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like the title says.
effyeahnerdfighters: wearetheamericanway: Don’t forget Superman, John. He was an immigrant too. All Americans have a connection to immigration, share your story with us. The U.S.’s current immigration system is byzantine, cruel, and benefits neither American citizens nor anyone else. We need comprehensive immigration reform to bring highly skilled workers into the United States to help our economy grow and to bring security and stability to the lives of immigrants living in the United States today. Nikola Tesla was an immigrant. So were Joseph Pulitzer and Albert Einstein and Igor Stravinsky. Rational, compassionate immigration reform is needed so that the next Teslas and Einsteins are not denied access to educational or entrepreneurial opportunities in the United States. The time has come. - John Green The Harry Potter Alliance just started this really rad project called Superman is an Immigrant and this is John’s submission! The idea is to share your immigration story by writing it on a paper and taking a picture with it. Check out their tumblr to see more and submit your own!

effyeahnerdfighters:

wearetheamericanway:

Don’t forget Superman, John. He was an immigrant too. All Americans have a connection to immigration, share your story with us.

The U.S.’s current immigration system is byzantine, cruel, and benefits neither American citizens nor anyone else. We need comprehensive immigration reform to bring highly skilled workers into the United States to help our economy grow and to bring security and stability to the lives of immigrants living in the United States today. Nikola Tesla was an immigrant. So were Joseph Pulitzer and Albert Einstein and Igor Stravinsky. Rational, compassionate immigration reform is needed so that the next Teslas and Einsteins are not denied access to educational or entrepreneurial opportunities in the United States. The time has come. - John Green

The Harry Potter Alliance just started this really rad project called Superman is an Immigrant and this is John’s submission! The idea is to share your immigration story by writing it on a paper and taking a picture with it. Check out their tumblr to see more and submit your own!

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wilwheaton: So I guess that whole “GOP rebranding” thing is finished, then.

wilwheaton:

So I guess that whole “GOP rebranding” thing is finished, then.

kellysue:

chiloconcarne:

shadowise:

A Lonely God - a series of slightly sad superhero posters.

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I’m in love with this

I was just talking to an artist yesterday about the tendency to crop things really close and tight in order to enhance drama.  If it’s overdone — which happens frequently with artists—you start to feel like you’re watching a movie through a hole in a sheet.  

Pull the camera out.  Be brave enough to let the reader orient. 

Occasionally, in the right moment, pull the camera way, way out even. How does that effect the emotional beat? 

These are amazing.

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Perhaps I am naive,” he replied, “but I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents.” The steady expansion of surveillance powers, he wrote, is “such a direct threat to democratic governance that I have risked my life and family for it.

thedrunkenmoogle: The 2013 E3 Drinking Game Do you hear that? That low rumble growing ever stronger in the distance? That’s the collective excitement of gamers as they all board the hype train to the future of gaming. That’s right, it’s E3 week again! In the next few days the internet will be full of gaming news, trailers, delight, and probably a bit of disappointment. It’s hard not to have a good time when you’re hanging out with friends and watching the press conferences. We’ve put together a drinking game of some of our hopes, fears, and expectations of the presentations. Gather your nerd pals, some beer, liquor, and get ready for a fun week!  Rules for all presentations:-If a character uses a bow. Bows are so last year. = 1 sip-A sequel game is announced = 1 sip-Exclusive DLC or Content for a multi-platform game = 1 sip-Dance or Music Presentation = 1 sip-A non gaming-related celebrity makes an appearance = 1 sip-Half Life 3 = 1 shot-A game that was being developed for the current generation gets pushed to the next generation = 1 shot Optional Hard Mode: Everyone playing choose a buzzword or phrase. When it is said, take a sip. Microsoft (Monday, 9:30 am PDT) - Watch it here-You hear news that makes you NOT want the console = 1 sip-Every non-game announcement made = 1 sip-Call of Duty presentation boasting about new technologies like Dog snouts and Fish AI = 1 sip-An Xbox One exclusive is announced = 1 sip-Buying and selling used games, rentals, or trading games is not mentioned at all = 1 shot-You get frustrated enough that you switch over to watching Apple’s WWDC = 1 shot EA (Monday 1:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here-For every sports or shooter game shown = 1 sip-Talk about Sim City 5 = 1 sip-Every time magic happens in the Dragon Age trailer = 1 sip-New Star Wars game = 1 shot-EA announces they’ve bought a company you love = 1 shot Ubisoft (Monday, 3:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here-A ship is destroyed or an especially brutal kill is made in the Assassin’s Creed 4 trailer = 1 sip-Every time the player hacks something in Watch Dogs-Coop Gameplay with the Wii U pad for Rayman = 1 sip-Beyond Good and Evil 2 finally makes an appearance = 1 shot -Prince of Persia 2008… 2 = 1 shot Sony (Monday, 6:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here-Social Integration and Share Button talk = 1 sip-If the physical console turns out to be ugly = 1 sip-Good use of the controller’s touch pad = 1 sip-Showing off the console’s power with physics = 1 sip-No information about The Last Guardian (again) = 1 shot-No information about Final Fantasy Versus XIII (again) = 1 shot-If Sony announces they’re taking stance similar to Microsoft’s in terms of used games = 1 shot Nintendo (Tuesday, 7:00 am PDT) - Watch it here-This year Nintendo is opting out of a big E3 press conference, but will still have a Nintendo Direct presentation = 1 sip to acknowledge the passing of an era-Miyamoto shows up with a prop like a toy Pikman or Master Sword = 1 sip-Reggie appears = 1 sip (let people know your body is ready)-A third party game that you don’t care about is shown = 1 sip-New Pokemon Snap on Wii U = 1 shot-A Pokemon MMO = 1 shot Always enjoy responsibly. Don’t go over your limits and have a great E3 week!

thedrunkenmoogle:

The 2013 E3 Drinking Game

Do you hear that? That low rumble growing ever stronger in the distance? That’s the collective excitement of gamers as they all board the hype train to the future of gaming. That’s right, it’s E3 week again! In the next few days the internet will be full of gaming news, trailers, delight, and probably a bit of disappointment. It’s hard not to have a good time when you’re hanging out with friends and watching the press conferences. We’ve put together a drinking game of some of our hopes, fears, and expectations of the presentations. Gather your nerd pals, some beer, liquor, and get ready for a fun week! 

Rules for all presentations:
-If a character uses a bow. Bows are so last year. = 1 sip
-A sequel game is announced = 1 sip
-Exclusive DLC or Content for a multi-platform game = 1 sip
-Dance or Music Presentation = 1 sip
-A non gaming-related celebrity makes an appearance = 1 sip
-Half Life 3 = 1 shot
-A game that was being developed for the current generation gets pushed to the next generation = 1 shot

Optional Hard Mode: Everyone playing choose a buzzword or phrase. When it is said, take a sip.

Microsoft (Monday, 9:30 am PDT) - Watch it here
-You hear news that makes you NOT want the console = 1 sip
-Every non-game announcement made = 1 sip
-Call of Duty presentation boasting about new technologies like Dog snouts and Fish AI = 1 sip
-An Xbox One exclusive is announced = 1 sip
-Buying and selling used games, rentals, or trading games is not mentioned at all = 1 shot
-You get frustrated enough that you switch over to watching Apple’s WWDC = 1 shot

EA (Monday 1:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here
-For every sports or shooter game shown = 1 sip
-Talk about Sim City 5 = 1 sip
-Every time magic happens in the Dragon Age trailer = 1 sip
-New Star Wars game = 1 shot
-EA announces they’ve bought a company you love = 1 shot

Ubisoft (Monday, 3:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here
-A ship is destroyed or an especially brutal kill is made in the Assassin’s Creed 4 trailer = 1 sip
-Every time the player hacks something in Watch Dogs
-Coop Gameplay with the Wii U pad for Rayman = 1 sip
-Beyond Good and Evil 2 finally makes an appearance = 1 shot 
-Prince of Persia 2008… 2 = 1 shot

Sony (Monday, 6:00 pm PDT) - Watch it here
-Social Integration and Share Button talk = 1 sip
-If the physical console turns out to be ugly = 1 sip
-Good use of the controller’s touch pad = 1 sip
-Showing off the console’s power with physics = 1 sip
-No information about The Last Guardian (again) = 1 shot
-No information about Final Fantasy Versus XIII (again) = 1 shot
-If Sony announces they’re taking stance similar to Microsoft’s in terms of used games = 1 shot

Nintendo (Tuesday, 7:00 am PDT) - Watch it here
-This year Nintendo is opting out of a big E3 press conference, but will still have a Nintendo Direct presentation = 1 sip to acknowledge the passing of an era
-Miyamoto shows up with a prop like a toy Pikman or Master Sword = 1 sip
-Reggie appears = 1 sip (let people know your body is ready)
-A third party game that you don’t care about is shown = 1 sip
-New Pokemon Snap on Wii U = 1 shot
-A Pokemon MMO = 1 shot

Always enjoy responsibly. Don’t go over your limits and have a great E3 week!

As Jameel Jaffar, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, put it today, imagine if the government required every American to report to the government every night who they spoke to, or texted, for how long, and from where. People would be furious, but that’s precisely the information the N.S.A. is collecting from telecom companies. And it’s precisely why the government desperately wanted to keep the practice a secret.

Now the world knows what many members of Congress have kept buttoned up for years. Will Democrats stick to their principles and criticize President Obama for perpetuating a practice that began under President George W. Bush? And will Republicans, happy to find something new to stimulate anger against the White House, demand actual change in a program they defended for years?