A Church posts a billboard apology to North Carolinians for “judgmental, deceptive, manipulative actions” done against the LGBT community with the passage of Amendment One.
Stop apologizing and do something.
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Here’s the Humble Indie Bundle V pack of video games. Basically, it’s just like the image says: Pay what you want, help charity, get cross-platform, DRM-free games. All of the games work on Mac, Windows, and Linux and if you pay a minimum of $1, you’ll get a Steam key in addition to DRM-free direct downloads.
- For any amount you pay, you get Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Psychonauts, LIMBO, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP!
- If you pay more than $7.35, you also get Bastion!
- And in addition to all five games, you get the soundtracks for all five games in FLAC and MP3!
- You can pick and choose exactly how your purchase is divided, either donating to charity, the game developers, or Humble Bundle Inc.
So don’t be dumb. Just do this. It’s for charity and for some of the best games ever.
yeah, do it
do you understand how good of a deal this is?
it’s actually somewhat mind bending
it is your moral imperative to get this deal folks
yeah
Guys every single individual one of these games is worth at least double that $7.35. Seriously, do not miss out on this one.
I feel pretty good about my 25 bucks, considering it goes to helping:
- Independent video game creators
- The EFF
- Child’s Play
And then I got a shitload of awesome games in return!
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West Virginia preacher Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford, who believed Christians should handle snakes to test their faith, died after a rattlesnake bit him over the weekend.
Wolford had turned 44 on Saturday. He had seen his father die of a snakebite when he was teenager.
Image: Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
Some things need no further comment. This is one of them.
Saw a segment about these guys (there are many churches practicing this insanity in Appalachia) on Henry Rollins’ “Animal Underworld” a couple of days ago. The claim is, of course, that this is a biblically endorsed act:
And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:17-18)
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Luke 10:19)(source)
When Rollins asked how congregation members react to the occasional death, the repsonse was something along the lines of “it was just his time.” So much for Luke 10:19.
You can apparently rationalize anything while holding the bible.
Any bets on how many of the dead didn’t believe in Natural Selection and/or Evolution?
Just in case any of my Tumblr followers can help this person.
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR A PILOT AND I TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY MEAN A SCRIPT OR DVD
Oh god, I remember this.
For a full four months, it was every fucking day.
A key argument for America’s relatively hands-off approach to broadband regulation has been that giving incumbents free rein would give them incentive to invest more in their networks. The United States is practically the only country to pursue this policy, so if the incentive argument was right, its advocates should have been able to point to statistics showing we’re doing much better than the rest of the world. Instead, the argument has been over just how close to the middle of the pack we are.
I actually bit the bullet and downloaded Mitt’s app just to check whether they really spelled “America” wrong.
This is a photo of my reaction when I saw that yes, not only did they misspell “America,” but that it’s the very first template (note the “1 of 14” in the bottom right hand side.)
Mitt, I would avoid using the word “details” or bragging about your management skills for the next couple months.
Mitt Romney’s new iPhone app, misspelling America. (via @thischoi)
Alright people. Take a moment. Savor it. This is as good as it gets.
I sincerely hope the Barack Obama Tumblr account reblogs this.
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I would like to take this moment to say “Holy shit” to all of this, but especially to Jon Snow. HOLY SHIT JON SNOW
Jon Snow still looks like a bastard.
This is… this is just something else. When was this taken? Last year or 1996?
What’s J. J. Abrams doing in the corner?
Also, wanna know something even weirder? When you look at Theon Greyjoy, you’re actually looking ay Lily Allen’s brother. She even wrote a song (named “Alfie”) about how much of a lazy stoner he was.
Particular Set of Gaming Skills
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If you let the princess go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will jump on your head.
Arrow keys?
ARROW KEYS?!
WASD, motherfuckers!
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Time and space are finite in extent, but they don’t have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions.
- Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes, via the-star-stuff (via mikeambs)
We’re like ants walking on a basketball: we exist in more dimensions that we can perceive.
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How and why the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to World War I.
A fantastic reddit comment definitely worth your Sunday morning reading time.
If you ever say “Women can’t do X because men are naturally stronger”…
realize that what you’re trying to argue is that the weakest man is still stronger than the strongest woman.
Realize that, and then shut the fuck up you sexist.
I lift weights a couple times a week, and take krav maga classes a couple times a week. For the most part, I’m a pretty in-shape and athletic guy. In any group, I’m probably not the strongest, or fastest, or lowest body fat, but I’m probably in the top 10% of each for guys my age.
With that in mind, I personally know some women who could absolutely kick the everloving shit out of me and there wouldn’t be a damn thing I could do to stop them. And let’s be clear here: I’m not talking play fighting, or that they’d win because I wouldn’t hit back - I’m talking about the two of us squaring off in a cage, and me leaving on a stretcher en route to the hospital.
Hell, if we’re just talking brute strength here, there are a couple girls at my gym whose warmup sets for squat and power clean are heavier than my personal records. They start at or above the most weight I’ve ever moved as a way to get their muscles warm before the real work begins. One of these girls is about 5’5” and maybe 110 pounds and will easily outlift me on damn near anything, every day of the week.
So yeah, some women stronger than most men, and could kick your (and my) ass. Yes, when taking the majority, most men are stronger than most women, but extrapolating that information out to the entire group is A) just bad statistics, B) even worse logic, and C) how we get to “stereotyping.” Anyone who feels differently should feel free to take up the conversation with Gina Carano for starters, I’m sure she’ll have some enlightening demonstrations for you to consider.
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Chris Cantwell: Goodbye, Texas
Today is my parents’ last day living in Texas, and tomorrow goes with them the living Lone Star roots I’ve taken for granted these last thirty years. My parents moved to Dallas from Chicago in 1982 when I was about six months old. They’ve lived there my entire life as I remember it. As a kid, we…
Chris is a hell of a writer, and his piece on growing up in (and out of) Texas should be next on your to-do list.
