..Useless~

chartermagic: jakeyelias: gabrielsbutt: toburnbright: Oh,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:43 -0400

jakeyelias:

gabrielsbutt:

toburnbright:

Oh, wow. The usual version of wing tattoos where they’re folded up against the shoulder blades doesn’t appeal to me but these… oh yes.

GET ON MY BODY

still really love this.

this is wonderful

1-800-butts: I’M BRINGING THIS BACK

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:20:46 -0400

1-800-butts:

I’M BRINGING THIS BACK

zoefknsaldana: #jim’s face though #his worldview’s been rocked...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:44 -0400

zoefknsaldana:

#jim’s face though #his worldview’s been rocked #wait?? #bones?? #you don’t just like people out of the blue it takes time and effort?? #and months of sleeping on the floor outside your room after you’ve locked them out for the fifth time because ‘some of us are doctors jim’ #’some of us have exams in the morning jim’ #’some of us don’t want to be woken up at 2am by your drunk self trying to take over my bed jim’ #i thought what we had was special?? #what do you mean you like him?? #bones?? BONES?? #and the rest of the film is just bones comfortingly stabbing jim with hyposprays to remind him that yes bones really does love him best

1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-but...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:25:53 -0400

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

Read More

Aren’t I the best?

Are you sure?

Read More

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

AWWWWWWWWWYES.

#That’s what I assume you were going to write but you probably just were so blinded by love you forgot the last bit

nO WRONG

*nO WRRRIIIGHT

LET’S NOT GET MY GOV/ECON TEACHER INVOLVED NOW

I have NO idea what you could possibly be talking about. I was simply being a great friend and correcting your misspelling.

1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: Click on...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:19:54 -0400

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

Read More

Aren’t I the best?

Are you sure?

Read More

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

AWWWWWWWWWYES.

#That’s what I assume you were going to write but you probably just were so blinded by love you forgot the last bit

nO WRONG

*nO WRRRIIIGHT

1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: Click on the “read more” if you...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:17:51 -0400

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

Read More

Aren’t I the best?

Are you sure?

Read More

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

AWWWWWWWWWYES.

1-800-butts: lupper: 1-800-butts: lupper: Click on the “read more” if you want to see something...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:14:26 -0400

1-800-butts:

lupper:

1-800-butts:

lupper:

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

Read More

Aren’t I the best?

Are you sure?

1-800-butts: lupper: Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:20 -0400

1-800-butts:

lupper:

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

Read More

Aren’t I the best?

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:49:21 -0400

Click on the “read more” if you want to see something that is simultaneously adorable and also blackmail.

I’m just kidding dude, I wouldn’t release good blackmail just for fun. I gotta save the good stuff.

theonefandom: lizthefangirl: aturtlespace: qelato: anniecrest...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:15:06 -0400

theonefandom:

lizthefangirl:

aturtlespace:

qelato:

anniecrestadair:

orangeninjadan:

hickitty:

clarkkftw:

I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isn’t a joke, and neither is someone’s life. If you didn’t know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.

why on earth doesn’t this have more notes

I actually had to do this once. She lived.

if you scroll past this on your dash you are absolutely heartless.

I couldn’t ignore this - Just in case. I was not aware of this feature, and if it helps ANYONE, then it has served its purpose.

I have always wondered about this.

More people need to see this…

jtotheizzoe: explore-blog: The little-known art of beloved...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:02:05 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

explore-blog:

The little-known art of beloved physicist Richard Feynman, born on May 11, 1918.

I love this man so much. If I can be like 1% as interesting and awesome as he was in teaching science to the world and embracing the beauty of creativity, then my life will be a success.

Stayed home today in hopes of actually getting some work done, because school has just turned into...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:18 -0400

Stayed home today in hopes of actually getting some work done, because school has just turned into “everyone hang out time” now that testing is pretty much over. But then my parents gave me hours of chores and I only got two things on my checklist done. Gosh. I feel like I should have just gone to school now. There was practically no point.

inoticeyoureanerdfighter: eeriie: “Sometime during the night...

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:07:53 -0400

inoticeyoureanerdfighter:

eeriie:

“Sometime during the night of August 16th, 1952, the small town of Ashley, Kansas ceased to exist. At 3:28am on August 17th, 1952, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake was measured by the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake itself was felt throughout the state and most of the midwest. The epicenter was determined to be directly under Ashley, Kansas. When state law enforcement arrived at what should have been the outskirts of the farming community, they found a smoldering, burning fissure in the Earth in the earth measuring 1000 yards in length and approximately 500 yards in width. The depth of the fissure was never determined. After twelve days, the state-wide and local search for the missing 679 residents of Ashley, Kansas, was called off by the Kansas State Government at 9:15pm on the night of August 29th, 1952. All 679 residents were assumed to be dead. At 2:27am on August 30th, 1952, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake was measured by the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was situated under what used to be the location of Ashley, Kansas. When law enforcement investigated at 5:32am, they reported that the fissure in the Earth had closed.

In the eight days leading up to the disappearance of the town and its 679 residents, bizarre and unexplainable events were reported by dozens of residents in Ashley, Kansas and law enforcement from the surrounding area.

On the evening of August 8th, 1952, at 7:13pm, a resident by the name of Gabriel Johnathan reported a strange sight in the sky above Ashley. The town itself, having no official branch of law enforcement, called into the police station of the neighboring town of Hays. Gabriel reported what appeared to be a “small, black opening in the sky.” Within the next fifteen minutes, the Hays police station became overwhelmed with dozens of phone calls all reporting the same phenomenon. The phenomenon was never reported by any neighboring communities. A decision was made to send a trooper to Ashley to investigate the matter the following morning.

At 7:54 am on the morning of August 9th, 1952, Hays Police Officer Allan Mace radioed the Hays Police Station. He reported that, despite following the one way road leading into Ashley, he had become lost. According to his report, the road “continued along its normal path, but somehow ended up back in Hays.” Officer Mace went on to add that the road never curved, or bent in any direction. At 9:15am, seven of the town’s 10 police cars were sent to investigate the situation, and all members of the team came to the same conclusion. The only road leading into Ashley stopped leading into Ashley, but instead led back to Hays. Phone calls continued to pour into the Hays Police Station, all reporting that the black opening in the sky continued to grow in size. All callers were advised to remain inside, and to not travel outside unless absolutely necessary. At 8:17pm, Mrs. Elaine Kantor reported her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Milton, and their two children, Jeffery and Brooke, missing. According to Mrs. Kantor’s phone call, the Milton’s attempted to leave town in their family car earlier in the evening. They never returned. Law enforcement officals from Hays never reported the car, or individuals, coming up the one way road.

At 7:38am on the morning of August 10th, 1952, phone calls from Ashley into the Hays Police Station reported that the town was in total darkness. The sun had never risen. At 10:15am, at the request of Hays Law Enforcement, a helicopter from Topeka, Kansas flew over the region in which Ashley, Kansas stood. The town was never observed from air.

At 12:43pm on the afternoon of August 11th, 1952, Ms. Phoebe Danielewski called into the Hays Police Station. She reported that her daugter Erica had begun to have conversions with her father, who died three years prior in a drunk driving accident. To add to her concern, Ms. Danielewski reported that Erica was attempting to go outside into the dark, to “join them.” Over the course of the next twelve hours, a reported 329 phone calls were placed into the Hays Police Station all describing similar phenomenon with the children of the town.

The following morning of August 12th, 1952, the sitation became dire. During the middle of the night, all 217 children in the town of Ashley, Kansas disappeared. A reported 421 phone calls were placed into the Hays Police Department. Unable to be of any useful assistance, Hays Law Enforcement instructed all callers to remain inside and to avoid any and all attempts at finding the missing children.

At 5:19pm on the evening August 13th, 1952, Ashley elderly man Scott Luntz reporting a growing, distant fire to the south. According to his description, the fire seemed to turn the distant black into “bright red and orange [that] seemed to extend high into the sky.” Throughout the rest of the day, calls continued in, stating that the fire, in addition to moving north, now seemed to “come out of the black sky.” No fire was ever witnessed by any of the neighboring communities or law enforcement officials.

The reports continued until 12:09am on the morning of August 14th, 1952. The last phone call, placed by a Mr. Benjamin Endicott, reported that the fire in the sky had grown so intense that it began to appear as daytime over the town. The phone call ended abruptly: (FROM THE PHONECALL PLACED BY BENJAMIN SHERMAN ENDICOTT)

Benjamin: Just hold on….wait…

(CONTINUED SILENCE)

Benjamin (con’t): Yeah, yeah I see something. It’s to the south. It looks like-

[END PHONECALL]

The next phone call wouldn’t be placed until the following evening.

The following is the entire transcript of the final phonecall to be received by the Hays Police Department out of the town of Ashley, Kansas. It was placed at 9:46pm on the evening of August 15th, 1952. In this recorded phonecall, the officer on duty is Officer Peter Welsch. The caller has been identified as Ms. April Foster.

[BEGIN PHONECALL]

Officer Welsch: Hays Police Department.

(Muffled static).

Officer Welsch: Hello?

Foster: YES…yes, hello?

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, who am I speaking with.

Foster: My name is April, April Foster. (Coughs) Please, sir. Please help me.

Officer Welsch: What is happening, ma’am?

Foster: Last night….last night they came back.

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, I’m going to need you to -

Foster: LAST NIGHT THEY CAME BACK! (Cries)

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, I’m going to need you to calm down, and speak clearly. What happened? Who came back?

Foster: (Sobbing). Everyone.

Officer Welsch: Everyone?

Foster: They all came in the fire.

Officer Welsch: What do you mean everyone?

Foster: My son…..I saw my son last night. He was walking… he was walking down the street. He was burned. Jesus Christ HE WAS BURNED.

Officer Welsch: Ma’am I -

Foster: He died last year. I raised him since he was a baby….it was just me and him. I told him to watch for cars when he rode his bike. But he never wanted to listen.

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, what you’re saying isn’t making any sense. You said everyone came back?

Foster: ARE YOU FUCKING LISTENING TO ME? EVERYONE. Everyone came back. Everyone who died, or went missing, they’re back. And they’re looking for US! (Cries). He…he said: “Mommy, I’m okay now! See, I can walk again! Where are you, Mommy? I want to see you!”(Sobs).

Officer Welsch: ….Ma’am, where are you now? Are you safe?

Foster: I’m hiding. Just like everyone else. We saw them coming through the fields….and….some people opened their doors for them. God, the SCREAMING. (Pause). I don’t know what happened to them. But their houses caught fire and they….caved in. I have my curtains drawn. I’m hiding in the closet right now and- (Silence).

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, is everything alright, are you okay?

Foster: (Silence).

Officer Welsh: Ma’am?

Foster: (Glass Breaking). Oh…oh my God.

Officer Welsh: Ma’am?

Foster: Something just came in. (Muffled cries).

Officer Welsch: Ma’am, stay as quiet as you can. Don’t make a sound.

Foster: (Muffled: “Mommy…..mommy?”). (Sobbing). He came inside.

Officer Welsch: Stay absolutely still. Don’t leave.

Foster: (Sound of muffled footsteps. Muffled: “Mommy? Mommy, where are you hiding?”)

Officer Welsch: Stay quiet.

Foster: (Sound of heavy footsteps. Laughter. Muffled: “I found you, MOMMY!”) (Indiscernable screaming and noise).

Officer Welsch: Ma’am? MA’AM??

[End phonecall].

The following morning, at 6:55am, the law enforcement officals of the Hays Police Department arrived at the location of Ashley, Kansas. A smoldering, burning fissure in the Earth was all that remained.”

I was reading this alone in the dark and had to flip the light on halfway through because I was so freaked out.

Hey there!: Why Star Trek is Awesome

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26:12 -0400

Hey there!: Why Star Trek is Awesome:

morse-coder:

I didn’t even like the original series of Star Trek before I saw this movie. I went to the 2009 Star Trek film without enthusiasm—I mean, I wasn’t dragged or anything, but I much preferred The Next Generation to The Original Series. I remember my dad said to me before we went in, “You don’t…

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Mon, 13 May 2013 19:41:38 -0400

we-are-star-stuff: Who says North is up? Upside Down maps (also...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:39:06 -0400

we-are-star-stuff:

Who says North is up?

Upside Down maps (also known as South-Up or Reversed maps) offer a completely different perspective of the world we live in.

Technically speaking, even referring to the earth with words like “up” or “down” or comparing places with words “above” or “below” is flawed, considering that the earth is a spherical body (it’s actually slightly “fatter” at the equator) and flying through 3 dimensional space with no reference of up or down. However, the issue of “up” and “down” does become an issue when viewing the surface of the earth projected onto a flat piece of paper (a map). And the effect of the orientation of a map is more significant than you might realize.

As all maps require orientation for reference, the issue of how to layout the map orientation is as old as maps themselves. As map orientation is completely arbitrary, it is not surprising that they differed throughout time periods and regions.

The convention of North-up is usually attributed to the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD). Justifications for his north-up approach vary. In the middle ages, East was often placed at top. This is the origin of the term “The Orient” to refer to East Asia. During the age of exploration, European cartographers again followed the north-up convention…perhaps because the North Star was their fixed reference point for navigation, or because they wanted (subconsciously or otherwise) to ensure Europe’s claim at the top of the world.

In modern times, reversed maps are made as a learning device or to illustrate Northern Hemisphere bias. Different from simply turning a north-up map upside down, a reversed map has the text oriented to be read with south up.

The famous “Blue Marble” photograph of the Earth taken from on board Apollo 17 was originally oriented with the south pole at the top, with the island of Madagascar visible just left of center, and the continent of Africa at its right. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view.

While the orientation of a map might seem harmless, it can have a significant effect on one’s perception of the world, and the relative importance of the different place in it.

In speech, we often refer to places being “above” or “below” others. Think of how you would say you’re about to travel to the state or country to your north or south (to go “down” to Kentucky from Indiana, or “up” to Canada from the US). Without even mentioning geography, ask any grade school student whether Mexico is “above” or “below” the United States. We’re all familiar with the “land down under”. As we often correlate importance to relative height (think how a citizens of a country will fly their flag higher than all other flags), the north-up convention reinforces the idea that northern bodies are more important than their southern neighbors. Suddenly, traveling “down” to the South might have an inference much deeper than geographic location.

After looking at the map more closely, you may realize that the South-Up orientation may change your perception of the relative status of different places. For example, South America suddenly looks to have more prominence, and Africa and the Middle East completely dwarf Europe. Likewise, tucking Northern Europe, Canada, and Russia away at the bottom of the map, subconsciously takes away their status.

To summarize, unconditionally accepting the north-up map convention without at least appreciating the effect stands at odds with viewing all people and places within the world equally. x x

morse-coder: How do I study for AP exams? By reading fanfiction, of course. Accurate

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:09:04 -0400

morse-coder:

How do I study for AP exams?

By reading fanfiction, of course.

Accurate

emiismadeoffart: Finally finished a larger piece of something...

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:26:27 -0400

emiismadeoffart:

Finally finished a larger piece of something personal for the first time in a few weeks :’) I’m glad I have most of this weekend off so I can switch between personal stuff and commissions a bit easier!

It was a huge challenge to work on this drawing because GOSH I HATE LINEART and I hate to paint and work with lineart at the same time even more alskdjla! But I’m glad it’s done, and I’m pretty satisfied with the outcome :’D

ellin-draws-crack: Phanniemay Day 8: Tucker I actually used...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:21:43 -0400

ellin-draws-crack:

Phanniemay Day 8: Tucker

I actually used this joke for another comic called Teleport, which you can find on my dA. Too lazy to link here, though.

The Manifest: roachpatrol: Has anyone made a videogame where you’re a princess...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:14:37 -0400

The Manifest: roachpatrol: Has anyone made a videogame where you’re a princess...:

roachpatrol:

Has anyone made a videogame where you’re a princess locked at the top of a tower and have to fight your way down to ground level? Because dang.

Like, think about it: you’re given this nice little room and no objectives at all and when you open the door the guard says ‘stay in…