Happy Fat Tuesday

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Fancy Jack

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“Madame Lily Devalier always asked “Where are you?” in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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  2. Darth says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:12 pm

    Slime can see: cyanobacteria use micro-optics to sense light direction http://elifesciences.org/content/5/e12620v1

    “Cyanobacteria are blue-green bacteria that are abundant in the environment. Cyanobacteria in the oceans are among the world’s most important oxygen producers and carbon dioxide consumers. Synechocystis is a spherical single-celled cyanobacterium that measures about three thousandths of a millimetre across. Because Synechocystis needs sunlight to produce energy, it is important for it to find places where the light is neither too weak nor too strong. Unlike some bacteria, Synechocystis can’t swim, but it can crawl across surfaces. It uses this ability to move to places where the light conditions are better.

    It was already known that Synechocystis cells move towards a light source that is shone at them from one side, which implies that the cyanobacteria can “see” where the light is. But how can such a tiny cell accurately detect where light is coming from?

    Schuergers et al. tracked how Synechocystis moved in response to different light conditions, and found that the secret of “vision” in these cyanobacteria is that the cells act as tiny spherical lenses.”

  3. Darth says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    Belief in punitive gods linked with expansion of human societies https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077082-belief-in-punitive-gods-linked-with-expansion-of-human-societies/

    “Complex modern societies may have grown and prospered thanks to a pervading fear of moralistic, all-knowing and, above all, punitive gods.

    Purzycki’s team picked 591 religious people from eight different societies around the world – coming from diverse backgrounds including hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, wage labourers and small business owners. They then tested their altruism towards strangers who were members of their own religion.”

    “Moralistic, punitive and omniscient deities appear to push cooperation and fairness beyond one’s local in-group,” he says. Such god-fearing societies prosper and drive out others, a fact, he says, that partly explains the ubiquity of religions with such gods.

    Dominic Johnson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford, agrees. “Conceivably, societies were only able to make the step from small to large societies with the help of gods to facilitate and sustain cooperation among large groups of strangers,” he says.”

  4. Jack Frost says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    FUCK—That’s number one you hear?

  5. Darth says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:34 pm

    If I had to pick one picture that perfectly illustrates Hillary’s inability to communicate with younger voters…

  7. 4E Bern says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    Bernie just walked out on Steven Colbert’s show!….8-)

  9. Darth says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    about time!

    Amazon Web Services’ exhaustive terms of service covers zombie outbreaks http://windowsitpro.com/cloud/aws-exhaustive-terms-service-covers-zombie-outbreaks

    “As companies are pushing more of their data to the cloud, it pays to read through the Terms of Service of your mission critical data’s future home. It could impact everything from uptime and availability to which countries’ police can demand access to your data. In Amazon’s case, the AWS Terms of Service even gives you extra rights in the event of a zombie outbreak.”

  11. Darth says:
    February 10, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    Ha!

    600-pound pig escapes from NH farm, tries to go vote http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/02/09/pound-pig-escapes-from-farm-tries-vote/6nVB9bGJAyYCD0cAb9NiWO/story.html

    Trump supporter denied voting privilege in NH. #despicable pic.twitter.com/tzbdB3LxPV
    — kant w8 2:40 (@matthewr1960) February 9, 2016

  12. Jack Frost says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:07 am

    BERNIE IS ON NOW on Colbert.

  13. Darth says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:11 am

    Goodwill Encourages People to ‘Donate Your Ex’s Stuff’ This Valentine’s Day http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/goodwill-encourages-people-donate-exs-stuff-valentines-day/story?id=36813769

    “Goodwill stores in the Sarasota, Florida, area are hosting what they categorize as an anti-Valentine’s Day campaign called “Donate Your Ex’s Stuff.”

    The idea is single folks can get rid of the physical baggage of a past relationship by donating their ex’s belongings to Goodwill instead of throwing them away.

    “We’re telling people they can turn the hate into donate and they’ll feel great in the process,” Kelly Davis Strausbaugh, marketing and public relations coordinator for Goodwill Manasota, told ABC News.

    The campaign’s announcement Monday night at a local radio station featured pizza and Taylor Swift songs, according to Davis Strausbaugh.”

  14. Jack Frost says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:21 am

    This FANTASY that Berine is similar Trollmp Can only come ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from the HELLy’s camp.

  15. Darth says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:35 am

    wow. Those Tao guys are amazing.

  16. Classical Gas says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:38 am

    It sounds like Vanilla Isis is going to turn themselves in tomorrow morning.

  17. Haruko Haruhara says:
    February 11, 2016 at 12:51 am

    Bernie is on Colbert.

  19. Haruko Haruhara says:
    February 11, 2016 at 1:27 am

    I got your link, Jack.

  20. Haruko Haruhara says:
    February 11, 2016 at 1:35 am

    I guess Pedro was a joke from Napoleon Dynamite.

  21. fancykat says:
    February 11, 2016 at 1:55 am

    Time to call it a night. Nite to the realm and Jack. Peace.

  23. fi says:
    February 11, 2016 at 2:37 am

    Good morning, late start here, its cold and frosty outside.
    Looks like the FBI has had their fill of the Bundy’s!

  24. waverly says:
    February 11, 2016 at 5:48 am

    Bernie Sanders interrupts monologue on ‘Late Show’ – NY Daily News

    It’s the “Late Show” with Bernie Sanders!

    The presidential candidate didn’t wait to be called out when he stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday.

    Instead, the 74-year-old glided in midway through Colbert’s monologue, even though the TV host tried to stop Sanders from breaking the show’s status quo.

    “Stephen, that’s what the elites want you to think,” he said as the crowd erupted in applause.

    “You’ve got to follow your heart. Go your own way. The revolution is possible. You are the revolution! And this time the revolution will literally be televised,” he continued.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/bernie-sanders-interrupts-monologue-late-show-article-1.2527727

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