Politico. Geek. Ginger. Now working at Tumblr. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28840898-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @joestanley)http://joestanley.org/doubtsbestally: Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods.Our dream wrestles in the castle of...http://joestanley.org/post/53316350333http://joestanley.org/post/53316350333Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebe0cd7a5b30121e631b5d94671dde32/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99a1b4b4fce800ff519da7e40db00948/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5613d549b4d8d64b6a51ad0fb0238840/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3dc6d2fca1a3f4247456fdd46e00d3c/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a53c27c67efaaec620416c7b93eb234/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12b5f62ed32707b141e5f43cc1409b4b/tumblr_mokifsxRMR1rcp7bmo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://flloom-galaxy.tumblr.com/post/53296035780/dc-icons-by-melissa-smith" target="_blank">flloom-galaxy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>DC Icons by Melissa Smith</span></p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53307306029http://joestanley.org/post/53307306029Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:53 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd02fe4f4c1b257ed4e41f299354d18f/tumblr_mo45a5EBu31r5h04to1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://un.tumblr.com/post/53260990943/opens-beer" target="_blank">un</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>opens beer…</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53294680284http://joestanley.org/post/53294680284Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:01:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/15812ecf0b099c037bed9419476f1da0/tumblr_mnmft114oO1qibnz5o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thenewenlightenmentage.tumblr.com/post/51750690209/50-years-ago-an-astronomer-discovered-the-first" target="_blank">thenewenlightenmentage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1 class="postTitle" id="postTitle2"><strong>50 Years Ago, an Astronomer Discovered the First Unambiguous Exoplanet (or So He Thought)</strong></h1> <p>In April 1963, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Tucson, Ariz., Peter van de Kamp made what should have been a landmark announcement. By tracking the motion of a dim, nearby star across the night sky, he had uncovered an unseen object tugging ever so slightly on the star and perturbing its motion—an <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=7-amazing-exoplanets-interactive" target="_blank">exoplanet</a>, well before that became a household word. The gravitational perturbation was so subtle that van de Kamp, a Dutch-born astronomer at Swarthmore College, had relied on <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/109001" target="_blank">almost 50 years of telescope observations</a> to build his case for the planet orbiting what is known as Barnard’s Star.</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/05/30/50-years-ago-an-astronomer-discovered-the-first-unambiguous-exoplanet-or-so-he-thought/" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></p> </blockquote> <p>What you re-discover when doing research.</p>http://joestanley.org/post/53279593905http://joestanley.org/post/53279593905Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:49 -040061cygni<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcq3a8pG1Z1r7n7vio1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://distant-traveller.tumblr.com/post/34652303026/first-x-ray-view-of-martian-soil-this-graphic" target="_blank">distant-traveller</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>First X-ray view of Martian soil</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>This graphic shows results of the first analysis of Martian soil by the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) experiment on NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image reveals the presence of crystalline feldspar, pyroxenes and olivine mixed with some amorphous (non-crystalline) material. The soil sample, taken from a wind-blown deposit within Gale Crater, where the rover landed, is similar to volcanic soils in Hawaii.</p> <p>Curiosity scooped the soil on Oct. 15, 2012, the 69th sol, or Martian day, of operations. It was delivered to CheMin for X-ray diffraction analysis on October 17, 2012, the 71st sol. By directing an X-ray beam at a sample and recording how X-rays are scattered by the sample at an atomic level, the instrument can definitively identify and quantify minerals on Mars for the first time. Each mineral has a unique pattern of rings, or “fingerprint,” revealing its presence. The colors in the graphic represent the intensity of the X-rays, with red being the most intense.</p> </blockquote> <p><em>Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Ames</em></p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53269867846http://joestanley.org/post/53269867846Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/18a794fa263b2c70f6f9de5d33546420/tumblr_mokim1P3kv1qh1dqko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In the end, the sun rises.</p>http://joestanley.org/post/53247012603http://joestanley.org/post/53247012603Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:51:36 -0400photoyahoo: By Marissa Mayer, CEO and Ron Bell, General Counsel We’ve worked hard over the years to...http://joestanley.org/post/53244509051http://joestanley.org/post/53244509051Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:17:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7bc6ce60681cab8dc394e29f013271b/tumblr_moib0wRTCL1r4zr2vo2_r1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://joestanley.org/post/53230766230http://joestanley.org/post/53230766230Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c3c6588c81c83affdc128bad86de1ca/tumblr_mogrm0GCdo1qz4rgqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://joestanley.org/post/53217410802http://joestanley.org/post/53217410802Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:01:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19a1b636a72ab305ceae06030d25cc88/tumblr_mof45y5e3p1qd532so2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/42d4b73bcd8d7ff6a935a82f26f0c85c/tumblr_mof45y5e3p1qd532so5_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8fafc1c415cf2c231df0b880c8fa655/tumblr_mof45y5e3p1qd532so3_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f68d286c2030f45712d65501dca3cfd9/tumblr_mof45y5e3p1qd532so4_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-daily-robot.tumblr.com/post/53029572695/infinite-summer-by-the-daily-robot-prints" target="_blank">the-daily-robot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Infinite Summer</em> by <a href="http://the-daily-robot.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Robot.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/154067034/infinite-summer-pixel-art-print?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">Prints</a> available at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheDailyRobot?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">Etsy</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53197737252http://joestanley.org/post/53197737252Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e8e6be9f104ff633fc00a9aefc9f5d2/tumblr_modec1GnbW1r4wpt9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2ffb8284720bc21eebd86afa1b20ae2/tumblr_modec1GnbW1r4wpt9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7f5a4af1b939e8ad1f2e342f8014e96/tumblr_modec1GnbW1r4wpt9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/039e600da16b256bf4c8b065012244a6/tumblr_modec1GnbW1r4wpt9o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64c1c0a2cbd5819e95c942f398815b59/tumblr_modec1GnbW1r4wpt9o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thebrainscoop.tumblr.com/post/52931154454/comparative-illustrations-of-hands-for-national" target="_blank">thebrainscoop</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Comparative illustrations of hands for National Geographic Magazine by <a href="http://www.bryanchristiedesign.com/recent.php?illustration=791" title="Bryan Christie Design" target="_blank">Bryan Christie Design</a></p> <p>Human, Aye-aye, bat, frog, dolphin. Absolutely fantastic.</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53189968063http://joestanley.org/post/53189968063Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:48 -0400“I’m often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in...http://joestanley.org/post/53148425372http://joestanley.org/post/53148425372Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:05:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8554c07a20aeab0e9b41b9728a864e60/tumblr_mo70kuPNsF1r9z8yho1_250.gif"/><br/><br/>http://joestanley.org/post/53139421844http://joestanley.org/post/53139421844Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:00:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/60cb6cbcab9493ff9f37a38a7d6b5fdf/tumblr_mof8wzaVOR1r4nm43o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://5582db.tumblr.com/post/53007730068/iwdrm" target="_blank">5582db</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">IWDRM</a></p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53134968962http://joestanley.org/post/53134968962Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:01:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/146a678583e4f551b2e3ed81ceb6786e/tumblr_mog2dxLnKw1rfuijjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-science-llama.tumblr.com/post/53068218364/himalayas-from-space-hi-res" target="_blank">the-science-llama</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Himalayas from Space</strong><br/>(<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/639784main_41g-120-0009_full.jpg" target="_blank">Hi-res</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53113603973http://joestanley.org/post/53113603973Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:38:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ec9f2d64043430428a90b72a6312d73/tumblr_mocy5miB4y1qaevcvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vega-ofthe-lyre.tumblr.com/post/52909057862/the-poet-has-come-back-by-margaret-atwood" target="_blank">vega-ofthe-lyre</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small><strong>The poet has come back</strong> by Margaret Atwood</small></p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53060875472http://joestanley.org/post/53060875472Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:00:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27586c658d4777e0019d9158c5bf273e/tumblr_mocconsCCp1qe6mn3o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://joestanley.org/post/53053448733http://joestanley.org/post/53053448733Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:01:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0590751888ecf0576e999282d4426f51/tumblr_mog2dmfqFq1qzh4p9o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://seaofgreen.tumblr.com/post/53034671331/its-so-lovely-to-actually-see-happy-iranians" target="_blank">seaofgreen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>It’s so lovely to actually see happy Iranians after an election. What a difference from four years ago. Love.</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53046249880http://joestanley.org/post/53046249880Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:10:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13318e7ceed7b199d851c0d83a42fd06/tumblr_mog5crzfcQ1qfthwao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://farsizaban.tumblr.com/post/53038785649/fatemi-square-tehran-iran-now" target="_blank">farsizaban</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fatemi Square, Tehran, Iran (Now)</p> </blockquote>http://joestanley.org/post/53044015837http://joestanley.org/post/53044015837Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:36:04 -0400filed under delightful developments“I was able to slip past everything with a pink polo, That was from a place of love. I knew I...http://joestanley.org/post/53041368269http://joestanley.org/post/53041368269Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:55:03 -0400