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charlemane.tumblr.comcharlemane: Headcanon: Polly Perks swears like a sailor who teaches truckers in their spare time.She grew up in a bar, and even in a respectable one like the Duchess, exposure to a certain sort of lexicon is hard to avoid. The

GNU Terry Pratchettvillainny.tumblr.comvillainny: Spirit had been named for the wreckage on the red planet, the first indication that this system had once held intelligent life. Her mother had held her in her arms, brushed back the wisps of dark hair and told

On legendry.stabbingcontest.tumblr.compipistrellus: prokopetz: prokopetz: Lately, I've run across complaints that modern depictions of the Knights of the Round Table are too "anime" - giving them all sorts of goofy powers, and sending them on weird, over-the-top adventures. Allow me to point

"Unskilled labour doesn't exist."twitter.comMy kid just texted me: “Unskilled labour doesn’t exist. Labour which requires skills that are devalued does.” My work is done. -- RedIndianGirl (@RedIndianGirl) March 2, 2015 original post

Some Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Sciencenewyorker.com Leading anti-science activists expressed their concern that the American people might desperately look to science to save the day. They seem to have mistakenly mislabeled this as ‘satire’, instead of 'fantasy&

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"I'll fucking cut you." Behind the scenes of the 1491s' segment on "The Daily Show"missoulanews.bigskypress.comvixyish: snarlfurillo: rob-anybody: whitepeoplemadatthings: A great piece by one of the members of the 1491s who was a panelist on the recent Daily Show segment about the

if we wanted people to fly...blackboardmonitor.tumblr.com"You gave me wings when you showed me birds," said Leonard of Quirm. original post

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For everyone who thinks Black Widow can't play with the big boysvixyish.tumblr.comspiderine: Look at this: You see that little chink in the Winter Soldier's goggles, that makes him take off his eyewear and show us those baby blues? Black Widow did that.

Terry Pratchett forced to cancel appearance by Alzheimer'stheguardian.comblackboardmonitor: Discworld author, diagnosed in 2007, has announced that 'the Embuggerance is finally catching up with me' guys Hm. original post

blackboardmonitor.tumblr.comagentquinn: oldstonefacevimes: agentquinn: Goddamnit, I'm supposed to be studying the policies of the IMF but I can't stop thinking about this so I'm going to write it down to get it out of my brain. BUT, basically, I was thinking what will

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stabbingcontest.tumblr.comkinkstertime: mommy-and-puppy-princess: hungrylikethewolfie: suaine: nointerrruption: growing up sucks because you realize $1000 isn't a lot of money Growing up sucks because you realize $1000 is a fortune. Growing up sucks because you realize both of these are… original post

tereshkova2001.tumblr.comtereshkova2001: So this Sunday is the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. It happened the spring of my sophomore year, ten minutes' drive away from my school. It's a Thing in my history. I was looking at my Norwescon costume plan:

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5 Things More Likely To Happen To You Than Being Falsely Accused Of Rapebuzzfeed.comdeath-list-five: pandoradeloeste: casey-lawrence: brutereason: A man is 631 times more likely to become an NFL player than to be falsely accused of rape. “We end on a serious note.

jwz: Watch a VC use my name to sell a con.jwz.orgoriginal post