world-shaker:

I feel so old.

Not cool. So not cool.

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omelaas:

nachttour:

newvagabond:

maxistentialist:

Tweenbots by Kacie Kinzer:

Given their extreme vulnerability, the vastness of city space, the dangers posed by traffic, suspicion of terrorism, and the possibility that no one would be interested in helping a lost little robot, I initially conceived the Tweenbots as disposable creatures which were more likely to struggle and die in the city than to reach their destination. Because I built them with minimal technology, I had no way of tracking the Tweenbot’s progress, and so I set out on the first test with a video camera hidden in my purse. I placed the Tweenbot down on the sidewalk, and walked far enough away that I would not be observed as the Tweenbot––a smiling 10-inch tall cardboard missionary––bumped along towards his inevitable fate.

The results were unexpected. Over the course of the following months, throughout numerous missions, the Tweenbots were successful in rolling from their start point to their far-away destination assisted only by strangers. Every time the robot got caught under a park bench, ground futilely against a curb, or became trapped in a pothole, some passerby would always rescue it and send it toward its goal. Never once was a Tweenbot lost or damaged. Often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the “right” direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, “You can’t go that way, it’s toward the road.”

The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative that spoke not simply to the vastness of city space and to the journey of a human-assisted robot, but also to the power of a simple technological object to create a complex network powered by human intelligence and asynchronous interactions. But of more interest to me, was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object. The journey the Tweenbots take each time they are released in the city becomes a story of people’s willingness to engage with a creature that mirrors human characteristics of vulnerability, of being lost, and of having intention without the means of achieving its goal alone. As each encounter with a helpful pedestrian takes the robot one step closer to attaining it’s destination, the significance of our random discoveries and individual actions accumulates into a story about a vast space made small by an even smaller robot.

AwwWWWWWWAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

*weeps all over the place* I have robot feelings, okay? 

Always reblog bot feels.

This is wonderful!

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acrackinthetardis:

chatterboxrose:

morganalefaye:

doctorwho:

expelliarmus:

realtired-ofyourshitmasterwayne:

idkinotice:

innocenceandarsenic:

Is that a dalek with a lightning shaped scar on its forehead? 

It’s the Dalek Who Lived.

Daley Potter

plot twist: harry potter was a dalek the whole time

#harry potter dreamt of Hogwarts because he could not cope with the truth.

‘It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.’

x10 meaning added to that quote. 

Also this quote:

“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?””

““Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”” 

#ALL ABOARD THE LOLNOPE TRAIN TO FUCKTHATVILLE

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kungfunurse:

If I could have Jon Stewart rule the world, I’d be a happy woman.

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f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s:

Banksy, the street artist

Banksy is a England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical form of street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stenciling technique. His form of art is something I really like.

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-hermione:

I think one of the weird things about bisexuality - and sexuality in general - is that it’s often difficult to maintain visibility for the minority simply because we’re not conditioned to see what’s not right in front of us.

Bisexuality is hard to see, I think, in snippets of…

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illuvium:

drmichaelaquinn:

owlmylove:

sennensammich:

I actually said “holy shit” when I saw this

just… holy shit

Can I pay for this in tears?

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st-sebklaine:

When you read the summary of a fic and it sounds really good so you get kind of excited to read it and you click on it and then

First person POV

Every damn time.

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ishipvegemitewithmyself:

Probably the best writeup on Cassie Claire, explaining why much of the HP fandom will not support her on principle. Please educate yourselves.

And yes,I have read the City of Bones. The only thing that salves the anger that such a blatant, mediocre Harry Potter / Twilight / Star Wars ripoff was published is reading the one star reviews on Goodreads.

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