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ruckawriter: bernardin: None of us are the men we were ten...

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:15:18 -0700

ruckawriter:

bernardin:

None of us are the men we were ten years ago…

For better and for worse, amen.

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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:17:51 -0700

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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:14:02 -0700

You want some of my jelly roll? You ain’t gettin’ none of my jelly roll!

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:12:11 -0700

You want some of my jelly roll? You ain’t gettin’ none of my jelly roll!

scinerds: Phyllodes Imperialis Caterpillar Also known as Oruga...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:01:31 -0800

scinerds:

Phyllodes Imperialis Caterpillar

Also known as Oruga Cabeza Grande (Big Headed Caterpillar)

Image Credits: © Lui Weber/ Rex Features / plant.nerd

Looking like a cross between a skull and Squidward from Spongebob is the caterpillar of the Pink Underwing Moth (Phyllodes imperialis).

This bizarre creature is found below the altitude of 600m in undisturbed, subtropical rain forest, and survives entirely on the vine Carronia multisepalea, a collapsed shrub that provides the food and habitat the moth requires in order to breed. Due to habitat destruction and tourist disturbance, the moth is listed as nationally endangered in Australia. — (via thefeaturedcreature)

Its face looks as if it was adorned by the ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ theme, how very cool :)

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Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:47:10 -0800

Beard careful

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:24:18 -0800

Note to self (and all of you): Don’t ever search “beard” in tumblr tags again. I was trying to find a friend’s blog on beards, and instead I was treated to… well, some beards, but mostly homoerotica.

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Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:59:34 -0800

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Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:32:25 -0700

spacebetweenpanels: Dark Avengers #6 (Cover art by Mike...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:00:23 -0700

spacebetweenpanels:

Dark Avengers #6 (Cover art by Mike Deodato Jr)

‎126.1 degrees outside for my run (only one mile in this Texas heat). If I lived out here, I would...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:59:14 -0700

‎126.1 degrees outside for my run (only one mile in this Texas heat). If I lived out here, I would be in perfect shape! With the breeze and some shade, the temp dropped to a cool 108. Yeesh!

browsethestacks: Original Art - X-Men #10 Cover (Unpublished...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:47:48 -0700

browsethestacks:

Original Art - X-Men #10 Cover (Unpublished Alternate Cover) by Jack Kirby And Chic Stone

comicbookcovers: What If #11, October 1978, cover by Jack Kirby...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:13:24 -0700

comicbookcovers:

What If #11, October 1978, cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott

galaxynextdoor: From all of us here at GND, we wish you a very...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:37:31 -0700

galaxynextdoor:

From all of us here at GND, we wish you a very awesome 4th of July. Now go eat, drink, be merry and play some vidya games!

ikenbot: douchebag universe

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:32:24 -0700

ikenbot:

douchebag universe

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Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:57:24 -0700

Justice Scalia must resign - E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:55:13 -0700

Justice Scalia must resign - E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post:

shortformblog:

From the piece:

So often, Scalia has chosen to ignore the obligation of a Supreme Court justice to be, and appear to be, impartial. He’s turned “judicial restraint” into an oxymoronic phrase. But what he did this week, when the court announced its decision on the Arizona immigration law, should be the end of the line.

Not content with issuing a fiery written dissent, Scalia offered a bench statement questioning President Obama’s decision to allow some immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children to stay. Obama’s move had nothing to do with the case in question. Scalia just wanted you to know where he stood.

Agree? Disagree?

buggirl: So many photos of Kitty, the Jumping Spider, I like...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:55:54 -0700

buggirl:

So many photos of Kitty, the Jumping Spider, I like this one, you can see her metallic blue chelicerata.

buggirl: I found this male Dragonfly at the ponds at CSUN. I...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:02:03 -0700

buggirl:

I found this male Dragonfly at the ponds at CSUN. I am terrible at Odonata but will take a stab at a Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax sp.).

jtotheizzoe: Secret, Censored 100-Year-Old Manuscript Reveals...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:59:01 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

Secret, Censored 100-Year-Old Manuscript Reveals Penguins’ Deviant Sex Lives

Today we scientists argue about things like whether or not it’s acceptable to publish papers detailing the evolution of dangerous influenza strains in laboratories. You know, concerns about bioterrorism, future of the free world, massive pandemics, all that jazz (even though the recent flu research was nowhere near that bad). But if it’s 1915 and you’re studying the mating behaviors of the Adélie penguin, you’re more concerned whether the deviant little birds are too racy for publication in a scientific journal.

These little guys may be the cutest of all penguin species, with their squatty frames and adorable little eyes. But as Antarctic zoologist George Levick found out, they also have some pretty odd sex lives. His writings were deemed too racy for publication nearly 100 years ago, but were recently unearthed in the Natural History Museum at Tring.

They were finally published this week, but it seems he knew at the time that he was observing the avian version of Eyes Wide Shut, formal wear and all. A page from his notebook is reprinted above, featuring one of many passages coded in the Greek alphabet (lest any women glance upon his notes and besmirch their honor).

What does it say? Look away if you possess a delicate constitution (although it’s not Fifty Shades of Grey or anything):

This afternoon I saw a most extraordinary site [sic]. A Penguin was actually engaged in sodomy upon the body of a dead white throated bird of its own species. The act occurred a full minute, the position taken up by the cock differing in no respect from that of ordinary copulation, and the whole act was gone through down to the ﬁnal depression of the cloaca

It’s actually full of interesting biology questions, like why males of a species would copulate without reproduction (something that we do all the time, but normally not seen in animals). But the social pressures of the time banished these observations to dusty boxes for nearly a century.

Previously: Speaking of people in Antarctica studying shocking, simply shocking things I tell you, check out the trailer for the new film about research at the South Pole, Antarctica: A Year On Ice (featuring those kinky little Adélies, yet again)

(via Discoblog)