“I usually challenge newcomers to a battle of wits, but I see you are all unarmed.” -The Bard, upon meeting the rest of the party for the first time.
“Deegan Hold my staff, I need to knock some manners into this pompous ninny.” -The Sorcerer to the Fighter, upon hearing this.
Engineers at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) have found a way to make wood more than 10 times times stronger and tougher than before, creating a natural substance that is stronger than many titanium alloys.
“This new way to treat wood makes it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher,” said Liangbing Hu of UMD’s A. James Clark School of Engineering and the leader of the team that did the research, to be published on February 8, 2018 in the journal Nature. “This could be a competitor to steel or even titanium alloys, it is so strong and durable. It’s also comparable to carbon fiber, but much less expensive.” Hu is an associate professor of materials science and engineering and a member of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute.
I’m gonna work at a karate studio and I’m gonna switch out the regular wood when they do the karate chopping thing with this shit. Those little bastards aren’t gonna think they’re hot shit when I’m done with them
i had a moment today while watching a whiny shitlord complain about the injustice of new sci-fi media having more female leads, i suddenly felt the strangest sense of déjà vu. i couldn’t pintpoint it at first but then out of nowhere, it fucking dawned on me
This is the single greatest meme in the history of the Internet everyone can stop making memes now we don’t need any more ever again
I think I’ve already reblogged this but I don’t care it’s just pure gospel
Emily writes, “64oz Games is working once again to improve Braille accessibility in popular board games, this time in tabletop RPGs. This kickstarter will allow them to purchase a high resolution 3d printer to produce a polyhedral die set (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20 & Percentile) with Braille as well as print numbers. This will also allow them to continue to produce high quality Braille teaching materials that improve Braille literacy world wide.”
There’s more to this than just putting Braille glyphs on the dice – they have to remain balanced! $10 gets you one die, $50 gets you a whole set. The rewards are danged cool, too, including Braille dice earrings!
http://boingboing.net/2015/11/11/kickstarting-braille-rpg-dice.html
signal boost!
The project was successfully funded. Their shop now sells the braille dice as well as accessibility kits for other popular games here!
on my bus ride home (i’m going home for passover) there was a lil old orthodox jewish man and his DOG had a kippah and tallis!!! so i asked where he got kippot for dogs, and he was like “i ordered it online!! it’s her 13th birthday so we’re throwing her a Bark Mitzvah!!!”
:’))))
As an atheist, putting my hand on the Bible and saying an oath before testifying to a court is less likely to get me to tell the truth than a pinkey promise
When my parents were fighting for custody, I was old enough to have a say, so they put me under oath to assure I was being honest with my feelings. Using my best serious face, knowing what was coming, when offered the bible to swear on, I requested to swear on the secretary’s hole punch, “because it’s far more honest. It says it’s going to punch a hole, and it does, best God I’ve seen today.” My mom buried her face in her hands, my dad sighed and rubbed his forehead. The judge almost choked on his water before telling the bailiff “find this young lady a hole punch!”
San Jose councilman Lan Diep sworn into office with his Captain America Shield
Reblogging for that last bit
We need a disney princess who’s a top!!!!!!
Mulan
you know what you’re absolutely right, post cancelled
Boosting this warning!
Oh, shit. Really?
If you’re nearby, especially if you’re white, you should stick around and have your camera out.
Snopes says the cops in the photo here claim it was a hot day, and they were trying to prevent the cars overheating, but 1) Cops can lie and 2) Even if these cops DID have a good reason, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are others out there with less honest intentions.
Keep an eye out, and be safe.
Except no car (especially a “modern” car built in the last 60 years) needs to “cool off” or prevent overheating by opening the bonnet. It’s a load of horse hockey.
In 1952, Christine Jorgensen appeared in The New York Daily News after her return to her native United States from Denmark, where she underwent sex reassignment surgery. The paper incorrectly stated that Christine was the first recipient of this surgery (two other trans women had undergone the procedure two decades previously). She was, however, the first trans person to undergo hormone replacement therapy. After her first surgery Christine wrote to a friend: “Remember the shy, miserable person who left America? Well, that person is no more and, as you can see, I’m in marvelous spirits.”
Christine was a sensation in her home state of New York. She used her newfound fame as a platform on which to advocate for transgender people. Complications in her personal life arose when Christine was blocked from marriage to a man because her 1926 birth certificate listed her sex as male. This prompted her later influence on other trans people’s decisions to change their assigned sex and names on birth certificates. As an advocate and spokesperson, Christine spoke publicly about her experiences. She was also not one to take offensive comments lightly, once walking off The Dick Cavett Show live.
Throughout the 70′s and 80′s Christine also performed as an actress and entertainer. In one act she sang a song entitled “I Enjoy Being a Girl” at the end of which she changed into a Wonder Woman costume. She was also known for her direct nature and great wit. Christine died in 1989 at the age of 62. Just before her death she said she had given the sexual revolution “a good swift kick in the pants.” She was inducted into the Legacy Walk in 2012.
I was curious to hear her sing and it was recorded!
For your consideration as the hottest hottie you’ve seen recently: katharine hepburn in SYLVIA SCARLETT
“Sylvia Scarlet”, 1935.
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