The Alastair

Social Commentary with a healthy dose of Faffing about

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aesaerugo: “The problem is that date rape drugs are odorless, colorless, and tasteless once they’re in your drink.  We all know not to leave our drinks unattended, but the reality is it’s impossible to keep an eye on your drink all night.  So what’s the solution?  With the help of Dr. John MacDonald, a professor of chemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and with the help of Contract Researching Organizations, DrinkSavvy is developing material that will immediately change color to warn you if a drug is slipped into your drink.” There’s more information at the startup’s Indiegogo site. An NECN interview sheds a little extra light on the subject, and WPI has recognized the project’s potential with a prestigious award. So Tumblr. You’re notorious for attacking rape culture; just think how much this could do to fix that problem. At time of posting DrinkSavvy is at $2,500 of its $50,000 goal. Let’s signal boost it.

aesaerugo:

“The problem is that date rape drugs are odorless, colorless, and tasteless once they’re in your drink.  We all know not to leave our drinks unattended, but the reality is it’s impossible to keep an eye on your drink all night.  So what’s the solution?  With the help of Dr. John MacDonald, a professor of chemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and with the help of Contract Researching Organizations, DrinkSavvy is developing material that will immediately change color to warn you if a drug is slipped into your drink.”

There’s more information at the startup’s Indiegogo site. An NECN interview sheds a little extra light on the subject, and WPI has recognized the project’s potential with a prestigious award.

So Tumblr. You’re notorious for attacking rape culture; just think how much this could do to fix that problem. At time of posting DrinkSavvy is at $2,500 of its $50,000 goal. Let’s signal boost it.

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asexual-not-a-sexual:

A guide to being an ally for friends and family of LGBT*QIA individuals. 

Online ebook available [HERE] if you would like to share with others but do not wish to link to your tumblr. (Also, it’s fun to turn the pages.)

Original size 20x24” posters available for educational purposes. Contact me directly for files. 

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sneakling:

friendly reminder that at christmas british people actually set their food on fire

wait you mean other people don’t do this are you serious

WAT

are you guys all satan?

i genuinely thought that everyone did that

wha tthe fuck why is nobody asking why thief cukifn ists blue blUe BLUE FIRE WHY

HOW

WHY DO YOU SET IT ON FIRE AND WHY IS IT BLUE FFS

WAT

Because it’s been soaked in brandy, usually for days, and brandy burns with demon fire. Well known fact.

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israelfacts:

Twelve Palestinians from one family killed in Israeli rocket attack

In the single deadliest attack of the Israeli operation so far, 12 civilians were killed in Sunday’s air attack on a four-storey house in northern Gaza City, health officials said.

Two or three missiles fired by F-16 fighter jets reduced the house in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood to rubble, witnesses said.

Five women, including one 80-year-old, and four small children were among the dead, spokesperson of the health ministry Ashraf al-Kidra said.

Al Jazeera

Oh Lord help us..

I’m sorry if the disturbing nature of these photos took you off-guard.

But there needs to be a wake up call, a fucking reality check about what is going on RIGHT NOW in the world.

At a time when everyone is being thankful for the food they are shoving in their faces and the useless crap everyone is fighting over at Wal-Mart on Black Friday, THIS SHIT IS HARDLY BEING TALKED ABOUT AT ALL.

Not only that but attacks that are killing innocent civilians, like the one featured above, are condoned and supported by the U.S. and Canadian governments!

It makes me sick. and sad. and scared. and it is just so colossally fucked up right now.

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seekingwillow: nagromthewicked: mypantsflewoff: uncleorpheus: “She makes these like needlework embroideries on set in the tedium of filming”, says MacFadyen, “but they are all: ‘You Are a Cunt’. And she gives them as presents. And it’s Dame Judi Dench. And she is doing this beautifully, intricate, ornate (work). You kind of see the work materializing as the shoot goes on. Like: ‘You Are a Fucking Shit.’ Knightley never received her embroidered cushion from Dench but remarks: “I love that! She gives this fantastic air. She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that’s so nice! It’s Judi Dench. It’s so quaint; she’s embroidering a cushion,’ and you go: ‘What are you embroidering?’ And (it says): ‘Fuck!’ Apparently she’s got hundreds of them just covered in swear words or rude sayings.” so can i worship judi dench as a religion yet or something i want to hang out with judi dench REALLY BAD. I remember reading somewhere that she played D & D with Vin Diesel on the Chronicles of Riddick Set. ___ She did. It’s on the DVD. Because he WOOED her to get her in Chronicles. With flowers and showing up all ‘eager young man and you are so wonderful’ while she was doing a play. Old School Wooing. And then y’know, after he treated her like that? It was fun to game w/ him and amuse him w/ her swearwords.

seekingwillow:

nagromthewicked:

mypantsflewoff:

uncleorpheus:

“She makes these like needlework embroideries on set in the tedium of filming”, says MacFadyen, “but they are all: ‘You Are a Cunt’. And she gives them as presents. And it’s Dame Judi Dench. And she is doing this beautifully, intricate, ornate (work). You kind of see the work materializing as the shoot goes on. Like: ‘You Are a Fucking Shit.’ Knightley never received her embroidered cushion from Dench but remarks: “I love that! She gives this fantastic air. She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that’s so nice! It’s Judi Dench. It’s so quaint; she’s embroidering a cushion,’ and you go: ‘What are you embroidering?’ And (it says): ‘Fuck!’ Apparently she’s got hundreds of them just covered in swear words or rude sayings.”

so can i worship judi dench as a religion yet or something

i want to hang out with judi dench REALLY BAD.

I remember reading somewhere that she played D & D with Vin Diesel on the Chronicles of Riddick Set.

___

She did. It’s on the DVD. Because he WOOED her to get her in Chronicles. With flowers and showing up all ‘eager young man and you are so wonderful’ while she was doing a play. Old School Wooing. And then y’know, after he treated her like that? It was fun to game w/ him and amuse him w/ her swearwords.

(Source: pemberley-state-of-mind, via jackscoresby)