loose threads

ilovecharts:

The Evolution of Technology, designed by General Assembly’s Alexandra Proba.

ryanwillard:

And certain things around us will change, become easier or harder, one thing or the other, but nothing will ever really be any different. I believe that. We have made our decisions, our lives have been set in motion, and they will go on and on until they stop. But if that is true, then what? I mean, what if you believe that, but you keep it covered up, until one day something happens that should change something, but then you see nothing is going to change after all. What then? Meanwhile, the people around you continue to talk and act as if you were the same person as yesterday, or last night, or five minutes before, but you are really undergoing a crisis, your heart feels damaged…

—Raymond Carver. Short Cuts: Selected Stories. 1993.

(via thetinhouse)

picturedept:

Photo of the Day: May 25, 2012  

Midday Monkey Mischief

A couple monkeys quenches their thirst as another takes a dip on a hot summer afternoon in Jammu, India.
(photo: Channi Anand / AP Photo)

PHOTO OF THE DAY ARCHIVE

what do you do to cool off?

think-progress:

There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?

Read the article here. 

ridiculous!

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think-progress:

Romney vs. Reality

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workisnotajob:

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.” - Karen Ravn

theatlantic:

A Fast Food Burger Is 3 Times Larger Now Than in The 1950s

Research has shown that the bigger your plate, the likelier it is you’ll overeat. The same logic may apply to fast food, where according to a new infographic by the Centers for Disease Control, portion sizes for popular items have increased dramatically since the 1950s.

Read more. [Image: CDC]

aimless20something:

The Official Dark Girls Movie trailer

Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.

(via brooklynmutt)

shortformblog:

Leap Motion successfully blows our mind with motion-sensor device

Motion detection for your computer: This thumb drive-sized piece of technology will allow users to “completely control your computer by waving your hands around like Tom Cruise in Minority Report.” For $70, the Leap will plug into your USB drive and will provide touchless control of your laptop/computer of choice. The Leap website states: “It sounds too good to be true, we know. But, that’s what we specialize in around here.” It also claims that the device is 200 times more accurate than the Kinect bar and tracks “movements to the 1/100th of a millimeter.” We can’t wait to look like idiots! source

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