another perfect catastrophe

Photo

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:24 -0400

Video

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:34:48 -0400

This pic is probably old as balls, but since that hairstyle has...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:14 -0400

This pic is probably old as balls, but since that hairstyle has made a comeback this poor tripped out person looks kinda like Justin Beiber.

parlanceofafrail: PhagocytosisSpecialized immune cells such as...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:51:54 -0400

parlanceofafrail:

Phagocytosis

Specialized immune cells such as macrophages internalize and destroy bacteria to fight infections. This process, called phagocytosis is a key part of the innate mammalian immune system.

When an invading bacterium binds to the membrane of a macrophage, the cell membrane starts to wrap around the invader and internalizes the pathogen. This process was so far mainly investigated by conventional light and electron microscopy, which provide primarily kinematic and structural information. However, the mechanical properties of this process, described by the physical forces and energies involved are still barely known.

We investigate the mechanics of the phagocytic machinery by using optical tweezers in combination with live cell microscopy. We found that filopodia, thin spike-like cell protrusions act as cellular tentacles during phagocytosis: a few seconds after binding to a particle, filopodia retract and pull the bound particle toward the cell. This retraction is f-actin dependent and has a mean step size of 36 nm. The force-velocity relationship of this filopodial retraction is in agreement with the kinetics of an ensemble of multiple motors.

[Source]

Photo

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400

Photo

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:09:02 -0400

rnortal: similar posts here

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:44 -0400

rnortal:

similar posts here

Murmaider by Dethklok on Grooveshark

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:59 -0400

Murmaider by Dethklok on Grooveshark

…and when I stabbed him, his guts looked like cherry pies...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:04:47 -0400

…and when I stabbed him, his guts looked like cherry pies and meringue cookies.

stilesstillnski: i literally say fuck so often i’m starting to think we need a new word that’s more...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:43:25 -0400

stilesstillnski:

i literally say fuck so often i’m starting to think we need a new word that’s more offensive than fuck

try faen, you’ll like it.

I was a horse?

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:22:02 -0400

I was a horse?

nocommericalvalue: sketchy

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:04 -0400

nocommericalvalue:

sketchy

hennessey101: Gene Wilder

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:17:45 -0400

hennessey101:

Gene Wilder

blackpaint20: The groteque detail from the Old Church in...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:25 -0400

blackpaint20:

The groteque detail from the Old Church in Amsterdam

© Blackpaint20

"R. Hiyya bar Abba said that R. Yohanan said: What is (the meaning of) that which is written:..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:34:39 -0400

“R. Hiyya bar Abba said that R. Yohanan said: What is (the meaning of) that which is written: “He who guards the fig tree shall eat its fruit” (Prov. 27:18)? Why were matters of Torah compared to a fig tree? Just as this fig tree, whenever a person searches it (for figs to eat), he finds figs in it, (as the figs on a tree do not ripen all at once, so that one can always find a recently ripened fig), so (too, with) matters of Torah. Whenever a persdon meditates upon them, he finds in them new meaning.”

- B.T., Eruvin, 54(a-b).

"you have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:22 -0400

“you have to be an artist and a madman, a creature of infinite melancholy, with a bubble of hot poison in your loins and a super-voluptuous flame permanently aglow in your subtle spine (oh, how you have to cringe and hide!), in order to discern at once, by ineffable signs—the slightly feline outline of a cheekbone, the slenderness of a downy limbs, and other indices which despair and shame and tears of tenderness forbid me to tabulate—the little deadly demon among the wholesome children; she stands unrecognized by them and unconscious herself of her fantastic power.”

- Nabokov

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:59 -0400

This is part of a press kit History Channel offered about...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:43 -0400

This is part of a press kit History Channel offered about Vikings.

I’m queueing this so none of you hop in on this auction, though I’m sure I shan’t win it anyway.

This was the only part of the package that intrigued me, to be honest. It seemed kinda weird to have a Vikings logo on a cross. Shouldn’t this be a mjollnir, I thought, then I was like, oh yeh. Athelstan.

The whole idea kinda vaguely reminded me of Bathory’s “One Rode to Asa Bay” video. Like a lot of the classic metal band vids of that time it’s sadly all kinds of boring/home movie-esque. The focus seems to mostly be on folk in period costuming, but the main focus is always on what is around the various character’s necks; we’re clearly supposed to side with the mjollnir wearers, but the cross wearers are taking over their territory.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:00 -0400

tantadose:

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:47:43 -0400

tantadose: