an internet address somewhere in the world can no longer be your master. Nor can the puppet clerics who tell you to respond with violence. Lay down your stones and your anger. Go home and pray. God is too great to be troubled by the insults of fools. Follow him.”

- William Saletan on Slate.com. Spot on mate. (via different-exotic-fishes)

rachelhills: “He was the first man I’d met who wasn’t afraid of...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:00:54 +1000

rachelhills:

“He was the first man I’d met who wasn’t afraid of me.”

- Hillary Clinton on Bill.

(via salon; motherjones; dianeshipley)

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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:13 +1000

greenfuturist: Inequality in America - great piece by Mother...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:45:04 +1000

greenfuturist:

Inequality in America - great piece by Mother Jones via http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

"Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever,..."

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:01:13 +1000

“Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. “Time” is related to how much information you are taking in – information stretches time. A child’s day from 9am to 3.30pm is like a 20-hour day for an adult. Children experience many new things every day and time passes slowly, but as people get older they have fewer new experiences and time is less stretched by information. So, you can “lengthen” your life by minimising routine and making sure your life is full of new active experiences – travel to new places, take on new interests, and spend more time living in the present – see Making Time by Steve Taylor.”

- Why the return journey feels quicker – a fascinating read on our perception of the passage of time. (via explore-blog)