dragons:

YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

astronomyblog:

Concealment of the star Aldebaran caused by the Moon in 2016.

by: Tunç Tezel

luzonbleedingheart:

pecharings:

luzonbleedingheart:

luzonbleedingheart:

this site does in fact have a blatant racism problem and the most obnoxious part is how it stems from willful ignorance. just the sheer obliviousness of wondering out loud why its bad to assume a black child steals or draw fucking minstrel fanart, of out and out reblogging shit that’s veiled blood libel, of buying into the idea that all media products from east asia are inherently problematic and inherently uniform is just all so…ugly. some of yall need to do some reading reading, off tumblr. 

and of course no one can know everything from the jump but like? i’m really not getting the impression that many of you are actively working to better yourselves and remain aware of the many, many ways we’re capable of hurting each other due to socialized expectations and ideas.

i feel like (and this exists on any/every social media site tbh but can be seen prominently on tumblr) there’s a culture around expecting people to educate us instead of doing our own academic work or at the very least actively working towards trying to understand something on our own.

this is really apparent in how people would seemingly much rather wait hours or days for someone to answer a question on here that is easily found on a quick google search. there’s a really big issue with this collective culture of passivity and waiting to “be informed” instead of informing yourself?

i also feel like this comes from some prominent tumblr usage being your dash acting like a news feed, which plays into larger news consumption culture in general; that if it’s important it’ll just find its way to you. it’s like a big drawback to a culture we built around creating an informant and educative culture in our groups on here, because it devolves into blatant laziness or willful ignorance, completely avoiding the entire point of being informed and educated as a constant action that never stops.

that’s tea and its also why so many people on here cry ableism and inaccessibility the minute any kind of terminology or jargon is used. Its really unfair and also intellectually dishonest that the people with privilege and resources at their disposal automatically resort to demanding that marginalized people do all the groundwork of reading, processing, and disseminating discourse for their sake only for all that labour to be filed away under a ‘im white’ tag LMFAOO

arterialtrees:

ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED by Jenny Holzer

officialaudreykitching:

‪If anyone has ever bullied, manipulated you or tried to steal your light, today is a magical day to reclaim your inner power and strength. Do a meditation where you go back in time, say no and stand up for yourself, declare that this kind of behavior ends now. Soul retrieval is a powerful form of healing.‬

afro-elf:

shutyourmoustache:

shutyourmoustache:

We all just gotta survive til March 1.

@afro-elf i do NOT have the patience for this “album dropping in march“ shit.

i’m READY

history-and-stuff-and-things:

anexperimentallife:

vishual:

klapollo:

klapollo:

hey shout out to PBS and public libraries

like dudes for real PBS has so many resources for education and stuff. you can watch HOURS of documentaries online for free on their site.

like no joke go on pbs dot org right now and you’ll find an entire netflix of public television with full transcripts to boot. the american experience site alone is loaded with multipart docuseries about american history

the availability can vary but even then watch pbs sometimes!! they have really cool crap on all the time. sometimes they play ballets and broadway shows. (donation ad voice) support public television

strange and bizarre how community-funded and supported programming and resources are made to be free and easy to access, and it’s some of the highest quality stuff you can get my friends! sorry not sorry socialism works

And this is exactly why Republicans are constantly attacking PBS.

rageagainstthedyingofsarah:

11thsense:

Y’all be giving money to ao3 and “funny-man” tumblr users to eat crayons but not to struggling sex workers, homeless ppl, trans ppl, lgbt ppl or people of color who beg for some money on here, and yell at them to get a job and rub it in their faces. Okay. Die then.

hexglyphs:

realaxolotl:

hexglyphs:

oh, sure, when SPIDERMAN leaps from rooftop to rooftop, performing death-defying extreme parkour stunts as he swings through the city, he’s “a hero” and “protecting the city”, but when i do it i’m “illegally trespassing on private property” and “a menace to society”, THAT’S how it is, huh,

peter parker said this in civilian clothing

yours is the only funny and correct addition to this post

spaceexp:

The vertical Saturn V is getting cleaned, and requires an even bigger crane

via reddit