Views of a Geek

thenarutotwerkteam: My friend just sent me this omg

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:58 -0400

thenarutotwerkteam:

My friend just sent me this omg

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Fri, 24 May 2013 13:22:01 -0400

commandertavros: “Flapper “ The notorious character type who...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:11:27 -0400

commandertavros:

“Flapper “

The notorious character type who bobbed her hair, smoke cigarettes, drank gin, sported short skirts, and passed her evenings in steamy jazz clubs, where she danced in a shockingly immodest fashion with a revolving cast of male suitors.”

“The New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date— to work her own property, to live free of the strictures that governed her mother’s generation. (…) She flouted Victorian-era conventions and scandalized her parents. In many ways, she controlled her own destiny”

yesss

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Thu, 23 May 2013 20:27:45 -0400

lexcanroar: so obviously this is funny because it’s so...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:39 -0400

lexcanroar:

so obviously this is funny because it’s so ridiculous because this would basically never happen

and I can’t believe we live in a world where this scenario is so unlikely that it’s a joke

tardis-in-purgatory: i want the first scene of season 9 to be some sleazy creep trying to pick up...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:22:25 -0400

tardis-in-purgatory:

i want the first scene of season 9 to be some sleazy creep trying to pick up this girl and he wraps his greasy arm around her and goes “so… did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” and she yanks out her angel blade and ganks him and as his mutilated corpse falls to the ground she mutters “i hate this planet”

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:11:25 -0400

I walk into a room, and for this industry, I’m impossibly tall....

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:47 -0400

I walk into a room, and for this industry, I’m impossibly tall. When they find it hard to pair you up with the opposite sex, then what’s left for a woman? Either you’re the ball-buster or the not-so-attractive girlfriend standing by the lead. I mean, traditionally not so attractive. Because you have your starlets and then you have their best friends who are these character actresses. When you fall within the cracks, you thank God for sci-fi, because they’ll give you a gun, and they’ll say, ‘Go over there and conquer that world. You kick some ass, girl!’

mrscoulter: Kickass Ladies of Television - Zoe Washburne “Do...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:52 -0400

mrscoulter:

Kickass Ladies of Television - Zoe Washburne

“Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later.”

"In the scene where Kirk gets his ship back and the admiral is having a meeting with “important”..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:12 -0400

“In the scene where Kirk gets his ship back and the admiral is having a meeting with “important” people around a table later, I failed to see ONE WOMAN AROUND THAT TABLE, ALL MOSTLY WHITE MEN IMPLIED TO BE MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS TOGETHER. Yes, these are just scenes with extras, but seriously, in the future not one woman over 40 is in charge in this world?! How can that happen?”

- Felicia Day on Star Trek Into Darkness (via enigmatic-doctor-scully)

bakerstreetbabes: They are rather marvelous.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:33:09 -0400

bakerstreetbabes:

They are rather marvelous.

Happy Birthday Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sorry that character you hate is what you're known for.

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:15 -0400

the-soundtrack: Michael Penn, Walter Reed.

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:15 -0400

the-soundtrack:

Michael Penn, Walter Reed.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:49:32 -0400

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:38:38 -0400

daenystargaryen: bonbonbunny: sensual-grandma: I AM CRY he’s...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:42 -0400

daenystargaryen:

bonbonbunny:

sensual-grandma:

I AM CRY

he’s like “LOOK AT MY TOY I’MA SHOW YOU MY NEW TOY LOOK AT IT okay bye.”

Bunny has a Peter Rabbit toy!

miss hale, my feelings for you are very strong

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:17:03 -0400

miss hale, my feelings for you are very strong

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Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:57 -0400

I loved this movie so much!

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:59 -0400

I loved this movie so much!

dendroica: Feds Plan to End Endangered Species Protection for...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:44:02 -0400

dendroica:

Feds Plan to End Endangered Species Protection for Grey Wolves Across the US

Before the 2011 delisting, the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s reintroduction of wolves to the northern Rockies in the mid-1990s appeared to be one of the greatest conservation successes in the country. A key predator species, wolves once roamed freely throughout the United States. But by the early twentieth century, as human populations extended into farther into the American wilderness, they were hunted nearly to extinction — largely because they posed a threat to ranchers’ livestock. By the 1960s, when wolves finally received some federal protection, they had become ecologically extinct, meaning they were no longer playing a role in maintaining the ecosystem. Only a small population survived in Minnesota and Isle Royale National Park.

Protection under the Endangered Species Act and the reintroduction of wolves in the northern Rockies helped the wolf populations rebound in some parts of the country. In 2011, before the government gave in to pressure from the hunters and ranchers declared open season on them, there were an estimated 6,000 wolves in the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes region combined. Since the hunts, the wolf population has declined an estimated 7 percent.

Conservationists and wildlife biologists say wolves need contiguous populations for genetic sustainability, and this premature delisting could again push them back to the brink of extinction. “The job of recovery is far from done,” says Noah Greenwald, an ecologist and endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity, pointing to a map existing grey wolf populations in the US compiled by scientits. “Unlike for other species listed under the Endangered Species Act, such as the bald eagle, there has never been a national recovery plan for the grey wolf, and now they are basically walking away from what little’s been done. From our perspective, this is a violation of the spirit of the Endangered Species Act.”

(via Earth Island Journal)