My Galaxy of Wonders

laughterbynight: thegeekmonkey: actualhumandisaster: awayy: t...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:32 -0400

thegeekmonkey:

actualhumandisaster:

awayy:

tank-commander:

underthevastblueseas:

Blackfish - Trailer

Beyond the lies, beneath the deception, the truth will surface.

Magnolia Pictures has debuted the trailer for the chilling Sundance documentary Blackfish, directed Gabriela Cowperthwaite, about orcas in captivity.

Holy shit.

OKAY, WE NEED TO REBLOG THE FUCK OUT OF THIS. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT AN ANIMAL PERSON, YOUR FOLLOWERS NEED TO SEE THIS. ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF VACATION SEASON. DO NOT SUPPORT SEA PARKS WITH CAPTIVE WHALES. IT’S NOT ENVIRONMENTAL PROPAGANDA (I can’t believe I even used those words) IT’S A REAL ISSUE AND IT’S NOT A MATTER OF PROOF, IT’S A MATTER OF COVERING IT UP AND IGNORING IT!

devidsketchbook: Extraordinary photos of young hitchhikers and...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:17:52 -0400

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Photographer Mike Brodie | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

devidsketchbook:

Extraordinary photos of young hitchhikers and freight train hoppers by Mike Brodie

Mike Brodie (tumblr | facebook) first began photographing in 2004 when he was given a Polaroid camera. Working under the moniker, The Polaroid Kidd, Brodie spent the next four years circumambulating the U.S. amassing an archive of photographs that would go on to make up one of the few, true collections of American travel photography. Having never undergone any formal training, he chose to remained untethered to the pressures and expectations of the art market.

artbylexie: Wondercon 2013 - Things The Deserve Their Own...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:09 -0400

artbylexie:

Wondercon 2013 - Things The Deserve Their Own Post : canaryblack’s FABULOUS Femme!Ten costume.

LOOK HOW FABULOUS IT IS.

I HAVE LOST ALL ABILITY TO CAN WITH THIS YOU DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND.

Hand-frakking-made, GORGEOUS in person and the parasol (go, J!!!) was utter perfection.

WINNER OF BEST ORIGINAL DESIGN AND JUDGES’ FAVORITE AT THE WONDERCON MASQUERADE!

I’m so stupidly proud of her.

commandereverdeen: WHAT’S UP INTERNET If you’re a gamer, you...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:40:35 -0400

commandereverdeen:

WHAT’S UP INTERNET

If you’re a gamer, you probably noticed all the new stuff being announces at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. I’m super excited, especially about all the announcements from Sony and Nintendo.

Lots of people are excited for different consoles and their respective games, LIKE THE 3DS. So here’s your chance to win one! The winner will receive a red 3DS XL system (like new, used only a few times) with its original box, charger, manuals, and AR cards. Plus, the two latest killer apps for the 3DS, Fire Emblem: Awakening and Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

Rules:

Sadly, the 3DS is region-locked, so I am only shipping to the United States (50 states).

Reblogs count, Likes do not. Only one reblog will count per person.

If you make a fake/empty/giveaway/side blog to reblog, you will be disqualified.

I will need the winner’s address for shipping purposes, so you have to be comfortable with sharing this information.

The giveaway will end on Friday, June 21st and the winner will be announced on that day! Good luck!

Photo

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0400

commandereverdeen: WHAT’S UP INTERNET If you’re a gamer, you...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:20:56 -0400

commandereverdeen:

WHAT’S UP INTERNET

If you’re a gamer, you probably noticed all the new stuff being announces at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. I’m super excited, especially about all the announcements from Sony and Nintendo.

Lots of people are excited for different consoles and their respective games, LIKE THE 3DS. So here’s your chance to win one! The winner will receive a red 3DS XL system (like new, used only a few times) with its original box, charger, manuals, and AR cards. Plus, the two latest killer apps for the 3DS, Fire Emblem: Awakening and Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

Rules:

Sadly, the 3DS is region-locked, so I am only shipping to the United States.

Reblogs count, Likes do not. Reblog as much as you like, but try not to spam 50 reblogs in a row.

If you make a fake, empty, giveaway blog or something like that to spam reblogs then all your entries will be invalid.

I will need the winner’s address for shipping purposes, so you have to be comfortable with sharing this information.

The giveaway will end on Friday, June 21st and the winner will be announced on that day! Good luck!

earl-grey-girl: HEY LOOK A GIVEAWAY So yeah, I’ve seen a lot of...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:20:41 -0400

earl-grey-girl:

HEY LOOK A GIVEAWAY

So yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people who don’t have 3DSes that really want one after E3, so here’s another chance to get one!

If you win, you’ll get a brand new 3DS in whatever color you want, plus a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf~ (or whatever game you’d like if you’re not a fan)

Reblog as many times as you’d like

Likes count!

And you don’t have to follow unless you want to

No giveaway blogs please

Shipping will be covered, you don’t have to worry about that

Ends June 25th!

geek-studio: The Geek Studio’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:12:48 -0400

geek-studio:

The Geek Studio’s Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Giveaway!

This giveaway has three prizes:

First Place:
- The Official Doctionary
- The Eleventh Doctor’s sonic screwdriver
- Doctor Who comic
- Doctor Who stickers
- Wibbly Wobbly Gallifreyan necklace
- Tardis necklace
- Wibbly Wobbly jelly bracelet
- Set of 21 Doctor Who pinback buttons

Second Place:
- Where’s the Doctor? book
- Doctor Who stickers
- Bad Wolf necklace
- Wibbly Wobbly jelly bracelet
- Rassilon necklace
- Set of 21 Doctor Who pinback buttons

Third Place:
- Doctor Who stickers
- Bowties are Cool necklace
- Set of 21 Doctor Who pinback buttons
- Wibbly Wobbly jelly bracelet

RULES

1. Reblog this post to enter. Try to only reblog once a day. Spamming reblogs won’t be counted.
2. Likes count.
3. Be following the Geek Studio.
4. Anyone can enter! No country limits!
5. That’s it!

Giveaway ends July 20th at 12:01 am EST

mrhiddles: In celebration of reaching 1700 followers I am doing...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:12:03 -0400

mrhiddles:

In celebration of reaching 1700 followers I am doing my first ever giveaway!

Pictured above:

Prints:

8x10 Siege Loki

8x10 Thorki Sketch

8x10 Ultimates Thor

8x10 Hipster Loki

12x18 Mermaid Jotun Loki

5x7 Jotun Loki

4x6 Natasha

4x6 Old Man Loki

Buttons:

Thorki

Kid Loki

Thranduil and Thorin

Charms:

Iron Man Mark 42

Angry Balder

Sailor Moon

Comics:

Collections:

Ultimate comics The Ultimates #7-12 (hardcover)

The Mighty Thor #1-6 (hardcover with MCU cover)

Thor Ultimate Collection collecting Thor #604-614, Siege: Loki #1 and New Mutants #11 (softcover)

Thor The Mighty Avenger collecting Thor The Mighty Avenger #1-4 and Journey Into Mystery #83-84 (softcover)

Single Issues:

Thor No. 6 (a friend gave it to me and it’s from 2008. It’s Coipel so can’t go wrong there.)

The Invincible Iron Man No. 518

Teen Titans: The New 52

DC Universe Online Legends

The New 52 #1

To participate, you can either like or reblog. Both count. You must be following me. Multiple reblogs don’t affect your chances either way.

I will use a random generator to pick the winner on the 20th of June at midnight. I will make a post announcing the winner and contact them via ask. They will have 24 hours to respond before I will pick another person.

I’ll mail everything out that following Monday. (Make sure you have a mailing address prepared, whether it be a P.O. box or something else.)

Thank you for everything! Tumblr has let me make a lot of new friends and I really love you all! <3

armitagearmygiveaway: Hello hello! 5 winners will be chosen -...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:05:33 -0400

armitagearmygiveaway:

Hello hello!

5 winners will be chosen - using random.org. (First winner will pick the item of choice, then the second winner, etc etc - make sure you askbox is open)

only one reblog per person will count, likes do not count

will send to anywhere in the world

giveaway ends July 15th 2013

good luck! :)

cosplaytipsandtricks: homestuckresources: kcaacbay: How to...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:24:15 -0400

cosplaytipsandtricks:

homestuckresources:

kcaacbay:

How to cover up tattoos!

use a red lipstick covering the outlines

pat on a light concealer, using a setting powder

pat on your skin tone concealer, and clean up any mistakes using baby wipes to remove excess concealer

use a fluffy brush and smooth it out with foundation powder.

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

http://youtu.be/-pYuvb3Iv4E

we don’t usually reblog/post cosplay stuff, but a friend pointed it out to me and i haven’t seen it elsewhere SO maybe it can help someone!

Useful for cosplay AND if you’re applying for a job that views tattoos as ‘unprofessional’.

jasmine-blu: I heard this is sold out, but does anyone know if...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:32:00 -0400

jasmine-blu:

I heard this is sold out, but does anyone know if you can still get this anywhere?

you can get it from this website http://www.jlist.com/product/PRE2452

macabrekawaii: dualscar: captainexposition: shermansgallifreya...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:26:25 -0400

macabrekawaii:

dualscar:

captainexposition:

shermansgallifreyan:

oxboxer:

feferipixies:

the-fandoms-are-cool:

everythingis19:

cosmicsyzygy:

Look, I made a gif of this most awesome wizard at the Leaky Cauldron!

DUDE IS READING ‘A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME’ BY STEPHEN HAWKING

I NEVER REALIZED

are you serious

I always assumed wizards just ignored science, because the fact that “magic” exists, can explain anything. But there are MuggleBorn wizards, ones who, until they were eleven, lived in the real world and learned science and things. Did they all just abandon that normal, muggle knowledge, like Harry did? It’s always been there, itching in the back of my mind.

FOUR FOR YOU SCIENCE WIZARD

YOU GO SCIENCE WIZARD

can we point out that he’s doing wandless magic too

like voldemort couldnt even do that shit

molly fuckin weasley couldnt fuckin do that

who are you

Quick, somebody write a book series about the adventures of Magic Prodigy Science Wizard!!!

PLEASE SOMEONE JUST DO IT

Alan Baker had no use for wands, of course. If one were to Prior Incantato his outdated, duct-taped rod of walnut wood and dragon heartstring, its most recent use would have been the enchantment of the long-lived neurons in Alan’s own mind. This enchantment, possible only for those who were capable of seeing themselves as a complex amalgamation of neural impulses, allowed him to bypass both wands and words. Alan did this, not for show, not for power, but because wandwork distracted him from his reading.

Unfortunately, there was no legal spell to get rid of barflies.

“Hey- hey mate, you gotta- gotta minute to-“

Sobrius, Alan thought, placing one hand on his neighbor’s forehead without looking up. He pondered whether or not to cast a silencing barrier, even in violation of the Leaky Cauldron’s safety code.

“Thanks,” said the now-sober man, “Readin’ more of that Muggle trash, I see.”

Alan closed his eyes and counted to three, but when he opened them, the man was still there. Alan lowered his “muggle trash” in defeat, meeting the baggy, bloodshot eyes of the wizard sitting across from him.

Alan leaned forward, placing his hands steeple-like on the table. “Mr. Fletcher, do you know why time turners don’t send you into space?”

“The sky, y’mean? Cause they’re fer time turnin’, not apparation.”

Alan had to take a deep breath. “No,” he replied, “If time turners weren’t anchored to anything, the Earth’s rotation alone would be enough to ensure a time traveler’s demise. But someone at the ministry was clever enough to anchor them to a carefully guarded object that never moves relative to the Earth.”

“Fascinat’n,” slurred Mundungus, whose eyes had glazed over once it became clear that Alan didn’t actually have a time turner on him.

“But time turners are still very limited,” continued Alan, more to himself than to Mundungus, “They can’t go more than seven hours back, and not forward at all, and only in increments of one hour, and they only work on Earth… no, they’re very clumsy, if one truly pauses to think about it.”

“What’s yer point?”

“My point is that while wizards are slowly stagnating in their backwards remnant of the Dark Ages, Muggles are making progress, ever reaching for the light. Do you know that they don’t need magic to craft a hand of living silver?”

“Bah,” was Mundungus’s only reply, “You’d be best mates with that Weasley nutcase at the ministry, you would.”

Alan stood up, silently casting an infantes gelata to check for paradoxes. “I don’t know why I bother with you,” he sighed, “you’ve just wasted another two minutes of my time. Perhaps I bother because I have time to waste.”

And he twisted, as if to apparate, but instead faded out of existence with a distinct vworp. The air swirled in the wake of his departure, blowing back Mundungus’s straggly ginger hair.

“Muggleborns,” the short wizard muttered, then turned back to his drink.

••••••••

Thirty minutes earlier, Alan lounged contentedly within his quieting barrier, stirring his cup of tea absently and rereading one of his favourite Muggle books. He wondered, vaguely, which planet held the nearest sapient life, and what their magic would look like…

This rereading, however, would be slightly shorter than the last. Even within the barrier, the presence of another at the table tickled at Alan’s consciousness. He set down his book (rather forcefully, he had to admit,) and looked up. The bloodshot eyes of Mundungus Fletcher didn’t meet him when his own rose.

“Hello,” mouthed the man. Finite Incantatum, thought Alan.

“Hello,” he answered, “Can I help you?”

“No, not really. Well, maybe. Well, probably. Have you seen anything strange lately? Disappearing cats, people moving backwards, variances in the time vortex causing precise and intentional reversal of the course of events?”

Alan couldn’t help but stare. “Er…now that you mention it, I was just…” he trailed off as he glanced out the window and did a double take. There was a 1960s-style Muggle police telephone box in the middle of Diagon Alley. “…Is…is that a telephone box?”

“No. Yes. Recreation. Mock-up. Don’t worry, nobody will notice,” the man said, waving his hand dismissively even as he pulled on a pair of what appeared to be cheap 3-D glasses. “What I want to know,” he murmured conspiratorially, “is what’s giving you that floaty, aurary, bizarrey stuff all over you, because that should not be happening to a human. Person. I said person”

Alan’s eyebrows furrowed. “First of all, this is Diagon Alley. Most people out there wouldn’t know a police box from a pillbox, especially given it’s bright blue. Second of all, those glasses shouldn’t give you the ability to see what you’re seeing. And thirdly, Expelliarmus.”

“Expelliwhat?” the man squawked, just as a long, chunky metallic object with a blue tip shot out of his jacket pocket and into Alan’s hand. A quick Identification spell told him all he needed to know.

“Fuzzy logic neural interface configured for ease of use, limited nonverbal manipulation of mechanical and electronic objects…Interesting. And leaps and bounds beyond anything wizards or Muggles can conjure up. What are you?”

The man stared at him for a few minutes before breaking out in a wide smile. “Hello. I’m the Doctor. Let me tell you a little bit about the universe…”

IT GOT BETTER

I am done, this is the end of the world, it’s all downhill from here

learningtolovemyself: SERIOUS SIGNAL BOOST (steubenville rape...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:53:26 -0400

learningtolovemyself:

SERIOUS SIGNAL BOOST (steubenville rape trial, westboro church, etc)

“Anonymous” hacker who outted the students of the Steubenville Rape Trials. He is now being punished for bringing the young girl justice. The FBI showed up to his house with assault rifles and made him and his family get on the ground and took possession of his computer and is now pressing charges. THEY’RE PRESSING CHARGES BECAUSE HE ‘HACKED’ an account to save a girls life. Also involved in Westboro church hacking.

Please help out as you can. You can find this all over google with interviews with Anderson Cooper and Roseanne Barr and others such as:

http://gawker.com/the-fbi-raided-steubenville-anonymous-guys-house-here-511634071

The facebook like support page has a lot more information and how you can help:

https://www.facebook.com/realkyanonymous

And web address:

http://www.whistleblowerdefenseleague.com/

Facing indictment from the Federal Government for relation to the hacking and hacktivism of http://www.rollredroll.com/ during the rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Exposing the corrupt and paying the price.

Donations accepted:

https://www.wepay.com/donations/2104382285

IF NOTHING ELSE PLEASE REBLOG SO WE CAN SIGNAL BOOST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS

Photo

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:45:29 -0400

muchneededmerch: doctorwho: A bunch of Whovians have a...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:22:55 -0400

muchneededmerch:

doctorwho:

A bunch of Whovians have a Kickstarter project to put a TARDIS into orbit.

From their Kickstarter page:

We’re sending a TARDIS into space!
November 23, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and we’re extremely excited. So excited, in fact, that we almost don’t know what to do… almost. Actually, we know exactly what to do: We’ve built a replica TARDIS and we’re sending it into orbit. Yes, really! We’re not talking about sticking a little, plastic TARDIS on top of a model rocket and shooting it really high into the sky (although that would be wicked cool). And we’re not going to tie a TARDIS to a weather balloon (which, by the way would also be pretty flippin’ awesome). No, we’re putting a TARDIS into the payload bay of a real, actual, honest-to-goodness, rocket, and launching it into a Low Earth Orbit.

Low Earth Orbit is where satellites need to be to actually “orbit” the Earth, not just fall back down. So, we’re talking about sending this thing, really, really, high… space high. The international space station is in Low Earth Orbit. Seriously. The guys on the International Space Station will be able to look out their windows and say: “Check out that police call box floating by.”

Fandoms taking over outer space.

anglosexual: cakelydemise: silveralida: tomhiddleston-h: We’r...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:28:05 -0400

anglosexual:

cakelydemise:

silveralida:

tomhiddleston-h:

We’re all going to be like

No guys seriously.

During the Mishapocalypse, My friend who works with tumblr had to wake up at 3 am to help make sure that the servers didn’t crash.

Fandoms can break tumblr and November is going to be a long month.

Remember remember, the screams of November.

this is fantastic, except for there’s no confirmed date for Sherlock S3 yet

careful-sweetheart: I’m crying as i’m writing this right now...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:15:31 -0400

careful-sweetheart:

I’m crying as i’m writing this right now and asking my followers to please watch and see how everyone’s lives are in danger simply because they protested peacefully against the government.

This is what’s really going on in Turkey and i’m truly sorry to put you through this as well but you must know how violent this government and the police are against peaceful and civil protesters who are merely protesting and demanding freedom of speech in this supposed democracy. Yet they are being attacked as if they are terrorists when all they had with them were books. These people were just sitting in a park they didn’t want the government to demolish but when they were attacked for it they started walking in the streets and chanting. And now THEY ARE BEING BEATEN TO DEATH or SHOT WITH PLASTIC BULLETS AND ATTACKED WITH EXTREME AMOUNTS OF TEAR GAS AND AGENT ORANGE.

This video could be considered mild compared to the horrible images I’m adding under the cut. In the video:

You’ll see that the police is running over people with panzers

You’ll see ten police officers beating one woman who is helpless against them.

You’ll see them attacking 15 year olds (and maybe even younger) who are not even protesters but happen to be around

They are using tear gas and agent orange on civillians and kids and women and toung students

They are hurting and causing the deaths of innocent people

PLEASE REBLOG and let the world know just how violent this government and the police is.

Now there are thousands of people taken into custody and more people injured and wounded and beaten even while they are being treated in hospitals or taking shelter in their homes.

You can also read about the protests:

http://news.sky.com/story/1098327/turkey-protests-rage-on-1700-arrested

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/03/world/europe/turkey-protests/index.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/06/20136365255648869.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/02/turkey-ankara-protest-aftermath.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/201362234021816855.html

I’m putting the photos of brutally beaten and shot people under the cut to avoid triggering anyone.

THESE PHOTOS ARE EXTREMELY VIOLENT.

WARNING FOR BLOOD.

Please reblog for the whole world to see these images.

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brightsips: Why are the Turkish people fighting? (by Yiğitcan...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:21:41 -0400

brightsips:

Why are the Turkish people fighting? (by Yiğitcan Erdoğan)

Friends from foreign countries; please watch this video if you’re wondering what this fight is about and how/why it started.

t-funster: littleteashi: You should have heard by now from the...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:10:07 -0400

t-funster:

littleteashi:

You should have heard by now from the news and at twitter about recently what is happening in my country…

Spread the word, yo.