Pope Francis, proclaiming that even non-believers will be redeemed by Christ, as long as they “do good” (not all Christians subscribe to this theory). source (via shortformblog)

futurejournalismproject:

Word Association: Mapping the World

Via Martin Elmer:

This map was produced by running all the various countries’ “History of _____” Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out the most common word to fit into the country’s boundary. The result is thousands of years of human history oversimplified into 100-some words.

Image: Laconic History of The World (2012), via Map Hugger. Select to embiggen.

sandandglass:

I feel ya Moe

allthingseurope:

Transylvania, Romania (by fesign)

sandandglass:

Obama’s one-liners during his speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner. 

“I admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate.”

(via pleatedjeans)

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it. 

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

(via thefrogman)

theatlantic:

Do We Change Our Minds on Abortion When It Affects Us Directly?

[Sources: Gallup; Natoli et al., Prenatal Diagnosis, Feb. 2012]

underthevastblueseas:

schafpudel:

yoccu:

ifightformyfriends:

sith-ari:

Leopard Seal tries to teach National Geographic photographer how to hunt.

Oh my god this is so adorable

“I think she thought the camera was my mouth, which is every photographer’s dream”

WARNING: includes a photo of a sort of mangled penguin so if you do not like looking at sort of mangled penguin be advised uwu

Oh my god, this big giant penguin-mauling seal got maternal on a photographer. This is like when your cat gives you “presents” on your doorstep because it thinks you’re a big manchild-cat who needs to learn how to feed yourself.

Except this is a wild animal and it doesn’t even know you you are. What a saint.

This is actually really fascinating. I love how determined the seal was. It’s just like, “look dude it’s not that hard. You just bite the penguin! I mean for heavens sake it’s already dead”

sandandglass:

Rob Borbidge, former Premier of Queensland, put his political career on the line in order to take a stand for gun control in Australia.

Meanwhile, American politicians bow under the pressure put on them by the NRA.

“Look, there are Australians alive today because we took that action. I mean, how much is a life worth?”

demontoaster:

This Starbucks has raised the bar.

(via pleatedjeans)

admiraljay:

Lmao Rambo

(via ryannorth)