i’m not afraid of anything (to-day)

(via wrst-coast)

For years, China claimed to hold an estimated 50,000 rivers within its borders. Now, more than half of them have abruptly vanished.

Last week, China’s Ministry of Water Resources announced the results of a three-year survey of the country’s waterways, revealing startling declines in water supply. According to the census, there were 22,909 rivers in China as of 2011, each covering an area of at least 100 square kilometers. That marks a decrease of about 28,000 from the government’s previous estimates, raising fears among environmentalists and putting Beijing on the defensive.

role model

feminist-blackboard:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2260102410/

NOVA Interview with Sally Ride: Watch an uncut interview conducted at NASA in 1984.

(FYI. Sally Ride was a feminist. Was the first US woman to fly into space. Was part of the first astronaut class to accept women. Attended Stanford. Passed away last year in July from cancer and left behind her Sally Ride Sciences-a group committed to STEM education for young girls and left behind her partner Tam.)

getting my shit together

caught between the tongue and the taste ›