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Target has received a number of homophobic complaints over their use of Gok Wan as the face of their advertising campaign. Here is their response; “Gok Wan was chosen as a brand ambassador for Target because of his personality and reputation, not his sexuality. He feels good about who he is as he is. He is playfully irreverent, colourful and fun. He has a great capacity for making other people feel good about themselves too. Target strongly believes that a person’s sexuality is irrelevant to their worth as a person. Target makes no apology for using a gay man in its advertising and we do not believe that this should be grounds for upholding a complaint.” Read more here: http://mumbrella.com.au/target-stands-firm-against-gok-wan-complaints-174386

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have you ever gotten to a point in a text conversation where suddENLY EVERYTHING IS CAPSLOCK AND YOU’RE BOTH JUST SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER FOR NO REASON

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*weird snuffling noises*

Introducing Snugglesworth, one of my many (and upcoming) monsters! It loves hugs. 

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THIS is super helpful, unless you have...

MASTERING-MATHAFACKIN'-PHYSICS!!!

That will make you cry rivers of blood and rage while cursing your professor ten thousand different ways.

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download. 

 Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

Textbooknova 

Reddit

Bookboon 

Textbookrevolution 

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee 

Freebookspot 

Free-ebooks

Getfreeebooks 

BookFinder

Oerconsortium 

Project Gutenberg

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I'm so stressed out and angry, so I'm trying to vent it out by drawing.

I keep drawing shit though, so I think this sums up my feelings pretty accurately.

It's actually poop too.

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Bipolar Nebulae

These distinctive nebular formations are characterised by their axially symmetric, bi-lobed appearance. Many planetary nebulae exhibit this feature, and it is possible that there is a relationship between the two types of nebula, with one preceding the other in their evolution. The exact cause of the bipolar structure is unknown, however it could be linked to bipolar outflow (a process in which a star ejects highly energetic streams of outflow along both poles).

Images from top to bottom: 

The Ant Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA & the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

The Homunculus Nebula (left). Credit Nathan Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and NASA.

The Boomerang Nebula (right). Credit: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Minkowski 2-9. Credit: Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University), and NASA/ESA.

The Hourglass Nebula (left). Credit: NASA, R. Sahai, J. Trauger (JPL), and The WFPC2 Science Team.

The Eskimo Nebula (right). Credit: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO team (STScI + ST-ECF).

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Devil's flower mantis, Scolia dubia, some jellies, fireflies, and stars. Decided to upload it to my main instead of reblogging from my side blog. 

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I played it, and I just can't - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA

This track here is not a song, nor a tune. It is a sound. A sound compiled by satanists in the early 12th century to open a door to hell to willingly given their souls to Lucifer. A sound used in 13th centure Europe during Excorisms to open the gates of hell in order to send the demon within someone back to its origins. This track is a danger to play for when it opens the gates of hell, it allows demons to enter wherever you are. Play at your own risk!!! There are certain “safe” zone where this track will not play at all and these zones are usually holy places such as churches where demons would not dare to lurk.

Truly horrifying.

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PFFFFFFFF OK IT WAS FUNNY FOR A BIT ...now it's just depressing. Stop editing it, goddamn.

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Does anyone else see Wheatley in the background of JFK's picture?

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Personal experiment

I'm working on a personal project this summer, and will probably continue it for a while (a few years...depending). It involves the domesticated silkmoth Bombyx mori, so if any of you are interested, I will be updating my progress here: http://thetinymachines.tumblr.com/

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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♂), in Portsmouth, Virginia.

This photo shows the dasher’s bum pointing straight up in what is called an obelisk posture. The behavior is thought to be a heat-regulating mechanism that reduces the surface area of the insect’s body exposed to direct sunlight.  . 

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I made a gif! its dedicated to you (shh its a secret), I couldn��t stop thinking about your entomology interests when I took the video! Its almost certainly a Hyles Lineata. Hope you enjoy!

I don’t think the GIF is working…

I hope its working now…

Ah yes that’s definitely our good old White-lined sphinx! What a beautiful GIF, how lucky that you were able to capture and film it! What part of the US are you from?

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Deserts from Space