wnycradiolab:

Did you know that Gertrude Stein wrote a children’s book?  We didn’t, but Brain Pickings did.

theangelofhistory:

Trick photography, Victorian style. (via Weird Vintage)

WHAT YES. 

“Hey guys look at this TOTALLY REAL picture I sat for!”

“Oooo call a medium!”

Pretty much how I imagine all conversations ended in the Gilded Age. 

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wnycradiolab:

Um, guys: public radio temporary tattoos.  Apparently some stations will offer these at pledge drive time.  And WE LOVE THEM.

What I want a Radiolab one immediately. KIRIN MCCRORY draw one? 

Also I will now imagine all of the hosts of All Things Considered (I’m looking at you, Melissa Block), as jaguars. 

lostsplendor:

Brooks Brothers Launches The Great Gatsby Collection 

Photograph Selection via The Gatsby Collection (via Brooks Brothers)

I agree with lostsplendor that I am not excited for the new movie, but I am for this. Please everyone I know go shopping immediately. 

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wnycradiolab:

laphamsquarterly:

TERMS OF VENERY
What’s your favorite term of venery? We enjoy of a shrewdness of apes, though a kindle of kittens is always nice to have around the house. 

I never get tired of these.  A drift of hogs!  An exaltation of larks!

Who decided on “barrel”? Or “singular”? That one just seems like someone was deliberately trying to confuse us. In other news, Business of Ferrets is the title of my new novel. 

wnycradiolab:

laphamsquarterly:

TERMS OF VENERY

What’s your favorite term of venery? We enjoy of a shrewdness of apes, though a kindle of kittens is always nice to have around the house. 

I never get tired of these.  A drift of hogs!  An exaltation of larks!

Who decided on “barrel”? Or “singular”? That one just seems like someone was deliberately trying to confuse us. In other news, Business of Ferrets is the title of my new novel. 

kirinmccrory:

BOOM, roasted.

YES. 

kirinmccrory:

BOOM, roasted.

YES. 

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imp-act:

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lostsplendor:

Collision: German Photo Manipulation, WWI

Good to know that everyone, throughout history, has really just been fucking around. 

lostsplendor:

Collision: German Photo Manipulation, WWI

Good to know that everyone, throughout history, has really just been fucking around. 

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mcnallyjackson:


To make things a bit easier on Oates’s publishers, we’ve designed this handy cover template. Not only is her output now unified under a single brand name, but there is no longer any need to labor over each individual book’s cover: simply slip in a title, slip in an image, and you’re all set.


(We admit, we took design cues from the book series of a similarly prolific author.)

This is EXACTLY how I felt when I heard the review of her new goddamn book on All Things Considered today.
….and, yes, I know exactly what that says about me. 

mcnallyjackson:

To make things a bit easier on Oates’s publishers, we’ve designed this handy cover template. Not only is her output now unified under a single brand name, but there is no longer any need to labor over each individual book’s cover: simply slip in a title, slip in an image, and you’re all set.
(We admit, we took design cues from the book series of a similarly prolific author.)

This is EXACTLY how I felt when I heard the review of her new goddamn book on All Things Considered today.

….and, yes, I know exactly what that says about me. 

Important things, noted.