Reality Checks: Emoting a Middle Finger, Low U.S. Birth Rates, and Volcanic Exoplanets

Elizabeth — May 5, 2015

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An exoplanet with probable volcanic activity! (via Discovery)
Birth rates in the US have reached a record low. I like how they couldn’t be bothered to find a non-white babies stock photo.(via Philly.com )
As our language continues to turn ideographic, emojis of middle fingers are going to be available in July. (via CBS)

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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