Posted as an image so I could get Woozle Hypertwin's awesome comments.

Posted as an image so I could get Woozle Hypertwin's awesome comments. Link to the story in the original post is here:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/15/3567464/nasa-hottest-august/

Holy crap, this is an impressive LEGO build of the Saturn V rocket. It stands over 3 feet tall!

Holy crap, this is an impressive LEGO build of the Saturn V rocket. It stands over 3 feet tall!
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/76841

BUILD ALL THE THINGS!!!

BUILD ALL THE THINGS!!!

Originally shared by SlashGear

If it wasn’t already obvious by the massive amount of visibility the LEGO brand has in your daily life by now, LEGO is a massively successful brand. They’ve made their massiveness official with an announcement during their most recent earnings call. This…
http://www.slashgear.com/lego-now-the-worlds-top-toymaker-04344770/

I have to admit that a tiny part of me wants the effects of global warming to happen soon and be really dramatic.

I have to admit that a tiny part of me wants the effects of global warming to happen soon and be really dramatic. I realize that millions will die and humanity will be forever changed, but being able to point at the devastation and say "SEE?!?!" to the climate-change deniers might be worth it.


And yes, that's snarkasm.

One difference between "weather" and "climate" is the timeframes involved.

One difference between "weather" and "climate" is the timeframes involved. If you were to only look back at the last 5 or 6 years, you possibly could draw the incorrect conclusion that that arctic sea ice coverage is rebounding and just very volatile. In fact, if you look at it from a longer time scale -- decades, required for understanding climate -- you'd realize that, even though last year was higher than the last couple of years, it's still MUCH lower than historical levels. That degree of change, or the downward slope of that line, is crazy steep. Good for shipping companies in the short run, bad for everyone in the long run.

Originally shared by The Elon Musk Fan Club

Elon Musk  @elonmusk
The graph that really matters 
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/506573584890724352

No, You Can't Claim Arctic Ice is "Recovering"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/01/global_warming_denial_claims_of_arctic_ice_recovering_are_exaggerated.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

What's Really Going On With Arctic Sea Ice?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/09/20/arctic_sea_ice_what_s_really_going_on.html

SOME LEGO WEAPONS

SOME LEGO WEAPONS
And yet we are surprised when little kids bring real weapons to school to show their friends.

Update (from a comment): Just to be clear, I'm not blaming LEGO, or any toymaker, as the cause of kids bringing weapons to school. In my mind, this is just a clear reflection of a violence-obsessed culture. When toys designed for 7-year-olds incorporate this much violence on purpose -- this isn't the case where kids are taking generic rods and using them as swords...these are specifically, and can really only be viewed as, weapons -- it strikes me that we shouldn't be so surprised that a certain percentage of children are going to internalize that message in ways that create potentially dangerous situations for others.

Spent part of today with the kids sorting some of our LEGO bricks to go into a bin organizer (a repurposed garage...

Spent part of today with the kids sorting some of our LEGO bricks to go into a bin organizer (a repurposed garage hardware drawer job) to make finding those specialty parts a little easier. Not the funnest task, but looking forward to easier future builds.