A Random Thought, Of Course It Would Be About Technology

As I lay here trying to fall asleep at the end of an exhaustively depressing day, a thought randomly popped into my mind: my children will have never lived in a world where phones were not sleek black rectangles with screens you tap for information; the only way they will remember a standard corded phone with the bulbous ends and skinny, thick middle will be those atrocious novelty receivers you can hook to your smartphone to look “retro.”

 

LMAO

LMAO

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Poor Taylor, she could’ve had it all…

Poor Taylor, she could’ve had it all…

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Humble Little Film Blog: Movie Review- Star Trek: Into Darkness

So I have a new blog whose purpose is to showcase my love for all things film. And here’s my first review! Check it out and let me know what you think!

Read.

Read.

So wrong, and yet so right…

So wrong, and yet so right…

Keyboard- 1, Hellen- 0

Keyboard- 1, Hellen- 0

stfuconservatives:

shortformblog:

mauricecherry:

SendGrid Fires Company Evangelist After Twitter Fracas
Trigger Warning: Rape, Physical Assault
My heart and my support go out to Adria.
Also, my righteous anger.
Here’s the gist of what happened. Adria was at PyCon, a developer conference, and noticed that two men behind her were making lewd sexual jokes. She snapped a photo, tweeted it, brought up the behavior to PyCon officials (since they did have a code of conduct for their conference), and the situation was “handled”.
What’s happened after that is a prime example of why women and people of color (and women of color, of course) are few and far between in the world of tech.
One of the men making the jokes, who was there representing his employer, got fired for his actions. Adria’s website starts getting DDoS attacks, as does her employer’s website. People are leaving her nasty comments and she’s been getting death threats and rape threats tweeted to her since yesterday.
Today, SendGrid fired Adria. And they didn’t just fire her, but they announced it on Twitter and on Facebook so people could spread the word and comment on it. The Facebook comments are particularly vile, including one where a man details a particularly gruesome threat against Adria, concluded with the words “Make her pay. Make her obey.”
All of this for speaking up about something which made her uncomfortable.
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To say that this is problematic would be an understatement, and it’s particularly troubling in a week when we’ve already seen two high-profile (and altogether disturbing) responses to sexual assault cases capture media headlines. We can’t figure out what possible justification SendGrid  thinks they have for terminating Adria — and don’t even get us started on how they handled it — but if you’re as curious as we are then here’s SendGrid’s contact information. 

Inexcusable.


This kind of shit makes me sick. There can be no justification for this woman’s employer to fire her over this, and to announce the firing on social media sites is disgusting, not to mention the evidence they’re giving her lawyers for the lawsuit that I hope she files and wins so hard that she ends up owning or shuttering the damn place.

stfuconservatives:

shortformblog:

mauricecherry:

SendGrid Fires Company Evangelist After Twitter Fracas

Trigger Warning: Rape, Physical Assault

My heart and my support go out to Adria.

Also, my righteous anger.

Here’s the gist of what happened. Adria was at PyCon, a developer conference, and noticed that two men behind her were making lewd sexual jokes. She snapped a photo, tweeted it, brought up the behavior to PyCon officials (since they did have a code of conduct for their conference), and the situation was “handled”.

What’s happened after that is a prime example of why women and people of color (and women of color, of course) are few and far between in the world of tech.

One of the men making the jokes, who was there representing his employer, got fired for his actions. Adria’s website starts getting DDoS attacks, as does her employer’s website. People are leaving her nasty comments and she’s been getting death threats and rape threats tweeted to her since yesterday.

Today, SendGrid fired Adria. And they didn’t just fire her, but they announced it on Twitter and on Facebook so people could spread the word and comment on it. The Facebook comments are particularly vile, including one where a man details a particularly gruesome threat against Adria, concluded with the words “Make her pay. Make her obey.”

All of this for speaking up about something which made her uncomfortable.

Read More

To say that this is problematic would be an understatement, and it’s particularly troubling in a week when we’ve already seen two high-profile (and altogether disturbing) responses to sexual assault cases capture media headlines. We can’t figure out what possible justification SendGrid  thinks they have for terminating Adria — and don’t even get us started on how they handled it — but if you’re as curious as we are then here’s SendGrid’s contact information

Inexcusable.

This kind of shit makes me sick. There can be no justification for this woman’s employer to fire her over this, and to announce the firing on social media sites is disgusting, not to mention the evidence they’re giving her lawyers for the lawsuit that I hope she files and wins so hard that she ends up owning or shuttering the damn place.

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tactical-facepalm:

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Soylent Green makes it’s first appearance.

tactical-facepalm:

http://tactical-facepalm.tumblr.com/

Soylent Green makes it’s first appearance.

armedplatypus:

lefrenche:

tacticalhoneybadger:

confirm3dkill:

jerichoairsoft:

What’s your callsign? #jericho #airsoft #callsigngemerator (at Jericho Airsoft)

According to this, i am…
Camp Dong.
FOR GUNBLR!

….Bambi Wolf.
I dig it.

Kook Gonger Nom.
5/10

BAMBI PINT CAKE

Mine Hawk……Ladies.

armedplatypus:

lefrenche:

tacticalhoneybadger:

confirm3dkill:

jerichoairsoft:

What’s your callsign? #jericho #airsoft #callsigngemerator (at Jericho Airsoft)

According to this, i am…

Camp Dong.

FOR GUNBLR!

….Bambi Wolf.

I dig it.

Kook Gonger Nom.

5/10

BAMBI PINT CAKE

Mine Hawk…


…Ladies.

myathesquishyoctopus:

losttidelover:

blackmoonrose13:

damiandominodavis:

Biologists would have you call this thing an Armadillo-Girdled Lizard, Cordylus cataphractus, but I won’t be fooled. This is clearly a baby dragon. They also have this adorable habit of biting their own tails for no discernible reason. Which is adorable until you remember what the ouroboros is, and inevitably conclude that these things are also dark magic.

Magical dragons. It all makes sense.

is it wrong I want one for a pet

MY FAVE LIZARDS SINCE FOREVER AMGG GUYS LOOK AT IT t;QAQ;t

WANT

How do I get one of these for myself? Are there licensing requirements in the US? Can I have one NOW?

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