anything you can do, i can do meta

Photo

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:19:22 -0400

No one in US media or politics gives a flying fuck about Honduras.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:06:59 -0400

Is it because they don’t have The Bomb?

Sarychev Volcano erupting, as seen from low earth orbit.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:39 -0400

Sarychev Volcano erupting, as seen from low earth orbit.

fuckyeahphysics: “This image shows cobalt atoms that have been...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:22:22 -0400

fuckyeahphysics:

“This image shows cobalt atoms that have been arranged into an ellipse with the help of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. The ring is some 5,000 times smaller than a human hair. When a single atom is placed at one of the two focus points of the elliptical ring, some of its properties suddenly appear at the other focus, where no atom exists. This effect is called “Quantum Mirage”. It can only be explained using quantum theory.”

(love the image, but the ‘666’ address number on the...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:00 -0400

(love the image, but the ‘666’ address number on the door is a bit… retarded)

Video

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:58:28 -0400

"Back in my hotel room to write this talk, and I put Glastonbury up on the tv while I write...."

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:39:00 -0400

“

Back in my hotel room to write this talk, and I put
Glastonbury up on the tv while I write. Springsteen’s
on. Not a huge fan of the man, though I admire
his industry. The man puts in a day’s work on stage.
And he’s sweating, working hard. Got his foot up
on an amp as he sings. It’s just him, right now, the
stage is blacked out, and there’s one spot behind
him. And he’s hot, and it’s cold night out there, and
he’s steaming. And he’s just blown the authenticity
thing and gone into supermystification, because it
looks like he’s got an electromagnetic halo, curls of
glowing, pearly white light rising up from and playing
around his head and shoulders while he stands there
in near-silhouette….

He looks like he’s The Last Rock Star, the Ascended
Master who glows in the dark.

”

- From: Warren Ellis
To: Bad Signal mailing list
Subject: [Bad Signal] Steam
Date: June 27, 2009 - 7:17 pm EST

Forex traders love me on twitter.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:19:42 -0400

#wtf

fuckyeahfuckyeahs: fuckyeahtattoos: (via mariess) well good...

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:16:36 -0400

fuckyeahfuckyeahs:

fuckyeahtattoos:

(via mariess)

well good goddamn that is gorgeous.

viafrank: Elvis Costello and Beastie Boys- Radio, Radio (via...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:00:00 -0400

viafrank:

Elvis Costello and Beastie Boys- Radio, Radio (via jubbyistootubby)

Elvis Costello Fridays Sabotage Edition.

"One-man circus Michael Jackson has officially died, and somebody is very, very happy about this..."

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:08:49 -0400

“One-man circus Michael Jackson has officially died, and somebody is very, very happy about this news. (That “somebody” is Mark Sanford. Adios, Mark! Enjoy the rest of your life.)”

- Wonkette

Stay classy, babushkas: Apologies to non-Russian speakers. Sent...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:42:10 -0400

Stay classy, babushkas:

Apologies to non-Russian speakers. Sent to me by an old friend from the Moscow Times, this is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I sincerely hope it’s real. The funniest part to me is the reporter asking this sweet-looking old babulya for the second time how the fire started, after she just blows his ears off with irrelevant profanities for like forty consecutive seconds the first time he asks. The part where she talks about how she tells her old man to take a hike (”get fucked in your mouth…I have another sponsor”) is just… I can’t even describe it, it’s so hilarious.

There are a lot of negatives about the internet, but I think it’s pretty safe to say already that one of its very finest uses is archiving videos of drunken Russians.

via Matt Taibbi.

(via omfgbikes)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:48 -0400

(via omfgbikes)

Inca ruins at Moray. The only known circular terraces in the...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:53:10 -0400

Inca ruins at Moray. The only known circular terraces in the region, it is believed that they were used for agricultural experiments since each of the terraces has its own microclimate!

bigblueglobe, via Warren Ellis.

Spoon - Jonathon Fisk

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:28:17 -0400

Spoon - Jonathon Fisk

somethingchanged: In case of fire (via quepagina,...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:24 -0400

somethingchanged:

In case of fire (via quepagina, professionalwidow)

emptyage: On Saturday, Pat Buchanan hosted a conference to...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:18:25 -0400

emptyage:

On Saturday, Pat Buchanan hosted a conference to discuss how Republicans can regain a majority in America. During one discussion, panelists suggested supporting English-only initiatives as a prime way of attracting “working class white Democrats.” The discussion ridiculed Judge Sotomayor for the fact that she studied children’s classics to improve her grammar while attending college. The panelists also suggested that, without English as the official language, President Obama would force Americans to speak Spanish. One salient feature of the event was the banner hanging over the English-only advocates.

(via Think Progress)

They do have a point. This is exactly the sort of thing that happens when a government evidently fails to provide adequate public education in English.

One-Organism Ecosystem Discovered in African Gold Mine | Wired Science ...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:31:37 -0400

One-Organism Ecosystem Discovered in African Gold Mine | Wired Science ...: All known life forms need carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and an energy source to live. Plants need nitrogen, but can’t just pull it from the atmosphere and start using it to make amino acids. Instead,…

My First Earthquake - Cool in the Cool Way Just around the...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:44:30 -0400

My First Earthquake - Cool in the Cool Way

Just around the time that the slap bracelet trend ended
Found out I had amended
My own list of phobias
I got a textbook version from my forearms to fists
That’s right, I can’t look at my wrists
I can not look at yours either
If I do, my facial color leaves
So have some courtesy and keep it in your sleeve

(most excellent) video:

(Download the track here if’n ya want)

iaminlikewithmybike: (via omfgbikes) practical advice, from a...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:56:14 -0400

iaminlikewithmybike:

(via omfgbikes)

practical advice, from a gecko!