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I keep this because the gifs are so damn funny

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Nailed it

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When you get on the wrong train to Hogwarts.

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“Nooo you can’t throw away our Christmas tree!” [video]

[currentsinbiology]

People [sometimes] talk about creation as a remote fact of history, as if it were something that was attended to a long time ago, and finished at the time. But creation was not an act; it is a process; and it is going on today as much as it ever was. And Nature is not in a hurry…

John Muir (via currentsinbiology)

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Sledding is one of Secret’s favorite activities, she probably went down this hill 50 times today. - My_Aussie_Gal

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[sir-thursday]

Sir that is too big a bite

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Don’t tell him what to do

[sir-thursday]

He is causing a scene

[the-perfect-aesthetic]

[sieunies]

google just made me so emo

[felicitysmoak-queeen]

oh my god I can’t stop crying

[beingbreannaleigh]

From a strictly marketing standpoint. This is the best ad of all time. Like…well fucking done Google.

[malayerz]

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.

Ira Glass  (via femburton)

[scientificphilosopher]

Carl Sagan, one of my personal heroes, died on this day 19 years ago. His wisdom has enriched my life in so many ways.

Here’s the wonderful Ann Druyan (Sagan’s widow) speaking on her husband, his death, and their time together. It’s one of my favorite quotes ever:

“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me - it still sometimes happens - and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous - not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous and so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful… The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.” –Ann Druyan

[photo via Simon Kregar]

[scientificphilosopher]

21 years ago today marks the passing of Carl Sagan

[philosophybits]

An intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections (via philosophybits)

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They are cautiously optimistic about this furry, hornless rhino. [video]

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When halloween costumes used to be creepy

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Anyway, here’s science.

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Well, this is definitely the most fun I’ve had while making a post.

Inspired by this one from capnphaggit. Images & copyrights: Trifid Nebula (M20) by Marcus Davies, The Cat’s Eye Nebula and Star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Please don’t remove the credits.

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do it!

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Makes the universe look like an organ, a beating heart