It’s cold on Mars. This is beautiful.
War of the Worlds is my summer reading book. I should bring this to school.
INNOVATIVE DOORKNOB
Even doorknobs can be improved upon. If a door is locked it should not be available to even try and open.
This shit is dope.
Even better, the door should be replaced by a wall so that no one even knows the room exists.
#1 priority in my dream home: multiple hidden rooms, including/especially a library.
I’d invite you to my house to show you but you wouldn’t find the door
I think this Vlogbrothers’ comment on Dan Brown’s latest video just made my day. xD
I’m glad someone found that one.
While this is awesome, we will hold you against it forever.
MARIO, YOUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER AQUARIUM?!?!
Reddittor jennyleighb posted video and these photos of her roomate’s 55 gallon aquarium that’s been customized with a LEGO Super Mario Bros. level. Here’s a link to more photos showing the progession of the build.
Dude…
Space Invaders Throw Pillows
Set of 3 available for $60 USD at Day Dreaming Mouse.
I want them so bad!
It's Cold On Mars
John Green: What do I know about the p--
Hank Green: It's cold.
John: Is it cold on Mars?
Hank: It's cold on Mars.
John: Really?
Hank: It's cold on Mars
John: Really?
Hank: It's cold on Mars
John: Are you positive?
Hank: ...
John: The whole time? All year round? Even in the summer?
Hank: ... It's cold on Mars. Sorry
John: Even in August?
Hank: It's cold
John: Right at the equator?
Hank: It's cold
John: Right at the Martian equator?
Hank: It's cold
John: 'Cause it's further from Earth; is that why?
Hank: Yes- It's further from the sun. It has nothing to do with how far it is from Earth.
John: Wait, you're telling me that heat is not produced by the Earth? Now, everything is being overturned! Next, you'll tell me that the Earth is not the center of the Universe or that 6^5 is not 4!
Hank: You're bad at being a nerd...
Last week, the country was riveted by the story of young Diane Tran, a high school junior age 17, who was tossed in jail for a night because she was missing too much school.
The reason her case attracted so much attention? Tran missed those days of school—or arrived late—due to exhaustion. She worked two jobs to help support her siblings. Her parents had split and moved out of town. She became, in essence, a poster-girl for both the recession and for the criminalization of youth. Even those local newscasters expected to be dispassionate were moved to say their “hearts went out” to this girl.
One of Tran’s employers is a wedding planning business, which she assists and whose owners house her with her parents out of town. The other is a full-time job at a dry cleaning store. Her third job, then, is going to school, where she is enrolled in several AP and honors classes, but missed 18 days. After a previous warning, a judge decided that a night in jail would teach her a lesson. He didn’t see why people were kicking up such a fuss. ”A little stay in the jail for one night is not a death sentence,” the judge told the same local news channel.
But then thousands of people around the world read the headline variations on “honors student goes to jail” and began expressing their support—with their voices and their wallets, signing a petition and contributing to a fund for Tran.
At last, the judge in the case agreed todismiss the contempt charges he had leveled at Tran. News sources reported that with paperwork, she can have her record expunged.
But none of these reprieves happened until Tran had already spent the night in jail.
From Corporations Are People to Stand Your Ground to I’ve Got Mine, So I Don’t Know Why You’re Complaining, Kid, There’s a fundamental lack of compassion in American culture. I don’t know if it’s always been that way, or if it’s the way I see things, or if it’s something that I’m just becoming aware of right now, but I believe it’s profoundly immoral.
And the thing is, it’s a load-bearing pillar in the Conservative mindset, right? Conservatives who self-identify as religious, but completely disregard the teachings of Christ, who — according to the Bible they’re always quoting (as if it begins and ends with Leviticus) — wanted everyone to treat others with love and compassion.
I can’t believe that, in 2012, this country is so unenlightened that there is anyone who thinks it’s okay to put a child in jail for any non-violent offense, even for one night.
If you’re still reading, go read the entire article; it’s important.
PHIL PLAIT: Welcome to science
Check out the whole comic here. It’s awesome! =))
by Gavin Aung Than, the creator of the ZenPencils.
I am so lucky and grateful that Phil is my friend. My life is richer for knowing him.
Yeah! Magnetars!
