jtotheizzoe: “ skunkbear: “ This just in: spiders tune the silk threads of their webs like guitar strings … and they use the distinct vibrational frequencies to help them locate meals and mates. Hear the full story of these good vibrations, from...

jtotheizzoe:

skunkbear:

This just in: spiders tune the silk threads of their webs like guitar strings

… and they use the distinct vibrational frequencies to help them locate meals and mates. Hear the full story of these good vibrations, from NPR’s Christopher Joyce, here. 

And watch our video!:

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations on this one.

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This is one of the few televisions that I genuinely love. I don’t know anything about this show, have only seen one episode, but this segment had me in joyful hysterics.

And then this comes along and completes my love of and faith in humanity:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/228831637/Optimal-Tip-to-Tip-Efficiency

How to write an Oakland trend piece

oaklandunseen:

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Oakland’s First Friday Art Murmur. (Image credit: Matt Werner, Bay Area Underground)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or worse—working in a Manhattan-based newsroom—you’ve just found out that Oakland is now Brooklyn. No, this isn’t a figurative expression. Oakland has literally…

I particularly feel #2.

undergradhist: “ Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading Bingo ” Kind of a marvelous idea.

undergradhist:

Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading Bingo

Kind of a marvelous idea.

Two more Red Admirals hatched today, and after drying their wings they flew off to explore Oakland’s backyards.

Found a Red Admiral fluttering inside my house today - but not in the butterfly cage with the other three chrysalides! Seems like one plucky caterpillar made its escape to the well-camouflaged curtains prior to pupating.

Mating Valley Carpenter Bees.

Mating Valley Carpenter Bees.

Red Admiral caterpillar, in a late (and very hungry) instar stage.

Red Admiral caterpillar, in a late (and very hungry) instar stage.

newyorker: “ Richard Renaldi’s early-morning photographs capture the way the city feels after staying out all night. Take a look: http://nyr.kr/1gY7Rsq Above: Marcos, 2012. ”

newyorker:

Richard Renaldi’s early-morning photographs capture the way the city feels after staying out all night. Take a look: http://nyr.kr/1gY7Rsq

Above: Marcos, 2012.

People are really bad at saying what they mean and meaning what they say but at least there’s whiskey.

lolmythesis:

Written Arts, Bard College

Life thesis