tracing lifes

a journey through others.

[itscolossal]

Unusual Composite Images of Birds in Flight Inspired by an 150-Year-Old Technique

[skunkbear]

I can’t get over this!

[panatmansam]

By Janice Wood

A new study has found evidence in heavy users of marijuana of a compromised dopamine system.

According to researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, lower dopamine release was found in the striatum, a region of the brain involved in working memory, impulsive behavior, and attention.

“In light of the more widespread acceptance and use of marijuana, especially by young people, we believe it is important to look more closely at the potentially addictive effects of cannabis on key regions of the brain,” said Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and a lead author of the paper.

The study included 11 adults between the ages of 21 and 40 who were severely dependent on cannabis and a control group of 12 matched healthy adults.

On average, the cannabis group started using at age 16, became dependent by age 20, and have been dependent for the past seven years. In the month prior to the study, nearly all users in this study smoked marijuana daily, the researchers reported.

“The bottom line is that long-term, heavy cannabis use may impair the dopaminergic system, which could have a variety of negative effects on learning and behavior.”

Source: Columbia University Medical Center

[itscolossal]

WATCH: New Species of Bioluminescent Jellyfish Discovered 2.3 Miles Below the Ocean’s Surface [video]

[kateoplis]

turning of the leaves

[purplebuddhaproject]

I go through phases. Some days I feel like the person I’m supposed to be, and then some days I turn into no one at all. There is both me and my silhouette. I hope that on the days you find me and all I am are darkened lines, you still are willing to be near me.

Mary Kate Teske (via purplebuddhaproject)

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. Do it now.

Paulo Coelho (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[kateoplis]

”This campaign is listening to our brothers and sisters in the Native American community. 

From the first day that settlers came to this country, the Native American people have been lied to, they have been cheated, and negotiated treaties have been broken. 

We owe the Native American people more than we can ever repay them.

They have given us the most important and beautiful parts of our culture, they have taught us about the environment, and the understanding that as human beings we are PART of Nature; that we cannot DESTROY Nature.”

“And yet today in America, one in four Native Americans are living in poverty, and the high school graduation rate is 67 percent, the lowest of any racial demographic group. The second leading cause of death for Native Americans between 15 and 24 is suicide. And that speaks to incredible despair. One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. Most of the offenders are non-Native. Most of the programs dedicated to the tribal nations are underfunded. That has led to inadequate housing, inadequate health care, inadequate education, and insufficient law enforcement.”

“The United States has the duty to guarantee equal opportunity and justice for all citizens, including our first Native Americans. And let us be honest and acknowledge that we are not doing that today.

If elected President, we will fundamentally change our relationship with Native American people.”

Senator Sanders

“I have NEVER EVER heard a presidential candidate say what he just said about Native Americans.”

[rawasmhd]

This guy needs to win.

[purplebuddhaproject]

Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced… . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.

J.K. Rowling (via purplebuddhaproject)

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[half-black-phillip]

I’m so mad because this worked

[britney2007spears]

help me roger

[telanu]

Reblogging myself because

Originally posted by gifs-for-the-masses

[luthienebonyx]

Reblogging myself because… what was that? Five minutes?

O_O

[riskpig]

………my friend has made me curious

[maryburgers]

help me roger

[maryburgers]

Update: after I reblogged this someone messaged me offering me tickets to the sold out Hausu screening with a Q&A and autograph session with the director

[zombbeans]

These never work for me, but here’s to trying.

[strangenewclassrooms]

I don’t believe in these things

But last time I reblogged one ten/fifteen minutes later I got a call offering me a job

But I reblogged it because I was waiting on hearing back from the job. So there you go.

Roger is cute.

[sugared-violets]

Eh Roger is cute I might as well

[secondlina]

That fish is so happy it makes me happy.

[cinnappo]

Reblogging myself because I reblogged this yesterday and got promoted today!

[gothicstripper]

This just comes up as a grey square because mobile tumblr but Ima reblog it anyway.

[rajthagreat]

I am Roger

[seattle-princess]

might as well.

[rawasmhd]

Omg..Iv got six pack abs now.

[wdbhgooo]

January’s not even over yet and 2016 is already a shit show

[wdbhgooo]

February’s not even over yet and 2016 has escalated into an absolute train wreck

[wdbhgooo]

March’s not even over yet and 2016 is now just an utter disaster

[rawasmhd]

What a load of negative bullshit.

[purplebuddhaproject]

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Confucius (via purplebuddhaproject)

[felifeltfrog]

You shouldn’t point out things about people’s appearances if they can’t fix it in ten seconds.

Something my sister said once, that’s become an important thing to me (via legally-undead)

[purplebuddhaproject]

If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.

Joseph Campbell (via purplebuddhaproject)

[wordsnquotes]

A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only you can save yourself.

Anthony Anaxagorou  (via wordsnquotes)

[purplebuddhaproject]

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Mahatma Gandhi (via purplebuddhaproject)

[panatmansam]

What foolishness it is to anticipate misfortune before it happens and to live in fear over what might be.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, (4 - 65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher (via panatmansam)

[petrichour]

The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Homer, The Iliad (via blessyourprops)