“The only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naïve of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannot be breached. In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limits of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being [Photography by Alex Stoddard]Tumblr (3.0; @persiko)http://persiko.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/965c4247aa72780ea32ff864e8591fc5/tumblr_mhci7nhUlU1rjvp39o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thats-not-victorian.tumblr.com/post/42594644024/hey-guys-so-were-all-familiar-with-cyberpunk">thats-not-victorian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hey, guys!  So, we’re all familiar with Cyberpunk and Steampunk, but there are so many more alternate histories/speculative science fiction genres out there!  I came across this handy-dandy infographic and figured I could share a bit of these punk genres for anyone interested.</p> <ul><li><em><a href="http://www.steampunk.com/what-is-steampunk/"><strong>Steampunk</strong> </a></em><br/>Roughly covers the Western world during the mid- to late-19th century (ie:  Victorian era, US wild west, etc.), and sometimes up to the Edwardian era.</li> <li><a href="http://www.dieselpunks.org/"><em><strong>Dieselpunk</strong></em><strong><br/></strong></a>1920s up through WWII, ending at just about the Cold War.</li> <li><strong><em><a href="http://www.wattpad.com/3020995-sf-sub-genre-definitions-decopunk">Decopunk</a><br/></em></strong>A cleaner, artistic, more “optimistic” version of Dieselpunk (same time period)</li> <li><a href="http://davinciautomata.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/introducing-clockpunk/"><em><strong>Clockpunk</strong></em></a><br/>Covers the time of the Renaissance (think da Vinci)</li> <li><a href="http://www.atompunk.com/"><em><strong>Atompunk</strong></em></a><br/>Cold War era, ie: the Space Race</li> <li><em><strong><a href="http://archives-lbelow.blogspot.com/2011/09/bring-on-punk-teslapunk.html">Teslapunk</a><br/></strong></em>Derivative of Steampunk, but focuses on electricity rather than steam.</li> <li><a href="http://www.tabula-rasa.info/Horror/Splatterpunk.html"><em><strong>Splatterpunk</strong></em></a><br/>Explicit horror and gore</li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/05/22/136464041/biopunks-tinker-with-the-building-blocks-of-life"><em><strong>Biopunk</strong></em></a><br/>Biotechnology, genetics (part science fiction, part real life)</li> <li><a href="http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1918"><em><strong>Nanopunk</strong></em></a><br/>Nanotechnology, sometimes overlaps with Biopunk</li> <li><a href="http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/engl/491/cyberpunk_history.pdf"><em><strong>Cyberpunk</strong></em></a><br/>The granddaddy of them all:  computer technology, the internet, hackers, etc. </li> </ul><p>Others not included in the infographic</p> <ul><li><a href="http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/what-is-elfpunk/"><strong><em>Elfpunk</em></strong></a><br/>Fantasy-based, features creatures like elves and fairies.</li> <li><a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20110124/mythpunk1-a.shtml"><strong><em>Mythpunk</em></strong></a><br/>Mythology and folklore, includes urban fantasy.</li> <li><em><strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/14/seapunk-has-now-gone-pop">Seapunk?</a></strong></em></li> <li><em><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2007/03/make_way_for_pl/" title="now you're just making stuff up">Stonepunk, Bronzepunk, Plaguepunk</a></strong></em></li> </ul></blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50219300802http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50219300802Sun, 12 May 2013 00:02:26 -0300science fiction genrespunk genres<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rabioheab.tumblr.com/post/50195966956/its-shameful-that-out-of-all-of-my-followers-not">rabioheab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>it’s shameful that out of all of my followers not even one of them is a millionaire who wants to give me free stuff just because they like my blog</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50217723046http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50217723046Sat, 11 May 2013 23:40:42 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9d1eeda16d47d0062f63670deea1541/tumblr_mmnwcszSIm1ql734to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brazilwonders.tumblr.com/post/50213014007/copacabana-rio-de-janeiro-by-s-h-o-i-o">brazilwonders</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoio/8728499767/">S H O I O</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50214474328http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50214474328Sat, 11 May 2013 22:55:08 -0300rio de janeirobrasilbrazilpeopleplacesphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e448ba13299854b4a0104b0f809c16b/tumblr_ml3rsulIDI1qbh26io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/47726577232/oatmeal-mantis-shrimp">jtotheizzoe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you haven’t seen the new comic at <strong>The Oatmeal: “<a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp">Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal</a>”</strong>, then check it out. Because that is one bad mofo crustacean.</p> <p>With fists of fanatical fury and the most advanced vision system on the planet, I feel like the mantis shrimp is just evolution’s warning to us all: “<em>Keep your shit under control, or else I’ll make this thing rhino-sized in a heartbeat</em>.”</p> <p>Radiolab featured this little guy’s amazing vision <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/">in an episode on colors</a> last year. And Ed Yong was into mantis shrimp before they were cool, so <a href="http://stich.it/siMTA4MzI=">go check out his great articles about their superpowers</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50213638885http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50213638885Sat, 11 May 2013 22:43:11 -0300animalsnaturemantis shrimpoatmealradiolabmarine biologybad mofosciencebiology<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_50212597152" src="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50212597152/audio_player_iframe/persiko/tumblr_mmnv5eM0Xg1qkwth2?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fpersiko%2F50212597152%2Ftumblr_mmnv5eM0Xg1qkwth2" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://endswithanh.tumblr.com/post/50211260377">endswithanh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Perfection</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50212597152http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50212597152Sat, 11 May 2013 22:27:54 -0300Lana Del ReyThe Great Gatsbysoundtrack2013IndieAlternative<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be08e4f0e3df0cd274ff4c2ab0b4bf9a/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/742fc2607c12af28f53793171bbdaa5c/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03a4ff953d76456092574429b3ea438e/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e03c6e5bf494fe9cd845598e0949116/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5fd262faf8bbedf4f6dc9191bf9e195b/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d4320d7c191886da5631d9a59ff8b6cd/tumblr_mmlaw2Mo6M1r0i205o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myampgoesto11.tumblr.com/post/50094026234/oleg-oprisco-photography">myampgoesto11</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://oprisco.com">Oleg Oprisco</a> Photography</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50211488588http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50211488588Sat, 11 May 2013 22:11:27 -0300photographypeople<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12b8413cdf325a37e88f91d2bec945b6/tumblr_mg8feq4yqn1qz9lolo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fearbeforetheflames.tumblr.com/post/39902650321/limmynem-gallium-gallium-is-a-silvery-metal">fearbeforetheflames</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://limmynem.com/post/39889364653/gallium-gallium-is-a-silvery-metal-with-atomic">limmynem</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3><strong>Gallium</strong></h3> <p>Gallium is a silvery metal with atomic number 31. It’s used in semiconductors and LEDs, but the cool thing about it is its melting point, which is only about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. If you hold a solid gallium crystal in your hand, your body heat will cause it to slowly melt into a silvery metallic puddle. Pour it into a dish, and it freezes back into a solid.</p> <p>While you probably shouldn’t lick your fingers after playing with it, gallium isn’t toxic and won’t make you crazy like mercury does. And if you get tired of it, you can melt it onto glass and make yourself a mirror.</p> <p><strong>Price:</strong> <a href="http://www.mcssl.com/store/gallium-source/gallium-metal">$80</a></p> <p>Someone get me this for my non-birthday. </p> </blockquote> <p>THIS WAS IN A BOOK I READ IN SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS USED TO MOLD THEM INTO SPOONS AND THEN GIVE THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THEIR TEA AND THE SPOONS WOULD JUST MELT AND THE SCIENTISTS WOULD LAUGH AS THE PEOPLE GOT ALL FLUSTERED LITERALLY NO ONE ELSE FOUND IT AS FUNNY AS I DID</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50211045732http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50211045732Sat, 11 May 2013 22:04:48 -0300galiumscience<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8cb3d1fa077fbe74272ac70eb6b7ec75/tumblr_mml70mYwVz1qz62g8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>An abandoned Atlanta school’s bathroom is slowly reclaimed by ivy and kudzu.</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50210529896http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50210529896Sat, 11 May 2013 21:57:03 -0300photographyplaces<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/741fe2f5a85ffeb6f606444bf2550850/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c4820db3ae8d485dc26f29a324fd0c7/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/80e7fe938126dd11e2cf845d2d8e5c90/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/68c1407f8eedf289a325d212ff631421/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ba8b17dc8e3c8cabfa46e92f61b971b/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/48cf3ce678e71c67bf9ecb060b5c4f9b/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2375f5d51cfd0c131edfb90fd288f47/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00cfd3d7462f5ae7024a7acb612f6d2f/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5b34fd6cc54cfd498f73a39e73c5b96/tumblr_mkn1vpvt1g1qammnro6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tbch.tumblr.com/post/46947143924/alternative-limb-project">tbch</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thealternativelimbproject.com"><span class="l"><em>Alternative Limb Project</em></span></a></p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50069064152http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50069064152Fri, 10 May 2013 01:29:49 -0300artAlternative Limb Projectpeople<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068125083/aziulariam-replied-to">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068125083/aziulariam-replied-to">aziulariam replied to&#8230;</a></em></div> <blockquote>voce é super inteligente, e sabe disso. Tente não se estressar demais, o segredo é fazer uma prova calma. Unh, eu não seeei. Pense também em um plano- aliás, a sasani é outra que nao falo a seculos</blockquote> <p>Pfff, ok então. u-u</p> <p>Certo, amanhã apareço com um plano&#8230; ou não.</p> <p>Eu falo com a Sasani às vezes, quando vejo ela on no Skype, mas geralmente é por pouco tempo.</p> <p>Agora vou dormir, para ter um bom trauma pós-olimpíada e apresentar o seminário.</p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068831752http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068831752Fri, 10 May 2013 01:25:39 -0300aziulariamchuu o3o<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50067624857/aziulariam-replied-to">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50067624857/aziulariam-replied-to">aziulariam replied to&#8230;</a></em></div> <blockquote>por que acha que não? Eu passei. E para que curso quer? 8I E é verdade, devíamos comemorar de alguma maneira</blockquote> <p>Sei lá, acho que não estou preparada, ainda não sei o suficiente. Você é inteligente u-u Engenharia Química. ouo</p> <p>Qual a sua ideia para comemorarmos essa data histórica importante?  -q</p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068125083http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50068125083Fri, 10 May 2013 01:13:08 -0300<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066911639/aziulariam-replied-to">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066911639/aziulariam-replied-to">aziulariam replied to&#8230;</a></em></div> <blockquote>shush, vai passar sim. não diga isso, vai dar tudo certo. E agora que eu penso,MEU DEUS, TEM QUASE 2 ANOS QUE A GENTE SE CONHECE!</blockquote> <p>Nem vou passar nada. u-u</p> <p>Verdade ouo Dois anos completos?.. Nope, de acordo com o LJ é dia 23 de Junho -qq</p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50067624857http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50067624857Fri, 10 May 2013 01:04:37 -0300aziulariam<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c3ac243f6df4c16744da4eddada30d2/tumblr_mlgg0gZeeC1qdok75o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066968626http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066968626Fri, 10 May 2013 00:53:47 -0300photographyplaces<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066457334/aziulariam-replied-to">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066457334/aziulariam-replied-to">aziulariam replied to&#8230;</a></em></div> <blockquote>…………. Como diabos você já está no terceiro ano? O tempo passou e eu não percebi</blockquote> <p>Já estou no segundo bimestre do terceiro ano. ouo</p> <p>Depois vem o Enem e o vestibular, e eu não vou passar e vou ter um ano vago procurando estágio.</p> <p>O tempo passa voando, infelizmente. u3u</p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066911639http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066911639Fri, 10 May 2013 00:52:51 -0300aziulariam<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50065241658/aziulariam-replied-to-your-post-guess-who-will">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50065241658/aziulariam-replied-to-your-post-guess-who-will">aziulariam replied to your post: Guess who will&#8230;</a></em></div> <blockquote>beeeeem ISSO TAMBÉM! Ah isso parece legal ;; mas não se preocupe muito também se for, é só uma olimpiada e voce pode participar de novo se quiser 8I</blockquote> <p>Parece interessante mesmo, nunca participei de uma Olimpíada Nacional (mesmo com a professora de Matemática insistindo pra eu participar da OBM).</p> <p>Na verdade não posso participar de novo porque é só até Ensino Médio e já estou no terceiro ano. :u</p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066457334http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50066457334Fri, 10 May 2013 00:45:39 -0300aziulariam<div class="hide_overflow"><a class="username" href="http://aziulariam.tumblr.com/">aziulariam</a> replied to your <a class="notification_target" href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064868416/guess-who-will-fail-obas-exam-tomorrow">post</a><span class="colon">:</span> <em><a href="http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064868416/guess-who-will-fail-obas-exam-tomorrow">Guess who will fail OBA’s exam tomorrow?</a></em></div> <blockquote>we’ll fail together.What’s OBA?</blockquote> <p><strike>It&#8217;s</strike><strike> something you say when you&#8217;re happy.</strike><span> Olimpíada Brasileira de Astronomia.</span></p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50065241658http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50065241658Fri, 10 May 2013 00:27:17 -0300aziulariam<p>Guess who will fail OBA&#8217;s exam tomorrow?</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/e3ca36221415fd1cb13e0bdd19499f97/tumblr_inline_mmkbzeo7vb1qz4rgp.gif"/></p>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064868416http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064868416Fri, 10 May 2013 00:21:50 -0300I didn't even study<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://maarnayeri.tumblr.com/post/47821903036/europeans-pre-colonialism-look-at-those-dark">maarnayeri</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Europeans pre-colonialism</strong>: look at those dark people, so uncivilized without religion. Let’s send them bibles and seize their land.</p> <p><strong>Europeans post-colonialism</strong>: look at those dark people, so uncivilized with religion. Let’s send them bombs/sanctions and seize their land.</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064136237http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50064136237Fri, 10 May 2013 00:11:28 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05d6bc582325004cead83fc97f11858b/tumblr_mgrr5ehHBF1qdrgo9o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de0fbd558c6de7f35c1924fc1b6e8503/tumblr_mgrr5ehHBF1qdrgo9o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/50063383376">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.moca.org/pc/viewArtWork.php?id=87">Ana Mendieta</a> - Untitled (Silueta Series), 1973-1980</p> <p>See more of Ana Mendieta posts <a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/tagged/ana-mendieta">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50063775690http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50063775690Fri, 10 May 2013 00:06:31 -0300artana mendietaphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dddcfbd1f86854a85e5ffcc32380a71a/tumblr_mmk5simEIP1r5yvefo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50062033770http://persiko.tumblr.com/post/50062033770Thu, 09 May 2013 23:43:47 -0300u2peoplephotography