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"If calculations of the newly discovered Higgs boson particle are correct, one day, tens of billions..."

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:28:18 -0500

“If calculations of the newly discovered Higgs boson particle are correct, one day, tens of billions of years from now, the universe will disappear at the speed of light, replaced by a strange, alternative dimension, one theoretical physicist calls “boring.””

- So we have that to look forward to. (via motherjones)

atomstargazer: Lunar Calendar Poster 2013 Moon phases...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:26:27 -0500

atomstargazer:

Lunar Calendar Poster 2013

Moon phases calendar, silver screenprint over black paper. Made using Nodebox / Python.

"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the..."

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:54:30 -0500

““If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.””

- Martin Heidegger (via p)

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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:23:00 -0500

crookedindifference: Celestial Valentine Generations of stars...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:11:29 -0500

crookedindifference:

Celestial Valentine
Generations of stars can be seen in this infrared portrait from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. In this wispy star-forming region, called W5, the oldest stars can be seen as blue dots in the centers of the two hollow cavities (other blue dots are background and foreground stars not associated with the region).

Younger stars line the rims of the cavities, and some can be seen as pink dots at the tips of the elephant-trunk-like pillars. The white knotty areas are where the youngest stars are forming. Red shows heated dust that pervades the region’s cavities, while green highlights dense clouds.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian

incense-princess: I’m not saying its aliens… but its aliens

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:53:49 -0500

incense-princess:

I’m not saying its aliens… but its aliens

“I told you, I’m never goin’ back.” I watched this last...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:57:27 -0500

“I told you, I’m never goin’ back.”

I watched this last night. Weiiiird

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:26:09 -0500

thedailywhat: YOLO of the Day Leah Gayle Shipman, a...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:02:14 -0500

thedailywhat:

YOLO of the Day

Leah Gayle Shipman, a 42-year-old school teacher from North Carolina, has successfully dodged a prison sentence for having sex with an underage student by divorcing her husband and marrying the student. Shipman was initially facing 15 years in prison on charges of statutory rape.

True love.

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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:49:00 -0500

agoodcartoon: A 200-year-old, Constitutionally enshrined...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:52:12 -0500

agoodcartoon:

A 200-year-old, Constitutionally enshrined institution that provides an excellent service at a reasonable cost, or an overpriced, planned-obsolescence piece of fashion trash made by slaves who don’t earn enough to afford one themselves? Clearly a ringing endorsement for investment in government. A good cartoon.

atheist-overdose: Islam in a nutshellfollow for the best...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:45:28 -0400

atheist-overdose:

Islam in a nutshell

follow for the best atheist posts on tumblr

Also, American foreign policy.

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Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:06:45 -0400

stfuconservatives: The Venn diagram of “people who think...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:09:44 -0400

stfuconservatives:

The Venn diagram of “people who think Obama’s reelection will bring about the end of the world” and “people who would name their baby after Twilight” is basically a circle.

I’m sure those water guns with help.

nevver: You have come to the end of the world. Keep going.

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:41:32 -0400

nevver:

You have come to the end of the world. Keep going.

thisgingersnapsback: stfunithingas: brashblacknonbeliever: que...

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:35:03 -0400

thisgingersnapsback:

stfunithingas:

brashblacknonbeliever:

queerkhmer:

Saw this on Facebook today. If you didn’t know already, Scott Brown is a racist asshole. Lets hope Massachusetts have the conscience to vote this asshole out.

Wow. Just fucking wow.

This shit is not cute.

THE FUCK IS THIS

We’ve descended back to kindergarten.

literallyunbelievable: Oh my gosh Obama’s got a son “His...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:01:24 -0400

literallyunbelievable:

Oh my gosh Obama’s got a son

“His sons mommy’s not Michelle”

sagan-naut: astronomer-in-progress: science-and-short-shorts: ...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:54:56 -0400

sagan-naut:

astronomer-in-progress:

science-and-short-shorts:

dreamingofthecosmos:

did-you-kno:

Source

^New goal in life.

Those beds better be push-togetherable.

Perfect get-together for astronomy bloggers.

^

Or we could go to Alaska and hope the bears and moose don’t eat us.

Must. Go.

n-a-s-a: NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Image Credit &...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:22:28 -0400

n-a-s-a:

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Larry Van Vleet

comedycentral: In case you missed it, Jon Stewart was on The...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:22:24 -0400

comedycentral:

In case you missed it, Jon Stewart was on The O’Reilly Factor Tuesday night to explain his reasons for agreeing to debate Bill O’Reilly. If you ask me, taking on O’Reilly will be easier than bullseyeing womp rats in a T-16.

Click the image to watch. And click here for more info on The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium.

BillO graduated from my high school and did “career night” when I was a junior in 2000. I asked him to give advice to young , inspiring journalists and he replied, “Don’t bother. There are too many as it is.” Then went on a tirade about beating some kid up for his letter jacket. His douchiness knows no bounds.