jellyfish r the SHIZ btw
I like the internet but it’s very annoying sometimes. Does this situation ever happen to you?
my life everyday.
The Secret Life of Plankton
A new video from TEDEducation about the beautiful, mysterious food web at the smallest scales of marine life. This is like stepping onto an alien world! All life on Earth depends in some way on these varied, microscopic wonders. A few tablespoons of seawater holds more marine life than there are people on Earth.
There is grandeur in this tiny view of life. Prepare to pick your jaw up off the floor, and then smile.
This sign is popping up all over our neighborhood in Columbia Heights. “Courage” and “Hope” are usually the first to go.
(via NewColumbiaHeights)
*steals the whole flyer and hangs it in virtual bedroom*
Words Of Wisdom of the Day: Inspired by the acclaimed “Sagan Series,” Evan Schurr pieced together powerful statements made by world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that serve as an alarming wake up call to a nation that has stopped dreaming and underfunded tomorrow.
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sob
The Sad Ballad of Circadian Rhythms
me: oh god so many tests why I am never going to get all this done
body: TEN THIRTY, SOUNDS LIKE BED TIME
me: no no no no
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me: okay, I think I am pretty much as done as I need to be! and it's two, so six hours of sleep isn't that bad.
body: TWO, YOU SAY? A PARTY, YOU SAY?
me: dag nab it no
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me: spring break!! I survived! I could go to bed right now!
body: I AM ENJOYING THIS INTERNET, TELL ME MORE
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me: no but it's two, unless I go to bed now I'm going to sleep tomorrow away and be completely useless. night!
body: OR
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body: HEY, IT'S EIGHT, YOU WILL BE LATE TO CLASS, HEY
me: it is Saturday, it is Spring Break, I went to bed at four, give me eight freaking hours, okay
body:
me:
body: EIGHT FIFTEEN??
me:
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body: TWO THIRTY, EH
Words Of Wisdom of the Day: Neil DeGrasse Tyson responds to the question “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?”
Money: “When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, ‘cause they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.”
Music: “To Build a Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra.
[maxschlick.]
Osmia Avosetta are solitary bees that build their nests by biting petals off of flowers, flying them back one by one, and gluing them together often using nectar as glue. Each nest is a papermache work of art that houses a single bee egg. (via)
Sexy Beach Party of the Day: Throw out your dictionaries: The phrase “not giving a f*ck” has been redefined.
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Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of 140-Years of Black Male Couples
Historian Trent Kelly has collected 146 rare vintage photographs of black male couples from the past 150 years.
Although the large majority of the pictures depict gay couples, the collection also includes images of families and friends but they all have one thing in common: they capture images of love.
Below is a snippet of why Kelly started the collection along with a few photos from his archive.
“Historically, the Afro American gay male and couple has largely been defined by everyone but themselves. Afro American gay men are ignored into nonexistence in parts of black culture and are basically second class citizens in gay culture. The black church which has historically played a fundamental role in protesting against civil injustices toward its parishioners has been want to deny its gay members their right to live a life free and open without prejudice. Despite public projections of a “rainbow” community living together in harmonious co-habitation, openly active and passive prejudices exist in the larger gay community against gay Afro Americans.”
Priceless collection of black + queer history.
romance can be revolutionary x privilege is problematic x history is heartening
there are many names in history, and all of them are ours: history, and why it’s for you
Hey, guys. This is the post that I promised to make about history, partly as a considered response to this, but as a note of warning: I am not a professional. I am a master’s student of the history of literature, film, and culture, that is true, but I am a long, long way from from being an academic. This is a personal essay; an essay about why I love history, because history shouldn’t be oppressive, even though it often has been. This post explicitly talks about almost all forms of historical oppression, so if that is something that triggers you, please don’t read this. Please let me know, too, if I have said something problematic, I am more than willing to admit that I, too, always have room to learn. (Lots of it, as it happens.) I am considering making a post as a sequel to this about people who do not like facing the realities of history, especially when represented in media, but, well. We’ll see. On with the show.
