toolegitforclit:

peanutsareforpussies:

osointricate:

shorm:

birdpear:

depression is like trying to peel a potato with another potato its not fun it doesnt work and you just wanna cry

…why is this such a good metaphor what the fuck

#and then people are like #God! Why don’t you just get a peeler!? #and then they HAND YOU ANOTHER FUCKING POTATO

this makes so much sense

why is that actually the best metaphor

(via livingmedschool)

I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all was the Dash between those years.

For that Dash represents all the time that she spent alive on Earth,

And now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars, the house, the cash,

What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our Dash.

So think about this long and hard; Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough to consider what’s true and real

And always try to understand the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger and show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile,

Remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read with your life’s actions to rehash

Would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your Dash?

-Linda Ellis

laurabfernandez:

She.

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(via laurabfernandez)

99lions:

Arthur Kalnins - Night Sky
Located in Poland, Daugavpils

99lions:

Arthur Kalnins - Night Sky

Located in Poland, Daugavpils

(via scienceyoucanlove)

allthingseurope:

Asen’s Fortress, Bulgaria (by Tuncay Receb)

allthingseurope:

Asen’s Fortress, Bulgaria (by Tuncay Receb)

bpod-mrc:

04 May 2013
A New Hope
Our body is at war with invading microbes. But like cunning Jedi Knights, it seems our cells have been hiding a secret weapon: lipid droplets (coloured yellow in the fly embryo pictured). Far from being simple fat storage compartments, it seems the lipid droplets behave like warriors, gathering tiny toxic lightsabers called histone proteins on their surface. When scientists engineered flies lacking a protein that sticks histone and lipid droplet together the droplets fell out of shape, resembling the amorphous Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt. Cells of flies lacking the protein, consequently named jabba, are more likely to be killed by several species of bacteria. But in normal cells the droplets can release histones to fight off the bacterial menace. It’s one more way the body strikes back against the dark side.
Written by Anthony Lewis
—

Michael Welte
University of Rochester, USA
Originally published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY 3.0)
Published in eLife 2013; 1:e00003


May the fourth be with you!

bpod-mrc:

04 May 2013

A New Hope

Our body is at war with invading microbes. But like cunning Jedi Knights, it seems our cells have been hiding a secret weapon: lipid droplets (coloured yellow in the fly embryo pictured). Far from being simple fat storage compartments, it seems the lipid droplets behave like warriors, gathering tiny toxic lightsabers called histone proteins on their surface. When scientists engineered flies lacking a protein that sticks histone and lipid droplet together the droplets fell out of shape, resembling the amorphous Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt. Cells of flies lacking the protein, consequently named jabba, are more likely to be killed by several species of bacteria. But in normal cells the droplets can release histones to fight off the bacterial menace. It’s one more way the body strikes back against the dark side.

Written by Anthony Lewis

May the fourth be with you!