February 2012
27 posts
“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, discussing his new book Space Chronicles and why exploring space still matters (via itsfullofstars)
WatchI will blast you all over.
anniewu:
Running through Always Sunny from the beginning while I work this week. Ugh, Kaitlin Olson, you are my only hope.
I lead an improbable life
It’s the sort of thing that I haven’t thought about, really, because I’ve been rather preoccupied with leading it. But while I was in the midst of an exceedingly rough patch not too long ago, I examined, objectively, who I am.
I’m a black man. Who was born in the Bronx. For every 15 black men in the United States, one of them is currently in jail, and for those born in lower-income areas, that...
We all know that comics is broken, right?
As an industry? Okay, just making sure. There are two ways a business can bring a product to market and expect to make a profit: You can charge a small amount of money for it, but sell it in a large number of stores/outlets (the McDonalds/Old Navy model), or you can charge a large amount of money for it, and only place it in a small number of stores/outlets (Tiffany/Mercedez Benz). That’s...
January 2012
50 posts
WatchGuy Fieri, eating in reverse. You know, given some of the things I’ve seen him eat, this could’ve been so much worse.
laughingsquid:
Guy Fieri Eating In Reverse
Today in "I didn't know they were Black!!": Ludwig... →
Well, you learn something new every gorram day….
girl-in-a-wheelchair:
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theafrosistuh:
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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern…
Why Video Games Are the New Pulps →
A couple of days ago, the esteemed Charlie Jane Anders looked at the dearth of new, sustaining pop culture heroes and villains. That, with the exception of Harry Potter, we haven’t seen a new character with the perceived permanence of a James Bond or a Captain Kirk or Spider-Man —
