Matilda (1996) Dir. Danny DeVito

“There’s a growing anti-intellectual strain that is growing in this country. It may be the beginning of the end of our informed democracy. In a free society, you can and should think whatever you want. If you want to think the Earth is flat, go right ahead. But if you think the Earth is flat and you have influence over others, as would successful rappers or even presidential candidates, then being wrong becomes being harmful to the health, the wealth and the security of our citizenry.”

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Neil deGrasse Tyson responding to rapper B.o.B. regarding his Flat Earth, conspiracy-theory propaganda rant via Twitter (see it via the Daily Show here)

He’s probably fantasized about this moment happening over and over again and spends his sleepless nights analyzing how he’d accept. He needs more time to choose the appropriate reaction. 

Also, L-O-V-E by Nate King Cole started playing from my playlist while I was reading this post and it just makes it all the more funnier. 

you can clearly see Jim thinking deeper and deeper as he tries to figure out if this is a proposal or not.

Carl Sagan's First Book on Stars

When Carl was five years old, he wondered about the stars: what were they? Unsatisfied with the answers he got from his friends and from adults he knew, Carl went to the library and asked for a book about stars. The librarian handed him … a book on celebrities! In Keay Davidson’s Carl Sagan: A Life, Carl explained how his fascination with the cosmos began:

“I gave it back to her and said, “This wasn’t the kind of stars I had in mind.” She thought this was hilarious, which humiliated me further. She then went and got the right kind of book. I took it—a simple kid’s book. I sat down on a little chair—a pint-sized chair—and turned the pages until I came to the answer.

And the answer was stunning. It was that the Sun was a star but really close. The stars were suns, but so far away they were just little points of light…. And while I didn’t know the [inverse] square law of light propagation or anything like that, still, it was clear to me that you would have to move that Sun enormously far away, further away than Brooklyn [for the stars to appears as dots of light]….

The scale of the universe suddenly opened up to me. [It was] kind of a religious experience. [There] was a magnificence to it, a grandeur, a scale which has never left me. Never ever left me.”

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/09/10-neat-facts-about-carl-sagan/

STOP THAT. YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Merry Christmas, @jeannebarsac! I’m your Secret Santa, so take that wish my best wishes! You don’t know how had be hard to post this. I had so many problems with the pc, the internet line, the tablet, I had a travel today and I was absolutely sure to give this to you before christmas. I did it! Note: Adrien absolutely sucks at cooking. His poor shirt.

He’s so funny and really cute. 

Reblog if Markiplier putting out videos late doesn't bother you

Trying to prove something to him

Faint of Heart by Tegan and Sara❤️❤️❤️

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In Green Company: Aurora over Norway : Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds – mostly. On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a spectacular auroral display. Arms went high in the air, patience and experience paid off, and the creative featured image was captured as a composite from three separate exposures. The setting is a summit of the Austnesfjorden fjord close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. The time was early 2014. Although our Sun has just passed the solar minimum of its 11-year cycle, surface activity should pick up over the next few years with the promise of triggering more spectacular auroras on Earth. via NASA

Zodiac Reads (Part 1)

How Zodiac signs approach love

What is your Zodiac signs relationship goal?

How each sign reacts during arguments

How to avoid being on the Zodiacs bad side

How to attract the Zodiac Signs

How is the male / female version of your sign?

Zodiac Signs when falling in love

What type of friend is your Zodiac sign?

The Zodiac signs and commitment

How is your Zodiac signs reputation?

The Zodiac sleeping habits

How would your Zodiac sign win people over?

Most compatible Zodiac signs

Which Zodiac sign would you call if you need someone?

What is the sexual nature of your Zodiac?

What is your Zodiac signs outstanding trait?

Curious Thought

If you could have a playlist of songs to describe your life, what would they be and what song would be your theme?