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magnetontardis:

ponderbread:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/5619-the-stress-response-in-baby-kestrels

My RocketHub research fundraiser is winding down and ends on May 5th, so I’m unveiling a TUMBLR SPECIAL for all of you who showed interest in my project but are on a tight budget (which, as a master’s student, I totally understand…) 

For those of you who didn’t run across my last post, I am researching the effects of stress on the development of birds (specifically American kestrels) and need money for my analysis kits.  And since RocketHub is a crowd-sourcing site, you receive unique gifts in exchange for donations. 

So what is the TUMBLR SPECIAL and why do I keep typing it in all caps?  Well, the TUMBLR SPECIAL is a limited offer (limited because my fundraiser ends in 17 days) where donating just $10 lets you ADOPT A BABY KESTREL!  Like the ones in the pictures up above! 

Adopting a baby kestrel means that in a few weeks, when the kestrels hatch and grow up, I will send you pictures, video, and stats on your baby bird, as well as its band number so you can check on its progress in the future.  And you get to name it!  Awesome!

So if you are interested in birds, science, conservation, or cute baby animals, check out my project here:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/5619-the-stress-response-in-baby-kestrels

Oh what adorable babies! And such pretty feathers.

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#bird #adorable #kestrel

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philmill:

pikachuly:

for people who still play “the game”

2009 is that way

Actually, time isn’t one of the Euclidean dimensions of space and as such doesn’t behave the same way with dimensions that can be measured in a certain direction. Saying it’s to the left is factually incorrect.

Case in point, I just lost the game.

2009 can be to the left in the same way a song can be blue.

(I saw the “You just won The Game! Congratulations, you’re free!” xkcd strip before knowing what The Game was. It was very confusing, but also meant that when I did learn about it I never took it to heart. Randall Munroe himself gave me a pass. So there. *sticks out tongue*)

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#The Game #synesthesia #xkcd

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doctorwho:

AU meme → Eleven&Amy Time Lady&Human

penny-hartzs:


My name is John Smith. I guess you could say I used to be an ‘ordinary bloke’; a little bit on the awkward side with a boring job and a small flat next to the pub. A year ago I saw a box falling right out of the sky, and then a woman coming out of the box. She called herself the Doctor. She was ginger, she talked a lot and she took my hand and we started running. We haven’t stopped since.


She calls me ‘her stupid idiot’. She hates my clothes. I don’t know what I would do without her.

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#Doctor Who

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weeitsparris:

LOOK AT YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

NOW LOOK AT ME

NOW BACK AT YOUR CANDIDATE

NOW BACK TO ME

SADLY, YOUR CANDIDATE IS NOT ME

BUT IF HE HAD A BRAIN, HE MIGHT NOT BE A TREMENDOUS DOUCHEBAG

LOOK IN YOUR HAND

LOOK BACK UP

I HAVE IT

IT’S RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST RICH WHITE CHRISTIAN MEN

LOOK AGAIN

THE RIGHTS ARE NOW LAWS

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#(the following category tags were added retroactively:) #the humour of my people #our roads may be golden or broken or lost