Laure~Ley's echoes

I am but a crow, collecting pretty gems.

[tilthat]

TIL that the reason lead levels in children’s blood have dropped 85% in the past thirty years is because of an unknown scientist who fought car companies to end leaded gasoline. He also removed it from paint, suggested its removal from pipes, and campaigned for the removal of lead solder from cans.

via ift.tt

[squeeful]

Yep.  It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime.  One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility. 

[kurowrites]

“Unknown scientist”? That was Clair Cameron Patterson.

[solarpunkcast]

Gas companies are still so mad at him he’s “unknown scientist”, know his name

[bogleech]

Daily reminder that health and safety standards like these are what politicians mean when they talk about “deregulation.”

[prismatic-bell]

Patterson died 5 December 1995.

Petition to make his date of death a Tumblr holiday celebrated by talking about cool shit the gas and petroleum industries don’t want us to know about, and fighting to continue his work.

[triangleofdog]

Clair Patterson “get the lead out”.

He got the lead out….

Science and care for humanity and standing up for the right thing in opposition to corporate oil profit….

I’d back a 5 December tumblr holiday too…

+1 for @kurowrites @squeeful @solarpunkcast @bogleech and @prismatic-bell for the knowledge and insight share!

[il9vemyputer]

everyone on replies is terrified of this fact but i just think it's so sweet and heartwarming. she's holding our hand and leading us somewhere secret and we're both giggling like kids. i love her

[solowinged]

let’s travel through the vast unknown with mama

[cloud-ya]

here come dat gurl

[myjetpack]

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

[worldofthecutestcuties]

[whatcoloristhatcat]

black mackerel tortoiseshell tabby (torbie) with low white spotting

[waistdeepcat]

ƃuᴉʇʇods ǝʇᴉɥʍ ʍol ɥʇᴉʍ (ǝᴉqɹoʇ) ʎqqɐʇ llǝɥsǝsᴉoʇɹoʇ lǝɹǝʞɔɐɯ ʞɔɐlq

[bloodstainedgauntlet]

my knight you have to live you have to get up you have to put your hand over your wound and hold it there. you have to keep walking and walking and walking because you cannot lay down yet, it’s not time. wipe the blood off your breastplate and look up into the sun. lean on your sword if you need to. lift one foot after another. get up. get up. this would be a pitiful grave.

[sophsknight]

this would be a pitiful grave.

[hellshee]

the best thing about tumblr is that you can watch a show and then you come here and someone has made a gifset of it and you can put it on your blog like a sticker in a journal

[derekscorner]

[vergess]

Here's a direct link to the petition, since Twitter is a nightmare world where "link in the replies" no longer works because you can't fucking see replies anymore.

Petition: Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content

Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwi

[lambofkhalaa]

i trust y'all got this. If you can't sign, reblog. Spread the word.

[rylandsgrace]

Andrew Garfield on consent and privacy

[fozmeadows]

he's right and he should say it

[princessgemma12]

If you like the word “queer” reblog.

[incandescent-creativity]

#fun umbrella. we r all sitting under it like the big rainbow thing in elementary school gym class

[jabberding0]

Sand writing

[cryoverkiltmilk]

"Huh, I wonder what sand writing i-- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"

[biglawbear]

You ever see something that makes you think "wow I didn't even know that could be a talent or skill but that's amazing"

[nitewrighter]

There b some specific ass forms of calligraphy in this world

[bambistjames]

non-writers will never understand the mental illness of writing an entire conversation in your head while doing dishes and then forgetting every word the second you open a blank doc

[ryuuna]

so much baby is happening

[ryuuna]

might as well include the other 'what could've been' wips here too :')

[mostlyvoidpartiallyjims]

[suigintou]

it must be said the ancient greeks got a little funny with it

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Parry this, you filthy Macedonian.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

So this post is making the rounds again, for reasons.

[ikimaru]

so Bobby has a shirt of the girls but consider the girls having a Bobby shirt ✨

[subaru-copilot]

looks inside procrastination -> it's anxiety -> looks inside anxiety -> it's fear -> looks inside fear -> it's shame

[teaboot]

Surely these circumstances will improve with additional shame