Ramblings of a Writer

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parents making sex jokes

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grandparents making sex jokes

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nine-year-olds making sex jokes

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nine-year-olds

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NINE

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NEIN

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[archiemcphee]

Here’s further proof that science and scientists are awesome:

A 7-year-old girl named Sophie wrote a lovely letter to the scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, politely asking if they could work on creating a dragon for her. She even included a drawing to help them out. (click here to read Sophie’s entire letter)

The scientists at CSIRO wrote back to Sophie:

We’ve been doing science since 1926 and we’re quite proud of what we have achieved. We’ve put polymer banknotes in your wallet, insect repellent on your limbs and Wi-Fi in your devices. But we’ve missed something. There are no dragons.

Over the past 87 odd years we have not been able to create a dragon or dragon eggs. We have sighted an eastern bearded dragon at one of our telescopes, observed dragonflies and even measured body temperatures of the mallee dragon. But our work has never ventured into dragons of the mythical, fire breathing variety. And for this Australia, we are sorry.

(click here to read the agency’s complete response)

But then something truly awesome happened. The scientists had a bit of a think, as scientists are wont to do, and decided to rapidly accelerate their Dragon R&D Program. That’s right, they made a dragon for Sophie - Toothless, a 3D printed titanium dragon, blue, female, species: Seadragonus giganticus maximus.

“Being that electron beams were used to 3D print her, we are certainly glad she didn’t come out breathing them … instead of fire,” said Chad Henry, our Additive Manufacturing Operations Manager. “Titanium is super strong and lightweight, so Toothless will be a very capable flyer.”

Toothless is currently en route from Lab 22 in Melbourne to Sophie’s home in Brisbane.

Now Sophie wants to work at CSIRO when she grows up.

Click here to watch a video of the creation of Sophie’s dragon.

[via Geeks are Sexy and Neatorama]

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[kaiaminalcrossing]

Today was a really fantastic day.

A while back I had the thought, “I wish I could buy all my friends a 3DS and a copy of Animal Crossing.” The more I thought about it, the more I believed it wasn’t something out of my reach. I did a little bit of saving up and made enough to make it happen.

Tea, desserts, and Animal Crossing with four of my favorite people in the world. I had a really good day.

[neocrossing-deactivated20161028]

This post finally came back, and it makes me feel so happy every time it does.

[syggy]

[bigcatawareness]

Source

Not all of them have been healthy, though.

"We’ve had 3 out of 24 that, for all practical purposes, were normal but developed as they grew older some kind of neurological disorder," Hutcherson said.

Autopsies didn’t reveal what caused the cubs to develop…

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DOGGIES

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[Image description: A baby otter, being held by one person, has a doctor checking it with a stethoscope. Both the doctor and otter look excited and happy. TEXT: “Someone’s life is better because you are in it.”]

[Image credit to Perth Zoo and Zooborns.]

[anarcho-queer]

While the head honchos at the HRC are making 6 figure salaries from donations to support ‘marriage equality’, hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ youth are homeless and are purposely ignored by mainstream gay organizations. The ‘fight’ for same sex marriage has proven to be a profitable business for gay ‘non-profit’ businesses, so it’s no wonder why gay marriage overshadows all other LGBTQ issues. After all, helping the needy results in smaller pay.

Supporting gay marriage doesn’t mean you support the queer struggle. In fact, most ‘allies’ and even a large portion of more fortunate queers don’t know the facts about LGBTQ homelessness, violence against trans* people, high unemployment, discrimination, etc, nor do they bother to research it. They are just concerned about their favorite gay celebrities being able to tie the knot.

If you care about the queer struggle, take a minute of your day to familiarize yourself with some of the disturbing statistics:

20- 40% of homeless youth are LGBTQ. In comparison, the general youth population is only 3-10% LGBTQ.

LGBTQ youth are twice as likely to experience sexual abuse before the age of 12.

LGBTQ youth, once homeless, are at higher risk for victimization, mental health problems, and unsafe sexual practices. 58.7% of LGBTQ homeless youth have been sexually victimized compared to 33.4% of heterosexual homeless youth

LGBTQ youth are roughly 7.4 times more likely to experience acts of sexual violence than heterosexual homeless youth

LGBTQ homeless youth commit suicide at higher rates (62%) than heterosexual homeless youth (29%)

At least 20% of ALL transgender people will be homeless sometime in their life.

29% of transgender people reported being turned away from a homeless shelter due to their transgender status.

Please consider taking action to help combat LGBTQ homelessness. I suggest making a donation to the Ali Forney Center or volunteering at your local LGBTQ homeless shelter.

P.S. Fuck the HRC!

[thenekkidtruth]

You may not see these kids, knowingly, but they’re just as real as every other kid

[thesleuthjournal]

Scientists Create The World’s First Glow-In-The-Dark Pigs

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wait but

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no dont worry, its science

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have you ever tried to find a pig in the dark? it’s fucking hard. there’s no downside to this

[artmonia]

Illustrations by Melissa van der Paardt

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[amandapalmer]

One reason that people have artist’s block is that they do not respect the law of dormancy in nature. Trees don’t produce fruit all year long, constantly. They have a point where they go dormant. And when you are in a dormant period creatively, if you can arrange your life to do the technical tasks that don’t take creativity, you are essentially preparing for the spring when it will all blossom again.

Marshall Vandruff (via neil gaiman via jonathan carroll)

[fit-personality]

PLEASE READ:

This company has illegally taken one of my photos and used is to sell scam diet pills. I did NOT use this product.

This product is claiming that any hard work I did for the last 2 years can be solved by simply using their pills, which is both a lie and is also degrading to me. Considering all it took to get to this point (in a completely healthy way), I find it upsetting that I am getting contacted by people about this pill and that my image is being ruined all because some scam wants to make money.

I know I am not the only one this has happened to. Sharee had a similar issue, and I want to let you all know that these pills don’t work and as health bloggers, we are being truthful when we say we are living REAL healthy lifestyles!

If you see the ad on Facebook, PLEASE report it as spam. I want my image removed. I contacted the company, and so far I have heard no response.

I love everyone who has been reporting the page and been letting me know. You da You da best.

[funeralformyfat]

I am so sorry that happened! What I did was file a copyright infringement report with Facebook. Send your picture and the picture they stole and the link and they will take it down in hours. I am so sorry that happened!!

[thirsti-cactus]

ONLY 448 NOTES??? BOOST GUYS COME ON

[kanyewesticle]

when i was younger i used to think ron stoppable was going to marry me so i hated on kim possible and i found this on my old laptop

[mosrael]

alphabet soup more like times new ramen am i right

[mosrael]

gUYS THIS IS REALLY FUNNY IM STILL LAUGHING