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Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

I’m—

holy shit

I have a raging science ladyboner right now.

I’d love if we could do it on a state-by-state basis.

That same slime mold once affirmed that the Tokyo subway is pretty well-designed.  

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Using slime molds as a calculator.

Natural computation: it’s a thing, and it’s awesome. What is the universe but a really, really complicated computer?

I love this.

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Time Lapse of the Land Taken From Native Americans

via reddit

I will reblog this EVERY GODDAMN TIME so people can understand how the US government taking more and more land from Natives is nothing new (even the land originally promised after being kicked off their original, sacred lands) and they NEED to be fucking stopped. They need to be held accountable for the destruction of our people not just then but also now.

and the land left to us is still disrespected constantly, ever-shrinking, trespassed upon, and denied support 💁‍♀️

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president-vanellope:

wake up america

this is to educate my non-American followers. This really is how the US sees itself. (and yes, 95% of the time, Florida = WHAT?!)

In Florida the more North you go, the more “South” you get 

In Florida the central part pretends to be the south, the western part pretends to be the northeast and the south pretends to be the west I’m not even kidding you 

… Please tell me you guys are kidding.  

Florida is like it’s own country I swear

I’m from Florida and I can confirm this. Also, South Florida is basically Miami and alligators.

oh, i always assumed florida was part of The South?

north florida is yes. The rest is not.

I’m from Florida, and grew up in SC/NC.
Can confirm all true. 👍

Um. This is so wrong.

You’re forgetting the part where California sees itself as its own entity.

We do not want to be grouped in with everyone else, thanks.

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clearly none of you have ever met someone from texas

That last one is so true

I think what most people don’t consider is that the geographical labels we’ve put on different parts of America are a reflection of its history.

America, in its modern incarnation, formed over the course of nearly two centuries. The names given to the various regions of the country were often used without regard to the future cartographic accuracy of those titles.

As an example, a big part of the reason the south is called the south, has to do with the American Civil War. When the war happened, the south as we know it, was “The South”. Every other state that is literally on the southern side of the country – New Mexico, Arizona, California – weren’t part of the country until years later, so they were never included as part of that region.

This is south west erasure

Ah yes, the American South West. The Australia of the Northern Hemisphere.

hecc america is a chaotic entity and i hate that i am part of this