Matt Fraction's Blog, page 381

salon:Geraldo Rivera schooled by Baltimore protesters

salon:

Geraldo Rivera schooled by Baltimore protesters

danielkbrown:Abandoned cooling tower

danielkbrown:

Abandoned cooling tower

finally

finally

"As I’m trying to recover from quintuple bypass surgery, I’m paranoid that my life is ending. And..."

“As I’m trying to recover from quintuple bypass surgery, I’m paranoid that my life is ending. And then, six weeks after the surgery, I ran for five miles. So let’s face it, I am a hero. There’s no two ways of looking at it.”

- http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/arts/television/david-letterman-reflects-on-33-years-in-late-night-television.html

"In 2012, blogger Cliff Pervocracy coined the term “missing stair” to describe individuals who pose a..."

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In 2012, blogger Cliff Pervocracy coined the term “missing stair” to describe individuals who pose a danger to others, but are tolerated within a community because everyone is aware of their issues. If you know about a missing stair in an unlit stairwell, you can work around it and avoid it. No one bothers to fix the missing stair because jumping over it works just fine.

But if no one told you that there was a missing stair, and it’s just assumed that you’re aware, it’s all too easy to be hu...

Who created Caitlin Snow on #TheFlash? According to @DCComics, nobody

gerryconway:

Who created Caitlin Snow, the alter ego of Firestorm super-villain Killer Frost, who appears regularly on The Flash?

According to DC Entertainment, nobody.

That’s right. Caitlin Snow, the brilliant scientist working for Harrison Wells, fiancée of Ronnie Raymond and friend of Barry Allen, aka The Flash, sprang fully formed into existence without a creator or creators.

But that’s okay, because, by the logic employed by DC Entertainment, nobody created Barry Allen either.

Let me ex...

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The side of the Baltimore riots you won’t see on TV:

micdotcom:

On Monday, the media was quick to paint a single picture of Baltimore: a chaos scene of violence and mayhem filled with images of looting, rioting, the burning of a CVS and the torching of a police car. But on the ground, a very different story unfolded — and these remarkable photos and videos are proof.

nevver:It is an expression of anger. Some humans riot because their school lost the big game....

nevver:

It is an expression of anger. Some humans riot because their school lost the big game. Others because the State can’t stop killing them.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) April 28, 2015

baseballcardvandals:I know this for a fact because she used...

baseballcardvandals:

I know this for a fact because she used those exact words in a series of hateful text messages.

Own this BCV original.