December 2010
81 posts
“I wonder if I might crave your momentary indulgence in order to discharge a by...”
– Sir Humphrey, Yes Minister
On piège les rois avec nos charmes.
“What a pity times are not what they used to be. Children no longer obey their...”
– (Literal translation of message inscribed on the oldest piece of papyrus preserved by the State Museum in Instanbul)
“When I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged...”
– “When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman (via suicideblonde)
This is my drunk reblog for the night. Because I fucking mastered this poem this term in my Whitman & Frost class.
The end.
(via hereticnarrative)
“25 And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying...”
– (via rockeysky)
Oxford Academic Toby Ord and Giving What We Can →
fuckyeahoxford:
“Toby Ord is a university researcher earning not much more than the average salary. So why is he giving away £1m over his lifetime to help address global poverty?
When Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg pledged to give away most of his wealth during his lifetime, some British commentators bemoaned the lack of philanthropy on this side of the Atlantic.
But an...
