July 2011
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June 2011
“But the shuttle is now over. The ISS is due to be de-orbited, in the inelegant...”
– The end of the Space Age
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Principles of Environmental Justice
Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, in Washington DC, drafted and adopted 17 principles of Environmental Justice. Since then, The Principles have served as a defining document for the growing grassroots movement for environmental justice.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, gathered together at this multinational People of Color...
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Radiohead - The Headmaster Ritual (The Smiths...
I will never understand why it is relevant to hear... →
Just for reference, using selective inflamatory “facts” ≠ scientific understanding.
My ability to tolerate bullshit political rhetoric, regardless of country or issue, has basically wore completely thin.
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☐ Single ☐ Taken ✔ Public radio listener
WatchJupiter seen by Voyager 1 probe with blue filter. One image was taken every Jupiter day (approximately 10 hours). These pictures were taken from 01/06 to 02/03, 1979 ; and Voyager 1 flew from 58 million to 31 million kilometers from Jupiter during that time. The small, round, dark spots appearing in some frames are the shadows cast by the moons passing between Jupiter and the Sun, while...
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“Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and...”
– “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom
“All our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone who makes us...”
– Kevin Arnold, narrating in The Wonder Years (1988)
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crookedindifference asked: I love cheese.
Air - Playground Love
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“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that...”
– Nikola Tesla, in “Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World” in Modern Mechanics and Inventions (July 1934)
Breaking: 3/4 of US nuclear power plants leaked or... →
climateadaptation:
“Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.
The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation.
Tritium, which is a radioactive form of...
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World's oceans in 'shocking' decline →
mohandasgandhi:
bringtheruckuss:
The oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists.
Well, this isn’t shocking to those who have studied and paid attention to the serious issues concerning the oceans.
This is more important than you realize. You can help save our oceans.
Oceanic biodiversity is what breathes life into ecosystems on land,...
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas Edison
Daft Punk - Something About Us
WatchSunrise To Sunset Aboard The International Space Station
Roughly half an orbit of the ISS, from sunrise over Northern Europe to sunset south-east of Australia. The view is to the north of the station’s ground track. In the upper-left, is the tail of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which docked with the Space Station during the STS-131 mission. The animation begins with a view of snow-covered Norway...
