Scuds

@AmericanHiking’s Takeover Continues on My Public Lands Instagram! Check out their information with extra photos here. 

“Did you know #AmericanHikingSociety hosts over 50 trail stewardship trips every year?  In 2014 alone, we organized 57 trail projects across the country working with federal land agencies like #BLM to identify areas that need the most care.  We equipped 449 volunteers with the tools they needed to put some love back into our trail system.  That comes out to 17,960 hard working hours put in by volunteers.  The success of these volunteers can be seen across 285 miles of trails that were improved, including the BLM’s Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument pictured here!

The monument is a remarkable location to observe, study, and experience the geologic processes that shape natural landscapes. The cone-shaped tent rock formations are the products of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago and left pumice, ash, and tuff deposits over 1,000 feet thick.  A national recreation trail and the wheelchair-accessible Veterans Memorial Trail offer unique hikes and picturesque views. Volunteers spent the week building water diversions on a one-mile section of this heavily used trail.  These water diversions will help prevent continued trail erosion and ensure that the trail is accessible and safe for future hikers.”

Looking pissed at Glen.

Stuart Russell on SciFri, April 10th, 2015

I know one that makes me very happy (hint: it’s on Mars). (via sciencefriday, bobak)

Interestingly, this is the exact thought experiment I include in my latest video (4:57 here). Even a robot whose mission is to increase happiness could actually go bad.

Right? 

(via jtotheizzoe)

Dissolution of Yugoslavia.

List of all the countries (see if you can keep up):

Dark red- SFR Yugoslavia

Green- Slovenia

Orange- Macedonia

Lighter Red- Croatia

Pink- Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

Light Blue (Between Croatia and Serbia)- UN transitional administration

Dark Purple- Serbia-Montenegro

Blue- Serbia

Light Blueish Purple- Kosovo

Cream- Montenegro

Mid Hued Purple- Republika Srpska

Lighter Purple- Republic of Serbian Krajina

Pale Purple- Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina (direct legal predecessor to the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Greyish Purple- Bosnia Herzegovina

Smooth Jazz Waluigis.