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Here Is What Some Schoolchildren in Louisiana Learn About Evolution

Fifth graders in some state-sponsored schools in Louisiana study both creationism and evolution as competing theories. “Fact or Theory?”

-source | Buzzfeed

Just a quick glance looks like it favors creationism pretty hard. And with tax payer money.

Tumblrspeak isn't a language. A written dialect of English, perhaps...But definitely not a language. This is coming from someone who has spent the semester in a Linguistic Anthropology seminar.

Actually, that’s what I wrote in my tags. I should probably make that more obvious - thanks!

oh good lord.

what if everyone had to cosplay their url

Happy Birthday Bill Nye the Science Guy!

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” ― Bill Nye

Big news in the tumblr limerick-writers circle (ok, so it's not earth-shaking, but cool nonethless)

In case you aren't aware Waffle Meringue Productions is a blog run by two siblings with a passion for verse and slayers. They've been making waves with their summaries of every Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode in limerick form and have recently been featured on Adult Swim and io9.

I was inspired to try my own episode summary:

(It would help to be familiar with scansion before proceeding - this is the style  I was taught)

Hush (4x10)

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