Green Owl - Album - Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are The Very Best
We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality and efficacy behind many Western initiatives to abolish poverty and speed development in Africa.
Best Flag Ever
That’s the flag of the Benin Empire, a pre-colonial African state situated in modern Nigeria that lasted from 1440 until 1897. (via kottke & andre)
total crush.
Nic is a professional photojournalist and has worked in more than 50 countries in the last 15 years. Nic began his career documenting the fall of apartheid and transition into democracy in South Africa. After working for a couple of years for the Cape Times newspaper he embarked on a 4 year round-the-world sailing expedition aboard his 31-foot sloop, documenting remote island cultures. In 2003, Nic joined the international news picture service European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) and is currently the West African chief photographer. (via Nic Bothma, Photojournalist | Lightstalkers)
And, win.
as a Lichtenstein girl.
5 Plays
blood on the sand- ganglians
Libby: zack, perhaps there’s a whole part of my personality you dont know, which is that i am the least.domestic.person
so even the fact that i tried to cook is itself a sign of a meltdown
i just love pie so much
nbr:
R.A. Montgomery, Space and Beyond: Choose Your Own Adventure #3 (Waitsfield, VT: Chooseco, 2006; orig. pub. NY: Bantam, 1980) “You were born on a spaceship traveling between galaxies and raised by parents from two different planets. You are now old enough to decide your citizenship and set out exploring by yourself. Will you choose planet Kenda or planet Croyd to be your home? This ticket to independence is something you’ve been dreaming about, but steering your ship around black holes and meteorites alone is not something you were ready for! But there’s no time for nostalgia, you must choose a galactic future and begin your citizenship or else you could be left orbiting dark realms with some frightening beasts. Good luck!” The reissued version can be yours for only seven smackers. As a nerdy eleven-year-old, I spent many a happy dorky hour with this book.
Sea Wolf - The Cold the Dark and the Silence (via Athnyha)
jokes.
JOKES,
MADE BY ROBOTS,
FOR ROBOTS.
BY J. ALEX BOYD——
A rabbi, an Arab, a robot, and a Catholic priest walk into a bar. Only the robot exits.
A robot walks into a pharmacy. The pharmacist asks him if he’d like anything. The robot replies, “A soul.”
How do you stop a robot from destroying you and the rest of civilization?
You don’t.“Waiter! Waiter! What’s this robot doing in my soup?”
“It looks like he’s performing human tasks twice as well, because he knows no fear or pain.”Knock knock.
Who’s there?
A robot.
Oh, shit.What’s the difference between a regular robot and a killer robot?
The gnawing jeers of men.What’s a robot’s favorite cereal?
Rob-os.
(Note: Rob-os are made of the tears of human children.)Little Susie tosses a clock out the window. A robot inquires, “Why did you do that?” She replies, “I wanted to see time fly!” The robot says, “Ah … A perfect subject for elimination,” and shoots her with a laser beam through the face.
Why did the robot order a milkshake?
To blend in with the general human population, making it easier to infiltrate society and—in time—conquer it.Why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven was a robot.(via mcsweeney’s)
