And Everything Else.

2013-05-20 6,319 notes

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

— Buddha (via pinkrobotboogaloo)

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2013-05-15 393 notes

laughingsquid:

What Your Body Does In 30 Seconds

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2013-05-03 105 notes

Oh god make it stop.

artistandstudio:

James Franco - is also an artist

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2013-05-01 76,639 notes

This is crazy.

laughingsquid:

Shark Attack, Infographic Shows the Staggering Number of Sharks Killed by Humans Every Year

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2013-04-24 5,845 notes

thepoliticalfreakshow:

You aren’t able to choose anything. Most of it’s owned by a small number of corporations.

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2013-04-21 222 notes

Learned helplessness in flies and the roots of depression
When faced with impossible circumstances beyond their control, animals, including humans, often hunker down as they develop sleep or eating disorders, ulcers, and other physical manifestations of depression. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 18 show that the same kind of thing happens to flies.
The study is a step toward understanding the biological basis for depression and presents a new way for testing antidepressant drugs, the researchers say. The discovery of such symptoms in an insect shows that the roots of depression are very deep indeed.
“Depressions are so devastating because they go back to such a basic property of behavior,” says Martin Heisenberg of the Rudolf Virchow Center in Würzburg, Germany.
Heisenberg says that the idea for the study came out of a lengthy discussion with a colleague about how to ask whether flies can feel fear. Franco Bertolucci, a coauthor on the study, had found that flies can rapidly learn to suppress innate behaviors, a phenomenon that is part of learned helplessness.
The researchers now show that flies experiencing uncomfortable levels of heat will walk to escape it. But if the flies realize that the heat is beyond their control and can’t be avoided, they will stop responding, walking more slowly and taking longer and more frequent rests, as if they were “depressed.”
Intriguingly, female flies slow down more under those stressful circumstances than males do. It’s not clear exactly what that means, but Heisenberg explains, “if we realize that the fly trapped in a strange, dark box, unable to get rid of the dangerous heat pulses, has to find a compromise between saving energy and not missing any chance of escape, we can understand that such a compromise may come out differently for males and females, as their resources and goals in life are different.”
Heisenberg’s team now intends to explore other questions, such as: How long does the flies’ depression-like state last? How does it affect other behaviors, like courtship and aggression? What is happening in their brain? And more.
Heisenberg says that the findings are a reminder of a lesson that children’s books are often best at showing: “Animals have lots in common with us humans. They breathe the same air, share many of the same resources, actively explore space, and have distinct social roles. Their brains serve the same purpose, too: they help them to do the right thing.”

Learned helplessness in flies and the roots of depression

When faced with impossible circumstances beyond their control, animals, including humans, often hunker down as they develop sleep or eating disorders, ulcers, and other physical manifestations of depression. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 18 show that the same kind of thing happens to flies.

The study is a step toward understanding the biological basis for depression and presents a new way for testing antidepressant drugs, the researchers say. The discovery of such symptoms in an insect shows that the roots of depression are very deep indeed.

“Depressions are so devastating because they go back to such a basic property of behavior,” says Martin Heisenberg of the Rudolf Virchow Center in Würzburg, Germany.

Heisenberg says that the idea for the study came out of a lengthy discussion with a colleague about how to ask whether flies can feel fear. Franco Bertolucci, a coauthor on the study, had found that flies can rapidly learn to suppress innate behaviors, a phenomenon that is part of learned helplessness.

The researchers now show that flies experiencing uncomfortable levels of heat will walk to escape it. But if the flies realize that the heat is beyond their control and can’t be avoided, they will stop responding, walking more slowly and taking longer and more frequent rests, as if they were “depressed.”

Intriguingly, female flies slow down more under those stressful circumstances than males do. It’s not clear exactly what that means, but Heisenberg explains, “if we realize that the fly trapped in a strange, dark box, unable to get rid of the dangerous heat pulses, has to find a compromise between saving energy and not missing any chance of escape, we can understand that such a compromise may come out differently for males and females, as their resources and goals in life are different.”

Heisenberg’s team now intends to explore other questions, such as: How long does the flies’ depression-like state last? How does it affect other behaviors, like courtship and aggression? What is happening in their brain? And more.

Heisenberg says that the findings are a reminder of a lesson that children’s books are often best at showing: “Animals have lots in common with us humans. They breathe the same air, share many of the same resources, actively explore space, and have distinct social roles. Their brains serve the same purpose, too: they help them to do the right thing.”

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2013-04-16 391 notes

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2013-04-15 135 notes

sagansense:

“Our time will be remembered, because this was when we first set sail for other worlds.”

Carl Sagan, 1987

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2013-04-14 21,440 notes

But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (the average office worker gets less than three hours of actual work done in 8 hours) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gratification, and any other relief they can buy. It keeps them watching television, and its commercials. It keeps them unambitious outside of work.

We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have. We buy so much because it always seems like something is still missing.

— Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (via anthologyz)

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explore-blog:

A jarring look at how quickly the U.S. got fat between 1985 and 2010. To put things in perspective, see this visual tour of how the world eats.

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2013-04-11 213 notes

quantumlotus:

This photograph just about broke my heart. I lost 6 of my 7 hives of bees over the past year.

I love watching bees dance-talk their treasure maps to one another. I love their fervent humming-as-they-work focus. I love how they make sweet love to the flowers in tireless devotion.

Apparently, a new class of nicotine-based pesticides is decimating these powerful beings of abundance and fertility. May humankind learn manners, and soon!

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” -E. O. Wilson

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2013-02-25 42,758 notes

humansofnewyork:

I am a street photographer in New York City. Several months ago, I was approached by a representative of DKNY who asked to purchase 300 of my photos to hang in their store windows “around the world.” They offered me $15,000. A friend in the industry told me that $50 per photo was not nearly enough to receive from a company with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. So I asked for more money. They said “no.”

Today, a fan sent me a photo from a DKNY store in Bangkok. The window is full of my photos. These photos were used without my knowledge, and without compensation.

I don’t want any money. But please REBLOG this post if you think that DKNY should donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. That donation would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to summer camp. I’ll let you guys know if it happens.

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Funny, I actually find this yelling goat way more entertaining than Kanye West.

fuckyeahdementia:

Jay-Z feat. Kanye West [Yelling Goat - Edition]

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2013-02-22 27,342 notes

Wait, so … everyone in Spain is gay? (Fine by me!)

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The Spanish Military Uniform

woah… umm.. I.. just.. well… because I… umm.. hmmm..

Yo, I have never seen so many neck tattoos as I did in Europe. Honestly.

Yo is this for real?

Is this really their uniform?

I’m here for this.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

This is for real. It’s the Spanish Legion’s parade uniform. They’re like super elite and have great butts.

Wow. Did they, like, fall through an inter-dimensional portal from a dimension where porno plots are reality and everyone dresses like they expect to get laid at any minute???

Shit like this is the reason I just ???? when people say American is the greatest

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