Books, Music, Neuroscience, Freckles.

Mariah. DJ, wwoofer, science nerd. I'm consistently pursuing knowledge & happiness, and I tend to find it. Currently in beautiful, chilly, wonderful Minnesota.

[drunk-shakespeare]

Shits weird yo

Me, mumbling into the mini fridge.

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Architecture: John Muir and Lane Laugesen Interior Design: Karl Foster and Natalie Lynch 

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[poems-and-words]

Book of the day: Night Road by Kristin Hannah

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[catasters]

[nasa-official]

can nasa send my atoms back to the stars where they belong please

no your atoms belong in your body, keep them safe

[fuckyeahpainting]

Bob Ross

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Bob Ross is a gift from God

[corvuswrites]

Bob ross ain’t got time for that ableism

[mothersnewsofficial]

[goodmanthethird2]

WHY DOES THIS MAKE ME SO HAPPY EVERYTIME I SEE IT

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this is like, the opposite of loss

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[trilliviapope]

[8bitrevolver]

This was meant to be a quick warm up, but it turned into a comic that I’ve wanted to draw for a while. This is something that is extremely important to me, and I appreciate it if you read it.

A while ago, I heard a story that broke my heart. A family went a cat shelter to adopt. The daughter fell in love with a 3-legged cat. The father straight up said “absolutely not”. Because he was missing a leg. That cat was that close to having a family that loved him, but the missing leg held him back. Why?!

Many people have the initial instinct of “nope” when they see an imperfect animal. I get it, but less-adoptable does NOT mean less loveable. 9 out of 10 people will choose a kitten over an adult cat. And those 10% that would get an adult cat often overlook “different” animals.

All I want people to do is be open to the idea of having a “different” pet in their lives. Choose the pet that you fall in love with, but at least give all of them a fair shot at winning your heart.

Don’t dismiss them, they deserve a loving home just as much as any other cat. They still purr, they still love a warm lap, they still play, they still love you. Trust me, next time you are in the market for a new kitty, just go over to that one cat that’s missing an eye and see what he’s all about!

[skunkbear]

This is one of the really interesting methods used by scientists to discover the information shared in Skunk Bear’s new video:

The level of carbon-14 in the atmosphere will soon be indistinguishable from pre-1940s levels, so this method won’t work for much longer.

[vectorman]

such a nice plump frame, what’s-his-name has 

[vectorman]

*had

[vectorman]

….*has..

[drunk-shakespeare]

I use “dude” more frequently in this part of my life than any other.

[currentsinbiology]

Nighttime light pollution covers nearly 80% of the globe

“This atlas is really a useful communications tool to open everybody’s eyes,” says Travis Longcore, a spatial scientist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Longcore studies urban ecology, and was not involved in the study. “What a horrible thing to do to us as a species, to live in permanent twilight and never be able to see the stars.”

Light pollution has intensified in the past half-century, increasing about 6% each year in North America and Europe, according to research published using a previous atlas created 15 years ago by the same researchers. That atlas, and the new study, define “light-polluted skies” as having a luminance of 14 or more microcandelas per square meter—about 10% higher than normal night sky brightness levels.

The new atlas shows that now, more than 80% of the world experiences light-polluted night skies, which includes roughly 83% of Earth’s population, and more than 99% of Europeans and Americans. By population, Singapore has the world’s most light-polluted skies, followed by Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—all densely populated countries. Africa has the dimmest skies; the top 10 least polluted countries are on the continent.

[poems-and-words]

[poems-and-words]

Book of the day: The Stand by Stephen King

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Tell me I’m cute or something so I can like roll my eyes at you but then blush when I think about it later

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