Dear Readers,Welcome to my personal blog. I'm Sabyasachi Naik (Zico,24).An Agnostic,deeply NON religious(atheist), and Secular Progressive Civil Engineer . I'm brown and proud to be an Indian tribe. “I want to say a word to the Brahmins: In the name of God, religion, sastras you have duped us. We were the ruling people. Stop this life of cheating us from this year. Give room for rationalism and humanism.” ― Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
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WATCH: 12-Year-Olds Pinpoint Exactly What’s Wrong With How America Sees Race
Nine 12-year-old students who participated in a new video series titled “Being 12.” In the video above, the children – who come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds – share their perspective on growing up in today’s multicultural world and describe disturbing experiences dealing with race and culture.
See the full video their stories are eye-opening.
(GIF Source: WNYC)
Poignant Dog Food Ad Tackles Race, Highlights What Pups Can Teach Us About Unconditional Love
Turns out our pups can teach us a lesson in being our fellow man’s best friend.An ad from dog food company Pedigree calls attention to race relations by illustrating an interaction between two pet owners.
Watch how dogs truly have no prejudices in the full commercial here.
“You should socialize.” “Aren’t you lonely?” “So, you’re socially awkward?" These are a few of the things introverts hear quite often. Thankfully we have Tumblr, which has time and again nailed the emotions, perks and struggles of having an introverted personality. Like this perfect GIF for dealing with small talk.
Beautiful Modern Agate and Raw Crystal Jewellery By Gossamer and Violet
Gossamer and Violet, a jewellery store in Etsy selling one of a kind handmade vintage inspired agate jewellery uses unrefined precious stones and delicate silver-work to create unique accessories. Specializing in adjustable agate slice rings and bold statement jewellery including necklaces, bracelets and earrings, they have a wide range of pieces to cater to different tastes. The style of the jewellery is themed around modern lines and shapes with earthly colors, textures and materials.
Gossamer and Violet, named after being inspired by delicate gold filigree chain intertwined around the violet shade of unrefined earthly stones, sells hand-crafted jewellery that has exclusive designs made with hand-selected stones. The jewellery is based around the bright colored stone, raw and jagged shaped, with thin gold or silver highlighting the piece. The maker sources only the highest quality American materials and strenuously hand assembles each piece, making sure the product leaves the hands of the maker to the wearer at the highest standard. You can find their entire collection in her Etsy shop.
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Dragon Jewelry That’ll Make You Feel Like The Mother Of Dragons by Aelia Petro
Canadian graphic artist Aelia Petro prides herself in constructing unique jewelry inspired by high fantasy and one of our favorite mythical creatures the dragon. The handmade pieces are composed of polymer play, entirely sculpted by hand and hand painted.
The dragon draped necklaces give us serious Game of Throne and Daenerys/Khaleesi vibes. You can find other jewelry items, including bracelets, rings, hair clips, brooches and magnets in her Etsy shop.
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Society as a whole has yet to understand that gender is non-binary. Tumblr at least can be a cathartic place to deal with those stigmas and misunderstandings. One comic uses numbers to beautifully show how binary gender is bullshit.
(via kids are weird. kids are awesome.)
Watch: John Cena continues, “So, let’s try this one more time. Close your eyes.”
Teacher Draws Impressively Detailed Anatomical Illustrations on Classroom’s Chalkboard
Illustrator and anatomy instructor Chuan-Bin Chung composes stunning and highly detailed illustration of the human drawing. He creates the ephemeral drawings on chalkboards as a learning guide. He beautifully depicts the body’s muscles, bones and tendons.
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This Private 787 Dreamliner Jet Is Even More Luxurious Than You Can Imagine
Hulu’s newest cartoon is a lesbian fairytale for children — and its shattering conventions
Rosaline follows a young maiden on her trip through the woods to deliver a basket of treats to her sweetheart. It’s standard fairytale fare, in all ways but one: Rosaline’s sweetheart is a woman. The cartoon, which debuted in the midst of LGBT Pride Month, is the second queer love story brought to Hulu.
More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing world.
“We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods improved through biotechnology, recognize the findings of authoritative scientific bodies and regulatory agencies, and abandon their campaign against ‘GMOs’ in general and Golden Rice in particular,” the letter states.
The letter campaign was organized by Richard Roberts, chief scientific officer of New England Biolabs and, with Phillip Sharp, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of genetic sequences known as introns. The campaign has a website, supportprecisionagriculture.org, that includes a running list of the signatories, and the group plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning at the National Press Club in Washington.
“We’re scientists. We understand the logic of science. It’s easy to see what Greenpeace is doing is damaging and is anti-science,“ Roberts told The Washington Post. “Greenpeace initially, and then some of their allies, deliberately went out of their way to scare people. It was a way for them to raise money for their cause.”
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Elegant Resin Rings with Gold & Silver Encapsulated Flakes
Indie boutique French located in the island commune in Normandy called Daimblond (previously featured here) composes stunning and elegant resin rings with gold and silver flakes inside each design. The rings come in two sizes, one is a dainty thin band, while the other is a larger cocktail statement ring.
Made from eco-friendly, high-quality resin, the transparent rings are meant to be used in a stackable form, which truly highlights their beauty on the hand. The pieces, which are handmade are unique, and no one ring is exactly the same to another. You can find more designs on their Etsy shop.
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Western Australia From Above
Salty Wings it’s a collaborative project by two Australian photographers, @justjampal and @micgoetze that document the beautiful sights of Western Australia from above. You can see many more images and buy prints of your favorites here.
Check out this tumblr!
The Surprising And Varying Kinds Of Intelligence- Which One Is Yours?
In our modern day society we find that the educational system has a very narrow perspective of intelligence, mostly linguistics and logical knowledge. The groups who fall within the parameter of these intelligence sectors, can prize themselves as lucky.
What happens when our schooling system mostly focuses on these sectors? Well, a very big percentage of the people gets left out. By doing so, there is a big possibility that this group gets labeled as less intelligent, while the truth can be very much the opposite. Their intelligence may just lie in a different category.
The theory of multiple intelligence was first published by Howard Gardner in 1983. In his book called Frames of mind, he describes seven different intelligence categories. Over the years a couple additional categories has been added, with the latest suggestion for an addition in the beginning of this year.
With this theory Gardner wants to show that the norm of what is called ‘intelligence’ in our society is too narrow. People can be highly intelligent in other areas. Which one of the next categories applies to you?
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The Icefields Parkway // Daniel Han
How the #CripTheVote Movement Is Bringing Disability Rights to This Election
The star of “Grey’s Anatomy”, Jesse Williams, was presented a Humanitarian award at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26. It’s a well-deserved win since Jesse has been fighting for equal rights for Black people and supporting the Black Lives Matter for a really long time.
If you happened to miss it, watch the full speech here.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BETAwards
We just got an unprecedented look at a black hole ripping apart a star
For the first time ever, astronomers got a close-up peek at a black hole ripping apart a star, a rare event that results in some of the star’s material getting ejected out into space. To research this phenomenon, astronomers used data from a tidal disruption that happened 3.9 billion years ago. Studying tidal disruptions like this one is revealing new information about how black holes behave.
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#TryBeatingMeLightly Shows Pakistani Women Won’t Stand For Wife-Beating Bill
Orphaned children and the abandoned dogs they love
In Bangladesh, an Australian photographer finds a tight-knit, motley family
Harvard Grad Delivers Powerfully Poetic Speech On Overcoming Injustice
The Migration of Anatomically Modern Humans
In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans, frequently dubbed the “Out of Africa” theory, is the most widely accepted model describing the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans. The concept was speculative until the 1980s, when it was corroborated by a study of present-day mitochondrial DNA, combined with evidence based on physical anthropology of archaic specimens.
Genetic studies and fossil evidence show that archaic Homo sapiens evolved to anatomically modern humans solely in Africa, between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago, that members of one branch of Homo sapiens left Africa by between 125,000 and 60,000 years ago, and that over time these humans replaced earlier human populations such as Neanderthals and Homo erectus. The date of the earliest successful “out of Africa” migration (earliest migrants with living descendants) has generally been placed at 60,000 years ago as suggested by genetics, although migration out of the continent may have taken place as early as 125,000 years ago according to Arabian archaeology finds of tools in the region. Read More
Confirmed: NASA Just Discovered Earth Has A New Moon
One of the most amazing discoveries as of late is that NASA has just declared Earth appearing to have a second moon that has been orbiting around our big blue sphere for nearly a century now without our knowledge whatsoever.
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This Burn Survivor And Makeup Artist Turns Tragedy Into Inspiration
21 Queer Indians Recall The Exact Moment They Came Out To Their Parents
For members from the LGBTQ community, coming out can prove a challenging experience. It can prove even more testing in India, a country that still outlaws same gender sex.
#KnowYourHistory: #Stonewall
Brexit makes a trip to the UK a great travel deal
The collapsing value of the pound in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is frightening news for the country’s economy — but great news for Americans itching to plan a last minute summer vacation.
Asexuality is an orientation in which a person does not experience sexual attraction to any sex and/or gender. They do not feel an intrinsic desire to make sex a part of their relationships with other people. However they may still be able to experience other types of attraction, and desire relationships with other people.
Check out the following websites to learn more about asexuality, join in on the community, and/or help increase asexual visibility and education.
Asexual Visibility and Education Network
International Asexuality Conference (Worldpride Toronto 2014 Affiliate Event) (June 28, 2014)
Asexual Things (asexual vis/ed tumblr blog)
Frequently Asked Questions
Asexuality Websites/Blogs/etc