the violets have broken the mountains

Liz. Geologist. Nerd. Multifandom blog, geology blog is geologynerd.tumblr.com. Icon is by the ever-talented @ gunsderson on Twitter!

[fagcrisis]

i hate the word spicy can we bring back calling things erotic

[maryoliveoil]

rolling up to Wendy's to get an erotic chicken sandwich

[astriiformes]

Last post is also a big reason why I particularly like movie!Grace because his teacher vibes are much stronger throughout the film, versus in the book where they aren't nearly as consistent. Ryan Gosling really did successfully capture the energy of several of my favorite science teachers, with a dash of my quirkier science museum coworkers tossed in for good measure. Rocky my hand is up.

[hallwaysss]

Genuinely I think this might be the most important scene in the book

[hallwaysss]

@carlyraejepsans how does it feel to be the most correct person ever. You're so right

[myrmekitic]

As much as I like how Grace marches up to Stratt and *demands* to take part in the project in the book, I think the movie did a much better job with the classroom scene.

I've seen people saying that Ryland is being patronizing to the kids, that they're smart enough to know what's going on, that he shouldn't downplay it. But these are fucking CHILDREN. They're middle schoolers. Some of them still probably need a hug to get through the day, and telling them that everything is going to die and dropping the subject is inappropriate for that age group, especially since it's Grace's duty as a teacher to protect them and nurture their minds. If they're going to hear that yes, things are going to get bad, they also need to hear that it's not hopeless. They need to hear that the smartest people in the world are working HARD to find a solution. More than they need raw facts, kids need HOPE.

[voidsetup1]

and out of the darkness - you you you you you

[puppetmaster55]

suddenly thinking about the courtroom scene, of Stratt being accused of pirating literally everything, and Grace later having everything in the various computers aboard his ship that he gave a copy to Rocky without issue, and the beetles having such a massive memory capacity and...

Stratt was a historian. She wasn't just pirating for the sake of entertainment for the astronauts, she was doing a full historical backup of the planet. Who knows how much knowledge and communications ability, how much art and culture and history, how much niche knowledge of how to make specific pieces of modern technology or modern medicines, was lost as the wars for resources isolated everyone, as the death tolls led to the deaths of specialized trade workers and scientists, as the power grids failing across the planet (or cut off, potentially) led to all the cloud servers going dark. Stratt was facing methods of combating extinction and she did her best to ensure that if/when the Hail Mary worked, it would send back not just the hope of the future in the solution to the astrophage, but the restoration of history and culture and knowledge.

Just.... she pirated everything, and put it all on the Hail Mary.

[the-haiku-bot]

Just…. she pirated

everything, and put it all

on the Hail Mary.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[hellenhighwater]

What is a cat if not a silly little guy that follows you around 24/7, making funny faces and shedding on your clean clothes?

[forgottenbones]

[should-be-sleeping]

Every time I reblog this post or any variation of it that crosses my dash, someone tells me to just get a password manager.

Consider: the point is data breach bad.

Some of these companies have billions of dollars and like none of it goes into fucking security. They don't care.

[charl0ttan]

"you are one of gods strongest soldiers" i say, not even believing in either of those institutions

[justthatspiffy]

oh amen @obesecamels

[depsidase]

[silverjirachi]

i put this in the tags of another post about AI but no yeah im gonna make it the main post

the global rise of fascism is an awfully convenient time to get you hooked on the "not using your brain" machine.

[pierogiy]

Caught Up On My Stories BTW. Handling It

[hailed-marys]

a prayer to st christopher and mother mary

[hailed-marys]

some details in this one that i like:

four leaf clover in the patch of grass

stars on the bottom of grace's converse

fox figure in grace's hand

tiny pluto in the kuiper belt in the diagram of the solar system

i included the moon in the solar system diagram as well

hubble space telescope star blanket. obviously it's hubble.

pulsar map, completely accurate to the one inscribed on the cover of the golden record

small black dots in the halos and celtic knot petrova line to represent the individual astrophage within the petrova line

[hollenix]

if you really cared about those kids

[doorstoplord]

Grace Rocky save stars!!

[jun6bugs]

falling, falling

[demontouched]

i think "thank you, mary" becomes the eridian "thanks, einstein" bc rocky and grace keep saying it whenever they point out something redundantly or obvious to each other. the pebbles and adrian pick it up and just spreads from there.

[lewadny]

The promise