I can see the Yahoo people looking through Tumblr right now like:
Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea.
Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…
There are reasons why Tumblr is popular with young people. Prudishness is not high on that list.
Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO. The product, service and brand will continue to be defined and developed separately with the same Tumblr irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators.
I can see the Yahoo people looking through Tumblr right now like:
It was so fitting that James Blake’s show at 9:30 Club on 12 May was on a Sunday because he took everyone to church. I know I have a tendency to speak in hyperbole with regards to James, but a few of my friends that went to the show, who aren’t big fans of his, or who are disappointed by Overgrown, described it as a “religious” or “spiritual” experience. Or like this:
OK, sometimes my husband likes to complain about the frustrations of being a university professor, but I try to gently nudge him in another conversational direction by saying something mild and loving, like, “Please shut the fuck up right now.
Be the person Tom Hiddleston thinks you are.
Can we just talk about the legit motivational value of this for a second though.
(via damnyoujacewayland)
The fact that this band [The Black Keys] has been playing pretty much this exact show for a year now also contributed to a feeling that even this Bottle Rock headliner was just going through the motions, playing a long set for what had to be a big payday, with nothing particularly fresh to contribute. It wasn’t bad background music for drinking.
“ugh millenials are so whiny and self-absorbed”
meanwhile, suicides due to the unprecedented cost of education and an economy tanked by baby boomers have spiked significantly among young adults and are being compared to suicide rates during the Depression of the 1930
(Source: brillo-22, via worldfamousprofessor)
When Dominicans put their mind to something…
On February 19, one of the largest bank heists in history was pulled off and almost no one noticed. No getaway vehicles were left idling, no guns were pointed, no panic buttons were pressedâbut somehow several crews in two dozen countries working in perfect precision walked away with $40 million in cash.
[Track 29 of 30] Inspiration Information x Shuggie Otis
Shuggie Otis is back courtesy of a packed reissue + new music release. The Inspiration Information reissue packaged with Wings of Love, a compilation of 14 previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1975 and 2000, was released on April 16th. Otis also touring to support the reissue and his new music. The Washington Post reviewed his 21 April appearance at the Howard Theatre. -j. de revelator
the ceo of abercrombie and fitch has a lot of nerve saying that ugly people shouldn’t wear his clothes when he looks like an albino orc from the lord of the rings
fashion
(via worldfamousprofessor)
so yeah did you guys hear about the ceo of abercrombie and fitch who said that he doesn’t want ugly chicks wearing his clothing
like excuse you ceo of abercrombie and fitch
you look like gary busey went bobbing for apples in a tub of bees
you couldn’t wear your own clothing
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