Hello, cupcake.

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Sat, 11 May 2013 13:20:42 -0400

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spaceplasma: “I don’t like honors. I’m appreciated for the work...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:20:25 -0400

“I don’t like honors. I’m appreciated for the work that I did, and for people who appreciate it, and I notice that other physicists use my work. I don’t need anything else. I don’t think there’s any sense to anything else. I don’t see that it makes any point that someone in the Swedish Academy decides that this work is noble enough to receive a prize. I’ve already got the prize. The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it. Those are the real things. The honors are unreal to me. I don’t believe in honors. It bothers me, honors. Honors is epilets, honors is uniforms.”

- Richard Feynman

Winning the Nobel Prize [video]

One of my favorite scientists.

"I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip,..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:43:12 -0400

“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.”

- Jonathan Carroll (via 263one)

Yes yes yes!

(via thiscatisgrey)

theatlantic: How Humans Are Changing the Planet—in 7 Dramatic...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:25:44 -0400

theatlantic:

How Humans Are Changing the Planet—in 7 Dramatic GIFs

“Much like the iconic image of Earth from the Apollo 17 mission—which had a profound effect on many of us—this time-lapse map is not only fascinating to explore,” Google Earth’s Rebecca Moore writes, “but we also hope it can inform the global community’s thinking about how we live on our planet and the policies that will guide us in the future.”

See more. [GIFs: Google/USGS/NASA/TIME]

spaceplasma: Neil deGrasse Tyson - Children Are Not The...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:24:39 -0400

spaceplasma:

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Children Are Not The Problem

Everton Football Club: David Moyes on leaving

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:21:13 -0400

Everton Football Club: David Moyes on leaving:

fuckyeaheverton:

“It’s a great honour to be asked to be the next Manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the Football Club.”

“I know how hard it will be to follow the best manager ever, but the…

Let’s get this out of the way: I wish Moyes all the best and I’m gutted this is happening.

Manchester United are fucking assholes. The entire team with MAYBE the exception of Chicharito are grade A fucking assholes. Ferguson is a mouth open gum chewing fucking asshole. I won’t miss him. And now every time I say fuck that manc scum I’m going to have to add a disclosure. EXCEPT MOYES. 😐

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto: abatchofcumber: thetardiswantscasini...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:14:26 -0400

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto:

abatchofcumber:

thetardiswantscasinit:

lokistoletheimpala:

can we talk about Legolas in the back tho

I feel like I need to rewatch the entire series just focusing on Legolas.

It’s worth it.

Did Orlando Bloom spend the entirety of the series trolling with his facial expressions?

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Thu, 09 May 2013 17:12:55 -0400

spaceplasma: Bill Nye: The Science Guy

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:39 -0400

spaceplasma:

Bill Nye: The Science Guy

spaceplasma: A Night with the Stars Professor Brian Cox gets...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:10:55 -0400

spaceplasma:

A Night with the Stars

Professor Brian Cox gets more than he asks for when Simon Pegg and Professor Jim Al-Khalili help him demonstrate the idea of standing waves in a lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. [video]

Simon Pegg, I love you.

spaceplasma: Omega Centauri wide-field view This image shows...

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:17:23 -0400

spaceplasma:

Omega Centauri wide-field view

This image shows the southern Milky Way patch. At the centre is the constellation Centaurus, where the globular cluster Omega Centauri is located.

pbsparents: Happy Early Mother’s Day! The real struggle here...

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:13:47 -0400

pbsparents:

Happy Early Mother’s Day!

The real struggle here was pulling pictures from Awkward Family Photos for this year’s “Mother’s Day roundup” that I didn’t use last year. Luckily, there are enough awkward people out there to choose from.

Pretty sure snow bunny is
nursing her kid while drinking a Coors. 😂😐

"For parents of missing children, the world can be filled with horrific imaginings. Those imaginings..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:22:14 -0400

“For parents of missing children, the world can be filled with horrific imaginings. Those imaginings were replaced by hope Monday when news broke that three young women were rescued in Cleveland. “We were like a bunch of little kids on Christmas morning,” one mother said.”

- Joy, And New Hope, For All Families Of The Missing (via npr)

she-works: Advice from Nina Totenberg, NPR We want to hear from...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:12:28 -0400

she-works:

Advice from Nina Totenberg, NPR

We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

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Sun, 05 May 2013 19:21:12 -0400

onefitmodel: 100 fucking percent

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:00:51 -0400

onefitmodel:

100 fucking percent

"I suspect it’s difficult for men to imagine a world in which their bodies have long been..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:59:51 -0400

“I suspect it’s difficult for men to imagine a world in which their bodies have long been inextricably linked to their value as an individual, and that no matter how encouraging your parents were or how many positive female role models you had or how self-confident you feel, there is an ever-present pressure that creeps in from all sides, whispering in your ear that you are your body and your body defines you. A world where, from the time of pubescence on, you can feel the constant and palpable weight of the male gaze, and not just from your male peers but from teachers and sports coaches and the fathers of the children you baby-sit, people you’re supposed to respect and trust and look up to, and that first realization that you are being looked at in that way is the beginning of a self-consciousness that you will be unable to shake for the rest of your life.Even if they are never verbalized, the rules of bodily conduct for females become clear early on: when school administrators reprimand you for the inch of midriff that shows when you lift your hands straight in the air or youth group leaders tell you that the sight of your unintentional cleavage is what causes godly young men to fall, you learn that your body is dangerous and shameful and that it’s your responsibility to cloister it in a way that is acceptable to everyone else. You learn that your body is a topic of public debate that everyone is entitled to weigh in on, from a male classmate telling you that those jeans make your ass look huge to the male-dominated United States Congress dictating the parameters that rape must fall within to be considered legitimate. To be a woman, and to live life in a woman’s body, is to be held to a set of comically paradoxical standards that make you constantly second-guess yourself and jump through a million hoops in pursuit of an impossible perfection.”

- Stop Catcalling Me (via albinwonderland)

This is a fantastically clear and salient account of extremely confusing experiences which I have never been able to accurately verbalise. Amazing.

(via theadventuresof-ednamusgraves)

How do we help our daughters! I hate thinking she will feel this one day.

(via a2angel911)

yaoibutts: i love how potato in french is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth...

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:58:16 -0400

yaoibutts:

i love how potato in french is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”

I’d ship that.

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:59:04 -0400

I’d ship that.

eatingcheeseontoast: “Portugal, Lisbon (Downtown)” by António...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:59:18 -0400

eatingcheeseontoast:

“Portugal, Lisbon (Downtown)” by António Laranjeira

Hands down one of the prettiest cities.