Will leaves tomorrow for New York.

I think I’m just barely beginning to fully internalize that

Not that I have any idea how to handle it, of course.

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nbcnews:

Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds

(Photo: Intel)

Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.

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Everybody, remember this face.
Remember this name.
If this becomes a commonly used & highly lauded discovery, at some point a White guy is going to take credit, even if he has to word it like “Improved upon a previous…”
No no no
Remember this brown girl.
Remeeeemmmmmberrrrr

YOU GO

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afronaut:

physicsphysics:

An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.

Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

I have been waiting for this picture to come back around for so long to show it to someone.

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What the “long distance”, “ldr” etc tags are: screen caps of “cute” texts, hipster pictures with uncredited quotes on them in ~cool~ font, couples kissing at a reunion.

What I want them to be: how about some goddamn survival tips

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thefrogman:

Drawn by Mike Jacobsen [website | twitter | store]

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In preparation for going to China in one month, I listened to a How to Swear in Chinese podcast (shut up, it’s productive). Kind of confused how the phrase “ta ma de” (His mother) translates to “fuck”. I feel like that’s a phrase that comes up a lot in casual conversation…

thedailywhat:

Stats Pr0n of the Day: U.S. Map of Hate Speech on Twitter

Since June 2012, Dr. Monica Stevens of Humboldt State University in California has been mapping more than 150,000 geotagged tweets that contain homophobic, racist or abliest language. The result is the Geography of Hate, an interactive map of the U.S. which reveals the hotspots of “hate tweets” across the country. A deeper analysis of the project is available at Floating Sheep.

I wish there was a per capita version of this

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Boyfriend now refers to random cute animals as “he or she”

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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This girl