The Stoa
Here: history, Star Wars, politics, secularism, Faulkner, poetry, old buildings, pithy quotes, Wilde, technology, books, cool charts, feminism, gay activism, activism in general, bookshelves. Or not.
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AP Euro
So I have a summer assignment and it’s a 5-7 page research paper on the reasons that the Renaissance started. Oh along...
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Coliloquy Interns' Summer Reading Picks: Jordan
We’ve revealed all of Nia’s Summer Reading Picks—now it’s Jordan’s turn. Jordan just finished his...
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Independence day
There’s something liberating about being independent. Knowing that waking up in the morning next to a pile of pillows alone doesn’t...
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Nine Questions Atheists Should Not Ask Believers(And Why)
(Because I’m inspired by the article)
1. Why don’t you just believe in Science?
We do....
Such a cool idea!
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I figured if I posted my to do list for the next couple weeks I would actually do it, so here goes:
-Start learning to code
-Finish Underworld by Don DeLillo
-Read Legacy of Ashes
-re-watch LOTR/HP/Seasons 1 and 2 of Teen Wolf
-watch Amour
That seems manageable, right?
We got an EXCLUUUUUSIVE first-hand look at the brand-spakin’-new Xbox One.
Check this out both for the exclusive story Wired just scored and the Verge-esque layout.
It feels like every tech/gaming news website is copying the Verge
The Sea’s Strangest Square Mile
Sit back and let your eyes soak up this goggle-fogging journey to the Lembeh Strait near Indonesia by Shark Bay Films. It’s known as one of the richest homes of odd coral reef creatures on Earth.
Lightning-quick eels! Coral-colored, pregnant frogfish stuffing their bellies with wriggling prey! Baby cuttlefish!! BABY CUTTLEFISH!!!
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A Library Slide
We love this wooden slide that is slotted into a combined staircase and bookshelf of a house in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea,
Designed by Moon Hoon.
Submitted by Bookshelf Porn reader Jesse Richardson via Colossal.
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One of the BEST ad campaigns about representation I have seen.
Everyone has a backbone. Use yours.
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After documenting his life for 6 years on YouTube, blogger Matthew Schueller comes out as gay to his audience. Powerful, raw, real.
Earth, Why You So Angry?
Our planet apparently had to blow off a little steam earlier this year, captured in this volcanic lightning strike during an eruption of Sakurajima volcano in Japan. Lightning strikes Earth about 40 times every second, and scientists don’t know exactly how those strikes work. It’s clear, though, that just like in a thunderstorm, there’s extreme charge differences built up between the ash cloud and the Earth.
It’s mysterious, violent and beautiful.
(via APOD)
Watching Jennifer Lawrence meet famous people never gets old.
I would look like that if I met the Queen of Genovia too.
umm excuse me
princess
julie andrews is immortal
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