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spaceplasma: NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:33:14 -0700

The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm (false-color image)

False-color image of Saturn's north pole.

NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn Hurricane

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole.

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azkabanescapee: carbonated-milk: hey if ur ever feelin shitty use this Holy shit I’m trying not...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:34 -0700

azkabanescapee:

carbonated-milk:

hey if ur ever feelin shitty use this

Holy shit I’m trying not to cry.

brittaniethekid: festivaloffuckery: honesttoblarg: The Potoo...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:21:56 -0700

brittaniethekid:

festivaloffuckery:

honesttoblarg:

The Potoo - Either the most unphotogenic or the most ridiculous looking bird in the world.

unphotogenic? these are my favorite pictures of any bird ever

Holy Jesus it makes a crazy sound. The whole vid is cool but skip to the end if you want to hear it.

omg it ROARS?

This is like the bird version of me.

It’s a MUPPET. It is ALL THE MUPPETS. That last picture is totally Gonzo.

nationalgeographicdaily: Sunrise, Badlands National ParkPhoto:...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:16:47 -0700

nationalgeographicdaily:

Sunrise, Badlands National Park
Photo: Dan Dady

leuces: x

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:19 -0700

leuces:

x

compassionforweakness: I actually loved this moment, because I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05:47 -0700

compassionforweakness:

I actually loved this moment, because I didn’t see this as Steve being incompetent and completely unaware of what was going on. This, I felt, was Steve being extremely sassy. “It seems to run on some form of electricity,” he says, with a huff of a sigh and a smile. What he means is, “Of fucking course I don’t know what this shit means, I’ve never been exposed to this, are you serious right now” and that is not because he’s stupid or inept. Actually, Steve adapts very, very well and very quickly to new technology, evidenced in the Avengers with the ease and familiarity that he navigates his tablet with, but also in Captain America, where he takes everything Howard gives him (modified, highly advanced Hydra weapons) and uses them to full capacity.

It’s just that Steve’s never seen the inside of a control panel like this, so there’s no way in hell he’d know what to do with it, and he’s pointing that out to Tony with his dry sense of humor. And I think Tony gets it, because he doesn’t get angry or snark back at him; he returns with “Well, you’re not wrong” and a lopsided smile, which I read as his “duh, what was I thinking” moment.

I just have a lot of feelings about Steve and his sass and his dry sense of humor, and now I will crawl away to have feelings elsewhere.

newmodelminority: heirofmedusa: radicalrebellion: zaynmalphurs...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:16 -0700

newmodelminority:

heirofmedusa:

radicalrebellion:

zaynmalphurs:

queennubian:

1uppitynegress:

#Prayers #Repost from @gcode2222 “If you see her please call the number 404-503-5848 or hit @robinhoodmills” via @InstaReposts

SIGNAL BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!! Help Bring her home!

Boost!!!

Boost. This is my home.

This should have 5K notes.

Fucking Rape Culture: I debated whether or not to share this story.

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:46 -0700

Fucking Rape Culture: I debated whether or not to share this story.:

unwinona:

And then I debated whether or not to put it on Tumblr…but I decided it was important. Because in my own way, I can (unfortunately) point out exactly what is wrong with men when they don’t realize how hard it is to be a woman. How we do not have equal opportunities and freedoms in…

spaceplasma: The Big Bang’s Playing on TV Noise, in analog...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:53 -0700

spaceplasma:

The Big Bang’s Playing on TV

Noise, in analog video and television, is a random dot pattern of static displayed when no transmission signal is obtained by the antenna receiver of television set and other display devices. The random pattern superimposed on the picture, visible as a random flicker of “dots” or “snow”, is the result of electronic noise and radiated electromagnetic noise accidentally picked up by the antenna. This effect is most commonly seen with analog TV sets or blank VHS tapes.

There are many sources of electromagnetic noise which cause the characteristic display patterns of static. Atmospheric sources of noise are the most ubiquitous, and include electromagnetic signals prompted by cosmic microwave background radiation, or more localized radio wave noise from nearby electronic devices.

Microwaves are a low-energy form of radiation but higher in energy than radio waves. The cosmic microwave background blankets the universe and is responsible for a sizeable amount of static on your television set—well, before the days of cable. Turn your television to an “in between” channel, and part of the static you’ll see is the afterglow of the big bang.

mercy-angel-09: theywereinmypants: putting bad fanfic into bad translator has me literally crying...

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:53 -0700

mercy-angel-09:

theywereinmypants:

putting bad fanfic into bad translator has me literally crying I am so confused and amused right now I can’t even tell you

“He can’t let them suffer anymore. He rather suffer than to let them be in suffering.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“This pain is not good, which is not a problem.”

“She tasted like sugar…sweet and plentiful.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Do they have any more caramel Bonbon proposition.”

“Korra thought Mako would cry. Mako put his pants back on and ran outside and cried. “
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“I was crying my pants brand · Cohen, s.”

“He kept touching and licking her breasts like they were cake covered with ice cream”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Tits licking, cum play, but he’s also bread, ice-cream.”

“She felt him cup her large breast before giving it a squeeze like a man would do with a butt”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“With breasts.”

“She twinned her fingers into his hair, moaning his name into his chest. He roughly took her lips in his, lolling his tongue into her wet crevice, meeting her moist muscle with urgency. ‘Feh.’ Ulquiorra was done playing this game.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Stognuči Mares and maintenance. I have a finger on the lips, wet boobs France traffic jams, he said. This game is a little black.”

“”Please,” Ino answered displeased. “Don’t talk with your moth full! It’s disgusting.”“
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Guests should contact the police and the bag. The butterfly, which seem to have come?:”

“Itachi’s mouth triggered onto Sakura’s paler neck, his hands were wrapped around Sakura’s thigh like a slithering snake. Sakura’s pink locks flowed onto Itachi’s shoulders as her eyes were shut. Itachi’s fingers fiddled with Sakura’s pubic hair. “
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”Cherry blossoms and her mouth and her legs snakes, clothing, weapons, empty eyes blindness Kaahin Cherry Creek is open game 4 finger pussy Sakura Furets.”

“Unknown to her, her shaky hands were unintentionally making erotic touches on his anticipating member.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”Scarf ą popular applause.”

““It’s my first time seeing a … a man’s genital.””
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”I see. The European Union, the skin of the penis.”

“Without any warning, he felt uncomfortable in his pants. “
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”I think I am very uncomfortable with fear,”

“Aizen spread the cheeks of her lower region and embedded his thick column of flesh in-between them.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”Thomas · Good food and a little face.”

“She was boneless now and felt loss as fingers were removed from her. However, the god-like bodies of her males shifted and moved around her positioning her for what was to come next.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Well, I’ve read so far. You can remove your fingers. The remaining step: measure of God’s people.”

“Further thought was stopped when a hand that had been resting on her hip gripped her there as the body behind her ground something hard against her behind as if trying to wedge between her butt cheeks.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Go here. Participation In Oslo.”

“Weeping cock”
..27 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Of course, the lyrics”

“fan fiction”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Sex Fantasy”

and, the grand finale

“Her nails drew harsh red lines along his back as her pelvis stressed to push itself further onto him in an attempt to pull him in deeper. She threw her head back as she found pleasure in the desolate castle. And his aqua gaze took her in.”
…35 translations later, Bing gives us:
”Le Fossé is characterized by a tahash says, is a dark red-coloured belt. Cushion. Water is not a surprise.”

OMG I’M CRYING MY GOD SOPHIE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

soufex: Kate Bishop + full body shots she’s so lovely. and,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:49:34 -0700

soufex:

Kate Bishop + full body shots

she’s so lovely. and, like. really averagely shaped? i love how david draws her, i love the clothes he puts her in. it’s gorgeous.

dionthesocialist: Sometimes, I wish I could ban my students from saying the word “gay” unless we’re...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:36 -0700

dionthesocialist:

Sometimes, I wish I could ban my students from saying the word “gay” unless we’re specifically talking about homosexual people. Today one kid said that the ceiling was gay. Ceiling can’t be gay. Ceiling can’t even be straight. Ceiling is ceiling. Ceiling’s sexual preference is light bulb.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:29 -0700

takacomics: snapdraws: Apologies for the terrible image...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:32:58 -0700

takacomics:

snapdraws:

Apologies for the terrible image quality - I’m lacking scanner access at the minute so I had to take these photos on my phone

I was reading hyperbole and a half’s blog entry explaining their experience of depression and decided to make another sketchy comic based on my experiences with anxiety, which is another mental illness I think people tend to misunderstand quite frequently

Hopefully this will be of use to some people - whether they suffer from anxiety themselves or if they just want to know more about it

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Thu, 23 May 2013 11:27:31 -0700

yesysabella: vagosphere: And their names are texas tornado and...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:22:21 -0700

yesysabella:

vagosphere:

And their names are texas tornado and johnny football.

WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE FLUFFY ASS COWS!

The BBC Has Ruined My Life: Weighing in on Amazon's Kindle Worlds

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:47 -0700

The BBC Has Ruined My Life: Weighing in on Amazon's Kindle Worlds:

roane72:

By and large, I think AmazonWorlds is a shitty, exploitative way for Amazon and Alloy Entertainment to make money off desperate writers.

That said: I write fanfic. A lot of it, almost exclusively. Further, I’ll put my writing against a lot of stuff that gets published—hell, come to that, I’ve BEEN published, if we want to count publication as some sort of writer-cred, which is a sketchy idea anyway. I’ve seen several people today going off on the idea solely out of a sense of horror that OMG SOMEONE WILL GET PAID FOR WRITING FANFIC. These people, as a general rule, have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about when it comes to fanfiction. Is a lot of it shit? Oh hell yes. Sturgeon’s Law applies to fanfic every bit as much as it applies to the bestseller list.

That said, there are writers writing fanfic who create milieus, settings, conflicts, arcs, and characters so fantastic it makes me want to pull my face off. I would be happy to give you a list of recommendations if you don’t believe me. I’ve read everything from modern-day thrillers to horror to science-fiction to historical romance—all of it fanfic, and all of it better than your average bestseller. So if you think fanfic is all teenaged girls and sexually frustrated women writing self-insert Mary Sue porn so they can write about having sex with Captain Kirk or the Doctor, you couldn’t be further from the mark. (Is that out there? Yup. It’s a tiny minority, see above re: Sturgeon’s Law.)

More than anything else, I am really really bothered by the dismissal of fanfic writers as “not real writers”. A lot of us work every bit as hard as a professional. I personally have written about 125,000 words so far this year, about two-thirds of that fanfic. I have a group of people who edit my stories, which goes beyond just grammatical edits to making suggestions to actually improve the story and the characters. A lot of us don’t get paid to write purely because we don’t choose to do so.

Then again, a lot of us DO get paid to write. You might be surprised to find out which relatively famous authors read and write fanfic. We are passionate about what we do and about the stories we tell. Fanfiction is a place where people who may not have a voice elsewhere (women, teenagers, outsiders in general) can interact with media that means a lot to us, can talk back. We deconstruct, we take things apart and put them back together again. We dissect sexuality and gender roles—and yeah, a lot of times that means we’re writing about sex. We are providing for ourselves what the stories the mainstream is giving us are not providing, and frankly, we’re having a lot of fun doing it.

I’m having a really difficult time figuring out why people are so threatened by Amazon Worlds specifically, and fanfiction in general. Writing and publishing is not a zero-sum game. It’s not like every person who’s willing to pay for somebody’s Vampire Diaries Amazon Worlds piece is one less person who would buy your books. Even assuming that same person would be interested in your books, people have been known to buy more than one book in a lifetime.

One of my favorite quotes is from Henry Jenkins, a pretty prominent academic who writes a lot about what he calls ‘participatory culture’: “Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk.”

Here are some other folks who say more intelligent things about fanfic than me: Lev Grossman, in Time magazine, The Boy Who Lived Forever, and here’s a link to havingbeenbreathedout here on Tumblr on the evils of paying for fanfic:

“Yeah, paying for fanfic is a bad habit, man. I have to admit, I’ve been really irresponsible that way. My first fanfic purchase was probably the omnibus Collected Works of Mark Twain that I saved my allowance for at age ten, full as it is of medieval religious RPF (Joan of Arc, King Arthur). That’s not counting, of course, the Elizabethan fanfic that my parents, being Shakespeare buffs, purchased for me before I had any money of my own. Coincidentally my favorite Shakespeare was also medieval RPF (Richard III), though I was partial, as well, to his Holinshed fic (Macbeth) and his Plutarch fic (Antony and Cleopatra). On the other hand, I found his Ovid fic Romeo & Juliet massively overrated, although there was some good dancing in the 1950s fanvid AU West Side Story.”

Fanfiction has been around since people started telling stories to each other. It’s as valid an expression of human creativity as people who bake using recipes, who knit using patterns, who sit around on their back porch and play other people’s songs on their guitar. And just the same way those people are actual no-scare-quotes-needed bakers, knitters, and musicians, fanfic writers are just that: writers.

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:56 -0700

mercy-angel-09:

So reading a fantastically bad Legend of Korra troll-fic lead to riffing in chat, which reminded me of the ice cream come.

I AM NOT SORRY.

For more information, go here.

/eyebrow waggle

>8D

thedarklordsay10: priestlyandtish: drunkenspeecheson-sobriety: ...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:20 -0700

thedarklordsay10:

priestlyandtish:

drunkenspeecheson-sobriety:

reblogging again because it’s absolutely incredible

important as fuck

can i put this on my refrigerator

Ender's Game and the power of dollars

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:21:51 -0700

copperbadge:

Yesterday my “your friendly reminder” post about how Orson Scott Card Is A Homophobe Don’t Give Him Money got linked-all-over again and I got the same mixture of responses as last time:

1. Oh my god what. Welp, there go my weekend plans.
2. Hear hear!
3. What about all the people who worked on the film?
4. I’m going to go anyway and give an equivalent amount of money to a gay rights organisation.

While all of these are 100% legit, the last two have some problems. I bit my tongue last time but argh I can’t do it anymore.

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spaceplasma: NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn...

NASA Probe Gets Close Views of Large Saturn Hurricane

azkabanescapee: carbonated-milk: hey if ur ever feelin shitty use this Holy shit I’m trying not...

brittaniethekid: festivaloffuckery: honesttoblarg: The Potoo...

nationalgeographicdaily: Sunrise, Badlands National ParkPhoto:...

leuces: x

compassionforweakness: I actually loved this moment, because I...

newmodelminority: heirofmedusa: radicalrebellion: zaynmalphurs...

Fucking Rape Culture: I debated whether or not to share this story.

spaceplasma: The Big Bang’s Playing on TV Noise, in analog...

mercy-angel-09: theywereinmypants: putting bad fanfic into bad translator has me literally crying...

soufex: Kate Bishop + full body shots she’s so lovely. and,...

dionthesocialist: Sometimes, I wish I could ban my students from saying the word “gay” unless we’re...

Photo

takacomics: snapdraws: Apologies for the terrible image...

Photo

yesysabella: vagosphere: And their names are texas tornado and...

The BBC Has Ruined My Life: Weighing in on Amazon's Kindle Worlds

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:56 -0700 mercy-angel-09: So reading a fantastically bad Legend of Korra troll-fic lead to riffing in chat, which reminded me of the ice cream come. I AM NOT SORRY. For more information, go here. /eyebrow waggle >8D

thedarklordsay10: priestlyandtish: drunkenspeecheson-sobriety: ...

Ender's Game and the power of dollars

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:30:56 -0700

mercy-angel-09:

So reading a fantastically bad Legend of Korra troll-fic lead to riffing in chat, which reminded me of the ice cream come.

I AM NOT SORRY.

For more information, go here.

/eyebrow waggle

>8D