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Arendellians when Elsa started singing Into the Unknown

My vid. Someone else posted it on here before me but oh well 😆

Mathematician. Leader. Heroine. Remembering Hidden Figure Katherine Johnson

Tonight, count the stars and remember a trailblazer. 

We’re saddened by the passing of celebrated #HiddenFigures mathematician Katherine Johnson. She passed away at 101 years old. 

An America hero, Johnson’s legacy of excellence broke down racial and social barriers while helping get our space agency off the ground.

Once a “human computer”, she famously calculated the flight trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space.

And when we began to use electronic computers for calculations, astronaut John Glenn said that he’d trust the computers only after Johnson personally checked the math.

As a girl, Katherine Johnson counted everything. As a mathematician, her calculations proved critical to our early successes in space travel.

With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space. No longer a Hidden Figure, her bravery and commitment to excellence leaves an eternal legacy for us all.

“We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.” - Katherine Johnson 1918 -2020 

May she rest in peace, and may her powerful legacy inspire generations to come! What does Katherine Johnson’s legacy mean to you? Share in the comments. 

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Io sinceramente non riesco ad accettare di vivere in questa società.

Una società che abbonda di pregiudizi e persone ignoranti, persone che parlano senza pensare, che non sanno cosa vuol dire il rispetto.

Si parla tanto di storia, di non commettere gli stessi errori, ma siamo sempre fermi allo stesso punto.

Siamo fermi al razzismo, all'omofobia, alla paura del diverso.

Tutti siamo l'uno diverso dall'altro, ma ci dobbiamo adattare, dobbiamo seguire le mode, non possiamo essere anticonformisti, anzi abbiamo quasi paura di esserlo.

Una società fondata sulla paura, paura di essere derisi, paura di non essere approvati, paura di essere noi stessi.

Perché se siamo diversi dobbiamo ridurci ad essere tutti uguali? Per paura di essere giudicati. Ma, chi se ne frega?

Tutti abbiamo dei difetti, infondo infondo sono proprio questi a renderci perfetti.

-A

“Neither happiness nor sadness are inbuilt in the events and circumstances showing up. All that appears before you is devoid of all meaning. You are the meaning maker. You are the experience you bring into this moment.”

— http://Infinite-Life.Com (via kidestom)

Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

On Halloween we dress as Skeletons but in reality the Skeletons dress as us.

Person this morning: I don't think young people fully grasp the seriousness of climate change.

Me: Madam, young people are the ONLY people who fully grasp the seriousness of climate change.

Perth Climate Strike protest signs. What an amazing turn out!

//More eqaulity. More hope. More humanity. More pride. More acceptance. More love.//

Stand with humanity

“I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (via books-n-quotes)

“We know that morality does actually need remote and general standards, and must sometimes demand actions which no reasonable person at the time would consider. We know that a morality which never shocks anybody dwindles into etiquette. … All the same, ideals which nobody can translate into action are wasted.”

— Mary Midgley, Animals and Why They Matter, 9

“I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.”

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via books-n-quotes)

ZINAIDA GIPPIUS 1869–1945

Russian poet, novelist, playwright, religious thinker, and critic, and one of the most prominent figures of the Symbolist movement during Russia’s Silver Age. The oldest of four sisters in a family that moved frequently, her early education was spotty at best. But she began writing poetry at the age of seven, and was already published by the time she met the aspiring writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky at the age of 19. The two were married within a year, though Gippius insisted that they remain equals in the relationship, with their own separate living quarters and careers. Gippius became a prolific writer of short stories, novels, and essays, and found success as a literary critic under a male pseudonym. But she was best known for her poetry which, unlike her commercial work, was dark and deeply personal. She often referred to her poems as personal prayers. Her writing helped give rise to Russian Symbolism, while earning her a reputation as a “demoness” and a “decadent Madonna,” an image which she embraced. Gippius identified with androgyny, which she expressed by wearing masculine and feminine clothing in turn. Even her poetry, which was written under her own name, was often written with a male voice. She also believed that bisexuality was the natural state of people, and wrote that “it is equally good and natural for any person to love any other person.” She had affairs with both men and women, although it’s unclear how many of the affairs were sexual, just as it’s unclear whether she had a physical relationship with her husband, who may have himself been gay. Her views of sexuality, politics, and religion were closely entwined, and she believed that sexual and gender liberation were religious and revolutionary pursuits. In 1901, she and her husband co-founded the Religious and Philosophical Meetings, which tried to create ties between Russia’s revolutionary thinkers and religious leaders under the banner of a “New Church.” Their close friend and writer Dmitry Filosofov joined their cause, and even entered into a spiritual marriage with the couple, calling themselves the “Brotherhood of Three.” Though decidedly against the Tsar, their religiosity put the three of them at odds with the emerging Bolsheviks. After the 1917 October Revolution, they were forced to flee the country, and Filosofov parted ways. Gippius and Merezhkovsky lived for periods in Poland, Italy, and France, bringing together other Russian expats and still attempting to spread their religious and philosophical ideas. But they eventually found themselves isolated from their previous friends, not helped by the fact that Gippius had made many enemies as a harsh critic and the center of several love triangles throughout her life. Merezhkovsky died suddenly in 1941, and Gippius, devastated, spent her final months writing his biography.

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palpatine shows up 30 years late with starbucks

“our work should equip the next generation of women to outdo us in every field this is the legacy we’ll leave.”

i was listening to billie eilish’s new album and bopping along cause it’s fucking great and then-

this bitch comes on and now i’m depressed

BILLIE IS TOO TALENTED AND IM SAD

Okay, so I liked Billie Eilish’s new album… but there’s one really triggering song on it and I’ve been feeling off ever since I listened to it. The song is “listen before i go” if you’re wondering

“Parlo, parlo, dico sciocchezze, faccio lo svagato; ma non è vero sai? Perché osservo tutto io, invece; osservo tutto!”

— “Uno, nessuno e centomila” di Luigi Pirandello

when i was a little girl i wanted to be harry potter. not hermione, i did loved her, but i wanted to be harry. the hero, the chosen one, the special one. when i saw star wars, i wanted to be luke skywalker. the gentle hero, the beacon of hope. when i saw iron man, i wanted to be tony stark. the one that learns from his mistakes and works on being a better version of himself.

i didn’t need to be a boy to be able to feel powerful and inspired by their stories. when i saw wonder woman, and when i now see captain marvel, i feel capable, powerful. i feel like kindness, empathy, wit, perseverance, all traditionally feminine traits, are all qualities that define a hero. i love that they’re women. but that’s only a part of what makes them powerful.

when men say they can’t relate to ww or cm, they are the problem. i see heroes. i see role models. if i see steve rogers and i see a hero, but they can only see carol danvers from a distance and as a pair of boobs, they are the problem.

let’s not pretend otherwise. they need to learn that heroes come in all genders, shapes and sizes. it’s time to tell their stories. it’s time to teach little boys to love heroes like captain marvel, the same way i loved harry potter.

Abbas Kiarostami, from “A Wolf Lying in Wait; Poems,” published c. 2015

“I’m going to tell you something: thoughts are never honest. Emotions are.”

—

Albert Camus

“I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.”

— Albert Camus

“At the present time, I long only to sleep and to remain silent. I am sick of humanity.”

— Albert Camus to Jean Grenier, Correspondence 1932-1960

“Yes, be patient with me. My heart is heavy.”

— Albert Camus

“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed. He’s making sure your imagination withers. Until it’s as useful as your appendix. He’s making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby