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Mon, 20 May 2013 01:54:12 -0400

jtotheizzoe: “Evolution is fluid.” - Digital Darwin

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:02:10 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

“Evolution is fluid.”

- Digital Darwin

gaksdesigns: Woodcut prints by Bryan Nash Gill

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:30:38 -0400

gaksdesigns:

Woodcut prints by Bryan Nash Gill

filmisgod: Heading home from work

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:30:11 -0400

filmisgod:

Heading home from work

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bookofbourbon: Mike Bayne Oil on wood panel 2010 how

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:25:42 -0400

bookofbourbon:

Mike Bayne

Oil on wood panel

2010

how

circumpunktdesign: The best design is one that doesn’t look...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:08:20 -0400

circumpunktdesign:

The best design is one that doesn’t look designed. This flawless type specimen shows all the elegant qualities of Centaur and little else, leaving the eye to explore every serif and ligature without interruption.

“The purpose of the poster is to showcase beautiful historic typefaces. Designed by Jim Williams, an award winning typographer and graphic designer who has a lifelong passion for the craft of typography and letterforms. He also has a keen interest and understanding of letterpress printing. Jim’s knowledge of typography and attention to detail is second to none. Constantly ‘tweaking’ his work until it is just perfect, kerning here, letterspacing there, a real perfectionist.”

I’m having a moment with that fine ass paper right now

shit that looks fresh

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:18:40 -0400

shit that looks fresh

same

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:23:42 -0400

same

best teacher I ever had

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:37:25 -0400

best teacher I ever had

mohandasgandhi: sad-teeth: So today Angelina Jolie had double...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:48:59 -0400

mohandasgandhi:

sad-teeth:

So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists for being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists.

Our celebrity obsessed culture may be a joke but breast cancer definitely isn’t - nearly 500,000 people die from it every year. Angelina Jolie’s doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer because she carries the common gene mutation that causes both. Her mother died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer as well. My own mother had both breast and ovarian cancer within a couple short years and let me tell you, it’s about the least funny thing in the world to watch someone suffer from.

Valuing someone’s body parts you sexualized over their life and humanity goes beyond sexism, it’s sub-human.

wow. that last tweet was horrifying to read.

jessehimself: ‘Geography of Hate’ Maps Racist, Homophobic,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:20:30 -0400

jessehimself:

‘Geography of Hate’ Maps Racist, Homophobic, Ableist Tweets

Twitter has the capacity to ignite revolutions and enable small acts of kindness, but there’s also a darker side to the microblogging network.

Floating Sheep, a group of geography academics, created the “Geography of Hate,” which maps racist, homophobic and ableist tweets in the U.S. After searching for all geotagged tweets in North America between June 2012 and April 2013, students at Humboldt State University manually read and coded the sentiment of each tweet to determine if a specific word was used in a positive, negative or neutral way. In a blog post, Floating Sheep cited “dyke” as an example: While the word is a homophobic slur against lesbian people, it can also be used positively (e.g. “dykes on bikes #SFPride).

In total, over 150,000 geotagged tweets contained a hateful slur that was deemed negative. Using the data, Floating Sheep determined the ratio of hateful tweets to overall tweets in each county.

“Hateful tweets were aggregated to the county level and then normalized by the total number of tweets in each county. This then shows a comparison of places with disproportionately high amounts of a particular hate word relative to all tweeting activity,” the group said.

Orange County, Calif., for example, has the highest absolute number of tweets containing slurs, but due to its high level of overall Twitter activity, the hateful tweets are less prominent, and therefore are not that conspicuous on the map.

Floating Sheep has three main categories of hateful tweets — homophobic, racist and disability — under which are subcategories for specific slurs. Click through the detailed map,here. And for in-depth analysis of the results, read the entire blog post, here.

Last November, Floating Sheep mapped racist tweets in response to U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election.

by Anita Lee @ http://mashable.com/2013/05/13/geography-of-hate/

thedailywhat: Mic Check, Mic Check of the Day: These Heavy...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:19:22 -0400

thedailywhat:

Mic Check, Mic Check of the Day: These Heavy Metal Kids are Doing It Right

Unlocking The Truth, a heavy metal band made of three 11-year-old kids, unleash an epic breakdown during their recent street band performance near a subway entrance in Times Square, New York City. Want more? Also check out their metal cover of The Star Spangled Banner!

\mm/ too much metal for one hand

poopster: LOOK AT THIS BABY! I love that Pudge is ENORMOUS...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:57:13 -0400

poopster:

LOOK AT THIS BABY!

I love that Pudge is ENORMOUS compared to the other pups and of course, the most vocal. All of the puppies. I wish we took home ALL OF THE PUPPIES!

Dawwwww puppies.

THIS IS MY HEAVEN