antifainternational:

sourcedumal:

guapet:

so my brother was telling me about this human resources certification he attended a while ago. in a panel, the panelist asked a bunch of people in attendance, “who here knows if an applicant for a job is right for it in under 60 seconds?”

hands shot up around the room, people smug about their ability to “weed out the riff-raff” when it came to hiring for their fortune 500.

“you should all be fired and probably in jail,” they said, waiting for the whole room to get uncomfortable, then continued, “because the only things you can really learn about a human being in under 60 seconds are all things that are fueled by prejudices and biases covered by american law. so now, i will teach you how to stop being racist, sexist, judgmental assholes and hire people that will better your company of employ.”

I need this to be force taught at all companies

This is a good example of why study after study after study has shown that discrimination against racialized people looking for work is very real.  Oh, and don’t get too smug if you’re not in the USA - similar studies have shown that the same shit happens in Canada, Germany, the UK,
Sweden  - basically in every country you can think of. 

(Source: shoujocowboy, via justsayins)

momo-deary:

sam-keeper:

I just… I don’t know how to respond to this with anything other than an infuriated fucking howl, honestly? I’ve checked this and @essayofthoughts has checked this and there’s confirmation that Tumblr is actively banning archival efforts so it looks like this is not a bug.

If you were planning on archiving anything from this website, you’re too late. It is all going to fucking burn. Not only is Tumblr committed to destroying the platform, they are committed to absolutely fucking anyone who is trying to conserve any part of it.

Fuck you @staff. Fuck you.

Quizilla 2.0

(via drhoz)

mia7437:

shoresoftheshadowlands:

6-phds-and-no-sense:

6-phds-and-no-sense:

sometimes people try to tell me that scientists are paragons of rationality and I have to break it to them that I have yet to work in a lab that didn’t have at least one weird secret shrine in it

new guy: why is all of the equipment in this room covered in toys?

me: dONn’t touch those

new guy:

me: they need the toys to function. if they don’t all have toys they get jealous.

new guy:

new guy:

me: when something breaks just take the wizard and wave it around for a while. they seem to like that.

new housegods: technology

This bone-deep understanding of the role that chance plays in science is instilled early. 

Every student or researcher can tell stories about experimental luck and coincidence. For example, take the discovery of penicillin and its ushering-in the Age of Chemotherapy: Fleming did find the initial Penicillium notatum colony in 1928 that showed anti-bacterial activity. But he was unable to purify the penicillin extract, and even misidentified the culture as Peniciliium rubrum. It was Florey and Heatley’s team at Oxford that successfully purified the extract, and took it to Charles Thom at the Us Dept of Agriculture in 1941, who corrected the species ID, and pointed out the rarity of the strain - only one other strain in his Penicillium library of 1,000 produced the stuff. Finding it was pure chance.

However while the P. notatum strain did make penicillin, it was in tiny amounts. Luck again stepped in when lab assistant Mary Hunt came to work with a cantaloupe she had found in the local market that was infected with a golden mould. This turned out to be Penicillium chrysogeum, which produced 6 times more penicillin than P. notatum. After selective breeding, it is the species still used to manufacture penicillin today.

(via gallusrostromegalus)

rainnecassidy:

unpretty:

pro tip “he freed his erection” is the most useful phrase in any smut writer’s arsenal because it means never having to figure out a dude’s pants situation. how did he do it? were there zippers? buttons? some kind of bizarre lacing situation? maybe he cut off his pants with scissors. maybe it was a wizard. maybe it busted out like the hulk busts out of his shirts. no one knows. no one cares. his dick is out now and that is all that matters. thank you helpful dick wizard.

MASTER HAS GIVEN THE ERECTION A SOCK

THE ERECTION IS FREE

Oh my gosh the mental images are surreal.

comtessedebussy:

batmanisagatewaydrug:

anyway Sherlock Holmes is public domain so catch me writing a story in which Holmes’ seemingly timeless nature is explained in canon as Holmes being a restless preternatural entity discovered (summoned?) by the original Dr. Watson, who acted as its companion/custodian as it careened around doing the only thing that could preoccupy its wildly inhuman mind, ie, getting all up in people’s business and freaking them out with how much shit it knows.

the Holmes entity can die, but always reappears within a generation and without fail seeking out the latest in the Watson line. the Watsons, grown savvy over time, now devote much of their time to a.) preparing the younger members of the family for Holmes’ inevitable return or b.) desperately trying to get the hell out of dodge and live a normal life before it can happen to them as well. 

just uuuuh. like a very knowing story about the inevitability of the Holmes and Watson story, centered a creepily inhuman Holmes and the long-suffering family who have spent more than a century documenting it. 

OP, please, please, please write this. I will buy and read the shit out of this. 

Oh Cosmictuesdays...

godofdiverseinterests:

priboltao:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

mineyoung-churyuu:

hubriscomplex:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

8ddict:

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses:

captainlordauditor:

some iconic dialogue that sounds like its from the great canon of literature but are actually from memes

1. I will face God and walk backwards into Hell
2. “I’ll do whatever you want” “then perish”
   
3. I have been through hell and come out singing

feel free to add more!

• There are no gods here
  
• Do I look like the kind of man who dies
  
• God’s dead and soon we will be too
  
• I thought there were no heroes left in this world 
  

• you kneel before my throne unaware that it was built on lies

• Impudent of you to assume I will meet a mortal end
  
• This is hell’s territory and I am beholden to no gods
  
• Bury me shallow, I’ll be back
  

- take this gift, for the gods surely won’t

• God wishes he were me
• One day, you will be face to face with whatever saw fit to let you exist in the universe, and you will have to justify the space you’ve filled

• Face your mortality. Choose your requiem.
• Do you not think that Satan, too, has some affection for the inhabitants of Hell?
• Hell is my territory and its inhabitants are subject to my whim.
  

I am sure you will go on taking advantage of these fine people with your lies and your greed, but know that when you are gone, the same worms will eat you too.

“Face your mortality. Choose your requiem.” is one of the greatest things i’ve ever read, ngl

When God gives you lemons, you find a new God

Welp, time to take up embroidery.

(via cosmictuesdays)

naamahdarling:

raining-skies:

vintageinstepford:

This is my cat, Brigitte.

24 hours after I brought her home, I got a mindblowing job offer.  Since I adopted her nine years ago, my life has become an amusement park.  She has brought me good luck ever since I took her into my home.

I’m telling you, there’s something about this animal.  Good fortune follows her everywhere.

I don’t want to be selfish.  I have everything I need and then some.  So, I’m sharing her with you.

Reblog Brigitte and you’ll receive fantastic news in the next 24 hours.

And when you do, please remember to help your local SPCA and support them in the difficult work they do for wonder animals like Brigitte.  Any donation helps your SPCA, even if it’s just five bucks.

Kitties like Brigitte are counting on you to give back when they bring you good luck.

Thanks, and congratulations on your good news!

we out here spreading those Lucky Cat Vibes™®

We could really, really use some good fortune right now.
Thank you for sharing Brigitte with us.

Yay for beautiful lucky cats!

(Source: vintageinstepford)

justanimaginaryperson:

I’m so confused

Pre Serum Steve Rogers exists and I can prove (his Instagram is isroundman)

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