remixing tumblr

szymon: Chocolates Printed With Calorie Counts

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:51:34 -0500

szymon:

Chocolates Printed With Calorie Counts

inky: WHEN TWITTER IS DOWN (via aja) ahhahhaa goes for...

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:47:59 -0500

inky:

WHEN TWITTER IS DOWN (via aja)

ahhahhaa goes for Facebook too

rocketboom: Empty thought bubbles and the man who plasters them...

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:05:08 -0500

rocketboom:

Empty thought bubbles and the man who plasters them around New York City.

Maybe I’ll just sit around all day and reblog rocketboom.

hydeordie: This is something I have never seen before.

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:51:35 -0500

hydeordie:

This is something I have never seen before.

squashed: An US plane headed to Tempelhof to deliver supplies...

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:50:01 -0500

squashed:

An US plane headed to Tempelhof to deliver supplies to Berlin; children watched, hoping to catch some of the candy pilots often dropped on approach. NYT.
mills wrote about the Berlin airlift,

“Not long ago, Squashed noted how preferable it would be for the United States to ”transform a quarter of our military into the best disaster response team ever assembled.” It’s certainly not an historically unprecedented phenomenon, as the above photo demonstrates: during the Berlin Airlift, which is quite wonderful to read about, the same massive harnessing of human power, mechanical capacity, logistical planning, and political drive that produced D-Day led to an amazing humanitarian achievement.

“This is not to say that idealism motivated the Airlift; there was cold and hard strategic calculation behind it, but it was nevertheless a non-violent solution to a rather dangerous situation, and there were as many hawks then as now.

“What’s unfortunate: presently, the ruling forces of America -by which I mean both politicians and many of the people- do not see such efforts as meaningful responses to the contemporary strategic conflict they perceive. That is, there is no real sense that humanitarian aid is an adequate response to our foes.

“I hate to quote from the same damn Martin Amis essay I noted just a week ago, but he offered this just days after 9/11:

We would hope that the response will be, above all, non-escalatory. It should also mirror the original attack in that it should have the capacity to astonish. A utopian example: the crippled and benighted people of Afghanistan, hunkering down for a winter of famine, should not be bombarded with cruise missiles; they should be bombarded with consignments of food, firmly marked LEND-LEASE USA.

“Amis is right to call this utopian, but it’s not so far from the Berlin Airlift in its stubborn hopefulness, its determination to respond to aggression without violence. We might have tried to smash the Soviet blockade; we might have gone to war to ‘liberate’ the Germans and everyone else. We didn’t, and there were historical consequences.

“But I find the whole effort to be an excellent example, at the absolute least, of what a massive organization of well-trained people with enormous funding, loads of transportation capabilities, and expertise can do.”

In the interest of contributing content, I’ll add a few things to Mills. First, there’s a recent book on the Berlin Airlift by Andrei Cherny. Here’s Cherney’s interview on The Colbert Report. He mentions two things. First, three years into the occupation of Germany, things weren’t going well. Nazi sentiment was reemerging. Secondly, this massive mobilization may have halted the Soviet’s march across Europe. It worked.

mrc: With Tequila, you’re sometimes better off shooting...

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:47:49 -0500

mrc:

With Tequila, you’re sometimes better off shooting yourself in the head.

I can up you one more:

fatmanatee: mzchristine: soupsoup: celebzaredum: I’m not...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:33:47 -0500

fatmanatee:

mzchristine:

soupsoup:

celebzaredum:

I’m not surprised she was voted sexiest because she looks like any other pornstar, and this is the kind of look men drool over. But she is certainly not what I’d call beautiful.

Seriously, when I saw her picture, I didn’t even remember who she was. What is she a B C Lister? Why is she the sexiest? Because she can pose with her mouth open like she’s ready to take a cock? I hate that fucking pose. C’mon ladies, lets class it up a bit!

Honestly, she looks like the craziest one night stand ever: she’d screw your brains out and kick you in the balls on the way out.

Ummm… that’s about it.

After using Tumblr semi-regularly now for awhile, I think I've finally figured out how "viral" works

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:31:32 -0500

catbird:

szymon: movement (source) Las Colinas, Texas

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:25:17 -0500

szymon:

movement (source)

Las Colinas, Texas

rocketboom: Procrastination.is three cups of tea.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:15:56 -0500

rocketboom:

Procrastination.

is three cups of tea.

"the person you love is 72% water."

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:28:23 -0500

“the person you love is 72% water.”

- found written on a wall in my soph. sociology class. love it still. (via afemme)

Evolution explained through eating M&Ms

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:08:39 -0500

Evolution explained through eating M&Ms: (via claytoncubitt)

bullshit: Happy 4/20 everybody.

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:36:01 -0500

bullshit:

Happy 4/20 everybody.

lonelysandwich: Chopin Meets Radiohead - Jack Conte via...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:24:54 -0500

lonelysandwich:

Chopin Meets Radiohead - Jack Conte

via antville

This is amazing.

jackieheartsb: i’m determined to make one of these faux pears...

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:49:40 -0500

jackieheartsb:

i’m determined to make one of these faux pears myself.

We heart it

szymon: Polly George The cups are really creepy

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:34:42 -0500

szymon:

Polly George

The cups are really creepy

‘No More Heroes’ or ‘Okami’? Which one is better?

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:30:45 -0500

danhacker:

I have a coupon burning a hole in my wallet and it looks like its coming down to these two titles.

Tough choice. Okami is beautiful and fun (but I’ve only played it on PS2), and No More Heroes is quirky, also pretty fun, and it’s made by the same guy who created Kiler 7.

I vote No More Heroes. Happy Wii-ing.

hydeordie

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:22:10 -0500

hydeordie

nortolano: Crate Tetris. I wonder if kids will still be...

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:05:22 -0500

nortolano:

Crate Tetris.

I wonder if kids will still be playing Tetris (or even appreciating its awesomeness) in ten years.

askvero: Our Pilsen Love Story It started 10 years ago today. ...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:57:59 -0500

askvero:

Our Pilsen Love Story

It started 10 years ago today. He was the basketball player with cute dimples and I was the girl with the attitude and long brown hair. We probably spent more time broken-up than together but we always found our way back to each other. I couldn’t be happier with the way things have turned out. Who said teenage love doesn’t last? Happy 3,650 Day Anniversary!

(via)

This was just too awesome. Congrats =)