July 2012
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic →
jimicowan:
Another climate change skeptic changes tune. Here’s his admission:
Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were...
cwl: Stress May Cause Women's Brains to Age... →
neurosciencestuff:
By Makini Brice | July 26, 2012
Scientists were surprised, expecting the areas of the brain to age more slowly, or even delayed, than those of men.
Photo: Microsoft
Even though the gap is closing now in many high-income countries, on average, women tend to live…
nepeter:
lukehasmeowmix:
Why would you hate on asexuals?
They’re not doing anything.
or anyone
Britain: So we have the Olympics.
Britain: And Benedict Cumberbatch.
Britain: And James Bond.
Britain: And the Queen.
Britain: And Danny Boyle.
Britain: And Kenneth Branagh.
Britain: And ducks and shit.
Britain: And Women's rights.
Britain: And free healthcare.
Britain: And JK FUCKING ROWLING.
Britain: And Voldemort, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan..
Britain: And the Beatles and amazing music.
Britain: And Rowan Atkinson.
Britain: And THE MOTHERFUCKING TARDIS! HEAR IT?
America: We have freedom.
Britain: We do too.
America: Well shit.
Britain: *hums God save the queen, drinks boatloads of tea and strokes corgi*
Oh my god, I'm dying, two dudes just walked by our...
cumberbitchsandwich:
Shouting ‘HORSE COCK’ is the ultimate argument ender.
Talk about verbally disarming your opponent.
It works every time I argue with my Mum.
I look at photographs, the ones that people ask me to sign sometimes, and think,...
– Benedict Cumberbatch
You are mad sir.
But not to worry, all the best people are.
(via if-benny-asks)
dangling-thpider:
albustumbldoree:
peacelovecatsklaine:
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mondlilie:
anderstripper:
The world wide web was created by the British
we own everything
we own tumblr
we own your souls
#Computers were invented by a German. You tried. XD
remind me who won the war
Dude I’m pretty sure the an Englishman named Alan Turing was the father of the modern...
Meanwhile, in the Olympic Village...
dangling-thpider:
squidinktea:
negative-euphoria-rabbit:
bakerstreetmarauder:
Well played, Canada. Well played.
crying
Just incase you forgot canada was amazing.
sherloving:
Mary Poppins just defeated Voldemort and now I can die happy
Maybe a spoon full of sugar made the evil more palatable so it would go down…
getthesaltnburn:
The opening ceremonies have been pretty cool so far, but I have to ask one thing.
Where’s Adele?
I was expecting her to show up out of the blue, uninvited.
They also gave a shout out to the guy who invented the internet, but the guy who invented the computer was also from England. His name was Alan Turing and he’s one of my cousin’s heroes.