terror alert

some science folks think this summer will bring new york city a plague of mosquitos. go ahead and read this if you'd like to be terrified to leave your house for 3 months (or maybe ever).

They are coming. There is no doubt that they are coming. What we don’t know is when they will come and how many there will be.

The last outstanding question is: Are we prepared? From a public-health standpoint, that is, and from the standpoint of dealing with seriously annoying things. Because mosquitoes are both a major health hazard and about the most irritating creatures known to man. Even ticks are easier to get along with, which is saying a lot, given that they are bloodsuckers, too.

Biologists call mosquitoes commensals, from the Latin indicating that we share the same table. The table is our lives, in the summer. The meal is our blood.

Most winters thin the mosquito population. When weather is warmer, mosquitoes tend to thrive. This winter, as is well known, there was no winter. (via)

you're going to want to at least read as far as the "sewer skeeter" section. #dontwatchdave #youretoosweettoresist

daily ri ri

alexander skarsgard had this to say about rihanna:
"This is her first movie but she’s great, she’s really really good in it and her working,” he said. “She’s got a crazy schedule. She’s really diligent and I’m impressed. We would work and then she’d fly to LA to perform at the MTV Music Awards and then fly back red eye, land, go straight to set, work all day. No complaints, nothing. She’s really solid."
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sesame street : true mud

this is JUST what it's like!