March 2012
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February 2012
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“If anything, women have shown in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they are...”
– Tammy Duckworth (Iraq war vet, Congressional candidate, double amputee, former Black Hawk pilot) is her amazing self in an interview with The American Prospect.)
“I think it is absolutely the responsibility of an artist to look into darkness...”
– Drew McWeeny (The Bigger Picture: What happens when we find The Line as viewers? - HitFix.com)
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On Thomas Müller
I’ve always said Thomas Müller looks like a newborn colt: all awkward elbows and knees. And he looks so happy out on the pitch, like he’s tickled pink to be out there playing football.
runofplay:
There are a lot of reasons to be happy about Germany right now. Comparatively, things are really great there. More importantly, they have an excellent soccer team. As James Tyler wrote at...
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Legend of Korra fanclub! →
Sign up with this link, and I get points. (I don’t care, I’m almost 36, but dammit, I loved Avatar: The Last Airbender. How many kids’ shows about genocide are there?)
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Final Fantasy XIII-2
Me: This game's worldbuilding is seriously lacking.
kirinblr: No, it just doesn't make sense.
Me: ... That's a lack.
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you're not even canon: a warning to people who... →
deadasdisco:
From ars technica:
Google has also added some new security functionality to Chrome. Every time that the user downloads a file, the browser will compare it against a whiltelist of known-good files and publishers. If the file isn’t in the whitelist, its URL will be transmitted to Google’s…
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That was an embarrassment on the pitch. Eleven supposedly-professional footballers out there playing like they’re in one of the amateur leagues. After Wednesday’s hard-fought game, I thought they had mehr drin.
I guess not.
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“We do not do trigger warnings. Ever. As a rule. I don’t believe in them, period.”
– Jessica Coen, Editor in Chief of Jezebel.
Trigger warnings are icky! Unlike photos of women being raped, of course. Those are totally OK and can actually drive your entire “feminist light” business model.
I might have to re-write my motto: My feminism will be rape culture friendly! And you know,...
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“„Was der Schiedsrichter da gepfiffen hat, war die Krönung. Unglaublich,...”
– Michael Skibbe (via zaubermaedchen)
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North Carolina's Animazement to Host Director... →
I may actually decide to give a fuck about Animazement this year.
fuckyeahmacross:
Oh hey, this is my local anime con:
derpyderpderphurrr:
Animazement, a convention which will run during the May 25-27 holiday weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced that it will host director Noboru Ishiguro as a guest. This will be Ishiguro’s first appearance at Animazement.
Ishiguro has directed...
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Blaue Karte: Panik? Panik! →
blauekarte:
“Nur ruhig Blut”, sagte ich zu einem Freund, als dieser auf den Abgang von Markus Babbel und der darauf folgenden Verpflichtung von Michael Skibbe mit tiefen Sorgenfalten auf der Stirn reagierte, “wart’ doch erstmal ab. Anfang nächsten Jahres spielen wir in Nürnberg, danach zweimal zu Hause, und…
"What we're really excited to see is the...
shuraiya:
hipster-toaster:
I feel you, Mulan.
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Scheiß Fußball.
Preetz raus, Skibbe raus. Oder so.
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U8: Alexanderplatz (1989) →
This is a story about East Berlin in April 1989. It’s the first piece I ever sold. I’ve started work on a translation into German, but being a non-native speaker, I don’t have a good sense for word choice.
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Question
I have a very short story that was published a year and a half ago, and I’ve put it up on my website. It’s urban fantasy (in the classical meaning, which is sort of like magical realism) set in Berlin Alexanderplatz in 1989. Do y’all want a link?
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The Memory Palace: Fellow introverts. Can we not... →
Well, and aside from Jo’s valid points, all extroverts aren’t confident, bold people who have no social anxieties* at all. Not all extroverts are neurotypical. Speaking as one of those Meyer-Briggs extroverts (ESTJ, y’all) who has Issues about acceptance and meeting new people that stem from seventh fucking grade.
*which are not necessarily anxiety disorders, of course
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January 2012
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smooney14 asked: Finally read your "The fight for a mid-table finish: Hertha's Hinrunde reviewed" blog. What can I say? It gave me goosebumps over and over again because it was so well written and got me through the Hinrunde again. Thanks for that amazing review, looking forward to another one (hopefully positive) again at the end of the Rückrunde. Take care.
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We are not pleased.
You’d better have this team turned around by next weekend, Herr Skibbe.
Herr Preetz, you’re on notice also. I don’t care if you’re the record holding goal scorer; your managerial skills are noticeably lacking.
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I don't get it.
Why do people think Benedict Cumberbatch is “beautiful”? He’s exceedingly unattractive.
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Liebe Hertha
Ick liebe dir, aber du musst bestimmt besseren Fußball spielen. Was für Scheiße is’n das?
LG,
deine Fans
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SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of... →
wilwheaton:
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has looked at tomorrow’s “Internet blackout” in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—and it sees only a “gimmick,” a “stunt,” “hyperbole,” “a dangerous and troubling development,” an “irresponsible response,” and an “abuse of power.”
“Wikipedia, reddit, and others are going dark to protest the legislation, while sites like...
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The fight for a mid-table finish: Hertha's... →
I wrote some stuff about the first half of the season. I even got my own byline this time :D
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tough to be tender: Dr. King, Nichelle Nichols,... →
This is one of the most beautiful stories ever.
racialicious:
Curator’s note: this post didn’t make it into today’s lineup at the main blog—I wrote this way late last night/early this morning—but I wanted to share it because it does speak to the power of seeing one’s image in pop culture. It’s also one of my favorite stories about Dr….
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