Mr. Darcy? I Could More Easily Forgive His Vanity Had He Not Wounded Mine. But No Matter. I Doubt We

You know how canaries were historically brought into coal mines, because if the mine was full of carbon monoxide the canary would die first and the miners would be able to escape before they died too?

I just found the greatest thing.

This is a canary resuscitator.

When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.

By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.

Isn’t that just the perfect demonstration of what humans are like? We started sacrificing small creatures to save ourselves, and then felt bad and spent our valuable resources on saving the critters too. Because yeah the canary was the only way to test for CO, but it’s a living creature too, dammit!

Greg: Thank you very much indeed, ta! Thank you. Thank you very much indeed, ta. We’d like to, uh, we’d like to play you the first side of our album, which is out now, which I hope you’ve all bought, ‘cos it makes us all a little bit richer, and uh, it’s the story about an armadillo…and a tank…alright…you listening or not?!

crowd: <cheers> Yeah!

Greg: That’s good. <giggles> Ok! It’s the story about an armadillo and a tank and he’s a mean bastard! Is Keith alright? We’ve got a little trouble here tuning the Moog, so you’ll just have to… It’s cool? Ok. We’re going to play for you, and only for you, our latest rendition, it’s called Tarkus. Thank you. 

I've come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is, and always will be , yours.

–Sense of Sensebility

THOR RAGNAROK 2017 | dir. Taika Waititi

[POI] Harold and John

Humans are broken from the moment of conception. Mutations, defects— it’s all so wonderful. The chance of disaster. We fail, we learn, we fail…

Are you hurt? No, it’s just an old injury that never quite healed right.

JUST THIS MOMENT… FOREVER

The Predator Film You Never Knew Existed

Yeah, fuck that lame fucking TV series. I’ll take vikings fighting an alien over bad narration and sexy Scotsmen any day. 

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I know.

You're angry. You should be. You're scared. You should be.

This is awful. It's horrifying. It's deeply depressing. Rage. Scream. Mourn the tragedy we know is coming.

But remember this: what we are about to experience is the world our grandmothers and great grandmothers lived in. This is what they fought against.

Remember that they won. Even if the victory was temporary, they still won.

We can win, too. Prepare yourself. Finish your mourning, and get back to the fight. Yes, it's awful that we have to have this same fight. It's frustrating. It's heartbreaking. But now is not the time to surrender to despair.

Now the work begins.

Alphabets taken from ‘Lettering for Schools and Colleges, For the Office and Workshop’ by Frank Steeley.

Published 1902 by G.W. Bacon.

Harold B. Lee Library 

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