Auntie Bacteria

librarianpirate:

whiskey-robot:

christiantheatheist:

In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.
The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy.

Fuck yeah kindness!

Life is basically good.

whiskey-robot:

christiantheatheist:

In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.

The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.

The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy.

Fuck yeah kindness!

Life is basically good.

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05/18/12

extraordinaryevidence:

My Bipolar Life

Yes.

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05/18/12

On of my favourite shots from Ottawa ComicCon 2012

05/18/12

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People get really irritated by mental illness. ‘Just fucking get it together! Suck it up, man!’ I had a breakdown, and a spiritual friend came to visit me in the psych ward. And they said, ‘You need to get out of here. Because this is the story you’re telling yourself. You know, Patch Adams has this great work-group camp where you can learn how to really celebrate life.’ It’s something people are so powerless over, and so often they want to make it your fault. It’s nobody fault. I started thinking of suicide when I was 10 years old—I can’t believe that that’s somebody’s fault. Like, ‘Oh, you’re just an attention getter.’ Mental illness isn’t seen as an illness, it’s seen as a choice…. I have a joke about how people don’t talk about mental illness the way they do other regular illnesses. ‘Well, apparently Jeff has cancer. Uh, I have cancer. We all have cancer. You go to chemotherapy you get it taken care of, am I right? You get back to work.’ Or: ‘I was dating this chick, and three months in, she tells me that she wears glasses, and she’s been wearing contact lenses all this time. She needs help seeing. I was like, listen, I’m not into all that Western medicine shit. If you want to see, then work at it. Figure out how not to be so myopic. You know?’

Maria Bamford (via yeshairy)

Putting the “BAMF” in Bamford.

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05/18/12

Golden Wonder Woman, plain clothes human & Tiny Trill.

Ottawa ComicCon 2012

05/18/12

Little Batman and Wee Super Girl
Ottawa ComicCon 2012

05/18/12

squashed:

azspot:

Clay Bennett: Deregulation

Deregulation? Nonesense. That’s the Freedom Man in his Freedom Truck. That stop sign isn’t the boss of me. I don’t need some bureaucrat deciding for me whether the bridge is out. I make my own choices.

05/18/12

pussy-envy:

koolthing:

pussy-envy:

my 18th birthday was an odd one

foto cred l. fowens

omg i’m so jealous, i want to make out with pearly :’(

come to canada and we will have all the makeouts. all of them.

infact. everyone come to canada and we will have massive makeout parties

Is that a tray of M&M Nanaimo bars? Nice touch. :)

05/17/12

elisamexica:

badassmexicans:

Dulce Pinzon-

Everyday heroes, mexican immigrants in New York doing everyday activities. Dulce Pinzon intends to show them as Superheroes.

AMAZING!

BAM

YERZ

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05/17/12

thedailywhat:

Yearbook Quote of the Day: Eight high school seniors with the last name Nguyen joined forces to bring us the year’s best yearbook quote:

We know what you’re thinking, and no, we’re not related!

(Embiggen.)

[hypervocal]

05/17/12

tessmunster:

I would fucking die.

05/17/12

vintagesesame:

Nooooooooooony noony noony noony noon noon noon! *Squeak*

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05/16/12

“Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest difficulty setting there is.

This means that the default behaviors for almost all the non-player characters in the game are easier on you than they would be otherwise. The default barriers for completions of quests are lower. Your leveling-up thresholds come more quickly. You automatically gain entry to some parts of the map that others have to work for. The game is easier to play, automatically, and when you need help, by default it’s easier to get.”

from - Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

BY JOHN SCALZI

05/16/12