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siddharthasmama: thatladydownthestreet: the-privateer: hoplop...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:47:35 -0400

thatladydownthestreet:

the-privateer:

hoplophilia:

Dragon’s Breath is a very gorgeous type of opal made into many types of jewelry.

want

I’m pretty sure someone should buy this for me

I am overwhelmed with emotion and a desire for this I did not know I possessed.

ablogfulloftea: Various tea leaves 2 by mitayuu

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:27 -0400

ablogfulloftea:

Various tea leaves 2 by mitayuu

“Follow that restless urge to find yourself,” the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:33 -0400

“Follow that restless urge to find yourself,” the fortunes said, “It doesn’t take guts to quit. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.”

adrowningwoman: Rashomon (1950) Watch it for free on hulu.

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:37:45 -0400

adrowningwoman:

Rashomon (1950)

Watch it for free on hulu.

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:56:41 -0400

searchingforknowledge: iinventedeverything: artissimo: Spectru...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:56:19 -0400

searchingforknowledge:

iinventedeverything:

artissimo:

Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

i LOVE that look on her face..

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Asian Pacific American LGBTQ Survey

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:02 -0400

Asian Pacific American LGBTQ Survey:

susurrations:

(TW: questions about drug and alcohol use, abuse, and tough stuff about your relationship with your parents.)

fortunatelight:

Hey, how about helping out some grad students? If you are at least 18 years old, identify as APIA LGBTQ, and reside in the United States, please consider participating in the “The QAPI Study.”

jtotheizzoe: via erinkilkenny: 17 year Cicada emergence GIF,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:37:20 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

via erinkilkenny:

17 year Cicada emergence GIF, because I had to see it animate.

The Brood II 17-year cicadas are up and poppin’ along the east coast of the US, according to WNYC’s citizen-science Cicada Tracker map.

Want to know more about these rarely seen prime number nomads? Your humble blogger talked to New Hampshire Public Radio about cicada science. Give it a listen, they say my voice is soothing*

*No one has actually said that yet.

dream-twister: Nature’s sculpture — Water droplets weigh down...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:22:03 -0400

dream-twister:

Nature’s sculpture — Water droplets weigh down a delicate plant

<3

dearscience: Falls over Molokai

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:19:37 -0400

dearscience:

Falls over Molokai

azultierra: Para ellos, nuestras historias son mitos, nuestras doctrinas son leyendas, nuestra...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:18:48 -0400

azultierra:

Para ellos, nuestras historias son mitos,

nuestras doctrinas son leyendas,

nuestra ciencia es magia,

nuestras creencias son supersticiones,

nuestro arte es artesania,

nuestros juegos, danzas y vestidos son folklore,

nuestro gobierno es anarquía,

nuestra lengua es dialecto,

nuestro amor es pecado y bajeza,

nuestro andar es arrastrarse,

nuestro tamaño es pequeño,

nuestro fisico es feo,

nuestro modo es incomprensible

SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS

Milpa Alta, D.F. 9 de marzo de 2001

wnycradiolab: atlasobscura: Delivering a dinosaur to the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:16:51 -0400

wnycradiolab:

atlasobscura:

Delivering a dinosaur to the Boston Museum of Science - Arthur Pollock - 1984

It kills me that I didn’t get to witness this.

bazaarmovingpicture: new-aesthetic: Good Vibrations Storage...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:58 -0400

bazaarmovingpicture:

new-aesthetic:

Good Vibrations Storage Unit by Ferruccio Laviani

“Echoes of faraway places and Oriental elements are glimpsed in the “disorienting” design of this storage unit, which seems to have been “deformed” by a strong jolt or by swaying movements. Although it appears to depart from the aesthetics of the past, in fact it draws upon ancient knowledge in the use of carving and fine wood workmanship.”

Hand-carved glitch, submitted by David A.

WOAH

hardcore analogue glitching right here

@___________@

jtotheizzoe: Butterfly Stew What happens inside a pupa stays...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:13 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Butterfly Stew

What happens inside a pupa stays inside a pupa. Or it used to, anyway. Until recently, when special x-ray imagers were turned on a developing butterfly to elucidate its metamorphosis.

the process of caterpillar-to-butterfly is a messy one. An overfed worm not only has to convert a lot of the stored energy it gathered stuffing its face for a few weeks into new body parts, it does so by essentially dissolving much of its body and reforming. The pupa isn’t so much a dressing room for a beautiful diva as it is a bag to keep all the goopy globs of proto-butterfly from dripping on the ground. Sounds like both butterfly and human puberty involve a mess of bodily fluids and hiding in your room.

That’s what most biology books would have you believe anyway. This new work (written up in great detail by Ed Yong) demonstrates that while there’s still plenty of goop-globbing, quite a few structures remain intact, migrating and growing into adult forms in a more traditional way (like those blue circulation vessels). For the insect nerds in the bunch, this technique doesn’t revolutionize metamorphosis or anything, but it’s a view inside that most of us have never gotten.

And quite a view it is.

jtotheizzoe: Terrellas: Magnetized spheres that were bombarded...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:49:23 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

Terrellas: Magnetized spheres that were bombarded with beams of charged particles in order to simulate the magnetic field of the Earth, and its influence on the auroras.

They were replaced by computer models years ago, but they are still hauntingly beautiful demonstrations of our best natural light show.

Need more glowing skyporn? Check out my YouTube episode all about auroras.

(images via Wikipedia and Planeterrella. Tip of the terrella to The Science Llama)

Good morning #Bristow, #Virginia <3

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:17:18 -0400

Good morning #Bristow, #Virginia <3

Tulip Fields in Netherlands

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:51:51 -0400

Tulip Fields in Netherlands

VajrayoginiGODDESS

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:45:48 -0400

Vajrayogini
GODDESS

Thank you for your blessing, #Butterfly. Rest In Phlight <3

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:22:54 -0400

Thank you for your blessing, #Butterfly. Rest In Phlight <3

#MaryMagz, companion #dragon

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

#MaryMagz, companion #dragon