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Pluto as seen by the Hubble vs. New Horizons.

(via Luke Bailey)

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Peter Parker caught in an endless five year loop. Reliving High School over, and over, and over. Tasting the victory of adulthood for only a moment before he’s snapped back to a teenage hellscape. Free him.

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Women in medieval guilds:

All sorts of tools have been found in pre-Christian women’s graves. The only major craft which seems to have been restricted to men only was Blacksmithing. […]

Here are a few examples of jobs done by women in the medieval period: brewer, laundress, barrel and crate maker, soap boiler, candle maker, book binder, doll painter, butcher, keeper of town keys, tax collector, shepherd, musician, rope maker, banker, money lender, inn keeper, spice seller, pie seller, woad trader, wine merchant, steel merchant, copper importer, currency exchanger, pawn shop owner, lake and river fisherwoman, baker, oil presser, builder, mason, plasterer, cartwright, wood turner, clay and lime worker, glazier, ore miner, silver miner, book illuminator, scribe, teacher, office manager, clerk, court assessor, customs officer, porter, tower guard, prison caretaker, surgeon and midwife. […]

There are records of women traders in 1205 in Genoa, Italy. In fact, 21% of people involved in trade contracts there in the 13th Century were women. Women also provided 14% of capital in seafaring ventures at the time. Even earlier, in the 12th Century, there are records of women traders in Georgia, Eastern Europe. Paris tax registers for 1292, 1300, 1313 list lots of craftswomen, many of whom were in different trades to their husbands. […]

Girls might be educated at home, with private tutor, or at a Convent. There were also schools within towns. In some cases girls were excluded from these, or only allowed to enter elementary schools. In other cases they were allowed to enter secondary schools and obtain a much broader education, including Latin and other languages. Some schools were mixed, others were single sex. Town Councils and the Church had some control over schools and over the appointment of teachers. In 1388, a Jewish woman, Sarah of Gorlitz, donated a property to be used as a school for Jewish children. 

Outside of the Guilds, women might be employed as unskilled labourers in vineyards, on building sites and so on. Many more women than men were employed because they could be paid less for doing the same work. In Wurzburg, 1428-1449, for example, there are records of 323 female building site workers, paid 7.7 pfennings a day, and 13 male building site workers, paid 11.6 pfennings a day. In general, it seems that a wide range of professions were open to medieval women, although they were also subject to a variety of restrictions.

Women artists in the medieval period

Women poets throughout history

Women writers by historical period

Medieval women physicians 

Women in medieval warfare

Women travelers / pilgrims / explorers in the medieval period - “Stronger than men and braver than knights”

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They’ll also sell out your family for gold or position in life. They may also tell you that you’ve brought things upon yourself or that you have an inferior bloodline and that’s the cause of your problems. A true Slytherin wouldn’t say “Hey, buddy, take care of yourself.” They would instead say, “Hey, buddy, you can get through this and still hold your obligations to me.” Or they may even just say, “Hey, fuckface, hold your obligations to me...or else.” They may not even say anything they may just drop out of your life the second you stop proving useful to them because of any adversity you’ve been facing. But sure let’s defang the notoriously selfish lot and turn them into altruists.  For a Slytherin there is a defined time and place to put yourself first: always. 

life hack: be best friends with a slytherin. they will steal cupcakes for you from work and tell you to drop toxic people from your life with no reservations. they will be the ones ordering you to stop and breathe and call in sick, to screw your commitments if they see you’re sacrificing your mental health. they’re the ones to say “don’t you dare settle” and “you deserve better” in a ruthless, matter-of-fact tone. they’ll be the ones saying it’s okay to put yourself first, the voice you need to hear after a long day or week or month. trust me, be best friends with a slytherin.

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For years, I’ve been a repentant daily writing sinner, telling anyone who’ll listen to ‘‘write every day, until it becomes a habit, because habits are things you get for free.’’ It’s worked for me: despite a busy professional life involving a lot of activist work, freelance assignments, and...

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most of D&D online’s base builds for bards have 16 str

what the fuck do I need that for? carrying my harpsichord ??

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The myth of the phrasemaker’s parrot (In the works)

Kathryn Shriver

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Under the revived WIPO Broadcast Treaty, broadcasters would have the right to stop you from using public domain and CC-licensed video footage as you choose, effectively giving them a new copyright over material simply by sending it out over the air.

The rules would also prohibit...

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Breaking: Not Everything Is A Fucking Conspiracy Requiring the 'Gate' suffix.

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I would like heat vision for the express purpose of killing insects. 

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WHAT IS LORDE TELLING ME ABOUT TEETH

I've seen a lot about how Lorde is totally over pop culture and suburban living, but can we talk about what she wants to say about teeth? 4/10 of the tracks on her first album make reference to teeth. She must have something pretty damn important to say.

400 Lux

“We're getting good at this Dreams of clean teeth I can tell that you're tired But you keep the car on While you're waiting out front”

Royals “I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies  --- But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom. Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room, We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.”

Team

“Call all the ladies out They're in their finery A hundred jewels on throats A hundred jewels between teeth Now bring my boys in Their skin in craters like the moon The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room”

White Teeth Teens

“We got the glow in our mouths White teeth teens are out White teeth teens are up for it.”

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Excited I finally picked this up.

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Years Later Pope Francis Still Referred to As 'New Pope'

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Hi followers!  I've started a twitter. Disclaimer: This is a twitter for people who like snarky news headlines but are too lazy to read full length satire from a person who likes snarky headlines but is too lazy to write full length satire. 

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"Man's Bank Account Empty After Buying 3 Bottles of Perrier" 

-Headline

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"Soy milk, organic, free-range eggs, quinoa, and a little change back from your hundred"

-Whole Foods commercial

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