Important Thread.

As soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a ceasefire, a release of dissidents, an opening of new opportunities in nations around the world, or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a Congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina.

Burning Donald Trump, who says his opponent doesn’t “look presidential” and “doesn’t have stamina,” HILLARY CLINTON (via inothernews)

Some knowledge ✊🏾

RAVENCLAW: “The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy, but they were listening in gibberish.” –Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

If Geordata isn't already a thing, it should be.

Just look at these space nerds

Our captain, everyone.

I feel so goddamn trapped by revision and I’ve been away from home for so long that every time someone asks me how I am I want to grab them and shout “I WANT TO SEE MOUNTAINS AGAIN, GANDALF. MOUNTAINS!”

Oh my god. This kitten is named LeVar Purrton.

I asked my students how they thought water arrived on Earth, and one of them said "the Great Flood!?"

As a student of color in STEM, that scene perfectly describes what I think about everyday. Here’s a quick list of everything that I am doing:

I have a 3.71 GPA

I volunteer 10+ hours every week

I am a part-time researcher on campus (at some point I’ll make a post about my research)

I am helping to develop a CubeSat as a part of an team of undergraduate students

and I am developing my own educational outreach student organization to bring more students of color into STEM

and you know what?

I probably still won’t get as far as rich, white students who haven’t worked nearly as hard as I have. I grew up just above the poverty line, so I don’t have the connections that those students have, it sets me apart, and it sets me behind.

The students who have those connections were able to get internships and research positions in high school, without even trying. Meanwhile, I got my first research position half of the way through my second year of college because I worked my ass off during my first year and the first half of this school year. My story is in no way unique. This is the experience of thousands of students of color around the country. We have to work so hard to get half as far as our white counterparts, and it’s just bullshit.