vicky-wallflower
An established 17 year old . She/They pronouns and thoughtful writer. Help a friend out and talk to me.
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How science fiction predicted recent high-tech developments in chemistry
Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927, characters in the film Metropolis made video calls to each other. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hung flat-screen color monitors on the walls of the Enterprise decades before we did the same in our living rooms.
The most obvious examples of technology in science fiction tend to focus on artificial intelligence, communication and transport. But futuristic chemistry is embraced by sci-fi writers too. For example, a central feature of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World is a chemical antidepressant.
In recent years we’ve seen incredible leaps in chemical technologies—to the point where, as a chemist, I’m frequently reminded of some of my favorite fiction while reading about the latest big developments.
A plastic world
While environmental issues are a common thread in science fiction, not many deal with the blight of plastics. An exception is the 1972 novel Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters. This story, featuring a bacteria that digests plastic, would have seemed far fetched a few years ago. After all, plastics have only been around for 80 years or so, which hardly seems long enough for nature to evolve a mechanism to eat them.
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“She goes to the sea, she comes from the sea, and tiny seas grow calm in the warmth of her chest, sleeping like doves. / […] / She is all air, all gentle waters. A memory of salt, of lost horizons, and the soaking of every wave. The foam left by a shipwreck clings to her waist and the tips of wings send a shiver up her spine.”
— Dulce María Loynaz, tr. James O’Connor, Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems; “CI”
Noticed my obsession with Maya Hawke and made this shit .
I love and appreciate robin buckley she is me
Teenage girls think like this https://www.instagram.com/p/CjMNdlXM_7fpAyrXr9X4nReftdpFbSKLXZne140/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I love Mia Goth’s delivery and aesthetically happy to an insane measure. See Pearl 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci1OuiasgU6lXPEFI-S3wOZFNN5upRtlClV0l80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Not to be a bitch on main but y’all comparing heartstopper’s renewal to first kill’s cancellation like one was more privileged than the other because it’s mlm with white leads, you missed a very important part that should be addressed.
Heartstopper is NOT a Netflix production. The show is produced by sea saw films. Meaning it’s way easier to renew it as the money doesn’t come from Netflix. I doubt heartstopper would have been renewed for one, let alone two more seasons if it was solely a Netflix production. They would have gotten rid of it just like they did with many other queer shows we had in the past.
But let me be very clear! I completely get why people are mad that another wlw show got cancelled! And I wholeheartedly agree there are systemic problems for lesbian representation in media, as there’s clear misogyny, racism, lesbophobia and many other problems with the higher ups and corporations like Netflix who don’t see the value of seeing queer women of color as leads in their shows.
Just don’t blame the other show that luckily got it’s chance (not thanks to Netflix). That’s what people responsible for systemic issues want. They want to turn people against each other instead of focusing on what it’s really the problem
reblog if you love autism
The Technoblade channel releasing a video where his father reads a letter announcing that Techno has passed away titled “so long nerds”, then dropping a line of post-death merch where all proceeds go curesarcoma.org to is both the most fucked up thing Techno could have done, but also the most in character thing he could have done. Even in death he’s trying to make people smile.
Fly high Techno, We’ll miss you bud.
I’m so sad that Technoblade died . Hopefully his family is mourning better knowing that he’s in better place.
i’m convinced that the ice age franchise won’t end until the squirrel that always chases after the nut gets an equally hideous girlfriend with Squirrel Tits™ and eyelashes
Thinking about it might do it . Saving money for something I like mmm
This girl is busy playing Moxie with these lazy boys
Kinda trying out this Single life
-Crissy out
Boyfriend is working all the time so now I’m writing a lot more and getting ready for high school
To be honest I have been enjoying a cute life for a while . Unproblematic people like us need love
I stupidly made a blogging site on wix that I still kinda have to pay for. I love writing but I can’t really afford much. So I might write on there then post on here or get some help from my older brother.
-Crissy out
Finished reading this gem Wednesday and I love the depressing details in every page.
This book made me feel seen.
At a medieval Times Tournament and Dinner. I love this place so much. I love plays and musicals.
I’m thinking of going to a class for theatre in college and taking some courses in high school so it was inspiring
A day without a book makes me want to cook.
I’ve been reading all types of books. First I read “Perks of being a Wallflower“, then “Amelia Westlake was never here “, “Eleanor and Park“ ,And now I’m starting to read “A Taxonomy of Love“.
Crying death of , furnished lies within walls. Baltimore
This morning will be a good morning
I just watched a kid break down in the bookstore because his books for the semester totaled $600 and that’s the american university system in a nutshell
I made this beautiful thing because of a beautiful girl
“Sometimes the weirdness in my heart makes me feel the happiness The people around me talk about. A common thought in between my head is that maybe I shouldn’t exist.”
“the world is an oyster and I’m just one of the delicious parts of it, please enjoy me for I only exist for a short amount of time.”
By cherise K
Took the Myers briggs personality test. This is what I got