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Helping Hands Secular Ministry

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:09:16 -0400

Our goal is to create a community that is based on no ideology or belief except the desire to tell…

Hey you! Stop scrolling for a sec? I need your help!

Please take a second to check out my friend’s non profit organization! It’s a secular community whose goal is to bring together religious and secular communities and give them a place to freely discuss their stories and faith with each other in a non-judgmental, peaceful environment. We promote unity.

He just started out and needs a lot of help. So please reblog this, tell your friend and family, and like the Facebook page and share it if you use Facebook!

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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:53:53 -0400

Is the science settled?

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:07 -0400

Is the science settled? :

climateadaptation:

A group of volunteers have given up their time over the last few years to answer the question, once and for all, as to whether the “science is settled”.

People will generally defer to the judgment of experts, and they trust climate scientists on the subject of global warming.
To resolve this question once and for all, we reviewed the abstracts (paragraph-long summaries) of over 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers published between 1991 and 2011 with the keywords “global warming” and “global climate change.” Our team was comprised of a citizen science team of two dozen volunteers from around the world. Team members’ home countries included Australia, USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Germany, Finland, and Italy.

Most of the ratings were done by a dozen team members, who each read more than a thousand abstracts in their spare time over the span of several months. Analysing the data and writing the paper took close to another year after that. We didn’t receive any funding or compensation for our efforts; it was entirely a voluntary effort driven by the desire to settle the issue of scientific climate consensus once and for all.

tuggysaurusrex: That one time the Doctor became Carl Sagan.

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:48:25 -0400

tuggysaurusrex:

That one time the Doctor became Carl Sagan.

dendroica: As predicted by chemistry, change in the Arctic...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:15:43 -0400

dendroica:

As predicted by chemistry, change in the Arctic Ocean is accelerating as temperatures warm faster than the global average, as the sea ice melts, as northern rivers run stronger and faster, delivering more fresh water farther into the northernmost ocean, and as we continue blasting an ever increasing quantity of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, a new report from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), presents these 10 key findings:

10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean | Mother Jones

Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics: What the science really says

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:47:32 -0400

Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics: What the science really says:

climateadaptation:

This page examines the science and common arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like ‘global warming is caused by the sun’, ‘temperature has changed naturally in the past’ or ‘other planets are warming too’ are examined to see what the science really says.

An excellent resource to bookmark.

propagandery: Stardust (by PostPanic) From Dutch designer and...

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:17:53 -0400

propagandery:

Stardust (by PostPanic)

From Dutch designer and director Mischa Rozema comes Stardust — a breathtaking short film based on a combination of real NASA footage and science fiction imagery, celebrating the legacy of the Voyager 1 and inspired by Dutch graphic designer Arjan Groot, who passed away from cancer at the age of 39.

[Brainpickings]

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Wed, 08 May 2013 01:09:20 -0400

humanistpost: pipud: Facts and civil rights matter. Check it...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:36:38 -0400

humanistpost:

pipud:

Facts and civil rights matter. Check it out if you don’t believe.

idealmente: Alps

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:05:05 -0400

idealmente:

Alps

ikenbot: The Lagoon Nebula - Infrared and Optical Comparison ...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:47:25 -0400

ikenbot:

The Lagoon Nebula - Infrared and Optical Comparison

This infrared image of the Lagoon nebula contrasts heavily with traditional images taken in visible light. Such images primarily display the striking magenta colour from glowing Hydrogen gas, as well as large dark obscuring clouds of dust.

The infrared part of the spectrum penetrates these clouds better and reveals complex details and thousands of young stars that are otherwise completely invisible. These stars shine primarily in the infrared and appear as golden red in this image. Only a minority of these are visible in traditional optical images. — Rolf Wahl Olsen

kwirboi: The Milky Way, taken around 4AM on Sunday, May 5 at...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:46:28 -0400

kwirboi:

The Milky Way, taken around 4AM on Sunday, May 5 at Lake DeGray State Park.

loveandmolecules: I just heard someone describe those who accept The Big Bang theory as “Big...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:39:13 -0400

loveandmolecules:

I just heard someone describe those who accept The Big Bang theory as “Big Bangers”. That’s the absolute best thing I’ve ever heard.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 19:19:46 -0400

Granted, I know that I line up 100% with secular humanism, but I...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:10:29 -0400

Granted, I know that I line up 100% with secular humanism, but I LOVE the fact that the picture that symbolizes that is Carl freaking Sagan!

Let's Recognize and Reignite Humanism's Feminist Legacy

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:59:04 -0400

Let's Recognize and Reignite Humanism's Feminist Legacy:

Today there are many fronts in this struggle that humanists are leading in favor of civil rights and against the war on women.

The BBC News Article

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:21:21 -0400

The BBC News Article

"Each star system is an island in space, quarantined from its neighbors by the light-years. I can..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:19:09 -0400

“Each star system is an island in space, quarantined from its neighbors by the light-years. I can imagine creatures evolving into glimmerings of knowledge on innumerable worlds, every one of them assuming at first their puny planet and paltry few suns to be all that is. We grow up in isolation.”

- Cosmos by Carl Sagan (via sagansense)