To Boldly Go

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night

[importantanimalstories]

This is Gilbert. He’s been around a while. Attributes his long life to many, many years of always getting what he wants

[serozvero]

Well, now I'm a Gilbert fan. That sly villainous grin and squint…

[memeufacturing-deactivated20161]

a person from 150 years ago would be terrified by modern stuff . however , a duck from 150 years ago would just be all like ,still got lakes? yes ? okay cool

[elodieunderglass]

“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”

― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935)

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[leeeeeeeeeegooooooooolaaaaaaaaas]

it only took one arrow to bring down Smaug

and three to take down Boromir

who’s the real bitch here

[lotrheritageposts]

LOTR Heritage Post.

[caressthosecheekbones]

nasa is using a 3D world graphic for the solar eclipse thingy today where germany is still devided in east and west adjfglkafdhgadfg. buddies, it's been almost 40 years.

[chthonion]

So I showed this to a physicist and they were like "Oh! Yes! It's a figure from Fred Espenak's very old paper where he did a bunch of eclipse graphics! I've been looking at these my entire internet life, basically, for every solar eclipse! They called him Mr. Eclipse. He just passed away recently 🥺"

Anyway apparently Mr. Eclipse made 5000 years' worth of solar eclipse graphics, which you can find the simpler versions of here

So now instead of laughing at NASA for their outdated graphics I'm emotional about Mr. Eclipse and his hard work

[classicdavinci]

Northern Lights, Juneau, Alaska by Sydney Laurence, c. 1920

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[frodo-baggins]

“Just a plain hobbit you look,’ said Bilbo. ‘But there is more about you now than appears on the surface. Good luck to you!”

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[scamguy]

i would like to officially thank sesame for its seeds, its oil, and of course its street

[magicalmrmephistopheles]

couldn’t leave this in the tags

[mymodernmet]

Sultan the Pit Pony is a 200-meter-long, raised-earth sculpture made of 60,000 tonnes of coal shale in Caerphilly, South Wales. Designed by Welsh artist Mick Petts, the colossal work of art is known as the largest figurative earth sculpture in the United Kingdom.

[lemongogo]

my dog passed away today so im making you all remember him for the rest of forever

[lahiah]

beam me up scotty (beam me up inside) can’t beam up (beam me up inside)

[worrywrite]

Scotty! (I can’t beam up!) Save me from this volcano I fell in

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Geriatric ward for elderly penguins at NEA 🥺

[zinjanthropusboisei]

They set this up last year:

Aquarium creates “retirement home” for aging penguins - New England Aquarium

Six African penguins at the New England Aquarium are settling into a new “retirement home” that is providing a comfortable environment as th

[skelotan]

Dedicated to my cat, who is very vocal about my bed time.

PATREON

[the-walking-red-blog]

that’s an interesting marketing strategy

[topgunhat-deactivated20191021]

I summon Blue Eyes Hairy Chest in attack position

[keanuital]

[bruhita-deactivated20190224]

you wet idiot

[leona-jade-deactivated20200524]

Godspeed you! wet idiot

[hope-for-the-planet]

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

These pescatarian birds are directly exposed to PFAS contamination due to the island's position near the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.

While continued vigilance a regulation is needed, this data indicates that regulations are working to reduce PFAS concentrations in marine ecosystems.

[sattarehi]

Yes!!!! I did a review of literature on PFASs in human drinking water about half a year ago, and there is a lot of really good progress! Please celebrate this, please don't let this solution be forgotten (at least so quickly) as the ozone layer or acid rain.

We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!

Environmental problems CAN BE SOLVED.