Armita, but you can call me Smeedy

There’s a word for that, The Emotionary cc: @gillianbcn

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:22:06 -0500

There’s a word for that, The Emotionary

cc: @gillianbcn

The Lone Bellow - You Never Need Nobody Watch out, these guys...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:19 -0500

The Lone Bellow - You Never Need Nobody

Watch out, these guys are about to blow up.

The Dead and the Dying via: nevver

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:40:02 -0500

The Dead and the Dying

via: nevver

Time Warp Wednesday - April Mix 2005

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:14:25 -0500

Notice how amazing my music taste was as a sophomore in high school. Stumbled across this gem of a playlist today - I used to make a themed mix for each month of the year and this was apparently what I thought of April. Note: Prom was in April hence track 4.

1. Plainsong - The Cure

2. Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire

3. Legendary - Lou Barlow

4. Existentialism on Prom Night - Straylight Run

5. Promising Light - Iron & Wine

6. We Both Go Down Together - The Decemberists

7. Summer is Coming - Matt Pond PA

8. Don’t Die On Me! - Mirah

9. The World At Large - Modest Mouse

10. Size Too Small - Sufjan Stevens

11. The Past And Pending - The Shins

12. Oh, Well Okay - Elliott Smith

13. Take It Easy (Love Nothing) - Bright Eyes

14. Like Spinning Plates - Radiohead

15. Angeldust (Please Come Down) - Jump, Little Children

16. Eastern Glow - The Album Leaf

17. Friends - Ryan Adams

Ra Ra Riot - Dance With Me Friday favorite new(ish) music from...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:44:20 -0500

Ra Ra Riot - Dance With Me

Friday favorite new(ish) music from a Boston area band.

The Supreme Court - Your Quick Guide To Who Will And Will Not...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:24:35 -0500

The Supreme Court - Your Quick Guide To Who Will And Will Not Screw You Over

15 Swedish Words We Should Incorporate Into English Immediately

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:56:17 -0500

15 Swedish Words We Should Incorporate Into English Immediately:

kateoplis:

“Swedish, adding to all the awesomeness, has proven especially adept at coining new words for the new circumstances occasioned by new technologies. Below, some of the best Swedologisms I could find, via the Swedish news site The Local. We should, obviously, incorporate them into English as soon as possible.

1.Bloggbävning, n.
Definition: Literally translating to “blogquake,” the word describes the process by which a topic explodes in the blogosphere and is then picked up by more mainstream media outlets.
Used in an English sentence: “Man, that ‘ogooglebar’ thing really caused a bloggbävning today.”

2. Livslogga, v.
Definition: Literally translating to “life log,” the word refers to continually documenting one’s life in pictures.
Used in an English sentence: “I know my Instagram is full of retro-looking pictures of salads, but what can I say? It’s fun to livslogga.”

3. Ogooglebar, adj.
Definition: Literally meaning “ungoogleable,” the term is used to describe someone or something that doesn’t show up in Google results.
Used in an English sentence: “I’m going on a date tonight, but he’s totally ogooglebar! What are the odds he’s an axe murderer?”

4. Nomofob, n.
Definition: A person who feels anxious at the very thought of being separated from his or her mobile phone. (Adapted from the clunky English “no mobile phone phobia.”)
Used in an English sentence: “I’d love to go swimming, but I can’t be in the water for very long — I’m sort of a nomofob.”

Read on.

Anya Marina - All The Same To Me If you don’t listen to...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:18:14 -0500

Anya Marina - All The Same To Me

If you don’t listen to her already, you should probably start.

theatlantic: Google Reader’s Demise Is Awful for Iranians, Who...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:04:54 -0500

theatlantic:

Google Reader’s Demise Is Awful for Iranians, Who Use It to Avoid Censorship

RSS readers take raw feeds of data—headline, text, timestamp, etc.—and display that information in a stripped-down interface along with many other feeds, which is what makes them so efficient. (Here is the RSS feed for Quartz.) Less obvious is how many RSS readers, including Google’s, serve as anti-censorship tools for people living under oppressive regimes. That’s because it’s actually Google’s servers, located in the U.S. or another country with uncensored internet, that accesses each feed. So a web user in Iran just needs access to google.com/reader in order to read websites that would otherwise be blocked.

Read more. [Image: AP]

"America being behind France in ‘upward mobility’, is like France being behind America in croissants..."

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:05:13 -0600

“America being behind France in ‘upward mobility’, is like France being behind America in croissants and afternoon sex.”

- Ariana Huffington (via kateoplis)

seaofgreen: Humans of Tehran

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:17:32 -0600

seaofgreen: Humans of Tehran

The Justices on Voting Rights

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:10:34 -0600

Chief Justice John Roberts (to SG Verrilli): “General, is it — is it the government’s submission that the citizens in the South are more racist than citizens in the North”

Justice Antonin Scalia (to SG Verrilli): “And this last enactment, not a single vote in the Senate against it. And the House is pretty much the same. Now, I don’t think that’s attributable to the fact that it is so much clearer now that we need this. I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It’s been written about. Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political process.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor (to Shelby County attorney Bert W. Rein): “May I ask you a question Assuming I accept your premise, and there’s some question about that. that some portions of the South have changed, your county pretty much hasn’t… In.. In the period we’re talking about, it has many more discriminating — 240 discriminatory voting laws that were blocked by Section 5 objectives. There were numerous remedied by Section 2 litigation. You may be the wrong party bringing this.”

Justice Kennedy (to SG Verrilli): “But if — if Alabama wants to have monuments to the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, if it wants to acknowledge the wrongs of its past, is it better off doing that in it’s an own independent sovereign or if it’s under the trusteeship of the United States Government?”

Justice Sotomayor (to Rein): “Why should we make the judgment, and not Congress, about the types and forms of discrimination and the need to remedy them?”

Justice Kagan (to Rein): Well, that’s a big, new power that you are giving us, that we have the power now to decide whether racial discrimination has been solved? I did not think that fell within our bailiwick.”

Icona Pop - I Love It (I don’t care) ft Charli XCX 2013...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:24:18 -0600

Icona Pop - I Love It (I don’t care) ft Charli XCX

2013 ANTHEM YESYESYES

Saturday mornings sound like this.

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:17:27 -0600

Saturday mornings sound like this.

LAzy

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:46:21 -0600

LAzy

“Thumbprint Portrait” by Cheryl Sorg. Every book lover’s...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:58:12 -0600

“Thumbprint Portrait” by Cheryl Sorg. Every book lover’s dream wall art.

(Have a look at her etsy shop)

Clean Bandit - A&E (Random Acts) Swag. Gold body paint....

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:43:09 -0600

Clean Bandit - A&E (Random Acts)

Swag. Gold body paint. Featured string section. Enjoy.

Delilah - Inside My Love FEEL THE FEELINGS.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:36:31 -0600

Delilah - Inside My Love

FEEL THE FEELINGS.

Photo

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:19:14 -0600

Truth.

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:12:54 -0600

Truth.