Here is the World.

4directions: jtotheizzoe: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:36:05 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your nanogarden grow?

Harvard engineer Wim Noorduin has a green thumb. Only his thumb is only a few microns wide. By carefully controlling gradients of chemicals, he guided the construction of flower-like crystal structures to match their larger biological forms. It’s certainly art, but it also demonstrates a masterful manipulation of chemistry on the nano scale.

Just how small are they? As NPR reports, these flowers could fit in the lapel of the tiny Abraham Lincoln statue on the back of a penny (back when pennies had the Lincoln Memorial on them, anyway). These electron microscope images are false colored to recreate fantastic flowers, and these manipulations will one day help control the construction of useful microstructures.

If you’re seriously engineering-inclined, here’s the original research as it appears in Science.

SCIENCE!

jealous of jetpacks: A note to book reviewers

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:23:06 -0700

jealous of jetpacks: A note to book reviewers:

bethrevis:

Here’s one thing you never have to worry about with me: you never have to worry that I’m going to get mad at you for a review. You have every right to your own opinion, and I am 100% cool with you putting your thoughts out there.

I recently saw a post that someone was a little worried about…

Beth Revis is wise.

"I want to see more girl monsters. Girl giants, girl dragons, hulks & trolls. Scylla and hydra...."

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:19:39 -0700

“I want to see more girl monsters. Girl giants, girl dragons, hulks & trolls. Scylla and hydra. Girl monsters who are huge and whole. Teeth and plush fur and long muscled tails. Heads enough to see you anywhere. Gleaming green or brown. But girl monsters are usually zombies or vampires. Pale and thin, bleeding or dead. Not Lady Lazarus, not a phoenix from the ash. I want to see how you get strong without being broken first. Get strong and stay strong. Get big and bigger.”

- Terror Incognita (via fib)

I support this 100%. Now where did I put my art stuff?

(via darthnerdgasm)

this gives me life

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:13:42 -0700

Amazon: WHAT'S A FANFICTION
Amazon:
Amazon:
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Amazon:
Amazon: CAN YOU BUY IT

sherlockandtheholmeboys: random-nexus: tygermama: authormichal...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:25:22 -0700

sherlockandtheholmeboys:

random-nexus:

tygermama:

authormichals:

If you thought the ‘K is Coulson’s dad’ idea stopped at the one gifset…you underestimate how obsessive we can be.

These are making want the fic where K marches into SHIELD and Fury’s all ‘EEEEP!’ and everyone else is all ‘O_o’ because you know you don’t want to be the guy who explains to K what happened to his kid.

^This! Yes. Need it to happen!

Reblogging this, because yeah.

This is my new favorite Coulson headcanon.

sass-master-jack-frost: creepylandshark: zamii070: I know...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:04 -0700

sass-master-jack-frost:

creepylandshark:

zamii070:

I know what I`m doing for my art project next week

ARE YOU SHITTING ME

"Hey, how's the editing going?"

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:01:13 -0700

elloellenoh:

bookaddict24-7:

me right now…

psilentasincjelli: If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:19 -0700

psilentasincjelli:

If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking things online for about an hour immediately after that, I promise I wasn’t lying to you, I’m just bad at going to sleep and it is usually a long process that begins with disengaging from any sort of immediate contact with people (chats, for example) and ends when everything on my screen is blurry and I’m hallucinating plot points I haven’t written yet

crankystalfos: jackiemakescomics: captaintsundere: authormich...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:11 -0700

crankystalfos:

jackiemakescomics:

captaintsundere:

authormichals:

Manueluv and I are convinced Agent K is Coulson’s father. Hell, MIB is even owned by Marvel.

Welp. Never gonna unsee this.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiit

HEADCANON ACCEPTED SO FAST I THINK I BROKE SOMETHING

SOMONE WRITE ME THIS PLEASE. PLEEEEESE?!?!?!?!

concernedresidentofbakerstreet: skitsskat: youngheartoldmind: ...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:57:47 -0700

concernedresidentofbakerstreet:

skitsskat:

youngheartoldmind:

white people

WHAT IS EVEN GOING ON WIHT HTE MILK ONE????

IS THAT PERSON SERIOUSLY ATTEMPTING TO CUT BREAD WITH A FUCKING DOORSTOP

Informercial!

fozmeadows: No cat too big, no box too small: irrefutable proof...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:24 -0700

fozmeadows:

No cat too big, no box too small: irrefutable proof that felines of all sizes are bewitched by the cardboard chaircave.

Amazon tries to monetize fan fiction; I freak out | Malinda Lo

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:31:56 -0700

Amazon tries to monetize fan fiction; I freak out | Malinda Lo:

Fan fiction is based on (let’s face it) doing what the original author(s) would probably not do: slash pairings, crossover stories (who doesn’t love a crossover?!), hot steamy sex, etc. Some of it is really incredibly well written; some of it is crap. Will Amazon actually succeed in getting anything good out of this? I don’t know. I know that when I’ve read fan fiction, I’ve read it for all the things Amazon is not going to allow.

powells: imakethings: This octopus understands me. This...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:45 -0700

powells:

imakethings:

This octopus understands me.

This octopus understands us all.

"‘Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her. I..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:00 -0700

“

‘Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.

I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…

I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’

‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’

What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!

I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.

”

- J.K. Rowling (via obeyinggravity) (via dropxeverythingnow)

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:43:31 -0700

“‘We Have Always Fought’: Challenging the ‘Women, Cattle and Slaves’ Narrative” by Kameron Hurley â A Dribble of Ink:

What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories? If we share the same old lies? If women fight, and women lead, and women hold up half the sky, what do stories matter to the truth? We won’t change the truth by writing people out of it.

Will we?

This is awesome and everyone should read it.

jupiterstarr: Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans they...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:44 -0700

jupiterstarr:

Abandoned Amusement Park in New Orleans

they say New orleans is haunted… this has proved the theory 100%

astronomy-to-zoology: Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:28:30 -0700

astronomy-to-zoology:

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant

(Polyplectron napoleonis)

is a pheasant of the family (phasianidae). they can be found on a single island in the Philippines, Palawan island (thus the name). they are a medium size bird growing up to 50cm long, their most distinguishing characteristic is their plumage, as they have highly iridescent blue feathers on their backs and with peacock like ocelli on their tail feathers (thus the name peacock pheasant. females are smaller than the male and are less colorful. (as the male uses his plumage for mating). due to habitat loss, hunting and limited habitat range they are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Galliformes-Phasianidae-Argusianinae-Polyplectron

White Father Allegedly Suspected Of Kidnapping Biracial Daughters

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:27:32 -0700

White Father Allegedly Suspected Of Kidnapping Biracial Daughters:

weareallmixedup:

youcleverclevergirl:

A Virginia couple was shocked to find a police officer in front of their home when they returned from running errands, but they were even more surprised by the reason for the cop’s visit— to question whether or not they were in fact their children’s parents.

“Well, the customer was concerned because they saw the children with your husband and he didn’t think that they fit,” Keana told the news station. “And I said, ‘What do you mean by they don’t fit?’ And I was trying to get her to say it. And she says, ‘Well, they just don’t match up.’”
Are you effing kidding me? If I, a dark haired, white woman was walking through the store with adorable ginger children, do you think anyone would be concerned they weren’t mine? No, they’d assume they looked like their father, or perhaps I was a babysitter, or even better, mind their own fucking business. It saddens and frustrates me that so many people are still so ignorant in

this area.

Oh, goodness, I cannot even imagine the heartache that something like this would bring to a multiracial family

-Veronica

"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:49 -0700

“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential-as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth. You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.”

- Bill Watterson (via mikekarnell)

In case no one's said it yet

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:43 -0700

colorfuloddity:

redmetalandgold:

Hi, welcome, to the Star Trek fandom!

Whether you’re young or old, a newbie or an oldie, we welcome you!

If you became apart of it through Benedict, or through TOS, or The Next Generation, welcome!

Liked the films but never watched the series? Hi, it’s great to have you!

I know it’s going to be great serving with you, cadet. Welcome aboard the Enterprise, and don’t forget to pick up your Starfleet uniform on the way in.

*don’t grab the red ones