This Is A Very Thorough Explanation. Thank You. And I Never Thought That 1970 Was His Birthdate Either. 

joe flanigan announced for cardiff comic con in october

i have ascended to heaven bless y’all

for the ask game: N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

I answered this for SGA already but I always want more SGA! So I will give 3 more: more scenes with John and Lorne doing the day-to-day running of Atlantis, CO/XO stuff <3; more Rodney ranting at his minions. :D more Teyla and Elizabeth discussing the difficulties of Leadership!

Thanks for the ask, my friend!

This is interesting

To Combat Climate Change, Researchers Want to Pull Carbon Dioxide From the Ocean and Turn It Into Rock

Running seawater through an ocean carbon capture plant could chemically convert carbon dioxide to limestone on a grand scale

Excerpt from this story from Smithsonian:

Anew method for combatting climate change feels like a bit of modern-day alchemy: scientists have figured out how to take carbon dioxide out of the ocean and turn it into harmless rock.

For every tonne of carbon dioxide we pump into the air, roughly a quarter of it gets absorbed by the ocean like a giant, watery sponge. All of this excess carbon dioxide is acidifying the water and threatening organisms, such as those with calcium carbonate shells, that are sensitive to the change.

To avert this fate, carbon emissions need to drop—fast. But many scientists also believe that active carbon capture—deliberately pulling carbon dioxide out of the environment—will be a necessary step to help curb, and potentially even reverse, the rise in emissions responsible for countless environmental impacts. However, capturing enough carbon to make a difference is a massive task, one that has so far proved challenging and expensive.

“You’re talking about removing some 10 to 20 gigatonnes of [carbon dioxide] per year, starting from 2050, probably for the next century,” says Gaurav Sant, a civil and environmental engineering professor and director of the Institute for Carbon Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

To date, most efforts to capture carbon have focused on direct air capture—trying to pull the gas out of the atmosphere. But to make carbon capture more efficient, Sant’s research team is turning to the ocean for help.

Oceans and other large bodies of water can hold more than 150 times more carbon dioxide than the air. Sant and his colleagues’ idea is that if you can remove carbon from the ocean, the water will absorb more from the atmosphere to maintain a state of equilibrium. Now, they’re proposing an innovative way of getting carbon out of the ocean—by turning it into rock.

Seawater contains a lot of calcium and magnesium. When the calcium or magnesium ions combine with carbon dioxide, they form calcite or magnesite. The chemical reaction is similar to how many marine organisms build their shells. But by introducing a third ingredient, electricity, Sant and his team can make that reaction happen quickly, efficiently and, perhaps eventually, on a large scale. Putting this all together, the scientists have proposed a new technology that will run seawater through an electrically charged mesh, using electrolysis to trigger the chemical reactions needed to form carbonate rocks.

So far, the team has built a 1.5-by-1.5-meter prototype that they can flood with simulated seawater. They are collecting data on the amount of carbon dioxide that can be removed over various periods of time, analyzing the process efficiency and the amount of energy required. Aside from simply demonstrating the concept, they are using the model to determine what operational variables might impact the process.

‘Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ — Michelle Obama

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This. This right here is why I REPEATEDLY said I didn’t believe it and why I felt the need to tell several people to stop spreading rumors and check your sources.

Every single photo op and autograph session ran late this weekend. EVERY single one, and for a variety of reasons. All of which boiled down to, you have a lot of people signing up for these things and both ops end up taking forever. And sometimes things get paused, ALSO for a variety of reasons (like, for example, they’re running late and the talent could, oh I don’t know, use a fucking break).

A lot of this was started and SPREAD by people who weren’t there. And yet this nonsense went down, making Chris have to address it PUBLICLY (which I PROMISE YOU means it’s going to get picked up by the news media, and he’s going to have to KEEP addressing it).

Next time, check your fucking sources. Get PROOF. And stop turning the Marvel fandom into a crazy place. A lot of us like it here.