This is where I put the things

"Informationally, we are becoming lard-asses. In the pageview and ratings driven media economy, too much of the content these days is designed to be just like junk food to quickly boost quantifiable viewership. If you make content that is the intellectual equivalent of gummy bears, your site will appear to grow quickly."

Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic | The Wirecutter

Later: “Clicking the like button 1 billion times will never give you an orgasm or a hug or a high five.”

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I’m in the process of changing the way I approach this kind of thing, and judging by the recent gawker experiment and similar reports, so are many other people and companies.

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luckyshirt:

…or are they dancer?

mineralia:

Rhodochrosite from Kazakhstan 

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nevver:

Henry Miller’s Eleven Commandments

motherjones:

coolchicksfromhistory:

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1961.

Joan, a 19 year old Freedom Rider, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in the integration of a Jackson, Mississippi bound train.  She served more than the required two months because each addition day reduced her $200 fine by $3.

In the Fall of 1961, Joan transferred from Duke University to historically black Tougaloo Southern Christian College because she felt integration should be a two way street. 

Today Joan is a retired teaching assistant living in Virginia and mother to five sons.  After the 2008 election she brought her Obama pin to the grave of Medgar Evers.  

Everything about this.

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ellev:

I hope I never meet Nathan Fillion, because I will at some point in the conversation utter this line. And it will be terrible.

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