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thedailywhat:

Same-Sex Buddhist Nuptials of the Day: Their union may not be legal, but Yu Ya-ting and Huang Mei-yu on Saturday becameTaiwan’s first lesbian couple to be married in a Buddhist ceremony.

Huang said the couple hoped that a wedding blessed by a Buddhist master would encourage more Taiwanese, 80 percent of whom are Buddhist, to support same-sex marriage.

“I remember when I told my parents that we would get married, their first question was, ‘Is this legal?’” Huang said. “I could only say to them that it would soon, but I didn’t know when would be considered soon. So we hope it will become legal.”

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knockingghosts:

lochichi:

I’m blogging about this again because I’m still trying to pay this ridiculous electric fee. I posted it pretty late last time So I’m not sure that how many people saw it but I’m selling my left over otakon stock. 

Prints

Buttons 

Stickers

All the information about it can be found here. Please message me if you’re interested. 

Also my roommate is taking art card commissions for the bill as well and she really does a great job on them. 

Can’t buy any but I can help promote this.

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discoverynews:

20 Everyday Things We Have Because Of NASA

Landing MSL Curiosity on Mars has caused controversy about NASA’s budget. Many people are upset that NASA’s mandate serves no practical purpose, and the money could be put to better use. Every year, NASA publishes a list of items developed because of NASA’s work. Here’s a short list from Business Insider:

Artificial limbs
    Baby formula
    Cell-phone cameras
    Computer mouse
    Cordless tools
    Ear thermometer
    Firefighter gear
    Freeze-dried food
    Golf clubs
    Long-distance communication
    Invisible braces
    MRI and CAT scans
    Memory foam
    Safer highways
    Solar panels
    Shoe insoles
    Ski boots
    Adjustable smoke detector
    Water filters
    UV-blocking sunglasses

NASA did not invent:
    Tang
    Velcro
    Teflon

(h/t alexob)

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fuzzylittle-manpeach:

Get it, Sue. xx

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fuckyeahconceptart:

The buffalo posse!

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foaline:

milla jovovich by peter lindbergh for vogue paris may 1990

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squaremeal:

(via a r t / In Amiens, France, for the annual Imaginez Maintenant, landscape architects Atelier Altern, Sylvain Morin, and Aurelien Zoia created an installation to draw attention to the massive reduction in varieties of salad greens available.)

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fuckyeahtattoos:

Done by Alex at Eighth Element Tattoo in Fountain Valley, CA

My late grandma got me started on my obsession with elephants at a young age.  She gave me my first marble elephant figurine.  When she passed, I got all of her elephant-themed belongings.  Everywhere I go around the world, I pick up an elephant, so it felt right to get this tattooed on me at some point in my life. :)

Though it’s on my ribs, it was surprisingly not as painful as I thought it would be!  And it’s definitely healing well.  Alex did a great job.

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crookedindifference:

Neptune and Triton

This dramatic view of the crescents of Neptune and Triton was acquired by Voyager 2 approximately 3 days, 6 and one-half hours after its closest approach to Neptune (north is to the right). The spacecraft is now plunging southward at an angle of 48 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. This direction, combined with the current season of southern summer in the Neptune system, gives this picture its unique geometry. The spacecraft was at a distance of 4.86 million kilometers (3 million miles) from Neptune when these images were shuttered so the smallest detail discernible is approximately 90 kilometers (56 miles). Color was produced using images taken through the narrow-angle camera’s clear, orange and green filters. Neptune does not appear as blue from this viewpoint because the forward scattering nature of its atmosphere is more important than its absorption of red light at this high phase angle (134 degrees). The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA’s Office of Space Science and Applications.