A maidel mit a klaidel

kqedscience:

Athlete Aimee Mullins

“Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee’s medical prognosis was discouraging; she was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life using a wheelchair. In an attempt for an outside chance at independent mobility, doctors amputated both her legs below the knee on her first birthday. The decision paid off. By age two, she had learned to walk on prosthetic legs, and spent her childhood doing the usual athletic activities of her peers: swimming, biking, softball, soccer, and skiing, always alongside “able-bodies” kids.”

(via npr)

flavorpill:

Apparently, in order to get into character for the film Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro obtained his own hack license and would pick-up/drive customers around in New York City. 

Via

ifc:

I feel ya, Manhattan.

self portrait (Taken with Instagram at LACMA)

having space issues… (Taken with instagram)

Taken with instagram

bbook:

“My wish for next year is to get my friends Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio together. Not for pasta - in a movie directed by me. I’ve done eight films with Bob, four with Leo. They are my friends and collaborators. Now I want to join them up. It’s my dream. And I’m going to make it happen.”

— Martin Scorsese (Rolling Stone, 2011 In Review)

Okay yeah, just let my heart explode.

(Source: aquariumglass)

<3

bbook:

LADIES

good:

Occupy Chill (via LATimes)

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

scribnerbooks:

Meet Frances Goldin, 87 years old, and a longtime activist and literary agent. Some of the writers she represents include Barbara Kingsolver, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Dorothy Allison, Adrienne Rich, and our own Staceyann Chin.

The Guardian included this shot of her at the OWS protests yesterday. Evidently, she was doing her best to get arrested (for the tenth time in her life).

File under: Someone Worth Knowing.

thepoliticalnotebook:

Stanley Donwood, an artist who frequently lends his talents to the cover and poster art for Radiohead, has created a poster designed in support of Occupy Wall Street.

The poster is accompanied by this note from the artist:

As the mendacity of the One Per Cent continues, here is a small tool which you may download, blow up, paste, copy, pass on, and do whatever with. I’m not sure where the quote is from; I saw it on a poster at Occupy Sheffield last week, where they thought that the words were possibly from a former Prime Minister of Canada.

I myself went looking for the source of this quote and I have seen it questionably attributed to Lester B. Pearson (indeed a former PM of Canada) and also to a murky character called B. Lester, and also, of course, to Jon Stewart. Who knows where the original quote is from.

[via]

(via curator-of-curiosities)

peterfeld:

New York Times, November 11, 1911

(via theatlantic)

allcreatures:

Picture: Roman Golubenko/solent (via Pictures of the day: 11 November 2011 - Telegraph)

publicschoolshow:

Public School makes its Canadian radio debut on the fantastic CBC show WireTap. Listen to Sierra Ornelas’ beautiful and moving story of a young girl who just wants to do downstairs stuff. 

You can also RSVP for our winter formal here for more downstairs adventures in PERSON!!!