I am the struggle

fastcompany: Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:10:34 -0400

Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets, which allows you to search on several flavors of hate, is a creative use of data and mapping to raise awareness.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 05:06:49 -0400

deepseadandy: jaba-the-slut: “Nobody says anything about that”

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:35:13 -0400

deepseadandy:

jaba-the-slut:

“Nobody says anything about that”

awkwardsituationist: “not natasha,” a photographic essay on...

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:09:48 -0400

awkwardsituationist:

“not natasha,” a photographic essay on eastern european sex trafficked slaves by dana popa

(documentary, the real sex traffic; film, lilya 4-ever)

proud-atheist: Tolerant of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:31:23 -0400

proud-atheist:

Tolerant of Intolerance
http://proud-atheist.tumblr.com

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pain has a name and it’s yours...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:53 -0400

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pain has a name and it’s yours and I crucify myself for your smile.

I’m dying

lets-go-lesbos: dearscarlet: Dear Scarlet, About a month ago...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:21 -0400

lets-go-lesbos:

dearscarlet:

Dear Scarlet,
About a month ago you asked if you could have a “circle mohawk” again. I told you to think about it because you’ve been growing your hair out for so long and I didn’t want you to regret it. On Sunday night I told you I had a hair appointment with Allison the next day. You asked if you could get your hair cut like that again, but you were laying down for bed and not supposed to be talking so I ignored you. The next day you asked twice, so I finally said I didn’t care and that you look beautiful whatever you decide. The last time your hair was like this you weren’t in school yet, I was so nervous about kids being cruel. I walked you to school on Tuesday morning and stayed awhile to make sure everything was going to go smoothly, which it did. When I picked you up you said, “Olivia liked my hair. She said she didn’t want her hair like this, but she liked mine like this. And we’re still friends. That’ just like how I don’t want to have purple hair like Allison, but I love Allison’s purple hair. You don’t have to have all the same stuff as your friends.” Wise beyond your years, baby child. I’m so proud of you and how you have the courage to be exactly who you want to be, despite any other outside influences. While we’re on the topic of gender, when I was at parent teacher conferences a few months ago a mom of this little boy approached me. She told me how he wanted to paint his nails and go to school. She let him. When he came home he said, “Scarlet loved my nails, Mom!” I’ve never been so proud.

I’ve seen quite a few posts about Scarlet. What an incredible young human being. She’s going to change the world some day!

ineedmasculism: I need masculism because Angelina Jolie got a masectomy. How dare a woman care more...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:16 -0400

ineedmasculism:

I need masculism because Angelina Jolie got a masectomy. How dare a woman care more about protecting herself from cancer than about my boner! MISANDRY!!!!

general psa:

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:23 -0400

jcatgrl:

freedom of speech means that the government is not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up. it doesn’t mean that i am not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up.

alive-like-rockets: cum-fraiche: troyesivan: STILL TRUE i...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:54:54 -0400

alive-like-rockets:

cum-fraiche:

troyesivan:

STILL TRUE

i appreciate that he used a black, lesbian couple and their beautiful black baby to illustrate this point because i am damn tired of neil patrick harris being the face of queer struggle

^^^

per-caso: noredreason: josephjoestarisagdilf: reaper-of-time: ...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:57:01 -0400

per-caso:

noredreason:

josephjoestarisagdilf:

reaper-of-time:

turquoiseload:

hazeglow:

THIS VIDEO MAKES ME SO HAPPY

BABIES

BABIES

BABIES

motheRFUCKING BABBIES.

RELEASE THE FLOODGATES

I LOVE CATS OMG

rnikedirnt: rnikedirnt: my health teacher has a sign in her room that says ‘if you cant handle the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:52:00 -0400

rnikedirnt:

rnikedirnt:

my health teacher has a sign in her room that says ‘if you cant handle the word vagina, then you shouldnt have your penis in one’

i wonder if my health teacher knows that shes tumblr famous

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Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:52 -0400

heythereuniverse: Mitosis | wellcome images

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:41 -0400

heythereuniverse:

Mitosis | wellcome images

proud-atheist: An Idea came to me...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:34 -0400

proud-atheist:

An Idea came to me today,
http://proud-atheist.tumblr.com

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Tue, 14 May 2013 16:40:34 -0400

Sam Harris: The Fireplace Delusion This actually hurts more than...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:20:22 -0400

Sam Harris: The Fireplace Delusion

This actually hurts more than becoming an atheist.

scinerds: Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:25 -0400

scinerds:

Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars

Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? There’s a reason for that, and it has to do with the chemistry of dying stars. Seriously.

Yonatan Zunger is a Google employee who decided to explain this phenomenon on Google+ recently. The simple answer to why barns are painted red is because red paint is cheap. The cheapest paint there is, in fact. But the reason it’s so cheap? Well, that’s the interesting part.

Red ochre—Fe2O3—is a simple compound of iron and oxygen that absorbs yellow, green and blue light and appears red. It’s what makes red paint red. It’s really cheap because it’s really plentiful. And it’s really plentiful because of nuclear fusion in dying stars. Zunger explains :

The only thing holding the star up was the energy of the fusion reactions, so as power levels go down, the star starts to shrink. And as it shrinks, the pressure goes up, and the temperature goes up, until suddenly it hits a temperature where a new reaction can get started. These new reactions give it a big burst of energy, but start to form heavier elements still, and so the cycle gradually repeats, with the star reacting further and further up the periodic table, producing more and more heavy elements as it goes. Until it hits 56. At that point, the reactions simply stop producing energy at all; the star shuts down and collapses without stopping.

As soon as the star hits the 56 nucleon (total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus) cutoff, it falls apart. It doesn’t make anything heavier than 56. What does this have to do with red paint? Because the star stops at 56, it winds up making a ton of things with 56 neucleons. It makes more 56 nucleon containing things than anything else (aside from the super light stuff in the star that is too light to fuse).

The element that has 56 protons and neutrons in its nucleus in its stable state? Iron. The stuff that makes red paint.

And that, Zunger explains, is how the death of a star determines what color barns are painted.

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out This song. Oh,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:22:40 -0400

The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out

This song. Oh, the feelings!

proud-atheist: My Minnesotan pastor posted this on facebook....

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:50:46 -0400

proud-atheist:

My Minnesotan pastor posted this on facebook. Just a reminder that we aren’t all bad.
http://proud-atheist.tumblr.com