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Brand New - Daisy (Adventure Club Remix); Legend Dancer

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:12:04 -0500

Brand New - Daisy (Adventure Club Remix); Legend Dancer

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Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:42:01 -0400

‘War on Drugs’ vs 1920s alcohol prohibition, a 28...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:19:58 -0400

‘War on Drugs’ vs 1920s alcohol prohibition, a 28 page comic by the Huxley/Orwell cartoonist Stuart Mcmillen

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:32:32 -0400

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Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:08:46 -0400

Tour the Moon Like You’ve Only Imagined: From the Earth to the...

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:58:25 -0400

Tour the Moon Like You’ve Only Imagined: From the Earth to the Moon

I’m not crying, that’s just moon dust in my eye.

Heavily-booted human feet have not touched the surface of the Moon for four decades. But we continue to experience it, day after day, in the images brought to us by robotic stellar explorers. These images are as informative as they are inspirational.

The Center for Lunar Science and Exploration teamed up with NASA to create this simply wonderful fly-through of lunar geography. Thanks to the digital archives of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and many other previous missions, nearly every speck of the Moon’s surface has been captured in stunning detail.

Here, those images have been stitched into 3D fly-bys. None of these are artist’s representations or illustrations. Every image in this video is real. Full screen, HD, sit back and smile.

Let’s keep exploring, shall we?

(for more background, an introduction, or to download the video, visit the YouTube page)

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Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:18:28 -0400

inothernews: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Perhaps the most famous...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:35:31 -0400

inothernews:

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and closest open clusters. The Pleiades contains over 3000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. (Photo: Robert Gendler via NASA APOD)

imprecise: NASA asked the public to vote for their favorite...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:16:40 -0400

imprecise:

NASA asked the public to vote for their favorite satellite image from the series created by the U.S. Geological Survey, “Earth as Art,” and posted the five most favorited images about a month ago. “Earth as Art” is composed of images taken by satellites part of the Landsat Program, which is managed by both NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S. Geological Survey selected certain features from the images and colored them from a digital palate. The series was created for aesthetic purposes rather than scientific interpretation.

myampgoesto11: Watercolor animal paintings by Dean Crouser

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:29:49 -0400

myampgoesto11:

Watercolor animal paintings by Dean Crouser

jtotheizzoe: Every Hurricane Since 1851 IDVsolutions has...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:21:35 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Every Hurricane Since 1851

IDVsolutions has graphed the path and intensity of every hurricane since 1851, worldwide, onto this map. You’re staring up from Antarctica, with the Americas to the right and Oceania/Asia to the left.

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Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:37:26 -0400

agnes-cecile: this thing called art is really dangerous

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:18:25 -0400

agnes-cecile:

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staceythinx: Mosaics by Laura Harris

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:46:18 -0400

staceythinx:

Mosaics by Laura Harris

Activate the Mechanism!: okehthen replied to your post: [TW Rape] Reading comments on news...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:13:00 -0400

Activate the Mechanism!: okehthen replied to your post: [TW Rape] Reading comments on news...:

abaldwin360:

okehthen replied to your post: [TW Rape] Reading comments on news stories …

“I don’t believe in abortion and think it’s wrong, but I know that my personal beliefs should have no bearing on others and their ability to make decisions about their own body.” I don’t see how this…

I understand what you’re saying and I do believe there’s a disconnect between the official standpoint of the pro-life movement and what “pro-life” means to commenters like this at an individual level. That is to say, people are bombarded by, “if you believe killing potential babies is wrong, pick this movement! And if you don’t, pick this one (you heathen)!” Simplistic viewpoints like these do come from a lack of education about specific movements, but also from anti-abortionists burying the what their movement is all about in boring rhetoric, religious texts, and pleas to the emotional side of those they want support from. The real question is, of course: At what point are the rights of an unborn fetus equal to that of a fully functioning adult? The commenter in your example falls pretty clearly in the “pro-choice” camp.

My comment was addressing the fact that you’re making assumptions about the intent of the poster (“[they] don’t want to ‘rock the boat’ or be controversial;” “[it] ‘isn’t cool’ and other people won’t want to associate with [it] for fear of being mocked”), when the commenter clearly doesn’t understand that saying something like, “I think people should be able to make their own decisions” is in direct opposition to the movement they claim support in the very same sentence. That sounds like lack of education, rather than people wishing to avoid uncomfortable situations or the “uncool” factor (although I’m sure that happens too).

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Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:28:24 -0400

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Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:19:00 -0400

unknownskywalker: At The Gates by Marsel van Oosten

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:16:10 -0400

unknownskywalker:

At The Gates by Marsel van Oosten

Serio-Comic War Map, 1877

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:13:05 -0400

Serio-Comic War Map, 1877

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Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:54:15 -0400