Link Me Up, Scotty - Grammar and Critical Thinking Edition

Nothing makes my teeth hurt like people just making up words willy-nilly in an effort to appear smarter than they really are. Which is why I'm down with the new business-speak watch-word: Shut Up.

H/T Ginger, an actual architect.
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The National Geographic Photography Contest, Part II.
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Photographs from the World Indigenous Games.
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Education does not exist to persecute you. There are matters of fact, objective matters, and matters of opinion, subjective matters. When we confuse the two, we look even more ignorant that we did when we made a false claim (or use made-up words). The money quote: 

The problem comes from people whose opinions are actually misconceptions. If you think vaccines cause autism you are expressing something factually wrong, not an opinion. The fact that you may still believe that vaccines cause autism does not move your misconception into the realm of valid opinion. Nor does the fact that many other share this opinion give it any more validity…

You can be wrong or ignorant. It will happen. Reality does not care about your feelings. Education does not exist to persecute you. The misinformed are not an ethnic minority being oppressed. What’s that? Planned Parenthood is chopping up dead babies and selling them for phat cash? No, that’s not what actually happened. No, it’s not your opinion. You’re just wrong.

H/T Brother Vince
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From the What the fuck is wrong with people files: Dude rapes a young girl hundreds of times over the course of years starting when she was a toddler, admits his crimes, gets sentenced to 50 years in prison, and people are STICKING UP FOR THIS SHITBAG AND BLAMING THE VICTIM. Fuck me.

H/T Tempest
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The root cause of Robin Williams' suicide was not depression, but a form of dementia called "Lewy Body Dementia LBD." It's easy to assume that everyone who chooses to end their life is a victim of depression, but the truth is often far more complex, and there's so many variables it's tough to pin down.
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Video of my heart: The USNA Midshipmen obviously don't have enough to do.