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people so hellbent on calling pluto a planet because they see a dwarf planet classification as "lesser". but i bet they can't name one other dwarf planet. is it actually a "lesser" classification, or do you just not care about science?

daughter-of-sapph0

time to learn about more dwarf planets

this is Ceres. she's a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. she was discovered on Jan 1st 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, 45 years BEFORE Neptune was discovered. like Pluto, it was originally classified as a planet before being reclassified in 2006

its a little blurry, but this JWST picture is of Eris. discovered in 2005, it was called the "tenth planet" for a time, before its official reclassification. it's actually more massive than Pluto, about 27% more to be precise. although Pluto is very slightly larger.

Haumea is another Trans Neptunian Object (TNO) and dwarf planet with several moons. fun fact about her is that based on calculations, its very likely that she's egg shaped, or at least very oblong.

Makemake (pronounce mah ke mah ke) is another dwarf planet far beyond the orbit of Neptune. a recent JWST exposure hinted at the presence of methane gas, which would make it the second ever TNO with gas. although at the moment its unclear if this is an atmosphere or vents from seismic activity.

i bet everyone reading this post has learned at least one cool thing just now. and that's my goal. i had fun writing this post, and i also leaned some new things.

dwarf planets are not "lesser" than the main 8 planets. they are a different classification based mainly on size and orbit. and the thing is, there are a Massive amount of TNOs that we can't possibly label all of them as planets or even dwarf planets. space is big. even just our solar system is massive and scientists are discovering new things all the time.

and because we learn new things all the time, our older understanding gets updated. we change our perspectives, we accept new formulas or scientific theories, and we reclassify things that dont fit in with our new models of how the universe works.

Pluto wasn't "kicked out of the cool planets club". if you want to personify celestial bodies, you can say she found a new family, and she'd love for you to meet them. so please don't misgender (misclassify) her.

ellaandtheocean

Humpback whales breaching: gorgeous, majestic, graceful, embodies all the strength and beauty of the ocean

Minke whales breaching: I will launch myself out of this ocean like a f***ing surface-to-air missile to seek and destroy my enemies

gallusrostromegalus

I remember an interview with a guy that did the camera work for nature documentaries and he said that baleen whales like these guys were the scariest things to shoot because “They’re the size of a train, they can suddenly appear out of nowhere in dark or murky water and they don’t make a goddamn sound. I was absolutely sure that one of them was going to hit me and well, ‘that’s all folks!’. Gave me a lot of perspective on how I handle myself when filming smaller animals now.”

a-book-of-creatures

Fin whales breaching: sea serpent

fleshdyke

levitating minke whale

plaguedocboi

Sperm whale breaching: wjaht the fuck

necronatron

I have a feeling I have already shared this, but please, take the contribution of the northern right whale dolphin.

The humble eyebrow

stuffman-main

imagine if you will, a fairly dry survival crafting game in which you live in a bunker and must periodically venture out to scavenge food, set up turrets for attacking monsters, etc

now, your computer inside the bunker has a game-inside-a-game on it which is a charming farming sim of undeniably greater quality and scope than the survival game you're playing. therefore, the object of the game becomes to keep your bunker secure so you can play the farming game more.

now, once you achieve the highest rating in the farming game, a secret shop inside it unlocks, and one of the novelty items you can purchase is a game console, giving you access to games-inside-a-game-inside-a-game. most of the games for it are typical mobile shovelware, but one of them is a highly polished, extremely brutal precision platformer with amazing level design and production values exceeding that of the survival game and farming sim combined.

it is only at this point that the purpose of this entire contrivance becomes clear: to create the most deranged speedrun community the world has ever seen.

enbaluka-tokyo-drift

treecitysessions

Will you guys lose respect for me if I show you my bowl

treecitysessions

digiweed

yes

kaiasky

its terrible for any number of reasons, but i think if we invent immortality there should be an extreme sport called civilizational speedrunning where teams of 20 go into the wilderness somewhere and try and be the fastest build the first internal combustion engine. i bet you could get it down to like 3 years tops

biggestzam

The real trick is to eat seed heavy food before the speedrun starts so your first poops are halfway to agriculture already

kaiasky

i want you on my team holy shit

dogpuppy

itsjunetime

clowngirl getting an orchiectomy and the surgeon just keeps removing ball after ball after ball after ball after

estrogenesis-vaporeongelion

clown nurse standing by solemnly adding each successive ball to the ones she's already juggling

byjove

When the average heterosexual family man complains about his family not respecting him, it is almost always because there is absolutely nothing about him to respect and he has made no effort to connect with any of them and he considers the slightest pushback or lack of affection a sign of ‘disrespect’. When the average heterosexual family woman complains about her family not respecting her, it’s usually because her 14 year old son keeps calling her a bitch and throwing things at her while her husband laughs. The difference is so fucking stark.

paper-mario-wiki

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

cutecipher

I hope the samsung workers striking get everything they want especially given they're key to the huge profits samsung is raking in for memory

cutecipher

Lets go

vulpinesaint

saying "question mark?" and "however comma," out loud are game changers. punctuation on the go. and it's always the funniest thing that anyone around you has ever heard

audliminal

Having short hair really is just

I get up. I walk into the bathroom. I glance in the mirror. My hair is posed in a brand new, never-before-seen array that defies the laws of physics.

hollowtones

basically, i think the general rule of thumb is: if someone REALLY wants the blood that’s inside of your body, and they’re like… a vampire, or a dracula, or some sort of mansquito, then that’s probably okay. a dracula and a mansquito are made for removing things like blood and swords from inside your body. that’s basically fine.

if something wants to get at your blood, and they’re, say, some kind of murdersaurus, or maybe a really big frog, that’s where the problems start to arise. a really frog is not made for removing blood, and your blood knows this, which is why it is so vehement about wanting to stay IN your body instead of coming out.

unfortunately this will not deter a really big frog, because a really big frog is full of things like prizes, and value, and quite a lot of hatred, and it would REALLY rather like to replace any and all of those things with your blood, and basically by any means possible.

fidefortitude-deactivated202011

These words scan with a fantastic degree of confidence considering that together they make no sense at all

boringkate

You listen to music regularly? Why? Have you even tried quitting? Could you quit? You get music stuck in your head? Wow. You're so ruined and music brained. I bet you make your partners listen to music with you when you have sex. Music addiction has really ruined a whole generation. You know it's not realistic to expect reverb in real life, right? You're probably so desensitized that you don't even feel anything anymore when you hear a bird singing that it wants some fuck.

paradigm-adrift

I don't have a problem with people listening to music per se, but I do have a problem with the music industry exploiting & mistreating artists.

Personally, I abstain from all music in order to keep my hands clean but really music should just be illegal outright to protect musicians from abuse.