Sep 15

“We want to change the misconception that boys don’t want to play with female action figures or that girls only want…

Originally shared by Self-Rescuing Princess Society

“We want to change the misconception that boys don’t want to play with female action figures or that girls only want dolls.”

A couple of weeks ago, a friend shared a story with me about a pair of sisters who decided to make a line of female warrior action figures. Their goal, they said, was to create a set of figures that exploded the myth long held by manufacturers that boys and girls want different types of toys. After extensive interviews with kids about what they want, and parents who were fed up with the limited selection of toys, they decided to create their own line: Velara Warriors

Of course, I was immediately intrigued and sent off a note to these amazing young women to learn more about their project and its inspiration. Roobini and Trisshala Sittampalam were kind enough to answer a few of my questions, and chat with me about the importance of representation in the toy aisle.

Read the interview here: http://selfrescuingprincesssociety.blogspot.com/2016/09/kickstart-this-velara-warriors.html

Sep 13

Who else has read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Ethan of Athos?

Who else has read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Ethan of Athos?

Originally shared by Larry Panozzo

We know it’s going to happen. Now it’s just a question of when and how accessible it will be.

Something I’d never thought about tho: Or one man could have his own child using his own cells and sperm – with that child being more like a non-identical twin than a clone. 😮 What do you guys think about that?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37337215

Sep 12

Via Karen Conlin. We have met alien intelligences, and they are… really cheerful.

Via Karen Conlin. We have met alien intelligences, and they are… really cheerful.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

Two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, called Yasha and Yana, were recorded talking to each other in a pool at the Karadag Nature Reserve, in Feodosia, Russia. Reserchers found that each dolphin would listen to a sentence of pulses without interruption, before replying. “Dolphins alter the volume and frequency of pulsed clicks to form individual ‘words’ which they string together into sentences in much the same way that humans speak.” “Lead researcher Dr Vyacheslav Ryabov, said: ‘Essentially, this exchange resembles a conversation between two people.'”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/09/11/dolphins-recorded-having-a-conversation-for-first-time/