Matalala

Hi! Name's Marty. 28 🌴Fiji 🌺 🐯Tiger🐾✨ Mom of 3 dogs and 5 cats Slytherin Lover of music, animals and loud houses. Pacey Witter = LOML • Sense8 • Roswell • Alias • Dawson’s Creek • MacGyver • Angel • Arrow • Teen Wolf • HP • Smallville • 9-1-1 • Outlander • BatB • Charmed • LoTR • Baby Daddy • Being Human • ATLA • Dark Angel • Elementary • Ugly Betty • Grimm • OTH • Legend of the Seeker • Supernatural • Naruto • Stranger Things • B99 • Bones • The Nanny • HoTD • Las Vegas • Cold Case •

[mrwilliewonka]

[neilarmstrong]

In terms of science communication and space exploration advocacy, Elon Musk has sent us back into the fucking Stone Age.

[neilarmstrong]

It’s hard enough to encourage the public to see the value in space exploration, especially when the problems facing society right now are so intense that space exploration seems frivolous and needlessly expensive by comparison (keyword “seems”) but now that this clown is the face of the future of space, it’s doubling, hell, tripling down on the idea that space exploration is a fantasy for bored billionaires that would rather fuck off to mars and escape the problems of earthly society (problems that they had a starring role in creating) rather than spend a penny of their wealth to help remedy them. Tale as old as time for a science communicator. Heard it a million times. But now it’s so much harder to get people to understand the other side of the coin because the nightmare scenario is already here and his name is elongated muskrat

[neilarmstrong]

To add a little bit of context as to what that value actually is… The thing I hear the most in this conversation is “we need to take care of this planet before we start thinking about other ones.” Yes, I agree. The well-being of our planet and it’s people should be our top priority. But we can’t properly take care of our planet if we don’t fully understand it.

The Earth does not exist in a bubble. It’s part of a dynamic and ever-evolving solar system, and galaxy and universe. He have to look at the earth in that context to be able to know and care for it. To care for a planet, we have to know how planets work. When doctors treat patients they look at the medical record, they look at family history, they look at symptoms and compare them to known diseases to find a diagnosis.

How did the earth form? What was it like in the past? Why did it change? That’s the medical record.

We’ve got the earths siblings in the neighborhood. Why is Mars a frozen desert? Why is Venus a molten hell scape? Could those things happen here? That’s the family history.

What kinds of things are floating around our neighborhood? Could they affect us? All this is necessary to diagnose the Earths problem, to anticipate the direction it’s going, and to help it heal.

And the minute we get an asteroid scare, that’s when folks start asking why we weren’t looking up 🙄

[beatrice-otter]

All of this is absolutely true, but there are people who will blow this off and not be willing to engage with it, and still say "but it's too expensive!"

But the thing is, government-funded research returns HUGE value to the economy. Huge. Why? Because they figure out cool things, and then give it away for free, so that lots of different people can benefit in different ways. If a private corporation does the research, they own it, they're the only ones who can use it to make money. If the government does the research, however, it's public property, and anybody can use it.

Over the decades, research and development for things the space program needed has resulted in so many things we use in our daily lives and take for granted.

On average, the return on investment for the US space program is $7 for every one dollar spent.

Products that came out of NASA development include but are not limited to: batteries that can power heavy tools, rechargeable batteries, digital cameras, precision GPS, shock absorbers for buildings and bridges, CAT scans, enriched baby formula, advanced water filters, cochlear implants, memory foam, athletic shoes, smoke detectors, electronic thermometers, cardiac pumps, cloud computing, plus a metric shitton of "hey, this is a better/safer/sturdier/cheaper way of doing/building $thing"

They are constantly and consistently providing real, tangible benefits to life on earth.

I would support the public space program even if they didn't. But the list of innovations they've created is amazing.

[danyaldes]

i no longer dislike mondays, i’m mature now, i dislike the whole week

[newsandstuffisee]

[labelleizzy]

¡Sí, se puede!

Yes, we can! ✊

[victusinveritas]

[liminalweirdo]

i'm not sure why this was posted without the link to the actual GFM but here it is

[ruinedchildhood]

[spaghettioverdose-deactivated20]

Reblog to save a duck

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

Quack quack

[ijustgotherebro]

It’s getting to be that time of year where more people are going outside to parks and stuff so i thought it would a good idea to reblog this again

[theofficialvincenzo]

Once I was feeding some ducks from a bag of birdseed I brought with me, and this woman next to me looked so confused and asked what I was feeding them

When I said it was birdseed she just went “oh- can they actually eat that? Is that safe?”

I didnt know how to respond like, at all, so I just pointed at the duck and said “bird”

She then had a look on her face like a new groove was just forcibly carved in her brain and said softly “oh my fucking god”

[userlindley]

DAWSON'S CREEK 3.13, “Northern Lights”

[liberalsarecool]

Says the rapist felon fraud who tanks the econony for pump and dump schemes.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[jv]

GO GET THE POPCORN READY, FRIENDS! IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING!

[theprofessional-amateur]

Yall it is EPIC.

Folks have bingo cards.

Tesla stock is absolutely cratering today (good!)

Get the popcorn!

[theprofessional-amateur]

Musk-Trump feud: The tech billionaire slams the president's ingratitude

The US president and the world's richest man trade insults in spectacular fall-out over budget bill.

The BBC is running a live updates feed!

[jv]

I’ve seen someone in the fedi using the term “niñonarios” and I think it’s beautiful

[theprofessional-amateur]

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[moniquill]

the father who stepped up.

[krauseandrickmanfan]

There is something so insulting on watching Athena lose Bobby, like it's infuriating, because she lost Emmet when they were dreaming and preparing to build a life together, to marry, to have kids, to age together. The he was murdered and she had to try collect the cackles of her life.

Now she just lost Bobby while they were building their dream house and preparing to build a future together after losing everything. Expecting a future together... Like this is really insulting to be a creative decision...

[nattetheshipper]

This is how i’m coping rn

[everythingfox]

Big dog remembered he was big

[typhlonectes]

[sighinastorm]

We owe it to our commitment to the truth, to not interfere in the story. That is the choice. The moment we act, we are involved with creating the story, and as we become a part of it, it becomes partially about us, and the truth then may never be known. Actors cannot be unbiased. Actors become targets. RIP spaghetti belongings.

[castiel-myblue-eyedangel]

We just had our 2025 Cangel reunion!!!

[photos shared by Charisma on her stories]

[frontmansdefender]

saw a video about a singer who canceled the fireworks show at her concert because she noticed that a stray dog was quietly watching her performance and she didn’t want to scare him away and maybe maybe there’s still hope for humankind

❝ Brazilian singer Taty Girl left her fans speechless during a concert when she made an unexpected decision: she suspended the fireworks show she had planned to protect a homeless dog who was attending the show. While singing, Taty noticed the presence of a dog she named “Caramelo,” who was calmly watching from a distance. Without hesitation, she told her audience: “We will not launch any more fireworks, Caramelo does not like them. Out of respect for him, we will not use them. You can see that he is there quietly, enjoying the show.” Taty’s gesture was applauded by the audience, who not only admired her sensitivity, but also suggested that she adopt the dog. According to reports, the singer listened to the voices of her fans and decided to take Caramelo home, ensuring him a life full of love and care. ❞ Vía 🎥 tt/tatygirloficial”

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