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Sooooo, Star Wars is officially dead then??? I'm not counting anything from the Acolyte onward ig😭😭😭

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Y'all I just walked by the TV and I see Chuck on the TV, and I freak out a bit on my bf "What're you doing watching Supernatural without me?!"

Y'all he was watching Shameless.

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Y'all is the supernatural fandom dead or no???

Just a question for someone who might start writing fanfic again. :/

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Y'all is the supernatural fandom dead or no???

Just a question for someone who might start writing fanfic again. :/

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Whoever brings a cell phone into a bathroom *on speakerphone* is a different type of discomforting. Especially when they can't even wash their hands.

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No hard feelings but if you scream profanities in my vicinity at my workplace with no good reason I *will* be scared of you and refuse further interactions.

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Ya'll I saw Deadpool 2 last night and??? The bear??? So basically Cable created a time paradox??? If he took the bear off of his daughter's body and presumably gave it back to her when she's born, then where did the bear come from???

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Earlier I saw a raven hopping along the side of the road chasing a butterfly. It was without a doubt the sweetest thing I've ever seen in my life.

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Jupiter in Ultraviolet from ESA/Hubble

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Controversial opinion but I saw the northern lights for the first time in my life the other night and I can say without any shadow of a doubt that the closest I feel to God is when I look into the stars, and into the universe. The scale and perfection of what He's created is beyond my mortal understanding.

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Do I *read* fanfiction anymore? Nah. Can I write smut anymore? Nah.

But can I write a bunch of drabbles featuring various characters and ocs and write a 200k fanfic about a love story between two main ocs in the Star Wars sequel era that will fix the trilogy? Oh HEL yes.

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I may have grown up with my favorite superhero being Iron Man (and he'll always hold a special place in my heart) but my *favorite* superheroes aren't the goody-two-shoes, but the *anti* heroes. The ones that aren't afraid to get down and dirty and totally wreck shit and cuss and kill and are almost *unstoppable.*

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Ladies do you ever just look at your man and go "dAMN"

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Sometimes working in a pharmacy is like "omfg insurance grrrrrrr," "everybody is so mean," "I know you're paycheck-to-paycheck but your meds are $2000 and there's no other option"-- and then other times it's spending 20 minutes with a customer helping them get their meds and making a connection and *actually making a positive difference in someone's bad day.*

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Ngl I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I'm always intrigued by potential breakthroughs in spacefaring technology...

Setting Sail to Travel Through Space: 5 Things to Know about our New Mission

Our Advanced Composite Solar Sail System will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand no earlier than April 23, at 6 p.m. EDT. This mission will demonstrate the use of innovative materials and structures to deploy a next-generation solar sail from a CubeSat in low Earth orbit.

Here are five things to know about this upcoming mission:

1. Sailing on Sunshine

Solar sails use the pressure of sunlight for propulsion much like sailboats harness the wind, eliminating the need for rocket fuel after the spacecraft has launched. If all goes according to plan, this technology demonstration will help us test how the solar sail shape and design work in different orbits.

2. Small Package, Big Impact

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft is a CubeSat the size of a microwave, but when the package inside is fully unfurled, it will measure about 860 square feet (80 square meters) which is about the size of six parking spots. Once fully deployed, it will be the biggest, functional solar sail system – capable of controlled propulsion maneuvers – to be tested in space.

3. Second NASA Solar Sail in Space

If successful, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System will be  the second NASA solar sail to deploy in space, and not only will it be much larger, but this system will also test navigation capabilities to change the spacecraft’s orbit. This will help us gather data for future missions with even larger sails.

4. BOOM: Stronger, Lighter Booms

Just like a sailboat mast supports its cloth sails, a solar sail has support beams called booms that provide structure. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission’s primary objective is to deploy a new type of boom. These booms are made from flexible polymer and carbon fiber materials that are stiffer and 75% lighter than previous boom designs. They can also be flattened and rolled like a tape measure. Two booms spanning the diagonal of the square (23 feet or about 7 meters in length) could be rolled up and fit into the palm of your hand!

5. It’s a bird...it’s a plane...it’s our solar sail!

About one to two months after launch, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft will deploy its booms and unfurl its solar sail. Because of its large size and reflective material, the spacecraft may be visible from Earth with the naked eye if the lighting conditions and orientation are just right!

To learn more about this mission that will inform future space travel and expand our understanding of our Sun and solar system, visit https://www.nasa.gov/mission/acs3/.

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Does anyone else spend their 8hr shift writing totally fictional movies in their head and watching it starring Yourself™️ and kinda just totally dissassociating from the real world while also still being present or is that just me?