Geeking Out

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This week we’re geeking out about conscious and innovative design, epic take-downs of racism, and a very special kitten, among many other things.

• Two-faced kitteh!
• Winnie Cooper wants you to teach your children about math.
• Science explores movie quote recitation.
• Bobak Ferdowsi aka NASA Mohawk Guy as My Little Pony. It kind of makes sense.
• A two minute edit of Dana Scully saying “Oh my God” is what’s missing from your life.
• Awareness is an ongoing learning process, and this post on interacting with people in wheelchairs is helpful food for thought.
• Design firm Priestman Goode unveils an innovative (and elegant) concept for an airplane seat to accommodate travelers with mobility issues.
• Doctor Who returns Sept 1, with a new mini episode being released on Monday!
• Superman and Wonder Woman are hooking up in the next Justice League. Fans across the web mutter, “We shipped it first!”
• Celebrating an unsung hero, this post reminds us of Jerry Lawson’s invaluable contribution to gaming as we know it
• We’ve previously discussed just how much we dislike Big Bang Theory and this takedown of the show’s racist portrayal of Raj just nails it on the head.
• Avengers gag reel! Love this cast so hard.
• More casting news for Season 3 of Game of Thrones, or you could just watch this cat sing the theme song.
• The team behind the visually stunning, Oscar nominated, Secret of Kells, has a new project in the works based on the legend of the selkie. The concept reel is gorgeous.
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje joins the cast of Thor: Dark World as villain Kurse. Hooray for another PoC in a major role, but having them play a villain is a tricky mix of feelings.Malcolm McDowell is set to guest star on the next season of Community.
• President Obama is an adorable, practical nerd.
• New evidence may lead to the world finally finding out what happened to Amelia Earhart.
• Still trying to process the notion of 70 billion books stored in a unit the size of a fingernail.