Month: December 2014

Experts Say Half The Advice On Dr. Oz And The Doctors Is Wrong Or Lacks Evidence

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thejunglenook:

“The Dr. Oz Show” and “The Doctors” have average daily audiences of 2.9 million and 2.3 million, respectively. This gives the show hosts a huge amount of influence regarding medical information that gets disseminated to the American public. But how much of what these charismatic hosts discuss is actually sound medical advice? For the first time, a team of researchers has systematically analyzed the claims made on these popular shows, assessing their credibility…

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#lying bastards #never trust a TV doctor #(to be honest I’m a little surprised it’s only half)

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nubbsgalore:

the rain in the plain stays mainly on the mane. photos by michael nichols, anup & manoj shaw and paul & paveena mckenzie from serengeti national park, where there aren’t too many places for lions to hide from the rain. 

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#lion #rain #one doesn’t normally think about those two going together

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daystarsearcher:

zagreus-taking-time-apart:

ok but on that note do tardises have any form of complex language? what is their limit on communication with gallifreyans? Is this different for their pilots? do they talk with other time ships. do they gossip 

This is making me really want to hear a conversation between a TARDIS and a Prophet.

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#Star Trek #DS9 #Doctor Who #crossovers #interesting idea

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justice-turtle:

Omg, Mass Effect 2 is on sale on Steam right now for $4.99 if anyone was looking to pick it up cheap. :D

I’m seeing $4.99 for ME1 and $5.49 for ME2, but those are in Canadian dollars.

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#Mass Effect #PSA #I already bought both of them during a previous $5 sale #but just in case anyone else is interested

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tehnakki:

allcreatures:

Three-week-old baby sulcatta tortoises, which have been named Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo, hitch a ride on the back of their mother Margaret at the Lake District Wild Life Park near Keswick. It’s the first time the wildlife park has successfully bred Africa’s largest tortoise.

Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA (via Pictures of the day: 16 October 2014 – Telegraph)

HOW DO THEY GET UP THERE? TINY LADDERS? DO PEOPLE HELP THEM UP? HOOOOWWWWWWWWW??????????

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#turtle #interesting choice of names

Anonymous asked: seebs i don’t think i can live in a world that’s so fucked up. i’m not built for activism and just being nice to the people around me isn’t going to change anything, and everyone is so angry all the time

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adigitalmagician:

persephonesidekick:

the-real-seebs:

Being nice to the people around you will change a lot. Over time. Look at all the people talking about their shitty day and then one friend was nice to them and it made things okay again. You can be that one friend for a few people on a few occasions, and that’ll recharge them. Seriously, not everyone has to be front-line. You can be a medic. We need medics, too. You can be that person we know isn’t making things worse, and that’s sometimes an amazing thing.

Needed to hear this today, thank you.

Activist speaking: Being nice to people makes activism way easier and in a lot of ways is a form of activism.

Also, in general, I’d really REALLY like to get the myth that literally everyone needs to be an activist destroyed. In reality, it doesn’t take a lot to tip scales, as long as the general population is friendly to the problem. Slactivism is okay sometimes! Not being an activist at all is okay sometimes!

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#…that is extremely comforting

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catolynwrites:

onemuseleft:

I want to write a fic where Lilo goes to college and her roommate is Boo from Monsters Inc. Boo is the first person to think Stitch is adorable and cuddly, and Lilo is the first person not to act like “Mike Wazowski” was a weird name for a goldfish. They get on like a house on fire which is kind of bad for Nani’s blood pressure.

But then one night they wake up in the middle of the night because something is in their closet. And the door starts to creak open so Stitch tackles whoever (whatever) is in there. They fall back into the closet, the door slams shut… and when Lilo runs over and opens it there’s nothing but an empty closet.

Then Boo tells Lilo all about this weird thing that happened to her when she was a kid, and how no one ever believed her but she knows it was real. 

And cue Lilo and Boo busting into the Monster world to rescue Stitch and wreaking mad havoc in the process.

Oh my god. I need this like I need coffee in the morning. 

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#Lilo and Stitch #Monsters Inc #crossovers #story ideas I will never write

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vaiyamagic:

The picture just before Garak murders everyone on the station.

So, since I sort of started a thing, I thought I should contribute. Here we have the DS9 crew (or as many of them as I could get in a decent pic) in their holiday gear.

Jewish Siskos are jakeziyal’s idea, I think? (correct me if I’m wrong)

(Make sure to read the “murders everyone on the station” link, too. It’s hilarious.)

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#Star Trek #DS9 #Hanukkah #Christmas #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog

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allofthefeelings:

thesaddestavenger:

I decided that Tony got fed up with the lack of tasteless Chanukkah tee shirts and bought Old Navy out so he could get them mass market printed.

Then he just replaced all the contents of everyone’s tee shirt drawers.

BREAKTHROUGHS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY WHILE TRAPPED IN CAVES.

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#Avengers #Hanukkah #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog

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comparativelysuperlative:

We interrupt your evening with this important bulletin: It has come to our attention that the phrase “my anaconda don’t afraid of no ghosts” does not in fact mean that the speaker’s anaconda do afraid of at least one ghost. However, it only does not mean that because it doesn’t mean anything at all.
You’re welcome.

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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog