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Sometimes it’s not just men who want to watch the world...

bikediplomacy — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:00 -0400

Sometimes it’s not just men who want to watch the world burn

" “How much can you lift?” she asked. I paused. Your last words are going to be a lie."

bikediplomacy — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:00 -0400

“” “How much can you lift?” she asked. I paused. Your last words are going to be a lie.”

- “The Plane Was About to Crash. Now What?” - Noah Gallagher Shannon, The New York Times

I dare you to listen to this song just once

bikediplomacy — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:40 -0400

I dare you to listen to this song just once

andreii-tarkovsky: Are we just going to ignore this? Action...

bikediplomacy — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:29:00 -0400

andreii-tarkovsky:

Are we just going to ignore this? Action Figure by Hyehwa

I know! Let’s take a really depressing Holocaust movie and make sad-eyed action figures based on it.

Snoop Lion…and Miley Cyrus? Weirdly lovely.

bikediplomacy — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:23:23 -0400

Snoop Lion…and Miley Cyrus? Weirdly lovely.

Minneapolis. Last week.

bikediplomacy — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:49:45 -0400

Minneapolis. Last week.

futurejournalismproject: Final Embrace Every time I look back...

bikediplomacy — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:39:57 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Final Embrace

Every time I look back to this photo, I feel uncomfortable — it haunts me. It’s as if they are saying to me, we are not a number — not only cheap labor and cheap lives. We are human beings like you. Our life is precious like yours, and our dreams are precious too. — Taslima Akhter.

Image: Two victims of a garment factory building collapse in Savar, Bangladesh by Taslima Akhter via Time Lightbox. Select to embiggen.

We identify so easily with fictional characters in movies, even if they’re not like us, and we care about them so much that we even feel like they’re real.

It’s the real ones we have trouble remembering are real.

gothscreenshots: You are not connected No one can help you

bikediplomacy — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:08:31 -0400

gothscreenshots:

You are not connected

No one can help you

Everything about this is great.

bikediplomacy — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:39:33 -0400

Everything about this is great.

chrischoi: lauraolin: Vonnegut volunteers for the Kennedy...

bikediplomacy — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:40:18 -0400

chrischoi:

lauraolin:

Vonnegut volunteers for the Kennedy campaign. “On occasion, I write pretty well.” (h/t @pbump)

Cool.

Really fucking cool

I don’t miss this show so much as I miss the way that it...

bikediplomacy — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:02:58 -0400

I don’t miss this show so much as I miss the way that it made me feel.

" “I was a model citizen,” he told them. “I was a hero of the state,” he..."

bikediplomacy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:50:00 -0400

“” “I was a model citizen,” he told them. “I was a hero of the state,” he added, and then he stepped through the door in his new boots, out into a matterless place, and from this point forward nothing further is known of the citizen named Pak Jun Do.”

- The Orphan Master’s Son: A Novel by Adam Johnson

I just finished this book. Read this book.

beatyourwings: Goodbye.

bikediplomacy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:27:19 -0400

beatyourwings:

Goodbye.

Who wants to go on an adventure?

bikediplomacy — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:08:46 -0400

Who wants to go on an adventure?

“Unfortunately, the 1000-plus spectators continued to...

bikediplomacy — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:26:58 -0400

“Unfortunately, the 1000-plus spectators continued to applaud wildly until commonsense (sic) dictated there had been a tragic mistake.”

#stilllifegram My six week Instagram hashtag art project.

bikediplomacy — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:25:46 -0400

#stilllifegram

My six week Instagram hashtag art project.

liartownusa: Emergency Pope For those who take direction from...

bikediplomacy — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:00:48 -0400

liartownusa:

Emergency Pope

For those who take direction from giant dancing inflatable puppets.

Elementary School: Here's a basic understanding of history and how the world works.

bikediplomacy — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:49:28 -0400

Elementary School: Here's a basic understanding of history and how the world works.

High School: Actually, that's not quite right. Everything is actually a whole lot more complicated than that.

College: EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRRROOONNNNGGGG

History Channel: Aliens.

If you ride like lightning you’re gonna crash like thunder. In...

bikediplomacy — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:07:19 -0400

If you ride like lightning you’re gonna crash like thunder.

In the future, all movie posters will be GIFs

I thought I was the only one… One reason I love GIFs: Shows...

bikediplomacy — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:12:58 -0500

I thought I was the only one…

One reason I love GIFs: Shows how unnecessary dialogue is sometimes.