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Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:50:01 +0100

jtotheizzoe: A Toilet-Like Vortex of Bad Astronomy Bad is...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:12:38 +0000

A Toilet-Like Vortex of Bad Astronomy

Bad is getting science wrong. Worse is getting science wrong because of mystical woo. Worstest is having that bad science go viral. The video discussed below has been featured on big sites like Kottke.org and I Love Charts, which shows how fast this stuff can spread.

In the case of the “solar system as a vortex” videos, we have reached the darkest, worstest timeline. But science is here to help. Phil Plait has debunked this in gloriously gory detail, so please, please go read that. And stop sharing this bad science. Share this instead.

First of all, that’s a helix, not a vortex. But that doesn’t matter. The planets do not trail behind the sun. It’s simply not based in reality. You can easily test this just by keeping track of the planets in the sky, and tens of thousands of people have done this throughout history.

In a second video, the creator shows the planets orbiting a moving sun like a rotating drill bit. This is not the case. The solar system is indeed tipped 60˚ with respect to the galaxy. But sometimes planets are ahead of the sun and sometimes they are behind the sun. Also, the solar system does bob up and down across the galactic plane, but only once every 64 million years (this is due to the disk’s internal gravity, because it’s made of stuff). Much like a wobbling top, the Earth will “wobble” in its rotation around every 26,000 years (Google “procession” for more), but this has nothing to do with the claims of the video (although it is why the North Star won’t always be in the north).

Much like how if I am walking forward at 3 mph on a train going 70 mph, I am not going 73 mph. I am going 3 mph, just in a different frame of reference. The speed of our solar wind pushing outward on intergalactic space is much higher than the speed we are traveling around the galaxy, and there’s no reason to think that all that out there is going to affect us in here.

DJ Sadhu, who sadly spins lies rather than records, explains why someone would want to make all this up on his site. Enter at your own risk. Basically it’s an appeal for a model that doesn’t have us returning to the same place every year. That might sound spiritually superior, but it’s also BS. TIme moves forward, the planets and the sun move in predictable, well-studied patterns, and regardless of our position in the galaxy, the years are ours to make different. And we do a pretty good job of that without videos like this.

It kind of sucks that all it takes to spread BS is a few weeks with 3D animation software and an internet connection, but hey … it can be a force for good as much as it is bad. Now commence getting this post a bazillion notes, or else the vortex will get us all.

fartingcatsandrainbows: ~~Sk8ter girl...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:16:55 +0000

fartingcatsandrainbows:

~~Sk8ter girl extraordinaire~~

Latula

More stuff from Katsu~

smeghenegham: Let’s aim for that broad spectrum of players,...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:56:01 +0000

smeghenegham:

Let’s aim for that broad spectrum of players, now…

Pretty much my exact thoughts when I saw this

adeptoargentum: dimmadamnit bobby

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:47:33 +0000

adeptoargentum:

dimmadamnit bobby

smeghenegham: Tiny house icon, either tell me when there is an actual new post, or don’t pop up a...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:30:35 +0000

smeghenegham:

Tiny house icon, either tell me when there is an actual new post, or don’t pop up a notification. Don’t start putting “+1”s up there and then yank them away like a bitch. Do not fuck with me, tiny house icon.

hosersandhockeysticks: OH MY FUCKING GOD I JUST FOUND OUT THAT...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:31:07 +0000

hosersandhockeysticks:

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT AN AUSTRALIAN SASQUATCH IS CALLED A YOWIE

YOWIE

LISTEN TO HOW FUCKING HILARIOUS THIS IS

powerfully built

wild men

BEWARE THE YAOI

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Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:20:38 +0000

drunkenfist: I hope this is not considered abuse Thanks doc

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:47:08 +0000

drunkenfist:

I hope this is not considered abuse

Thanks doc

ask-thepurplejadedbloods: (( The Maryams would be Indian due to their names and their meanings,...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:46:26 +0000

ask-thepurplejadedbloods:

(( The Maryams would be Indian due to their names and their meanings, also with the Makaras being Turkish. ))

auxil: new year’s resolution do the impossible see the invisible row row fight the power touch the...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:13:41 +0000

auxil:

new year’s resolution

do the impossible

see the invisible

row row

fight the power

touch the untouchable

break the unbreakable

row row

fight the power

Mixed Nuts: I am really pissed off. Looking at the The big bang theory tag and all...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:15:42 +0000

Mixed Nuts: I am really pissed off. Looking at the The big bang theory tag and all...:

rubyanjel:

I am really pissed off. Looking at the The big bang theory tag and all the other tag related to this show makes me want to pull my hair out. Whoever started this comic sans meme of using Sheldon’s pictures and trying to mock the fandom and the entirety of its fans can rot in hell. Please, help…

But the show is terrible tho

lnfamy: dude is a gender neutral term if you think differently you are wrong

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:56:24 +0000

lnfamy:

dude is a gender neutral term if you think differently you are wrong

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Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:02:31 +0000

quoms: PRetty mad that skyrim didn’t fix one of oblivion’s most egregious mistakes and still has...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:42:21 +0000

quoms:

PRetty mad that skyrim didn’t fix one of oblivion’s most egregious mistakes and still has saved games sorted only by date and not by character

it’s just shitty

raidteba: mistiryshak: doom-bunnies: i-am-momo-senpai-and-i: ...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:52:05 +0000

raidteba:

mistiryshak:

doom-bunnies:

i-am-momo-senpai-and-i:

thiinka:

lolitalollipops:

geddypasto:

whathasbeenlost:

psychicoblivion:

You know the words.

You’ve seen it at least 5 times.

Just play.

Dooooo iiiiiit

ONCE THE DRUMS CAME IN I HIT REBLOG.

we played this at the gig on sunday.

i have the biggest grin on my face right now

I was expecting something else.

“These dreams are made of this…”

I can’t

WHO YA GONNA CALL

bEAUTIFUL

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Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:56:39 +0000

supernatural-aka-tearsandgay: wiener-cest: demeaniac: STOP SCROLLING straighten your back,...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:39:20 +0000

supernatural-aka-tearsandgay:

wiener-cest:

demeaniac:

STOP SCROLLING

straighten your back, mate

NOW GO ON

woah thanks i really needed that today

tumblr user demeaniac doing little favors for tumblr one post at a time

FUCK THIS POST HAS SHOWED UP LIKE 10 TIMES TODAY AND I HAVE BEEN HUNCHED OVER EVERY FUCKING TIME

Tumblr community service thank

geromyclaus: bootyatrics: my front door has these two little windows at the top so i a young...

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:58:21 +0000

geromyclaus:

bootyatrics:

my front door has these two little windows at the top so i

a young door stands in his bedroom

WELL FOLKS!

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:34:48 +0000

turb0ners:

venatorphile:

According to Japan-time, it is officially Shigeru Miyamoto’s 60th birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

お誕生日おめでとう！

i can’t scroll past a picture of shiggy without reblogging it, especially on his birthday. the man has touched my life in so many ways that it would be a crime to ignore him.