candiikismet:

starsoverhead:

candiikismet:

santin0:

T h e  H o l y   T r i n i t y

I feel as though we need a all POC fictional epic series with these three as queens of very different kingdoms. Each kingdom must have different foods and natural resources to export, different weather, different people. It would be amazing.

Beyoncé’s queendom (because seriously) is a mixture of France and Spain – beautiful vineyards, opulent aristocracy, classical architecture, painted plaster and endless flowers; a holdover of rich tradition mixed with respectful treatment of all who follow her.

Nicki’s queendom is ultra-modern like all the hotels in Dubai, the skyscrapers in New York, the heart of Tokyo.  Towering clean lines, shining glass, and gleaming metal.  Rich in technology but dabbling in the past for touches of style, so everything feels brand new and ancient at the same time.

Rihanna’s queendom is all Arctic ice and stone, sleek lines and durable drapes, diamonds and steel.  The buildings are hewn from the mountains, the fires burning hot, beds draped in furs.  Her people are warriors and she leads from the front, sword drawn and fearless.

Oooooooooooooo you got me excited! I can see this! I can see it!

walksoftlytay:

naturalistamisslyn:

kerryrenaissance:

vortexsophia:

WOW!!!

When even members of your own party are saying “Anyone but you”.

Evil villains joining forces with the heroes to take down the evilest of evil villains, 

^^^I’m pretty sure that’s the premise of WWII

c-bassmeow:

ischemgeek:

fuckyeah-nerdery:

pyronoid-d:

escapedosmil:

nizzlekicks:

When you broke but you woke

Wait… Guys what?

Is this what you guys think it means when GMO comes up in conversation?

Do you know what else is a GMO?

Dogs. Literally ALL dogs have had their genetics modified to make them more docile, loyal, trusting, energetic, obedient ect.

Ears of corn used to be the size of your thumb. Through selective ‘breeding’ we chose the strains of corn that were the biggest, fastest growing, most resilient ect. Ect.

THAT is a GMO. I don’t know where the idea that genetic modification meant they’re injecting your food stuffs with chemicals to change its DNA. That’s not how it works.

However, they ARE spraying your veggies with pesticides and that is something you should be worried about.

Companies like Monsanto are evil. But not because they are breeding crops to feed more people. But because they’re monopolizing the farming market, sueing farmers who share a geographic area and have some of the same strains of crops in their fields because of unavoidable cross pollination and lying about their business practices.

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This is Normal Borlaug. In 1942 he received his Ph. D in plant pathology and genetics. In Mexico, he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease resistant varieties of wheat. A genetically modified food. He introduced these to Mexico, Pakistan and India, resulting in double the wheat yields in a 5 year span. In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for saving one billion lives from starvation, and contributing to world peace through increasing the world food supply.

Genetically modified food is great.

This, a thousand fucking times this. Privilege is spouting and spreading pseudo-science bullshit you saw on your Facebook feed or on Twitter because unlike people in drought and famine prone areas of the world, you have the option to do just that. Those other parts of the world that don’t have the benefit of a food surplus and can’t pick and choose what they eat depend on GMOs to not die of starvation or watch their children waste away.

I despise Monsanto as much as the next person and if they ever go out of business, I’ll be the first to dance a jig, but condemning GMOs just because one megacorp is a pile of shitbags is beyond idiotic. If scientists can create new strains of seeds that can withstand disease, pests, all while yielding more foodstuff, then we should be throwing our support behind them.

Also, “They are feeding us chemicals!” is a fundamentally ridiculous statement. 

Why? 

As a chemist, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: 

Everything is chemicals.

Anti-gmo rhetoric and reasoning is based more on lack of understanding in science and strange doomsday scenarios than proper scientific reasoning and empirical evidence.