FRANK ZAPPA COSMIK DEBRIS (by vv0422)
June 02, 2012
June 02, 2012
June 02, 2012
Cross-section of bulrush (Juncus sp.) autofluorescing by Mr. Jan Martinek
June 01, 2012
Ornithocheirus.
One of the largest Cretaceous pterosaurs- though still dwarfed by the giant Quetzalcoatlus, whose wingspan was estimated to have been able to reach over 21 metres in length. Ornithocheirus would probably had had a wingspan of 6 metres.
(via mellifluessence)
June 01, 2012
Let me talk to you about books.
Specifically, one book. This book.
This book should be a best seller. This book should be required reading for graduating from high school. Before you get that diploma, you read this book.
This book deals with debunking “Neurosexism,” which is a very fancy term for all of that evolutionary psychology bullshit that people spill about those “brain differences” between boys and girls.
This book debunks such myths as:
- Boys are better at math than girls
- Women make crappy lawyers/business CEOs/etc, as their brains are not cut out for aggression.
- Men make crappy counselors/primary school teachers/primary parents/etc, as their brains are not cut out for empathy.
- MEN ARE BUILT FOR GOING OUT AND HUNTING WHILE WOMEN ARE BUILT FOR STAYING HOME AND BABYMAKING IT’S NOT SEXISM IT’S JUST BIOLOGY
- And many other such myths.
Furthermore, this book covers topics such as:
- Neurosexism and gender perceptions in multiple races (as this is not a singularly white experience, just as the western world isn’t a singularly white experience)
- Sex discrimination in the workplace, and how women are (or, more often, are not) allowed to behave
- How science is used (badly) to support many of these claims
- Experiences of trans* people, both through interviews and empirical studies.
AND FINALLY - It is all brilliantly researched, cited, compiled - and it’s easy to read! Cordelia Fine actually manages to be funny while writing this, which I think is important, because it makes all of this information infinitely accessible.
Delusions of Gender has reinforced what Oberlin taught me: The gender binary is stupid and arbitrary, and dangerous. And it is a self-perpetuating bias that needs to be addressed to be overcome.
Their heads are a chart, so I’m allowed to do this.
(Source: likefrancium)
June 01, 2012
My father likes to tell a story about the men living on the railroad tracks where he grew up in central Connecticut. When he was boy, he often rode the tracks on his bike and came across what he thought were “hobos” along the way.
He was surprised when my grandfather, a World War II Army veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, ruefully told him they were veterans. In essence, they never came home from the war, he told his son, a child of the New Frontier who had grown up on John Wayne celluloid depictions of the war, snug in the can-do image of boom and fortitude reflected in the monochromatic images provided by Hollywood and Madison Avenue. There was no room for misfits or traumatized veterans in this American Dream. So they were easily marginalized and forgotten by society, at least in our town, there on the tracks.
(Read on… )
June 01, 2012
Kid Koala - Basin Street Blues (HD) (by IllPropaganda)
May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
Michael Salter - Styrobot, 2008 - 22 feet of styrofoam packing material
May 31, 2012
This is me holding a 65 million year old tooth at the museum with one of the awesome paleontologists on staff.
My name is Ashley, and I’m a Geology/Biology undergrad. Ultimate career goal: Vertebrate Paleontology.
I’m currently double majoring in geology and biology. I started at my local community college and transferred to finish out my degree. My biggest passion in life is dinosaurs- absolutely anything to do with dinosaurs, and I’m there. I’ve volunteered and worked at the museum, given tours, helped with educational programs and tutored kids in science.
During the school year, I work primarily in a bakery as a baker while I continue to be a freelance science tutor. I model here and there, but it’s nothing serious; that’s the way I like it. I love to read, draw, horseback ride and go to car shows.
