USA! USA!

I am a patriot and this is my blog.

[blackgirlshairrock]

Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South.

[wssrstrm]

Holy shit. I can't even imagine.

[swagintherain]

my all time favorite gifs

[thatssoscience]

Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

[acquaintedwithrask]

I’m—

holy shit

[deaexlibris]

I have a raging science ladyboner right now.

[sxeli-deactivated20171231]

I’d love if we could do it on a state-by-state basis.

[unspellable-blog]

That same slime mold once affirmed that the Tokyo subway is pretty well-designed.  

[nearfuturisticdystopian-blog]

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

[amydentata]

Natural computation: it’s a thing, and it’s awesome. What is the universe but a really, really complicated computer?

[durnesque-esque]

[wssrstrm]

[thingstoshowmyboyfriend]

wssrstrm: Hat tip to the amazing DJ Shazam

[wssrstrm]

I can't believe this GIF never went anywhere

[gifbro]

[newyorker]

Today’s daily cartoon by David Sipress.

[wssrstrm]

This is my whole entire life right now.

[wssrstrm]

Hat tip to the amazing DJ Shazam

[iquantny]

We’ve all been there. The train is coming into the station, and you grab your MetroCard and quickly try and swipe it at a turnstile.

"Please Swipe Again". "Please Swipe Again". "Insufficient Fare".

The last two words are killer. You think to yourself “I swear I had a balance on this card”....

[chartagnan]

[wssrstrm]

#selfie #noselfie (at Unnameable Books)

[blunthought]

Bobby Hutton.

He joined the Black Panther Party at the age of 16, in 1966. On April 6th, 1968, he was traveling in a car with a few other Black Panther members, when they were ambushed by the Oakland police. They ran for cover in a building nearby. When the police finally threw tear gas into the building, Hutton stripped down to his underwear so that the police would know he was unarmed and he walked out.

The police shot him 12 times. At the age of 17, Bobby Hutton was murdered by the police.

[flashfuneral]

Probably the most powerful image I’ve ever seen.

[kropotkindersurprise]

Two ways of dealing with tear gas grenades from comrades in Turkey: Either submerge them in water. Make sure you can close off the container cause the gas will still spread for a while. Or throw them in the fire so the gas burns off before it can spread.

[wssrstrm]

Pro tip

[thesoftghetto]

Protesters upset about the smearing of Mike Brown converged at CNN headquarters.

[shortformblog]

“When it started raining and lightning and the crowd didn’t disperse, my energy level shot up,” said Kwame Thompson, an attorney in Atlanta and St. Louis. “It was a peaceful demonstration that was against police brutality and in support of Mike Brown and his family.”

This feels unprecedented. 

[wssrstrm]

Well, that's a hell of a thing.

[wssrstrm]

Hugo Wasserstrom #vscocam #nyc (at John A. Seravalli Park)

[quickhits]

[msj3nn]

Right now in #Ferguson

[priceofliberty]

what the fuck kind of “police” is that? It sounds like he’s saying “get the fuck out of here”