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  1. ratchetpussynvrtastedsosweet: stfuconservatives: smdxn: Eliz. Warren wants to cut student interest rates to near zero Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced her first piece of legislation. It’s called the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, and would reduce the rate students pay on federally-subsidized student loans for one year, from 3.4% to 0.75%. Without congressional action, on July 1 the rate is set to double from 3.4% to 6.8%. Warren brings up an interesting point – her bill simply asks students to pay the same rates that big banks pay for borrowing. She’s literally just asking if college grads can get the same deal as bank CEOs. The exact same interest rate. Not even a bailout or anything fancy (pipe dreams!) - just the same interest rate. please let this pass

    ratchetpussynvrtastedsosweet:

    stfuconservatives:

    smdxn:

    Eliz. Warren wants to cut student interest rates to near zero

    Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced her first piece of legislation. It’s called the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, and would reduce the rate students pay on federally-subsidized student loans for one year, from 3.4% to 0.75%.

    Without congressional action, on July 1 the rate is set to double from 3.4% to 6.8%.

    Warren brings up an interesting point – her bill simply asks students to pay the same rates that big banks pay for borrowing.

    She’s literally just asking if college grads can get the same deal as bank CEOs. The exact same interest rate. Not even a bailout or anything fancy (pipe dreams!) - just the same interest rate.

    please let this pass

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  2. everybodyilovedies: daughter-of-water: everybodyilovedies: Can we talk about how awesome I desperately want this to be??? Jane is an astrophysicist. An astrophysicist who gets to go to another world. Oh my gosh. I want her to geek out. I want her to geek out so freaking hard. When she steps off the bifrost I want her to be vaguely intimidated by Heimdell and be like “oookay” and Darcy to start hitting on him bc hellloooo Idris and then they’ll step outside and Jane will FREAK. OUT. Because STAR MAPS?! Different areas of space?! Calculating the age of the cosmos and if it’s the same universe or a different one and where exactly in the universe Asgard is situated and time dilation and ALL THIS SUPER CUTE GEEK STUFF?!?!? And then I want the parents to stroll up. And her to still be geeking out over stars. And she’s trying to take pictures and stuff. But Frigga and Odin and hello they’re kind of gods? Or at least royalty? Oh and she’s totally banging their son so she should probably be polite. And Frigga is super sweet and IDK if Odin’ll be a dick or not but whatever?! I just really want geek!Jane and I’m crazy excited for this and if the movie doesn’t do this I will be so fucking upset. Because you sent an astrophysicist to another world, and this needs to be addressed. And fulfill all our little space-geeks’ childhood fantasies.   So many people seem to think that her relationship with Thor reduces her character’s ambitions as an astrophysicist and makes her little more than a token love interest but this post right here shows how much it actually enhances it. Thor has opened up the universe to her and through him she has learned how she was on the right track with her research all along. YES THANK YOU. Can you fucking IMAGINE, as an expert in your field that has been maligned by years for your peers, having a physical manifestation of the truth of your theories land in front of your car?! Can you even imagine that?! Maybe it’s because I’m in academia, but holy fuck, this would be the most amazing thing ever. And to have him sit there (looking like Chris Hemsworth, hello) and telling you that your life work is correct?? The fact that Jane didn’t break down crying as he explained the world tree to her is a testament to the strength of her character, because I would have. All that work, all that ridicule and fight and scraping, especially as a woman in a STEM field, would have been completely and utterly worth it, and overwhelming to have happen. Think about being Jane. Really think about it. You’re a woman in an almost entirely male-dominated field. You probably don’t have another woman in your entire department (yes, this is a true thing that happens, welcome to the program I’m currently in). You have some out-there theories, that you KNOW are right. But you get mocked for them. Of course you do. Not only do you get mocked because they’re crazy, but you probably have guys sneering at you behind your back because you’re a woman and they automatically think you’re more prone to flights of fancy and irrational thinking and all that bullshit. Finding an advisor to work with would be near impossible. She got stupid lucky with Selvig, but even then they’re in the middle of podunk nowhere trying to get their research done. When you go out to meet new people or even with friends, i.e. people like Darcy, no one has any clue what you’re talking about. The people who do, think it’s stupid. Childish. Dumb. And then you run over proof with your car. Do you know how vindicating that would be? How overwhelming? Relieving?  And then that walking proof of your theory takes you to another planet to see it for yourself. Holy. Fuck. I would have collapsed in a corner crying for joy looongg before the end of Thor 1, and Thor 2 would just have me clutching Thor and sobbing and pointing at stars and shit and trying to explain why this was so important in between heaving sobs. Jane is fucking amazing, and I don’t understand why more of the fandom doesn’t love her. But maybe I’m biased, seeing as I’m stuck in my grad student office at 11:00 at night pulling an all-nighter so that I can defend my thesis barely over a month from now. In my department which has no other women in my program. Maybe that makes me incredibly biased towards Jane. And maybe you thought she wasn’t handled properly in the context of the movie, which is fine. But don’t go trashing her around me, because next to Peggy, Jane is my best girl in the MCU. \m/ \m/

    everybodyilovedies:

    daughter-of-water:

    everybodyilovedies:

    Can we talk about how awesome I desperately want this to be???

    Jane is an astrophysicist. An astrophysicist who gets to go to another world. Oh my gosh. I want her to geek out. I want her to geek out so freaking hard.

    When she steps off the bifrost I want her to be vaguely intimidated by Heimdell and be like “oookay” and Darcy to start hitting on him bc hellloooo Idris and then they’ll step outside and Jane will FREAK. OUT. Because STAR MAPS?! Different areas of space?! Calculating the age of the cosmos and if it’s the same universe or a different one and where exactly in the universe Asgard is situated and time dilation and ALL THIS SUPER CUTE GEEK STUFF?!?!?

    And then I want the parents to stroll up. And her to still be geeking out over stars. And she’s trying to take pictures and stuff. But Frigga and Odin and hello they’re kind of gods? Or at least royalty? Oh and she’s totally banging their son so she should probably be polite. And Frigga is super sweet and IDK if Odin’ll be a dick or not but whatever?!

    I just really want geek!Jane and I’m crazy excited for this and if the movie doesn’t do this I will be so fucking upset. Because you sent an astrophysicist to another world, and this needs to be addressed. And fulfill all our little space-geeks’ childhood fantasies.  

    So many people seem to think that her relationship with Thor reduces her character’s ambitions as an astrophysicist and makes her little more than a token love interest but this post right here shows how much it actually enhances it. Thor has opened up the universe to her and through him she has learned how she was on the right track with her research all along.

    YES THANK YOU.

    Can you fucking IMAGINE, as an expert in your field that has been maligned by years for your peers, having a physical manifestation of the truth of your theories land in front of your car?! Can you even imagine that?! Maybe it’s because I’m in academia, but holy fuck, this would be the most amazing thing ever. And to have him sit there (looking like Chris Hemsworth, hello) and telling you that your life work is correct?? The fact that Jane didn’t break down crying as he explained the world tree to her is a testament to the strength of her character, because I would have. All that work, all that ridicule and fight and scraping, especially as a woman in a STEM field, would have been completely and utterly worth it, and overwhelming to have happen.

    Think about being Jane. Really think about it. You’re a woman in an almost entirely male-dominated field. You probably don’t have another woman in your entire department (yes, this is a true thing that happens, welcome to the program I’m currently in). You have some out-there theories, that you KNOW are right. But you get mocked for them. Of course you do. Not only do you get mocked because they’re crazy, but you probably have guys sneering at you behind your back because you’re a woman and they automatically think you’re more prone to flights of fancy and irrational thinking and all that bullshit. Finding an advisor to work with would be near impossible. She got stupid lucky with Selvig, but even then they’re in the middle of podunk nowhere trying to get their research done. When you go out to meet new people or even with friends, i.e. people like Darcy, no one has any clue what you’re talking about. The people who do, think it’s stupid. Childish. Dumb.

    And then you run over proof with your car. Do you know how vindicating that would be? How overwhelming? Relieving? 

    And then that walking proof of your theory takes you to another planet to see it for yourself.

    Holy. Fuck.

    I would have collapsed in a corner crying for joy looongg before the end of Thor 1, and Thor 2 would just have me clutching Thor and sobbing and pointing at stars and shit and trying to explain why this was so important in between heaving sobs.

    Jane is fucking amazing, and I don’t understand why more of the fandom doesn’t love her.

    But maybe I’m biased, seeing as I’m stuck in my grad student office at 11:00 at night pulling an all-nighter so that I can defend my thesis barely over a month from now. In my department which has no other women in my program. Maybe that makes me incredibly biased towards Jane. And maybe you thought she wasn’t handled properly in the context of the movie, which is fine. But don’t go trashing her around me, because next to Peggy, Jane is my best girl in the MCU. \m/ \m/

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  3. blackfolksmakingcomics: racebending: Kickstarter alert!   Spider Stories follows the tale of Princess Zahara who is thrown into hiding after the royal family is overthrown by a corrupt neighboring kingdom. While traveling with a misfit caravan of merchants she meets a wandering drummer griot who introduces her to the spirit world. Armed with a mystical staff, the fearless princess embarks on quest to reconnect with the spirits, reunite her homeland, and reclaim the throne. We are developing an 11 minute animated pilot for a fantasy adventure series called Spider Stories. Your pledges will go towards funding a team of animators to get it done at a professional level of quality. Once completed we’ll be taking Spider on the road, pitching it to see if we can get it picked up with the goal of turning into a full fledged animated series. Spider Stories is the product of a variety of influences. From Nigerian folk tales of the Tortoise and Anansi the Spider we heard growing up as children, to modern fantasy epics like Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Zelda, and Fire Emblem. Co-creator Charles Agbaje writes: This project was born both out of a love for the stories my brother and I heard growing up in a Nigerian household and also takes a lot of cues from great modern fantasy series like the Legend of Zelda, Lord of the Rings and especially Avatar The Last Airbender. In fact we may never have made this series were we not involved in the racebending movement that started around M. Night Shyamalan’s film. You can read that story here if you are interested.  In short we noticed that there is a gap in the fantasy genre. Great stories have been told in fantastical European and Asian worlds, but virtually never in African ones. This could go a long way towards changing the perceptions of blacks and Africans in the media and provide more heroes of color to kids and fans worldwide. It’s already resonating with a lot of people. To support Spider Stories, visit the Kickstarter page! Boosting this project right now!

    blackfolksmakingcomics:

    racebending:

    Kickstarter alert!  

    Spider Stories follows the tale of Princess Zahara who is thrown into hiding after the royal family is overthrown by a corrupt neighboring kingdom. While traveling with a misfit caravan of merchants she meets a wandering drummer griot who introduces her to the spirit world. Armed with a mystical staff, the fearless princess embarks on quest to reconnect with the spirits, reunite her homeland, and reclaim the throne.

    We are developing an 11 minute animated pilot for a fantasy adventure series called Spider Stories. Your pledges will go towards funding a team of animators to get it done at a professional level of quality.

    Once completed we’ll be taking Spider on the road, pitching it to see if we can get it picked up with the goal of turning into a full fledged animated series.

    Spider Stories is the product of a variety of influences. From Nigerian folk tales of the Tortoise and Anansi the Spider we heard growing up as children, to modern fantasy epics like Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Zelda, and Fire Emblem.

    Co-creator Charles Agbaje writes:

    This project was born both out of a love for the stories my brother and I heard growing up in a Nigerian household and also takes a lot of cues from great modern fantasy series like the Legend of Zelda, Lord of the Rings and especially Avatar The Last Airbender. In fact we may never have made this series were we not involved in the racebending movement that started around M. Night Shyamalan’s film. You can read that story here if you are interested. 

    In short we noticed that there is a gap in the fantasy genre. Great stories have been told in fantastical European and Asian worlds, but virtually never in African ones. This could go a long way towards changing the perceptions of blacks and Africans in the media and provide more heroes of color to kids and fans worldwide. It’s already resonating with a lot of people.

    To support Spider Stories, visit the Kickstarter page!

    Boosting this project right now!

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  4. perniciousprince:

    official proposition to popularize the term “babefriend” as a synonym for “partner” 

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  5. ozyreads: the-fandoms-are-cool: everythingis19: cosmicsyzygy: Look, I made a gif of this most awesome wizard at the Leaky Cauldron! DUDE IS READING ‘A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME’ BY STEPHEN HAWKING I NEVER REALIZED are you serious I always assumed wizards just ignored science, because the fact that “magic” exists, can explain anything. But there are MuggleBorn wizards, ones who, until they were eleven, lived in the real world and learned science and things. Did they all just abandon that normal, muggle knowledge, like Harry did? It’s always been there, itching in the back of my mind. FOUR FOR YOU SCIENCE WIZARD YOU GO SCIENCE WIZARD I DEMAND ENDLESS FANFIC ABOUT SCIENCE WIZARD OR AT LEAST A CAMEO IN HPMOR

    ozyreads:

    the-fandoms-are-cool:

    everythingis19:

    cosmicsyzygy:

    Look, I made a gif of this most awesome wizard at the Leaky Cauldron!

    DUDE IS READING ‘A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME’ BY STEPHEN HAWKING

    I NEVER REALIZED

    are you serious

    I always assumed wizards just ignored science, because the fact that “magic” exists, can explain anything. But there are MuggleBorn wizards, ones who, until they were eleven, lived in the real world and learned science and things. Did they all just abandon that normal, muggle knowledge, like Harry did? It’s always been there, itching in the back of my mind.

    FOUR FOR YOU SCIENCE WIZARD

    YOU GO SCIENCE WIZARD

    I DEMAND ENDLESS FANFIC ABOUT SCIENCE WIZARD

    OR AT LEAST A CAMEO IN HPMOR

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  6. pluckypalaeontologist:

    luminousalicorn:

    trailofdesire:

    bookelfe:

    Happily ever after? I don’t think it’s quite what you meant, but one way or another, I rather think I will.

    inspired by

    You all have no idea how long I have been dreaming of a role for Sendhil Ramamurthy that is actually worthy of his attractiveness.

    FINALLY MY DAY HAS COME. 

    oh my god oh my god yes

    (Also if you want a role that at least celebrates Sendhil’s beauty, the second season of Covert Affairs has at least one episode featuring him in the most gratuitously shirtless scene of exposition I’ve ever seen.)

    YAY ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES FANCAST

    (I wish Cimorene’s sisters weren’t described as being blonde.  It prevents my brain from freely varying my mental picture of her away from “white” because it keeps going NO, GENETICSSSS and for some reason it refuses to postulate that Linderwall is populated by a fictitious ethnicity with the relevant color combination available to it.)

    (I am going to name my firstborn daughter Cimorene, no lie.)

    Fair warning haven’t read it, but: if blonde is the only descriptor catching you up (I’m assuming biracial isn’t an option for whatever reason) then maybe Melanesian?

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  7. ladyhistory:

    andthenabanana:

    what if pippin and merry met fili and kili

    might as well just stop the mission quest thing right there

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  8. fuckyeablackart: Rapunzel by ~strangelykatie

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  9. trailofdesire: adisusedshed: Best part of packing: books you haven’t read in years. These books are SO GOOD! Serious question: does anyone own the film rights to these? Because seriously, the market is pretty ripe for a good adaptation.

    trailofdesire:

    adisusedshed:

    Best part of packing: books you haven’t read in years. These books are SO GOOD!

    Serious question: does anyone own the film rights to these? Because seriously, the market is pretty ripe for a good adaptation.

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  10. Reblog this if you want to see a Black Widow solo movie.

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