February 2011
19 posts
Watchunknownskywalker:
Monster Prominence Erupts from the Sun
When a rather large M 3.6 class flare occurred near the edge of the Sun on Feb. 24, 2011, it blew out a gorgeous, waving mass of erupting magnetic plasma that swirled and twisted for 90 minutes. NASA’s SDO captured the event in extreme ultraviolet light.
Because SDO images are high definition, the team was able to zoom in on the flare...
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“I have a bust of Abraham Lincoln in my office, and it’s not because of the...”
– Richard Donner (via lowindustrial)
bluishorange: From MoveOn.org: Top 10 Shocking... →
theriotmag:
1) Republicans not only want to reduce women’s access to abortion care, they’re actually trying to redefine rape. After a major backlash, they promised to stop. But they haven’t yet. Shocker.
2) A state legislator in Georgia wants to change the legal term for victims of…
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“ROSENWALD’S THEOREM The belief that all the wrong people have self-esteem.”
– Douglas Coupland - A Dictionary of the Near Future - NYTimes.com
Thinkstank: The United States of Google... →
thinkstank:
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With the “United States of X” meme making the rounds lately, this seemed like a gimme: use “[statename] is ” as a prompt for Google and see what it thinks I might be trying to find out about every state in the nation.
It turns out that a lot of people seem to…
Let’s be honest, Massachusetts is wicked awesome.
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“These names are already quaint by today’s standards. What are we going to do 50...”
– Celebrity Super Bowl Pickkake: Louis C.K. | Kissing Suzy Kolber 