adulting:

(Note: this is one of the first Adulting entries; reprinted because I still think it’s useful even if you don’t feel like scrolling through 30 pages of archive)

This is the most difficult and important thing to accept if you wish to be a grownup: You are not a special snowflake.

Well,…

Peeps!
God, they’re disgusting.

npr:

jtotheizzoe:

… but when I do I make sure they are 3890 x 4650 pixels. Holy cow.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some Apollo landing sites to look for.

(via Bad Astronomy)

Amazing. -Savy

theclearlydope:

Hello Good Morning: This was my favorite of the Fast and Furious films.

inothernews:

STARBURST   On March 2, 2012 a new active region on the sun, region 1429, rotated into view. It has let loose two M-class flares and one X-class so far. The M-class flares erupted on March 2 and on March 4. The third flare, seen above, rated an X1, peaked at 10:30 ET on March 4. A coronal mass ejection accompanied each flare, though due to the fact that this active region is still off to the side of the sun, they will likely have a weak effect on Earth’s magnetosphere.  The M class flare on March 4 also came with what’s called a Type IV radio burst that lasted for about 46 minutes. Sending out broadband radio waves, these bursts can occur towards the end of a solar flare and are believed to be created by moving electrons trapped in great, looping magnetic fields left over from the initial flare. The bursts can interfere with radio communications on Earth.  (Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory / NASA)

Click here to view an incredible time-lapse video.

Power!

(via npr)

Bit rot.

It’s a sky blue sky. We’re under the wires.

theclearlydope:

This wins the Internet today.

scrotumcoat:

VW Walker

tetw:

by A.J. Jacobs

One man’s quest to go from manic multitasker to Zen unitasker in one month flat.

Need now.

(via emergentfutures)

leftofblack:

Redefining Black Power and Re-Thinking Black Male Achievement on the February 20^th Left of Black

Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype© by journalist Joanne Griffith, editor of the new book Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America (City Lights).  Griffith discusses the observations of several of the book’s contributors including historian Vincent Harding, Professor Michele Alexander and MOVE member Ramona Afrika, who cites Fred Hampton Jr.’s recent quote that “Barack Obama is the new crack.”  Griffith also shares about the interview she had with Rev. Jeremiah Wright that was not included in the book, and points out the unfair images of Blacks in the media.

Later, Neal is joined via Skype© by Shaun Harper, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and Director for the Center for the Study of Race and Equality in Education,.  Recently, Harper released a study entitled “Black Male Student Success in Higher Education.”  Harper discusses the importance of looking at achievement rather than failure, and describes one example of an exceptional Black male role model.  Lastly, Harper shares some of the experiences of Black male students in higher education as they navigate through racial hardships.  

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Left of Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on the Ustream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/left-of-black. Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or #dukelive.   

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Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.

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Follow Left of Black on Twitter: @LeftofBlack

Follow Mark Anthony Neal on Twitter: @NewBlackMan

Follow Joanne Griffith on Twitter: @globaljourno

Follow Shaun Harper on Twitter: @DrShaunHarper

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Something to dü.