Leahgates

These little maniacs are c/o Kimberly @ Coast & Canyon Wildlife Rehabilitation in Malibu.

24 Hours O’ Cute: Red, White, And Baroo continues…

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CALTECH (US) — Financial markets are not immune from human irrationality, whether that irrationality is due to optimism, fear, greed, or other forces, a new analysis suggests.

“There’s this tug-of-war between economics and psychology, and in this round, psychology wins,” says Colin Camerer, a professor of behavioral economics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the corresponding author of the paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to hold talks aimed at reopening a jointly run factory park that was a rare source of cash for the North three weeks after their last attempt at dialogue collapsed in bickering over protocol.

@trotterpup

Do your patriotic duty & feed me bacon 🇺🇸🐷🎉

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“Happy 4th of July! We had a backyard photo shoot in anticipation of the holiday. The dogs all posed respectfully and the results were pretty cute. White dog = Potato. Black and white dog = Whistler. Dark brown dog = Cricket. I keep a little blog, mostly to share photos with my family. Thank you for running such a fun site!” -Megan.

24 Hours O’ Cute: Red, White, And Baroo continues…

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blacksentai:

White dudes have this thing where they believe your best friend in the world can have opposing political ideas. You’re supposed to be able to have healthy debate and disagreeing shouldn’t harm your friendship.
That’s gross and stupid. Its really easy to say that when all your disagreements are theoretical. Its easy to say when none of the laws passed actually effect your life. Fighting with your best friend about corporate regulations, school charters, educational funding, abortion, health care, voting restrictions, drug laws, taxes and all sorts of stuff is cool and lively because none of it is going to actually leave you in a bad spot.
Its different for the rest of us. I can’t be friends with you if you think I shouldn’t be allowed to vote. We can’t be friends if you think my friends shouldn’t have the ability to designate whatever gender they want and have that be legally recognized. We can’t be friends if you think I don’t deserve health care. Or if you think native children should be ripped away from their cultures and people. We can’t be friends if you think closing down health care clinics in an attempt to end safe legal abortions is a good thing.
All these theoretical political ideas and lively debates effect real people, and I won’t be friends with someone who disagrees with me on them. Because disagreement means you don’t see me or a whole bunch of my friends and family as human beings worthy of rights and respect.

This reminds me of how standpoint theory—pushing back on the idea of stages of moral development, with abstract ideas of justice being presented as the highest stage of moral development. As though being able to prioritize an abstract idea over people’s actual experiences and the context in which they took place made you a better, more morally advanced person than somebody willing to entertain the idea that maybe other people live different but equally real lives and the meaning of things might not be fixed across human experience.

No Baroo in this photo–but don’t you think Emmy is juuuust about to do one? Just has that feeling.

From Lauren H. 24 Hours O’ Cute: Red, White, And Baroo continues…

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PRINCETON (US) — Anxiety is less likely to interfere with the brain activity of mice that exercise regularly, research shows.

When the mice experienced a stressor—exposure to cold water—their brains exhibited a spike in the activity of neurons that shut off excitement in the ventral hippocampus, a brain region shown to regulate anxiety.

Oh look, dog daze, one of the first signs of summer.

It’s not the heat, it’s the baroo-midity.

Heeey, Ice Cream man, over here!

Gigi, the chihuahua -The Furrtographer
“Olive the Pug. She lives for her morning belly rubs!” -Katie D.
“This is Bob doing what he does best: being cute!” -Erin B.

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U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Even very low exposure to neonicotinoid insecticide causes genetic changes in honeybees.

New research, published in PLOS ONE, supports the recent decision taken by the European Commission to temporarily ban three neonicotinoid insecticides amid concerns that they could be linked to bee deaths.

USC (US) — Climate change may be weeding out the bacteria that form the base of the ocean’s food chain, selecting only certain strains for survival, a new study finds.

In climate change, as in everything, there are winners and losers. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and temperature rise globally, scientists increasingly want to know which organisms will thrive and which will perish in future environments.

DUKE (US) — When exposed to underwater sounds like those during US military exercises, blue whales may change their behavior, diving away from important feeding areas.

Researchers tagged blue whales off the California coast and exposed them to simulate mid-frequency (3.5-4 kHz) sonar sounds significantly less intense than the military uses.

If you’re not a good swimmer yet, make sure you have a life preserver!

Shoshana posted this to the CO FB page.

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Student survivors are calling on the Department of Education to enforce Title IX, and we’re asking for your support–and your signature.

Here at Feministing, we’ve been covering the national student movement against campus sexual violence for a while. It’s baffling that, 41 years after Title IX required schools to take measures to prevent violence and accommodate survivors’ needs, so many colleges and universities are so blatantly violating this law: according to the National Institute for Justice, 63% of schools are out of compliance with these federal requirements. How are they getting away with this?

A big and very disappointing reason is the Department of Education’s reluctance to hold administrations accountable. Don’t get me wrong: the Department has made some important strides in the past few years. The 2011 Dear Colleague Letter clarified schools’ responsibilities under Title IX and former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlyn Ali made sexual violence a priority for her team. However, despite strong statements in support of students’ rights, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) isn’t enforcing the law.

After investigating a college, the OCR can make an official finding of non-compliance (analogous to a guilty verdict) and then refer the case to the DOJ and possibly refuse federal funding. However, in response to nearly every complaint in its history the OCR has instead entered into a “voluntary resolution agreement” with the offending school: basically, the Department accepts a signed promise from the college that it will do better in the future rather than make any official finding or levy sanctions.

This strategy may be well-intentioned, rooted in a desire to work with schools, rather than against them, but it just doesn’t work. I know this firsthand: I worked with classmates to file a Title IX complaint against my university when I was an undergrad, but, despite a thorough OCR investigation exposing serious violations, I continue to hear stories about the administration silencing and shaming survivors–abuses just like those that prompted the complaint in the first place. Colleges are getting away with continued institutional abuse because the OCR won’t force them to change, and students’ safety and educations are sacrificed in the process.

I’m working with a collective of students from across the country to call on the Department to join the fight against campus sexual violence by enforcing Title IX. And we need you! On July 15th we’ll be delivering a petition to the Department: please sign here and, if you’re near DC, join us for the ED ACT NOW rally and teach-in. We need lots of help spreading the word, too. Any tweets and Facebook posts help; we’re connecting with the hashtag #EdActNow. Here are some sample posts under 140 characters to copy and paste!

Stand with survivors: call on the Dept of Ed to enforce Title IX and stop campus violence http://chn.ge/19I5R0O #EdActNow

On July 15, join the movement against campus violence and call on the Dept of Ed to enforce Title IX! https://www.facebook.com/events/392454557522658/#EdActNow

Title IX is 41 years old. Why are our campuses not yet free from violence and discrimination? http://chn.ge/19I5R0O #EdActNow

Students across the country are rising to demand justice with an unprecedented number of Title IX complaints filed and protests erupting across the country, but to build safe campuses we need the Department to stand with us.

duncanthebulldog:

The return of the fat tongue

Tongue out AND face wedged between front paws, Duncan is basically the tiredest that a bulldog can be

franklindbulldog:

They can’t possibly see me under here. So what are they looking at?

good strategy FDB

intersects:

#i just want anne and scarlett to go on a press tour in which they slap down stupid questions with grace and coolness

I was pretty neutral on Anne Hathaway until she started telling journalists to fuck off when they asked her about her body, but now I am decidedly pro

nudiemuse:

blackwhitekingdom:

mostlycatsmostly:

Nacha is Two (via Pantsolicius)

nacha will soon kill you. slowly. very slowly… o.o

Me on my birthday. Unless I am fed many treats and given many presents.

unpretty:

I isolated my favorite panel from the latest Oh Joy, Sex Toy because it seemed like it would come in handy.

If you are not reading Oh Joy Sex Toy you are living your Tuesdays without sunshine

PRINCETON (US) — Altitude sickness may be an obstacle to ethnic integration in some of the world’s steepest terrains.

People who are native to low-lying areas can be naturally barred from regions such as the Tibetan Plateau, the Andes, or the Himalayas by altitude sickness, which is caused by low oxygen concentration in the air and can be life-threatening.

americastestkitchen:

Cook’s Country test cook Christie Morrison lifts the first slice out of an apple pie while preparing for a tasting. What more is there to test about apple pie, you ask? This one’s got a savory secret: the crust is made with cheddar cheese, which gives a sharp contrast to the sweet filling. Keep an eye out for the recipe in an upcoming issue of Cook’s Country! See more behind-the-scenes photos at: http://bit.ly/o0qi36

visualgore:

fly-to—the-stars:

Aw

bublog:

BUB is rooting for herself. GO BUB.

Be your own best cheerleader