Of books and bats and sealing wax

A place where Anthony rambles on randomly or just shares observations. Or nice pics. Laugh and live.

[tawked]

Superman desperately scanning the street during a fight to find the most morally acceptable car to throw at his opponent, knowing that not everybody has insurance, and loss of transportation can ruin a life -

A wave of incredible relief washes over him as he spots the hard geometric lines and silver paintless sheen of a Cybertruck.

[desdasiwrites]

The first time a cybertruck was ever useful

[bunjywunjy]

I love your blog and your space asks but please pray tell what's the moon boom that jumpingjacktrash mentioned?

have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered, why the moon is?

well, you're not alone! scientists and learnéd scholars across the ages have been baffled by our celestial neighbor.

WHY, is our Moon so proportionally fucking huge? (it's more than a quarter the size of the Earth! that's COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE AND BLOWS EVERY OTHER MOON IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM OUT OF THE METAPHORICAL WATER)

WHY, is the Moon made up of much of the same materials as the Earth?

and WHY, is Earth's magnetic field so massively overpowered that it can shield the surface from interstellar and solar radiation, allowing life to develop and paving the way for you to even ask these questions in the first place? (that one might not sound related, but I promise you it is so just bear with me)

well, it all comes down to the Theia Impact Hypothesis, or, OPERATION MOON BOOM.

in this fair solar system we lay our scene, four and a half billion years ago.

here, we focus on the third planet from the sun, which is, surprisingly, NOT Earth.

not yet.

no, this unnamed rocky world is slightly smaller than Venus, and is formed of mostly-molten rock that's still settling into itself as our nascent solar system sorts itself out.

ENTER STAGE LEFT, THEIA.

Theia is a rocky planetoid about the size of Mars, on a wild and unstable orbit around the Sun that regularly brings it within spitting distance of our unnamed third rock! and today, it will get A Bit Too Close.

the two planets slam into each other with wild disregard for road safety, disintegrating their outer layers into a massive debris field that will take hundreds of millions of years to settle and fusing their planetary cores together into a single rough oblong of molten iron! BAM! WHAPPO!

but settle the debris does, as gravity takes a gentle but firm hold of this huge mess and gradually reshapes it into two familiar faces...

ENTER STAGE RIGHT: EARTH AND MOON.

that's right, you're standing on top of the alchemically-fused corpses of, not one, but TWO planets right now! our newly-reborn Earth and its singular orbiting satellite are formed from the same debris field and share a lot of similar material. and because the Moon was Made, and not a domesticated planetoid that wandered too close and got trapped in the orbit of a larger body, it's just ludicrously HUGE compared to its partner.

and getting back to that magnetic field thing, the whole reason Earth Can Have Big Field Pls is because Theia dumped so much extra iron into the Core that it generates a MUCH more powerful field than our neighboring planets, even the ones that are just slightly smaller than Earth!

the only reason that life can exist at all is because Theia took one for the team and reshaped the solar system.

so the next time you look up into the celestial dome and spot our closest neighbor, raise a salute to Theia, gone but not forgotten.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[lastoneout]

Op is denying us the fucking golden replies to this tweet omg

[ambientwhispers]

Grudges are poison. Don’t hold onto them. #truth #wisdom #lifelesson #grudges #grudgesarepoison #insight https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ROD2lpacb/?igshid=1oyg0oe39vlzj

[superunfriendlyreminder]

Access to healthcare, education, clean water and environment are considered basic human rights in most developed countries. In the U.S. wanting those things for everyone makes you a “radical leftist.”

[ambientwhispers]

Life is about choices. How we react to anything is the greatest choice we have at our disposal. Choose to not worry about things we have no power over. #choosehappiness #dontstress #thingswecantcontrol #happiness #anxiety #anxietyfree #livelife #livelifehappy #livelifetothefullest #livelifelove #livelifebetter https://www.instagram.com/p/BvtOuveAd3X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dyw1axbu4om0

[ambientwhispers]

I am often criticised that my actions and altruism isn’t really making a meaningful difference. I never understand their inability to see that I only need have a positive impact and that the volume isn’t important. To paraphrase a lovely song: it’s not just that I want to change the world, but that I won’t let the world change me. #life #philosophy #perspective #bekind #mindfulness #inspiration #inspirationalstory #wisdom #caringquotes #caring #wonderful #greatquotestoliveby #greatquotes #theworldneedslove https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVpLoiAGxL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vovl8amgfqwz

[vagabondretired]

A real Devil’s Triangle

[claybasket]

Gillian Anderson on Twitter

“Mood. (credit @anne_theriault)”

[comickergirl]

Day 11 - K is for Kal-El!

[neverwear]

truth. #booksoup (at Book Soup) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoTHIBAhbdj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pg7omhix9j20

[thesuperheroesnetwork]

Texts From Superheroes

[effervescentbi]

#sweetest avenger

[ambientwhispers]

Hard to live by but well worth it when you can #tolerance #positivity #wisdom #wordsoflove #wordsofwisdome #negativity #shakeitoff #love

[ambientwhispers]

Be kind. Swallow the anger because negativity and hatred multiply and are shared once they're loose. #BeKind to one another. #love #peace #wisdom #insight #ruleoflife #rulesoflife #rulesoflifetoliveby #kindness #meanwords

[ambientwhispers]

This is wrong on so many levels.

[toddbrotzmans]

💞💞💞

[ambientwhispers]

I am LOVING season 2!