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Banksy is
giving away images of his work under the following terms and conditions:
Everything in the shop is free. All the images can be downloaded to print or use as a desktop.
Serving suggestion:
Prints look best when done on gloss paper using the company printer ink when everyone else is at lunch.
Please do not use this service to launch your own poster company or t-shirt line.
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 11:55 PM on January 18, 2007
(64 comments)
"The Father Daughter Purity Ball
is a memorable ceremony for daughters to pledge commitments to purity and their fathers to pledge commitments to protect their girls." Do Purity Balls, an offshoot of the
virginity pledge movement work? The research says they do postpone first intercourse but have no impact on STD rates (
1,
2 - PDFs). Perhaps a discussion of, uh,
protection should be added to the "
Covenant of Purity and Protection" signed by the dancing dads.
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 6:10 PM on April 20, 2006
(111 comments)
Sequoiadendron giganteum,
the giant sequoia, is arguably the largest living thing on earth. The second largest specimen, the Washington Tree, has recently been
getting shorter. It's top was discovered to be hollow in 1999--a researcher rappeled over 100 feet into the trunk--which is why its been vulnerable to fire and storms in recent years. The
before and after pictures show its transformation from a tree into, well, a
great big stump. But don't count it out just yet. Scientists think this old bugger
may bounce back. Still, it's probably time for a
visit, don't you think?
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 5:25 PM on February 25, 2005
(8 comments)
Man dances his way around the world
[wmv - 36MB] getting jiggy on a mountaintop, busting moves in an impenetrable forest, dodging Hanoi motorcyclists with his finely tuned moves, and, well, I wouldn't want to give anymore away. It's the feel good movie of the season.
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 2:23 PM on January 26, 2005
(33 comments)
Pop Vultures,
perhaps the freshest show to grace our radio airwaves in recent years has been cancelled. Host
Kate Sullivan and a collection of friends mused on pop music and associated pop culture with passion, a strong does of "um" and "uh, like" and an always great soundtrack. You can listen (for the moment anyway) to the
archives . R.I.P.
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 8:13 PM on December 16, 2004
(21 comments)
Sidetalkin
provides humorous photos that force us to ask the question: Has Nokia's
NGage redefined phone ergonomics or simply provided a
humorous diversion for a slow Friday afternoon?
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 2:28 PM on December 5, 2003
(14 comments)
"They do not use Western means to tell time. They use the sun.
These drugs have to be administered in certain sequences, at certain times during the day. You say, take it at 10 o'clock, they say, what do you mean, 10 o'clock?" They, of course, refers to "Africans" and the above logic from the
head of USAID was used an explanation for why it's tough to extend AIDS treatment to Africa. The only problem with this argument is that
it's wrong. People with HIV in developing countries are in better compliance with drug regimes than in the US as
new research is showing [RealAudio]. As we've seen throughout the epidemic, it's a lot easier to get funding for researchers in lab coats than for actual treatment . . .
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 8:57 AM on December 1, 2003
(1 comment)
Injection drug use causes HIV, and we know how to prevent it . . . but it's not happening
In the US, 29% of HIV infections are the result of injection drug use (IDU). Preventing IDU HIV infections can be done, and has been done, through needle exchange programs. Only problem: These programs are typically illegal and can't be funded with Federal AIDS prevention monies. The majority of children with AIDS, who make terribly sympathetic "victims of AIDS"--witness the 1990 Ryan White AIDS CARE Act--are the children of injection drug users. We'll spend money to take care of these sick children, but we won't spend money to prevent then from getting sick (to say nothing of preventing their parents from getting sick and dying). What's wrong here?
posted to MetaFilter by donovan
at 2:32 AM on December 1, 2001
