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doctorwho: Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars daniel-stuart: This is...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:12 +0100

doctorwho:

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

daniel-stuart:

This is the greatest thing in all of classic Doctor Who

theresadiamondunderthedust: You either love The Princess Bride...

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:10 +0100

theresadiamondunderthedust:

You either love The Princess Bride or you’re wrong.

odditiesoflife: Strange Insects Devil’s Flower Mantis - one of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:11 +0100

odditiesoflife:

Strange Insects

Devil’s Flower Mantis - one of the largest types of praying mantis, they can measure up to 13 centimeters in length and have a range of coloring that allows them to mimic the Devil’s Flower, a type of orchid.

Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar - before transforming into a beautiful fluorescent blue butterfly, its an armored, blood-red caterpillar with tinted visor shades for eyes and a quadruple row of blunt horns running across its body.

Scorpionfly (Mecoptera) - neither scorpion or fly, what looks like a scorpion’s stinger on the insect is actually its genitals.

Calleta Silkmoth Caterpillar - with a massive color range and dangerous looking barbs, this caterpillar is something most predators avoid.

Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) - as the largest known stick insect, it reaches lengths of 20 centimeters. It is covered with large thorny spikes which double as camouflage and defensive armor.

Goliath Beetle - can grow more than 4 inches in length and weigh about 100 grams in their larval stage. It is alleged to be mostly vegetarian.

"If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:18 +0100

“If owning a gun and knowing how to use it worked, the military would be the safest place for a woman. It’s not.

If women covering up their bodies worked, Afghanistan would have a lower rate of sexual assault than Polynesia. It doesn’t.

If not drinking alcohol worked, children would not be raped. They are.

If your advice to a woman to avoid rape is to be the most modestly dressed, soberest and first to go home, you may as well add “so the rapist will choose someone else”.

If your response to hearing a woman has been raped is “she didn’t have to go to that bar/nightclub/party” you are saying that you want bars, nightclubs and parties to have no women in them. Unless you want the women to show up, but wear kaftans and drink orange juice. Good luck selling either of those options to your friends.

Or you could just be honest and say that you don’t want less rape, you want (even) less prosecution of rapists.”

- A Short Post on Rape Prevention (via brute-reason)

dinosaurologist: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:03 +0100

dinosaurologist:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

snuggul: can i have one please?

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:23 +0100

snuggul:

can i have one please?

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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:26 +0100

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Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:23 +0100

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:25 +0100

True facts about sloths [x]

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:08 +0100

True facts about sloths [x]

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Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:02 +0100

relatedworlds: Eliot x Distinctive Things

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:02 +0100

relatedworlds:

Eliot x Distinctive Things

"Not one single hurtful thing ever got changed by someone grinning and bearing it. Hurtful things..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:29 +0100

“

Not one single hurtful thing ever got changed by someone grinning and bearing it.

Hurtful things changed because people have said ‘That hurts me. Stop.’

And every time you try to silence someone and tell them that they shouldn’t be hurt, shouldn’t be offended, shouldn’t choose this battle, that this isn’t important and that other things are more important - you are serving the hurtful rather than the hurt.

”

- (via moniquill)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:07 +0100

alfsaga: Occult Knowledge and Symbols - Galdrastafir (ancient...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:26 +0100

alfsaga:

Occult Knowledge and Symbols - Galdrastafir (ancient Icelandic magic symbols).

Icelandic magical staves (sigils) are symbols credited with magical effect preserved in various grimoires dating from the 17th century and later.

According to the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft, the effects credited to most of the staves were very relevant to the average Icelanders of the time, who were mostly subsistence farmers and had to deal with harsh climatic conditions.

darkdragonn: spider-flaps: polyjuiced: family. #’FRIGGA.....

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:03 +0100

darkdragonn:

spider-flaps:

polyjuiced:

family.

#’FRIGGA.. BLOND OF HAIR’
#’ODIN.. BLOND OF HAIR’
#’THOR.. BLOND OF HAIR’
#’LOKI.. BLACK OF HAIR’
#SOMEWHERE NED STARK GASPS AND CLUTCHES HIS HEART’

Those fucking tags killed me

ned stark would have figured the plot of thor out in a few days and then died painfully

i hate people, but i hate saying i hate people because that makes me sound mean i’m nice i like...

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:04 +0100

i hate people, but i hate saying i hate people because that makes me sound mean i’m nice i like people it’s just that i hate people

"Lewis’s Law (coined by journalist Helen Lewis) holds that ‘the comments on any article about..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:04 +0100

“Lewis’s Law (coined by journalist Helen Lewis) holds that ‘the comments on any article about feminism justify feminism’.”

- I genuinely feel that my existence is justified by this Wired piece. (via helenlewiswrites)

I love this so much! Am now adopting “Lewis’s Law” into my writing and speech forever more!

(via burnthispress)

Oh fuck, that’s accurate

(via omgfabulous)

hahaha TRUTH

(via lagertha-lodbrok)

Hey All!

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:41:46 +0100

Just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be traveling for a month and a half starting tomorrow, I have things queued up, but I don’t know if they’ll make it — and since when I get home that will be the first time I’ll have been home in over 27 months I can’t promise I’ll be prompt in getting back. But I’m sure I’ll be back, eventually.

Much love, ya’ll!

mrmdprncss: i’m always weirdly proud when my pee is clear because it’s like fuck yeah i’m so...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:28 +0100

mrmdprncss:

i’m always weirdly proud when my pee is clear because it’s like fuck yeah i’m so hydrated