(Source: congraturaisins)

The word “brand” is derived from the Old Norse word brandr, which means “to burn by fire.” … In 1876, after the United Kingdom passed the Trade Mark Registration Act, Bass Ale became the first trademarked brand in the world after submitting its now-quintessential red triangle for trademark status. The act gave businesses the ability to register and protect a brand marker so that a similar icon couldn’t be used by any other company. In addition to clinching trademark number 1, Bass’s trailblazing history includes its appearances in Édouard Manet’s 1882 masterpiece A Bar at the Folies-Bergère and Pablo Picasso’s 1912 painting Bouteille de Bass et Guitare, ostensibly providing the brand with the cultural distinction of “first product placement.” … A little more than a century later, we are living in a world with over one hundred brands of bottled water.

burns-like-ice:

Bears of WoW by ~BurnsLikeIce

fantasmaglorious:

I regret nothing about my current text tone.

zillah975:

goldenorbrokenorlost:

jacobtheloofah:

butterfly-zombie:

meow—lex:

proletarianinstinct:

batlesbo:

airspaniel:

This is literally breathtaking.

My friend just sent this to me… wow. Watch until the end.

Jesus Christ

Nothing makes sense anymore

holy shit.

Oh my god.

Wow. Wow.

Wow. I literally have tears in my eyes, that was spectacular.

sekusharu-harasumento:

you are so pretty

(Source: Flickr / mrpixure)

strangeharpy:

So I had to separate Bodies Are Disgusting out into two separate Google docs because Gdocs gets pissy if things go over 20k words.

I’m thinking about leaving the first document (which is essentially complete as far as plot elements and stuff go, no missing scenes or anything) open for a few days for people to read and pick over.

For new followers, Bodies is my self-indulgent Lovecraftian horror/body horror/guro project.

Anyone interested?

candichu:

scREAMS
sorry not sorry but this was WAY too cute to pass/ignore!!!

having too much fun with this pokemon fusion thing omg <3

soyonscruels:

And now, a look at the community calendar!

Saturday: the public library will be unknowable. Citizens will forget the existence of the library from 6am Saturday morning until 11pm that night. The library will be under a sort of renovation. It is not important what kind of renovation.

Sunday: is dot day! Remember, red dots on what you love; blue dots on what you don’t! Mixing those up can cause permanent consequences.

Monday: Louis Blascoe is offering bluegrass lessons in the back of Louis’s Music Shop. Of course, the shop burnt down years ago, and Louis skipped town immediately after with his insurance money, but he’s sent word that you should bring your instrument to the crumpled, ashy shell of where his shop once was, and pretend that he is there in the darkness teaching you. The price is $50 per lesson, payable in advance.

Tuesday: afternoon, join the Night Vale PTA for a bake sale to support Citizens For A Blood Space War. Proceeds will go to support neutron bomb development and deployment to our outer solar system allies.

Wednesday: has been cancelled, due to a scheduling error.

and on Thursday: is a free concert! And that’s… all it says here…

Welcome To Night Vale, Glow Cloud

gorgonetta:

[Three photos of an acrobatic possum and a narcissus]

theweirdingway:

omfg

thesylverlining:

Can I just say how cool it was that both of these superheroines’ personalities and powers were explored in this episode? And how well it was done?

Starfire was not shamed for being emotional. Her powers come from her emotions.

Raven was not shamed for suppressing her emotions. Her power requires amazing control.

They both. Work. They are both different kinds of strength, and they are both heroic and powerful and good. And they each learned from the other, and helped each other out by seeing from each others’ perspective, and finding the value in their differing approaches! Wow!

Fuck yes, this is how you write super-ladies, okay. There’s more than one way to be a “strong female character.” There’s all different kinds of strength. Why don’t more people GET this?

(Source: titans-tower)

Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.

“You asked how do I know the son of Denethor is dead. Tidings of death have many wings. Night oft brings news to near kindred, ‘tis said. Boromir was my brother.”

(Source: dunedains)

kvitrika:

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Happy (late) birthday to my first art crush thegreenpaperclip! A person who shares all the things I like. And has incredible art style!

(Source: elementary-for-me)