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On the seventh day of Christmas, my corgi gave to me…

Seven Scamps a-swimming,

six beasts a-laying,

five golden wiiiiiiiiiiigs,

four calling corgs,

three French friends,

two turtle dogs,

and a puppy in a pear tree!

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handful of bunny.

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LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT PLUTO.

NASA just flew the New Horizons spacecraft by Pluto. PLUTO.

We’re going to have HELLA pictures of Pluto very soon. P. L. U. T. O. Even more HELLA than the “teaser” picture right before the flyby:

LOOK AT THAT ADORABLE MOTHERFUCKER WITH A HEART ON IT AND EVERYTHING.

You know where that picture was taken from? 476,000 MILES AWAY (766,048 KILOMETERS) You know what the closest approach distance was for New Horizons? 7,800 MILES (12,600 KILOMETERS) FROM THE SURFACE OF PLUTO.

That’s right. That means YOU AINT EVEN SEEN SHIT YET, SON.

It took us over 9 years to get to our solar system buddy 31.9 AU away.

Do you know how far away an AU is? 93 MILLION GODDAMN MILES or 149.6 MILLION HOLY SHIT KILOMETERS. Multiplied by over 30. With a (dwarf) planet flying around in some CATAWAMPAS ASS orbit.

WE JUST HIT A DAMN NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK AS LARGE AS THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Because of this distance, the New Horizons spacecraft will take 16 MONTHS to transfer all the data from the encounter back to Earth.

In conclusion:

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GUESS WHAT KIDS

As IF New Horizons wasn’t cool enough, WE JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM THE SPACECRAFT that it is A-OKAY.

That means that the spacecraft sent us a message to say HEY EARTH SUP I PASSED PLUTO AND IT WAS AWESOME. And then that message traveled FOUR AND HALF HOURS through the vastness of our solar system to get to us. THAT ALL HAPPENED TODAY.

And the best part? New Horizons called home to the Mission Operations Manager. THAT’S RIGHT. It called home to MOM.

I see you NASA, you clever motherfuckers.

THE EXCITEMENT ISN’T OVER YET. Images come tomorrow!!!

STAY TUNED. SCIENCE ON.

Bonus: Swagtastic New Horizons Team

4 FOR YOU NEW HORIZONS. YOU GO, NEW HORIZONS.

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PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN, NEWS HORIZONS.

Well, let me tell you, New Horizons delivered.

CHECK IT.

One of Pluto’s Moons: CHARON.

And the BIG BADDY ITSELF:

I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over Pluto’s ICE MOUNTAINS, that may potentially be ICE VOLCANOS.

CRYOVOLCANOS.

NASA’s got even MORE shit to figure out because it looks like Pluto’s surface doesn’t have many CRATERS, which means it may be a lot younger.

YOUNGER? Okay great, what does that mean?

It means something’s active. Volcanism, migrating ice, latent heat from a possible INTERNAL OCEAN?!

Only time will tell…

Alright that’s all I got. Can’t wait to see what new things Pluto will tell us!!

Just think, you were tuned in when humanity explored a new world for the first time.

And that’s pretty fucking awesome.

tigeressss

goals for 2015: less upsetti, more spaghetti

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fleekified:

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These pumps, crafted by Mexican designer Lucita Abarca, caused quite a stir at a recent Sixth Borough fashion show. These crystalline high-heels were grown by Wyrm’s Pass artisans, deep below the Rocky Mountains, using a mixture of firebird ash, waters from the springs at Paradiso, and a variety of secret ingredients, rumored to include Australian fire opals and powdered moonstone. The result of using the firebird ash become immediately recognizable when the heel of the shoe is dragged backward across any dry surface, as it creates an impressive streak of magical fire which can be accurately aimed with a little effot. Ms. Abarca said she wanted a shoe that made a statement, and that statement was “Any bastardo brujo catcalling me on La Plaza de Sangre better be ready to dose his huevos, you know?”

HISPANIC PRIDE

SLAY ME WIDE OPEN

I’m having heart trouble. I need NEED these.

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Dana Wsye, ‘Pills & Remedies’, from the series ‘Jesus Had A Sister Productions’, 1996-2003

Canadian artist creates fictitious pharmaceutical company that uses 60′s retro and kitsch imagery to sell cures and remedies that aim to dissect our utopic quest for perfection.