ROGUE ONE: FOREST WHITAKER IS PLAYING SAW GERRERA OF ONDERON

Meet the Rebel fighter who’s so extreme that the other good guys aren’t sure if he really is one.

Forest Whitaker’s character has been one of the more closely held secrets of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but Lucasfilm is ready now to make his identity official: this shadowy freedom-fighter is Saw Gerrera, a figure with a surprisingly deep background in galactic history.

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By the time Rogue One takes place, just before the events of 1977’s original Star Wars, more than two decades have passed since the events of Revenge of the Sith. As played by The Last King of Scotland Oscar-winner, Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera is bulkier, more battle-hardened with the years, and maybe a little shellshocked. He has continued to fight; and, as he suggested in the trailer, he has become something — and it’s not quite a hero. Rather, he’s a man who has tried to do the right thing by occasionally doing questionable things.“Consider him kind of a battered veteran who leads a band of Rebel extremists,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy tells EW. “He’s on the fringe of the Rebel Alliance. Even [they] are a little concerned about him.”

Have you heard of the ancient Greek hero, Bophades?

dratsing:

tealbloodprince:

He was a lot like Achilles- he had just one weakness. Except instead of his heel, it was his groin. You may have heard of “Achilles’ heel”, but have you heard of “Bophades’ Nuts”?

This is the best joke on this godforsaken website.

hacksign:

hacksign:

if i was a mutant i would have def joined magneto like that’s the obvious right choice

magneto: i think we should-
me: i agree let’s go

farorescourage:

powerpuff:

the future is now

coolthingoftheday:

The Mini Mobile Robotic Printer by ZUta Labs is a prototype of a tiny printer mounted on wheels that rolls over the page, printing as it goes. The printhead is located on the underside of the portable device, allowing it to maneuver in any direction – and because, unlike traditional printers, it isn’t limited by the size of its feeding tray, it can print any size font on any size of paper. It is also wireless, and can run for an hour on a single charge.

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blondefuckingassassin:

ayeitsnotbilly:

I don’t know why.. But I really like this.

I’m absolutely in love with this.

mathblab:

IMPOSSIBLE! Right? You may have heard “the interior angles of a triangle always add up to 180 degrees”. This is not always true. Check out the second image, it shows a triangle with 3 right angles for a total of 270 degrees!

It is true in flat Euclidean geometry (the geometry you probably learned in school) however. But there are so many other geometries out there! You may be thinking, are other geometries real though? A mathematician would argue they are just as real as the typical flat geometry you know and love (or hate). These alternative geometries can be practically useful too!

The images above show triangles in spherical geometry. Those aren’t triangles though! Oh but they are! A triangle is just a polygon enclosed by three lines. Looks like it fits the criteria. Wait but those aren’t lines, they are curved! Ah yes. I argue that these are, for all intents and purposes, just as good as lines. We need to ask: What is a line? A line is so basic to us we may not know how to describe it. I offer this definition: A line is the shortest path between 2 points. The 3 curves that make the triangle above are in fact the shortest paths from one vertex to the other on the surface of the sphere (they just so happen to be on circumferences of the sphere, which are often referred to as great circles). So it may be more useful to think of lines, in general, as length minimizing curves. In conclusion, we would consider the shape above to be a triangle as it is enclosed by 3 length minimizing curves on a surface.

Spherical geometry can be very useful; think about the Earth. To reduce travel time, airplanes would want to travel along great circles as they are the shortest paths from one place to another. Additionally, this type of thinking (rethinking straight lines as length minimizing curves) is central to Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

read more at http://staffrm.io/@missnorledge/35H6cS1T52

thepraxianweasleygeek:

Okay but Steven and Connie growing up and getting married so they have to discuss surnames

And Steven is adamant that Connie doesn’t have to change hers, and actually he would kinda really like to be Steven Maheswaran, First Man so it’s no problem honestly.

But Connie’s just like “Are you kidding??” [grabs Steven’s face] “Steven, listen to me. President. Universe.”

and that is her entire argument.

In the end they probably kinda. swap surnames.

badsciencejokes:

sciteachers:

scientificphilosopher:

Momentum conservation and Newton’s first law (inertia). [x]

Nice demo!

Inertia is a property of matter.

ofstarsandsmoke:

caecilius-est-pater:

sarahruhlofficial:

the oompa loompas are a greek chorus

First of all, I hate this so much. Second of all, imagine if the two switched places.

(Veruca falls into the trash chute)
Chorus: Pray thou no more; for mortals have no escape from destined woe. Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows…

(Oedipus stabs his eyes out)
Oompa Loompas: Oompa loompa doopity do
I’ve got another riddle for you
What do you get when you sleep with your mum?
A curse on your kids for decades to come~

@generally-nauseated