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i used to get self-conscious over the smallest things but friends let me tell you that today i had to smuggle a furious 8ft python onto the bus during the school rush and not a single person noticed. not one. if people don’t care enough to notice a shopping bag writhing and seething with barely-contained reptilian hatred then i promise you that no-one will pay any attention to that blemish you’re fretting about or how you’ve done your hair

thegoodfightingdoctor

Question, why are you bringing a 8 ft python into a public bus? You know that this reptile can kill anyone inside there?

vintar

buddy she’s a snake not a flying death tentacle

snakes are not evil killers out for blood, and length doesn’t mean lethality! my biggest guy is 11 ft– if i have him around my neck, both his face and his tail touch the floor– and even his species struggles to take down anything bigger than a small-to-medium dog

the worst damage that my 8fter is capable of is when she decides to do an impression of a blood-pressure cuff and makes my arm go a bit purple, and even that’s just when i humour her dreams of being big and scary and let her squeeze her hardest before i unwind her like a bratty garden hose

as long as you’re not some sort of magical tumblring rat, you’re fine

katschy

Okay, I gotta ask…

1. Why was she angry?

2. Where were you taking her on the bus? Is there a leash-free snake park where you live?

I need to know.

vintar

1. she’s a cranky ass in general, but her mood was absolutely not improved by eating a bit of a snake hook, getting stuffed in a sack, experiencing an hour of adelaide’s finest public transport, and having a vet jam a tube into her stomach

2. i think all of australia is technically a leash-free snake park tbh

thassalia

I am so glad there was follow up on this post explaining why the snake was on the bus!!!

mathylibrarian

“bratty garden hose” I’m dying

anais-ninja-bitch

All of Australia is a leash-free snake park.

chief-toby-and-friends-deactiva

“ buddy she’s a snake not a flying death tentacle “

motivatedslacker

Learning this took place in Australia really makes it all make much more sense.

#hit the word 'australia' and went 'ah yes okay'#life with tumblr

wildlifewednesdays

schweinsteigur-deactivated20151

THEY LITERALLY HANG THEM UP TO DRY IN CRYING OH MY GOD

quicksilverwracked

WHY IS THIS NOT MY JOB?!?!

kidchi

THE NOISE

#adorableness

lepipehd

buddhabrot

this is actually the best post on the internet i lied every other time i said that

#you're a kitty!#dogs #seems accurate

sarahseeandersen

#yep

nasa

Cassini Mission: What’s Next?

It’s Friday, Sept. 15 and our Cassini mission has officially come to a spectacular end. The final signal from the spacecraft was received here on Earth at 7:55 a.m. EDT after a fateful plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere.

After losing contact with Earth, the spacecraft burned up like a meteor, becoming part of the planet itself.

Although bittersweet, Cassini’s triumphant end is the culmination of a nearly 20-year mission that overflowed with discoveries.

But, what happens now?

Mission Team and Data

Now that the spacecraft is gone, most of the team’s engineers are migrating to other planetary missions, where they will continue to contribute to the work we’re doing to explore our solar system and beyond.

Mission scientists will keep working for the coming years to ensure that we fully understand all of the data acquired during the mission’s Grand Finale. They will carefully calibrate and study all of this data so that it can be entered into the Planetary Data System. From there, it will be accessible to future scientists for years to come.

Even beyond that, the science data will continue to be worked on for decades, possibly more, depending on the research grants that are acquired.

Other team members, some who have spent most of their career working on the Cassini mission, will use this as an opportunity to retire.

Future Missions

In revealing that Enceladus has essentially all the ingredients needed for life, the mission energized a pivot to the exploration of “ocean worlds” that has been sweeping planetary science over the past couple of decades.

Jupiter’s moon Europa has been a prime target for future exploration, and many lessons during Cassini’s mission are being applied in planning our Europa Clipper mission, planned for launch in the 2020s.

The mission will orbit the giant planet, Jupiter, using gravitational assists from large moons to maneuver the spacecraft into repeated close encounters, much as Cassini has used the gravity of Titan to continually shape the spacecraft’s course.

In addition, many engineers and scientists from Cassini are serving on the new Europa Clipper mission and helping to shape its science investigations. For example, several members of the Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer team are developing an extremely sensitive, next-generation version of their instrument for flight on Europa Clipper. What Cassini has learned about flying through the plume of material spraying from Enceladus will be invaluable to Europa Clipper, should plume activity be confirmed on Europa.

In the decades following Cassini, scientists hope to return to the Saturn system to follow up on the mission’s many discoveries. Mission concepts under consideration include robotic explorers to drift on the methane seas of Titan and fly through the Enceladus plume to collect and analyze samples for signs of biology.

Atmospheric probes to all four of the outer planets have long been a priority for the science community, and the most recent recommendations from a group of planetary scientists shows interest in sending such a mission to Saturn. By directly sampling Saturn’s upper atmosphere during its last orbits and final plunge, Cassini is laying the groundwork for an potential Saturn atmospheric probe.

A variety of potential mission concepts are discussed in a recently completed study — including orbiters, flybys and probes that would dive into Uranus’ atmosphere to study its composition. Future missions to the ice giants might explore those worlds using an approach similar to Cassini’s mission.

Learn more about the Cassini mission and its Grand Finale HERE.

Follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

#space!#nasa #cassini

buzzfeed

32 Tweets That Would Have Made Zero Fucking Sense 20 Years Ago

#you don't even need to go 20 years back #although 32 will live FOREVER #life with the internet

marveldaily

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 + Baby Groot

#oh they knew exactly what they were doing #guardians of the galaxy #baby groot

We are now back at the time of year when I want to seriously damage whoever came up with “seedless” watermelon, wtf are those little white impossible-to-dig-out devil bombs ALL OVER my watermelon, turtles?

#this rant brought to you by:#the desire to eat my watermelon without having to perform freaking surgery

vanityfair

Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the @starwars franchise, Vanity Fair introduces the next chapter in its saga with four covers devoted to The Last Jedi.

Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.

#star wars #and interesting they went with 'the force'#for rey and luke #not 'the light'#and I'm still not ready for that last one #the picture or the tag

pdlcomics

Incredible Feeling

#seems accurate

i-restuff

The time when Donald Duck have a fight with his Original Voice Actor (Clarence Nash)

this is cute.

toonirl

I never knew I needed this in my life until now

#ha!#disney #were they just arguing in numbers there toward the end?

writing-prompt-s

“You had ONE job!” both Satan and God scream at you.

Good Omens

Lamb Kofta Curry

Dogs are so dumb I love them

accidentallypatriotic-deactivat

@lastgunfighterballad if it fits..

lastgunfighterballad

It’s the booty wriggle to sit himself down 😂

#sometimes your happy place is confusing to others #but #it's still your happy place #you do you dog

altonzm-deactivated20170213

french recipes: if you’re not making this in paris then what’s the point. fuck you

italian recipes: use the left leg meat of a pig from one of three farms in this specific area of tuscany, or from this day my grandmother will begin manifesting physically in your house

thirdtimecharmed

american recipes: buy these three cans of stuff and put them in a pan congrats you cooked

svynakee

chinese recipes, as handed down from mother to child: season it with a pinch of this and some of that. you want to know the exact amount? feel it in your heart. ask the stars. yell into the void.

orriculum

English recipes: boil and salt it. Okay that’s it enjoy

digitalfare

Greek recipes: You followed all the right steps but this isn’t quite right. I don’t know what to tell you.

jamesandlilys

Australia recipes: chuck it on the barbie

monsterhighalumni

Latinx recipes: you will never make it better than your abuela, face the facts

wereyoulookingforsomething-deac

Armenian recipes: spend eight days laboring over the stove. the food will be flavorful with the sacrifice of your sanity. no one will appreciate it.

moldychesee

Canadian recipes: It either needs more bacon, more maple syrup, more gravy, or an unholy combination of the three

dixon-arrows-deactivated2018052

Polish recipes: you have to toUCH THE DOUGH, FEEL THE PIEROGI IN YOUR HEART, TOUCH IT. LICK IT. SMELL IT.

sunandreign-deactivated20171022

Dutch recipes: if you didn’t mash it you fucked up.

giant-spider-boyfriend

Midwestern Recipes: It has neither enough potatoes, cheese, or eggs, continue adding till none of them are recognizable.

anjoholegacy

Southern Recipes: fry a whole chicken, add butter, boil everything in your garden in one pot (even the weeds), Add Butter, serve with sweet tea, ADD BUTTER