The camera app always wanted to ramp up ISO, so I set it to 200, which with the rest of the automatisms came closest to how things actually looked like.
#Taiwan
2016-04-30
The camera app always wanted to ramp up ISO, so I set it to 200, which with the rest of the automatisms came closest...
The camera app always wanted to ramp up ISO, so I set it to 200, which with the rest of the automatisms came closest to how things actually looked like.
#Taiwan
2016-04-29
#caturday starts in 90 minutes, last chance for a nap.
#caturday starts in 90 minutes, last chance for a nap.
2016-04-23
2016-04-22
Science - always there for you
Science - always there for you
via Robert Partridge
Originally shared by Eva Booxie
A sign! This clearly is a sign!
A sign! This clearly is a sign!
via Kristian Köhntopp
Originally shared by null
http://thegoodlordabove.com/articles/details/235
via Kristian Köhntopp
Originally shared by null
http://thegoodlordabove.com/articles/details/235
2016-04-17
So, according to "The Martian", you have colonized a place if you have grown crops there.
So, according to "The Martian", you have colonized a place if you have grown crops there. And according to me, I have settled into a place when I've baked something there - which has happened now.
Originally I wanted to start with bread, but on Friday at work we came to talk about apple crumb cake and the colleagues wanted to know what it was like. So, tomorrow they will know...
OK, in case someone wonders why I talk of settling in: I moved. Twice actually. And not just me, I move all the time. This time my belongings moved too. With me. But that's a story for another day.
Originally I wanted to start with bread, but on Friday at work we came to talk about apple crumb cake and the colleagues wanted to know what it was like. So, tomorrow they will know...
OK, in case someone wonders why I talk of settling in: I moved. Twice actually. And not just me, I move all the time. This time my belongings moved too. With me. But that's a story for another day.
Apparently it was already #punday in England...
Apparently it was already #punday in England...
Originally shared by Chris Blackmore (The Walrus)
I thought I'd put this up, because absolutely nothing is happening over in London. Nothing to see there. Move along, please. #4Demands
2016-04-15
Muahahaha!
Muahahaha!
via Kristian Köhntopp
Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp
Tumblr of the Day: lost in history pics Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEKdd9GlFwe/
via Kristian Köhntopp
Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp
Tumblr of the Day: lost in history pics Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEKdd9GlFwe/
2016-04-13
This video gives a whole new meaning to the term "food processing"...
This video gives a whole new meaning to the term "food processing"...
https://youtu.be/SzgPOJPTo_A
https://youtu.be/SzgPOJPTo_A
2016-04-09
Garfield and Gigi are recovering from an exhausting nap on #caturday
Garfield and Gigi are recovering from an exhausting nap on #caturday
Pole dancing - it's what cats do on #caturday
Pole dancing - it's what cats do on #caturday
via Maia Legazpi
Originally shared by Genesis A. D
😂😂😂
Girl, just don't go there...
Girl, just don't go there...
via Robert Partridge
Originally shared by Em Hunt
2016-04-08
What happens to bastards who wage war on civilians and kill 25 children in one strike?
What happens to bastards who wage war on civilians and kill 25 children in one strike?
Nothing - if they are our bastards. Then you might not even hear about it.
via Meg L
Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger
A report out today indicates that American-made weapons were used in an attack on a market in Yemen three weeks ago which killed at least 97 people, including 25 children. Examination of wreckage found at the scene appears to have identified US-made GBU-31 and GBU-48 bombs as the weapons used. Saudi General Ahmad al-Assiri has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Some source attribution notes and clarifications are needed here, because the players involved are complicated. Yemen has been in the midst of a civil war for several years, and al-Qaeda has been attempting to reestablish itself in the anarchy. To combat this, the US has been both directly attacking Yemen (especially via drone attacks launched from the Horn of Africa) and has been encouraging and assisting factions of the Saudi government who are waging a war, ostensibly against the Houthi rebels. In practice, the Saudis have been remarkably cavalier about mass murder, freely targeting civilians. Everyone in this game is well aware of the fact, but the US has decided that this is worth it and so has been increasing military supplies and rather strongly encouraging increased violence.
This attack happened on March 15th, and struck a crowded marketplace in Mastaba. 97 bodies have been identified, and more were damaged beyond recognition. The Saudis claimed they had attacked a "militia gathering," and that the marketplace was known as a place where people bought and sold qat. (A mild narcotic which is popular, and legal, in the area) The most interesting part about that last bit is that it indicates that al-Assiri was aware that a marketplace was being targeted. Locals confirmed that some Houthi fighters did regularly eat and sleep in a restaurant in that marketplace.
The news item linked below goes with this full report from Human Rights Watch (HRW): https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/07/yemen-us-bombs-used-deadliest-market-strike . HRW is an organization whose reports I always read with a certain amount of caution, since they have a strong political orientation and I don't have full confidence in the neutrality of their reporting. However, the facts of the attack on the marketplace and the casualties were confirmed in detail by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): http://www.msf.org/article/yemen-msf-treats-more-40-wounded-following-deadly-airstrike-marketplace . Them, I trust quite thoroughly, not least because of their multi-decade history of not giving a damn about anything except keeping people alive.
The facts that nobody appears to be disputing are that Saudis attacked a marketplace in Yemen, killing around 100 people, including ten Houthi fighters. While there has been no chance yet to hear responses to the new report, it also appears unlikely that anyone will dispute the use of American weapons in the attack, or that these weapons were provided to the Saudis through overt channels by the US government. It is also undisputed that this is far from the first such attack by Saudis, in which a large number of civilians were killed to achieve a very questionable military objective.
Perhaps most damning about this story is that, if you live in the US or in Europe, this is most likely the first time you've heard about it. The attack was barely covered in the press, despite being a large-scale attack on innocent civilians which happened only weeks ago.
This is part of a profoundly dangerous pattern: attacks on Western targets are widely reported, but equally large or larger attacks in the Middle East aren't even mentioned. The reason this is so dangerous is that it gives Americans and Europeans almost no context for what is going on: you might think that things like ISIS and al-Qaeda are happening in a vacuum, created out of some inexplicable hostility factory within the Middle East. In the Arab world, this attack was being reported on as much as the attacks on Brussels a week later was in the West, and in the same sort of language: you would hear about American-supported forces blowing up a marketplace.
A lack of context is a dangerous thing. Not hearing the entire story can leave you vulnerable to surprise.
I'm going to be taking a lot more effort in the near future to bring your attention to news stories like these, so that you can get a picture of what the world is seeing when they get their news from other sources.
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/07/u-s-bombs-were-used-in-saudi-led-attack-on-market-in-yemen-rights-group-finds
Nothing - if they are our bastards. Then you might not even hear about it.
via Meg L
Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger
A report out today indicates that American-made weapons were used in an attack on a market in Yemen three weeks ago which killed at least 97 people, including 25 children. Examination of wreckage found at the scene appears to have identified US-made GBU-31 and GBU-48 bombs as the weapons used. Saudi General Ahmad al-Assiri has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Some source attribution notes and clarifications are needed here, because the players involved are complicated. Yemen has been in the midst of a civil war for several years, and al-Qaeda has been attempting to reestablish itself in the anarchy. To combat this, the US has been both directly attacking Yemen (especially via drone attacks launched from the Horn of Africa) and has been encouraging and assisting factions of the Saudi government who are waging a war, ostensibly against the Houthi rebels. In practice, the Saudis have been remarkably cavalier about mass murder, freely targeting civilians. Everyone in this game is well aware of the fact, but the US has decided that this is worth it and so has been increasing military supplies and rather strongly encouraging increased violence.
This attack happened on March 15th, and struck a crowded marketplace in Mastaba. 97 bodies have been identified, and more were damaged beyond recognition. The Saudis claimed they had attacked a "militia gathering," and that the marketplace was known as a place where people bought and sold qat. (A mild narcotic which is popular, and legal, in the area) The most interesting part about that last bit is that it indicates that al-Assiri was aware that a marketplace was being targeted. Locals confirmed that some Houthi fighters did regularly eat and sleep in a restaurant in that marketplace.
The news item linked below goes with this full report from Human Rights Watch (HRW): https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/07/yemen-us-bombs-used-deadliest-market-strike . HRW is an organization whose reports I always read with a certain amount of caution, since they have a strong political orientation and I don't have full confidence in the neutrality of their reporting. However, the facts of the attack on the marketplace and the casualties were confirmed in detail by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): http://www.msf.org/article/yemen-msf-treats-more-40-wounded-following-deadly-airstrike-marketplace . Them, I trust quite thoroughly, not least because of their multi-decade history of not giving a damn about anything except keeping people alive.
The facts that nobody appears to be disputing are that Saudis attacked a marketplace in Yemen, killing around 100 people, including ten Houthi fighters. While there has been no chance yet to hear responses to the new report, it also appears unlikely that anyone will dispute the use of American weapons in the attack, or that these weapons were provided to the Saudis through overt channels by the US government. It is also undisputed that this is far from the first such attack by Saudis, in which a large number of civilians were killed to achieve a very questionable military objective.
Perhaps most damning about this story is that, if you live in the US or in Europe, this is most likely the first time you've heard about it. The attack was barely covered in the press, despite being a large-scale attack on innocent civilians which happened only weeks ago.
This is part of a profoundly dangerous pattern: attacks on Western targets are widely reported, but equally large or larger attacks in the Middle East aren't even mentioned. The reason this is so dangerous is that it gives Americans and Europeans almost no context for what is going on: you might think that things like ISIS and al-Qaeda are happening in a vacuum, created out of some inexplicable hostility factory within the Middle East. In the Arab world, this attack was being reported on as much as the attacks on Brussels a week later was in the West, and in the same sort of language: you would hear about American-supported forces blowing up a marketplace.
A lack of context is a dangerous thing. Not hearing the entire story can leave you vulnerable to surprise.
I'm going to be taking a lot more effort in the near future to bring your attention to news stories like these, so that you can get a picture of what the world is seeing when they get their news from other sources.
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/07/u-s-bombs-were-used-in-saudi-led-attack-on-market-in-yemen-rights-group-finds
2016-04-07
That's nothing! Last week I saw a helicopter - this big!
That's nothing! Last week I saw a helicopter - this big!
Originally shared by Lena Mozya
2016-04-06
Oh if they both had known it would come to this one day...
Oh if they both had known it would come to this one day...
Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp
Whisky thought of the Day: "So, ironically, Tesla might be the beginning of the DC age." - - Eric Herman
Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp
Whisky thought of the Day: "So, ironically, Tesla might be the beginning of the DC age." - - Eric Herman
2016-04-05
2016-04-03
2016-04-01
I really had to laugh when I saw this...
I really had to laugh when I saw this...
Originally shared by Armando Lioss
Bones, the tricorder! Quick!
Bones, the tricorder! Quick!
via Dan Thompson
Originally shared by Philipp Wälischmiller
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