Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 96
December 21, 2014
readsthebooks:
Today’s book quote is from These Broken Stars by...
nubbsgalore:
dinoflagellates, a single celled bioluminescent...

fefo bouvier in barra de valizas, uruguay

doug perrine in the maldives

russ taylor in the florida everglades

naomi paquette in jervis beach; australia

ukasz warzecha in the island of mjorn, sweden

phil hart in victoria lake, australia
dinoflagellates, a single celled bioluminescent plankton,photographed by naomi paquette in jervis beach, australia;fefo bouvier in barra de valizas, uruguay; russ taylor in the florida everglades; doug perrinein the maldives; phil hart in victo...
December 20, 2014
smartgirlsattheparty:
zanzoobamagdoos:
seermaweydo:
Tove Lo...
Tove Lo Stay High - Chargaux Violin Cover, Sweet Style
They are so much magic.
i. was. not. ready.
This is, AMAZING!
Chills. This is gorgeous.
strangelykt:
amy—jean:
Little Girl Plays on Gentle Giant...




Little Girl Plays on Gentle Giant Tibetan Mastiff
Let’s be honest here… we all wish we were that little girl right now.
yareviewnetwork:
For day 2 of our 12 days of YA recs, staff has...
the-book-ferret:
*heavybreathing*
December 19, 2014
Do you think it's creepy/inappropriate for middle-aged adults to read YA fiction and attend the movies without a kid along with them? I really like The Hunger Games but I feel like a super creep sometimes.
No, not at all. That’s totally fine. I really can’t think of even a theoretical objection to that.
Today, on the last stop of the This Shattered World blog tour,...


Today, on the last stop of the This Shattered Worldblog tour, Amie and I are talking about gender and science fiction—specifically, how to write about a society that left gender stereotypes and prejudices behind centuries ago, when we ourselves have grown up in what is still an extremely gender-biased world. How do you leave preconceptions and biases behind when they’re completely subconscious? We’re sharing some of the ways we worked to avoid letting modern-day biases creep into a world th...
astronomicalwonders:
Star Formation in the Small Magellanic...


Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud - NGC 602
The Small Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation Tucana, is roughly 200,000 light-years from the Earth. Its proximity to us makes it an exceptional laboratory to perform in-depth studies of star formation processes and their evolution in an environment slightly different from our own Milky Way. This image of a nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud shows newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the center of a st...
December 18, 2014
sir-hathaway:
swolizard:
Neil deGrasse Tyson for galactic...

Neil deGrasse Tyson for galactic chancellor representative in the milky way galaxy for Earth
holy shit