January 2009
61 posts
“Immortal” Jellyfish Ages Backwards →
robot-heart:
Scientists have just identified a 5mm-long jellyfish they call Turritopsis Nutricula, originally from the Caribbean but soon to be everywhere, which has the ability to “return to a juvenile state” after multiplying. According to the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute, this is the only known animal which is capable of quite literally reverting to its younger self, through a cell...
Obama Officials Tells Citibank To Ditch Plans For... →
msbadkittie:
‘According to a report from ABC News, President Obama is not taking kindly to corporate greed, especially when it’s funded by taxpayer money. Read more from ABC here:
The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France…
ABC News has learned that Monday officials...
What the cynics fail to realize is that the ground has shifted beneath them.
– Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (via inauguration) (via wateronconcrete)
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard...
– Henry David Thoreau (via kierstensmith)
I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing...
– J. D. Salinger (via hello-therelove) (via crazybeautiful) (via kara)
This mix is shit hot →
shit. hot.
HOT - Scarlett Johansson Animated Gif
hypnotic gif
Record players are altars. The listener first goes through a repertoire of...
– Ground Control - The Band - [Albums]
Popular Documentary Torrents
poortaste:
Some food for thought…
Man on Wire [2008] Justice - A Cross the Universe [2008] Sea Monsters - A Prehistoric Adventure - iMDB Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson [2007] Hackers Are People Too [2008] The Union - Marijuana Documentary HBO Films: Baghdad High Occupation 101 - Palestine/Israel Conflict [2006] Many Many Many Documentaries all in one Torrent
But Wait… WTF is a...
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
msbadkittie:
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it. This is a specialised version of the effect of serendipity. (via Wikipedia)
This month’s full moon is known as the Wolf Moon from Native American...
– Biggest Full Moon of 2009 Tomorrow Night