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thefingerfuckingfemalefury: buckets97: Kenneth Rocafort. Gods...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:33:20 -0700

buckets97:

Kenneth Rocafort. Gods gift to comic book readers.

Madame Mirage there

UNF

SO MUCH UNF

Sweet jesus but I just want her to pin me down and ravish me O.O

oplik: astronomerinprogress: How to Solve a Physics...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:34 -0700

oplik:

astronomerinprogress:

How to Solve a Physics Problem

convinced this comic is based on my struggles alone

"If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:54:54 -0700

“If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.”

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Jonas Salk, Biologist (via pheirkas)

This is a fallacious argument. insects are an entire kingdom of animals. you can’t compare humans to insects. insects make up a HUGE amount of biomass on the planet, far exceeding that of human beings.

Now maybe if you were to say all MAMMALS were to suddenly be wiped from the face of the Earth, I don’t think the biosphere would cope very well.

"Background noise creates a distraction, but balance is key. A moderate level of background noise..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:43:20 -0700

“Background noise creates a distraction, but balance is key. A moderate level of background noise creates just enough distraction to break people out of their patterns of thinking and nudge them to let their imagination wander, while still keeping them from losing their focus on the project all together. This distracted focus helps enhance your creativity. The study’s authors explain that “getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas.””

- Research suggests the right amount of ambient noise increases creativity – which makes sense, considering the unconscious processing phase of ideation. (via explore-blog)

probably why i have decent ideas on nights that i can’t sleep in bed with my music playing low…
(via queer-seal)

buhfrent: royalteens: I CRIED WHEN I WAS 7 AT THIS PART OF THE...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:57:41 -0700

buhfrent:

royalteens:

I CRIED WHEN I WAS 7 AT THIS PART OF THE MOVIE

I THINK EVERYONE CRIED AT THIS PART OF THE MOVIE WHEN THEY WERE 7 IF THEY DIDN’T THEY NEED TO WATCH IT AGAIN AND CRY ABOUT IT WHEN THEY’RE OLDER THAN 7.

ex0skeletal: (via Gentle the Rage by ~kallielef on deviantART)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:05:34 -0700

ex0skeletal:

(via Gentle the Rage by ~kallielef on deviantART)

everydaycomics: Graveyard Shift (C) Daryl Toh Liem Zhan 2013.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:04:20 -0700

everydaycomics:

Graveyard Shift (C) Daryl Toh Liem Zhan 2013.

antiprolife: If your argument against abortion has anything to do with making people “face the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:03:22 -0700

antiprolife:

If your argument against abortion has anything to do with making people “face the consequences” of having sex and using pregnancy as a punishment, you are wrong and you are an asshole.

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:50:31 -0700

Nudity and Nerdery: Depression messes you up. On a cellular level.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:26:39 -0700

Nudity and Nerdery: Depression messes you up. On a cellular level. :

rosalindrobertson:

You have heard me go on at length about how you need to baby your whole body during depression…

It turns out there is a reason why it’s more than just Feeling Sad. A landmark study from the University of Michigan has shown that the body clock of a depressed person is,…

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:24:00 -0700

classictrek: Poster by Mark Brayer for Bye Bye Robot. Buy it...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:41:43 -0700

classictrek:

Poster by Mark Brayer for Bye Bye Robot. Buy it for $25

tuggysaurusrex: dorkstranger: rosswoodpark: bucket list go somewhere where this is no light...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:40:16 -0700

tuggysaurusrex:

dorkstranger:

rosswoodpark:

bucket list

go somewhere where this is no light pollution to see the milky way in the night sky

see the northern lights

see whales breaching

bottle feed a calf

KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

That’s uncalled for

i’m sorry i just really felt like it was a great way to begin a trailer for an exploitation film

rosswoodpark: bucket list go somewhere where this is no light pollution to see the milky way in the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:36:59 -0700

rosswoodpark:

bucket list

go somewhere where this is no light pollution to see the milky way in the night sky

see the northern lights

see whales breaching

bottle feed a calf

KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

wildcat2030: The future of robotics: in a transhuman world,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:29:31 -0700

wildcat2030:

The future of robotics: in a transhuman world, the disabled will be the ones without prosthetic limbs…

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Bertolt Meyer’s amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one?

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Bertolt Meyer is used to being viewed as not fully human. Born with a stump where his left hand should have been, he spent his childhood wearing a hook connected to an elaborate pulley and harness. “To open the hook and grasp things I had to flex my shoulders like this,” he says, striking a he-man pose. “The harness was very uncomfortable. To stop it chafing my skin, I had to wear a shirt underneath it at all times. I was always sweating.”

Even when, at the age of 19, Meyer exchanged his body-powered hook for a myoelectric prosthesis with a more realistic plastic hand, he kept his disfigured left arm hidden from view. “It wasn’t simply a question of aesthetics,” he explains, proffering the plastic hand, now grubby and discoloured with use. “You have to understand, this is a stigma. People think it’s weird and that is how you come to perceive it. You walk around with a sense of shame.”

Today, that shame is gone. In 2009 Meyer, a social psychologist at the University of Zurich, was fitted with an i-limb, a state-of-the-art bionic prosthesis developed by a Scottish company, Touch Bionics, that comes with an aluminium chassis and 24 different grip patterns. To select a new suite of gestures, Meyer simply taps an app on his iPhone.

“This is the first prosthesis where the aesthetics match the engineering,” he says, balancing a Biro between his purring electronic fingers. “It’s part of me and I’m proud of it.” (via The future of robotics: in a transhuman world, the disabled will be the ones without prosthetic limbs | Technology | The Observer)

thefingerfuckingfemalefury: paradoxically-free: (via Did you...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28:25 -0700

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

paradoxically-free:

(via Did you know that Keanu Reeves gave away most off his earnings from the Matrix?)

This is SO lovely and generous of him! :D

But

Hearing him talk about ‘Centuries’ right after seeing that post about how he’s a vampire again

Just

IT’S TOTALLY TRUE ISN’T IT O.O

people criminally misunderestimate how awesome Legally Blonde is

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:24:51 -0700

scienceing: kqedscience: The Difference Between A Geek And A...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:09 -0700

scienceing:

kqedscience:

The Difference Between A Geek And A Nerd

“Are you a geek or a nerd? Because they’re not quite the same…Burr Settles at SlackPropagation broke down the difference by using data.”

This is extremely interesting. The geek/nerd split all in a graph.

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:03 -0700

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.
women get into something not aimed at their gender: not real fans. probably secret friend zone warriors deadset on erasing men from the human race. get insulting demeaning memes and sexual harassment.

izzgood: “because when i look up at the universe, i know i’m...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:07 -0700

izzgood:

“because when i look up at the universe, i know i’m small. but i’m also big. i’m big because i’m connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me”