October 31st 2000, Expedition 1 Launches To The International Space Station Starting 15 Years Of Continuous

You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.

Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (via unsociabledoll)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Cats for the 53 stations of the Tokaido, 1847 - 1850. Japan. Via Rijksmuseum

Tonight please pray for all the innocent lives that will be lost in Syria due to the airstrike decision which has been agreed upon.

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If Earth had Saturn’s Rings

From an excellent post by Jason Davis

From Washington, D.C., the rings would only fill a portion of the sky, but appear striking nonetheless. Here, we see them at sunrise.

From Guatemala, only 14 degrees above the equator, the rings would begin to stretch across the horizon. Their reflected light would make the moon much brighter.

From Earth’s equator, Saturn’s rings would be viewed edge-on, appearing as a thin, bright line bisecting the sky.

At the March and September equinoxes, the Sun would be positioned directly over the rings, casting a dramatic shadow at the equator.

At midnight at the Tropic of Capricorn, which sits at 23 degrees south latitude, the Earth casts a shadow over the middle of the rings, while the outer portions remain lit.

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Teen breaks Rubik’s Cube new world record (video)

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You can love the man and each of his hands. / Love the brine and the meat and all the tiny ruins.

Jeanann Verlee, from “Polyamory, with Knives” (via lifeinpoetry)