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[ernieblunt]

what I’ve been doing for the past three months

You didn’t think we FORGOT about “Rats, It’s Monday,” did you? (We did.) “Delenn peeking out of the felted wool nest.” -From Jen on Flickr.

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Remember when "Gangnam Style" was the weirdest and most surreal music video out of Asia? That seems pretty quaint nowadays, especially compared to this - "Chick Chick" by Chinese music group Wang Rong Rollin. We're not entirely sure what's going on in the video - except that there's a lot of sexy cartoon chickens, jacked dudes in animal masks, and a whole lot of WTF.

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adreamdeferred:

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nice

the last gif is the only thing that makes sense.

^^^^^^^

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caanbaro:

sizvideos:

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I love how the teacher is Ugandan himself and not some white missionary going to Uganda to spread their beliefs and bullshit

The way the boy smiles in the last PIC where his eyes just light up omg

Behold the incredible cuteness of this newborn pangolin (aka scaly anteater) at the Taipei Zoo. Video below. (more…)

With a host of audio-based science experiments from sine waves blasting through streams of water, to visualizations of audio frequencies using sand, and sound waves traveling through flammable gas, this new video by Nigel Stanford has it all. Titled Cymatics, the music video was created for the first single from his new album, Solar Echoes. If you want to learn more about the science, there’s plenty of behind-the-scenes footage with explanation behind each experiment on his Vimeo channel. (via Vimeo Staff Picks)

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nubbsgalore:

photos by lassi rautiainen, susan brookes and staffan widstrand of a rare friendship that developed between a female grey wolf and a male brown bear in northern finland.

notes lassi, “no one can know exactly why or how the young wolf and bear became friends, but i think that perhaps they were both alone when they were young and a bit unsure of how to survive alone. it seems to me that they feel safe being together.”

the photographers also note that the two share every meal together, bringing each other their kills (as seen in the third and fifth photos).

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deathgripsforcutie:

old person meme from the 1600s

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belcanta:

Guaranteed basic income to every citizen, whether or not they are employed to ensure their survival and that they live in a dignified, humane way, preventing poverty, illness, homelessness, reducing crime, encouraging higher education and learning vocations as well as helping society become more prosperous as a whole. 

Wow. Forget raising the minimum wage. This is much much better idea.

The minimum wage could actually drop if we had basic income.

But Americans would never go for it. Miserably slogging through 12 hour days and having businesses open 24/7 is too engrained in our culture.

"BUT WHERE WILL THE GOVERNMENT GET THE MONEY?" screamed Joe Schmoe, slamming a meaty fist onto the table and getting mouth-froth all over the front of his greying tank top. "You libt*rds all think money grows on TREES!! HAHA!"

"But where will people get the incentive to work?!" Mindy Bindy cried, flapping her hands in front of her face. She’d had a fear of the unemployed lollygagging about ever since she was a child and her mother told her to be afraid of the unemployed lollygagging about. "You think people should get paid for nothing? I work hard for my money!”

"But who will serve me?" grumbled Marty McMoneybags. "Who will make me feel important? Who will do my laundry and cook my food and stand in front of me wearing a plastic smile while I take out all my stress—because I do have a lot of stress, you know, being this rich is stressful—on them?” He paused and straightened out the piles of hundred dollar bills on the desk in front of him, then raised his two watery, outraged eyes up to the Heavens. “Lord, if there are no poor people, how will I know that I’m rich??”

I laughed. This is perfect! Well said!

The thing is, while I’m sure you could scrape up a few people who’d be willing to just float by on a guaranteed minimum income? For most people the choice to work would be a no-brainer. “Hmmm. I can get by on 33k a year, or I can take that part time job and make 48k… enough to move to a better apartment, maybe take the family on vacation. Sold.” Hell, most people would want to work simply because it gives one a sense of dignity and something to do with one’s time. (Speaking as someone who’s been unemployed, on extended sick leave, etc. in her time, the boredom and sense of isolation that comes with not having a job is almost as bad as the humiliation of having to depend on other people for one’s survival.)

And with this system, part-time jobs and “non-skilled” jobs would be much more readily available because nobody would need to work two or three jobs just to stay afloat!

Which would ALSO mean that employers and customers couldn’t shamelessly exploit employees the way they can today, because if losing a job weren’t necessarily a financial disaster, more people would be willing to walk out on jobs where they weren’t being treated with dignity.

And if this also applies to students (and it should) then student loans would become much less of a problem, and fewer people would flunk out of school because of having to juggle studies and work.

Far fewer people would be forced to stay with abusive partners, parents or roommates because they couldn’t afford to move out.

And the thing is, all those people who suddenly had money? They’d be spending it. They’d be getting all the stuff they can’t afford now - new clothes, books, toys, locally-produced food, car repairs - and with each purchase money would flow BACK to the government, because VAT, also income tax.

The unemployed and/or disabled wouldn’t need special support any more - which would also mean the government could fire however many admins who are currently engaged in humiliating - *cough* making sure those people aren’t getting money they don’t deserve. Same for medical benefits and pensions. And I’m no legal scholar, but I somehow imagine less financial desperation would lead to less petty crime, and hence less need for police and security everywhere?

TL;DR Doomie thinks this is a good idea, laughs at those who protest.

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They tried something like this out in Canada as a sort of social experiment, called Mincome. What they found was that, on the whole, people continued to work about as much as they did before. Only new mothers and teenagers worked substantially less hours. 

But wait, there’s more. Because parents were spending just a little more time at home and involved with their families, test scores increased. Because teens didn’t have to work to support their families, drop-out rates decreased. Crime rates, hospital visits, psychiatric hospitalizations and domestic abuse rates all dropped, as well. More adults pursued higher education. Those who continued to work reported more job flexibility and more opportunity to choose employment they preferred.

Basically, now you can go prove to your asshole family members that society won’t collapse without poor people for you to feel better than.

PLEASE, AMERICA

[Your pitiful Walther PPK is no match for me Meester Bund. I shall keel you and then drink your Bollinger RD champagne and drive your vintage Aston Martin DB5. I hope it’s an automatic.]

From The Featured Creature FB page.

Just the thing for a quiet Thursday evening, am I right?

From T.O.

From Photolight.co.il, 1964. Credit: Walter Chandoha, National Geographic.

[Why why WHY does everyone always ask me that???]

Reddit.

Got two things goin’ on here of note. First and foremost, one of the best names for a puppeh…ever. Then of course, the devastating Side-Eye AKA Rule Of Cuteness #95.

“This is an update on my daughter’s Wiener Dog, Ivan the Terrible, High Prince of Moscow. (Yes, that is his real, legal, and full name.) This is a little beanie she knit him herself. She even caught him “Throwing off a little side-eye.” He is not a fan of his little hat, but it was just too Cute to not send it in before taking it off him!”- Michelle T.

Check out this great Guinea Pig Nose from Down Undah! “This time I’m submitting my dear Kaka for Nosevember,” says Irene D.

“Kaka is a 7.5 years old short hair Guinea Pig from Brisbane, Australia. I hope you think his nose is adorable too.”

Twitterer @Renzo_Soprano asks The Eternal Question: “Is it wrong to eat a blueberry muffin that looks like my dog?”

Nope! Little low-fat margarine spread on there, and you’re all set! (Your dog might need a little puppeh tranquilizer, tho.)

-Otherwise I would swear this has to be a Steiff™. Bunderful photo from Flickerer Jannes P.

Spotted this one while zipping through The Facebookster. These are quite real!

They’re called “Masdevallia Orchids aka Monkey Orchids.”

“Check out Zoey chillin’ in Meg’s hood!” -Dak (correct spelling) S. took the photo.

Intrepid Cuteporter KB took these great photos and writes: “These photos were taken Wednesday at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, CA. They house the rarest group of apes in the Americas, currently 43 gibbons all are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species list with one species listed as critically endangered. They educate the public about Gibbons and the threats to their survival, and the actions the public can take to protect them.”

“They advise and assist rescue centers, zoos and veterinary universities all over the world about gibbons. They also support field conservation projects in the countries Gibbons call home – Southeast Asia, South China, Bangladesh, and Northeast India.”

“It’s all about saving the Gibbons! Swinging from tree to tree, Gibbons are often described as acrobats of the rain forests.“

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Cornered. [via]

small-town-equestrian:

so i’ve been taking photos for quite some time now but this

is quite possibly

my fAVORITE PICTURE EVER