Had last evening off (ish, it was free discussion of our own data sets but the thing I most needed to discuss was SILENCE ALONE).

http://counterfeitcontent.tumblr.com/ remains a constant source of awesome.

When you watch a vid and you're like, yes, that is the show I saw. ( ( Read more... )

Really stellar Kaidonovsky cosplay

Holy cow, best Hogwarts founders fancasting possible

Some hints on rocking androgynous looks with a curvy build

Flawless Christmas-sweater victoryAnd then there was this ( Read more... )

Monday:

1. Introvert comics! (Buzzfeed ( Read more... )

(I keep going to sleep or getting laid and forgetting to post. Sorry!)

Wednesday:1. I got both new lab managers to agree to join me in wearing polka-dots this Friday. I missed this game a lot! Clothes and low-key bonding, hard to beat. [note: this is TODAY, expect outfit pic later ( Read more... )

City planning in Vienna includes "gender mainstreaming" for universal usability

Hilarious sarcasm at Lullabies for Misandrists -- the comments have some wonderful things too.

An entire long article on sex toy UI! I love the idea of Aneros being for HEALTH, NO REALLY.

Funny interactions from Tumblr (which I am still resisting, but get linked to ( Read more... )

Wonderful things on the internet include:

A grizzled wizard embracing femininity for an important tea party (gifset)

Mae Martin on gay babies (gifset)

"Bohemian Gravity" (music video)

What your taste in music says about you on a dateThe ones of these that work are really great. The Shins does not work, though I now wonder if maybe I should ( Read more... )

1. Talked to my dad on the phone. He says my great-grandma was a secretary to the poet Robert Service for a while, back when they lived in Vancouver, B.C ( Read more... )

Started back in my doctoral lab for a short-term postdoc position yesterday. Granted PI still wants me to stay forever, and that is going to keep being a hazard, it's pretty damned great to be finishing my projects for publication and making a lot more money than the grad stipend. I have time to look for proper postdocs in labs I really want to ( Read more... )

Thumbs and Ammo posts images of photoshopped thumbs-up hands into movie stills that formerly had guns. I disagree with the proton packs, but overall this is both adorable, because some of them work really well as encouragement instead of violence, and hilarious in its juxtaposition, because Batman. Thanks,
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Having hung my laundry out on the balcony on a little round clippy thing like a good resident of Japan, I am off to the zoo and botanic gardens. First, some images to share.

I would date with this person: Oregon Trail cosplay

New baby capybara OMG

I have my quibbles, but human ponies with different body types are pretty great, especially Pinkie ( Read more... )