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SG-1 through the years

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My all time favorite thing about Rodney McKay is that he and his cat once both had kidney stones at the same time.

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Ronon: Hey Sheppard. You know that head-touch-thing the Athosians do?

John: Yeah, what about it?

Ronon: On Sateda, we did something similar.

John: That's great buddy. You want to show me?

Ronon, preparing to give the headbutt of his life: Yeah.

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Me: *goes outside to see if it's a good night for stargazing*

Me: *comes back in to report to my family* Well, it's kind of dark and windy so maybe we shouldn't.

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The Librarians ended too soon

I just finished the series, and I see so much untapped potential and an abrupt ending. Here's a list of a few things I wish we had more of:

1. Flynn and Eve being immortal. They already did crazy dangerous stuff when it could kill them. I want to see their adventures when they literally can't die.

2. Cassandra's gift and being able to send thoughts into other people's minds. We saw it used only a few times and the limits were never tested. I also think that it would have led to some good moral debates about using it.

3. Jacob's magical tattoo. It was referenced a couple times after his initial use, but we never got an explanation as to what the remaining part does. Definitely would have created inner conflict about using it because it might be able to help, but Jacob doesn't like using magic.

4. Ezekiel's character arc. We have seen so much progress with his character, but it never really quite finished. I feel like at the end of season 4, he was in a good place, but we never get to see how else he develops. And I want to see more of Ezekiel with his mom and sisters.

5. Jenkins regular adventures. I realize he got his immortality back, but surely the body swap with Jeff still happens so that means we have an immortal knight being dungeon master and I feel like this could have led to more ordinary adventures for our favorite knight.

6. More family involvement. We've seen Jacob's dad and Ezekiel's family, but what about Cassandra's parents. Don't they care about their daughter who got her tumor removed? And we heard Eve talking with her mom on the phone and I want to see that duo and her mom's reaction to her now immortal daughter.

7. Team library. It became a big deal that there are multiple librarians and I wonder if there could ever be multiple guardians working with the team? It would have been interesting to see the dynamic with new permanent characters.

This is just a short list of things I really wish I could see. I know there are way more untied ends and potential adventures that we'll never get to see, and that makes me sad.

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R.I.P…❤️ Thank You!

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This is my cat named Loki. We found him in a parking lot when he was little and he loves getting into trouble. His favorite past times include digging up house plants, climbing on things he's not supposed to, and attacking our other cat while she's sleeping. I'm convinced we brought this on ourselves when we named him. His full title is Loki, Cat of Mischief.

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“Brothers and sisters, old and young, I plead with each of you to remember that wickedness never was happiness and that sin leads to misery. Young people, do not seek happiness in the glittering but shallow things of the world. We cannot achieve lasting happiness by pursuing the wrong things.” —Dallin H. Oaks

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Cassini Spacecraft: Top Discoveries

Our Cassini spacecraft has been exploring Saturn, its stunning rings and its strange and beautiful moons for more than a decade.

Having expended almost every bit of the rocket propellant it carried to Saturn, operators are deliberately plunging Cassini into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration – in particular, the ice-covered, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus, but also Titan, with its intriguing pre-biotic chemistry.

Let’s take a look back at some of Cassini’s top discoveries:  

Titan

Under its shroud of haze, Saturn’s planet-sized moon Titan hides dunes, mountains of water ice and rivers and seas of liquid methane. Of the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a dense atmosphere and large liquid reservoirs on its surface, making it in some ways more like a terrestrial planet.

Both Earth and Titan have nitrogen-dominated atmospheres – over 95% nitrogen in Titan’s case. However, unlike Earth, Titan has very little oxygen; the rest of the atmosphere is mostly methane and traced amounts of other gases, including ethane.

There are three large seas, all located close to the moon’s north pole, surrounded by numerous smaller lakes in the northern hemisphere. Just one large lake has been found in the southern hemisphere.

Enceladus

The moon Enceladus conceals a global ocean of salty liquid water beneath its icy surface. Some of that water even shoots out into space, creating an immense plume!

For decades, scientists didn’t know why Enceladus was the brightest world in the solar system, or how it related to Saturn’s E ring. Cassini found that both the fresh coating on its surface, and icy material in the E ring originate from vents connected to a global subsurface saltwater ocean that might host hydrothermal vents.

With its global ocean, unique chemistry and internal heat, Enceladus has become a promising lead in our search for worlds where life could exist.

Iapetus

Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus gets its odd coloring from reddish dust in its orbital path that is swept up and lands on the leading face of the moon.

The most unique, and perhaps most remarkable feature discovered on Iapetus in Cassini images is a topographic ridge that coincides almost exactly with the geographic equator. The physical origin of the ridge has yet to be explained…

It is not yet year whether the ridge is a mountain belt that has folded upward, or an extensional crack in the surface through which material from inside Iapetus erupted onto the surface and accumulated locally.

Saturn’s Rings

Saturn’s rings are made of countless particles of ice and dust, which Saturn’s moons push and tug, creating gaps and waves.

Scientists have never before studied the size, temperature, composition and distribution of Saturn’s rings from Saturn obit. Cassini has captured extraordinary ring-moon interactions, observed the lowest ring-temperature ever recorded at Saturn, discovered that the moon Enceladus is the source for Saturn’s E ring, and viewed the rings at equinox when sunlight strikes the rings edge-on, revealing never-before-seen ring features and details.

Cassini also studied features in Saturn’s rings called “spokes,” which can be longer than the diameter of Earth. Scientists think they’re made of thin icy particles that are lifted by an electrostatic charge and only last a few hours.  

Auroras

The powerful magnetic field that permeates Saturn is strange because it lines up with the planet’s poles. But just like Earth’s field, it all creates shimmering auroras.

Auroras on Saturn occur in a process similar to Earth’s northern and southern lights. Particles from the solar wind are channeled by Saturn’s magnetic field toward the planet’s poles, where they interact with electrically charged gas (plasma) in the upper atmosphere and emit light.  

Turbulent Atmosphere

Saturn’s turbulent atmosphere churns with immense storms and a striking, six-sided jet stream near its north pole.

Saturn’s north and south poles are also each beautifully (and violently) decorated by a colossal swirling storm. Cassini got an up-close look at the north polar storm and scientists found that the storm’s eye was about 50 times wider than an Earth hurricane’s eye.

Unlike the Earth hurricanes that are driven by warm ocean waters, Saturn’s polar vortexes aren’t actually hurricanes. They’re hurricane-like though, and even contain lightning. Cassini’s instruments have ‘heard’ lightning ever since entering Saturn orbit in 2004, in the form of radio waves. But it wasn’t until 2009 that Cassini’s cameras captured images of Saturnian lighting for the first time.

Cassini scientists assembled a short video of it, the first video of lightning discharging on a planet other than Earth.

Cassini’s adventure will end soon because it’s almost out of fuel. So to avoid possibly ever contaminating moons like Enceladus or Titan, on Sept. 15 it will intentionally dive into Saturn’s atmosphere.

The spacecraft is expected to lose radio contact with Earth within about one to two minutes after beginning its decent into Saturn’s upper atmosphere. But on the way down, before contact is lost, eight of Cassini’s 12 science instruments will be operating! More details on the spacecraft’s final decent can be found HERE.

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Friend: Hey. What's the name of that one show you're into?

Me: Which one?

Friend: The one you're obsessed with and always makes you an emotional mess.

Me: You're going to need to be more specific.

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When your life revolves around three shows all containing star in the title you know you’re into space.

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Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before .

Every Star Trek episode ever (via geeksunite)

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If you don’t like Stargate then you're not my friend.

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We were not placed on this Earth to walk alone.

President Thomas S. Monson

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Reblog if you have read Beyonders!

I need more people who appreciate this beloved book series.

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Just because you have problems, doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you. 

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Petition to have Tumblr actually do something about porn blog bots following users.

• It’s annoying. • It gives an imperfect metric for how many followers you have. (I would estimate about 25% of my “followers” are porn blogs run by bots). • It makes pulling up your activity page iffy even if you use Tumblr strictly for SFW content. • It’s problematic for individuals who have struggled with sex and/or pornography addictions, especially since many of the blog names are not obviously porn names, causing you to preview the blog. • It exposes minors to illegal and harmful content.

And to many of us: • It’s disgusting. • it’s degrading to human beings, especially women. • It makes Tumblr a less classy, less reputable place.

Please share this if you agree this is a serious problem.