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Psychology academics are not here to treat you with kid gloves, sweetness and love and tell you what you want to hear

I work in film. I'd already gotten a uni degree, I was happy, and then I got into reading psychology books and became hooked. And when I became hooked, I got myself a BSc in Psychology out of pure fascination for the subject.

I am not a therapist, nor a counsellor, purely because I still work in film, I love working in film, and psychology is a passion which I find extremely helpful in my work and in my life, but I have no desire to spend every day of my life listening to people's drama. Sounds cold? Well, welcome to science.

But obviously in social media one finds all kinds of things, and I'm always interested in anything related to psychology, so one thing I keep finding is people, somehow, always assume if you know psychology you must constantly treat people like they're injured animals and you're a vet? We must be sweet and loving with complete strangers, and treat them with kid gloves, as if the air might hurt them??? It's wacky.

Anybody who knows anything about psychology knows you ought to distance yourself emotionally from mentally sick people, or else it'll kill you. You've got to be a scientist, be objective, not get attached, not get emotionally involved. And it isn't our duty to treat people like they're fragile. Our duty is to be honest, to do what we can to help out, specially for those who are actual therapists, and only when paid to do so, because hey, it's a job.

Psychology isn't there to pamper people, make them feel better and tell them what they want to hear. Psychologists who do that are the shit ones who then cause a ton of trouble. Psychology is a science, it looks at things objectively, and if you're a piece of shit, it's supposed to hold you accountable, to make you responsible for your actions and to help you have the right tools to turn your life around. But responsibility and accountability are essential in any self-respected therapy, so don't expect to be pitied and given a hug if what you need is a bloody wake up call.

[noaasanctuaries]

Ready to lend a hand? Check out these trained volunteers outplanting staghorn corals in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for National Volunteer Week!

In response to the decline in coral reef health, the Florida Keys region has become a world leader in coral reef restoration. Together, we can make a difference in reversing decades of decline in these critical ecosystems. Our expanding network of world-renowned scientists, federal and state agencies, local restoration partners, and community stakeholders will promote a collaborative effort, so that everyone can make a meaningful contribution to Mission: Iconic Reefs. (Photo: Nick Zachar/NOAA. Image description: Divers outplanting orange staghorn corals.)

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The Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo is thrilled to announce another successful Texas horned lizard hatching.

 Although this is not the first clutch of eggs to hatch this season, it is an important milestone for the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project: they now have enough captive-born lizards to conduct their first release into the wild.  About 100 young lizards are expected to be released this Fall.  This is a tremendous step forward for the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project, which will bolster the survival of their species here in South Texas. Since launching the project four years ago, the Center for Conservation and Research team has been diligently working on breeding and preserving the State Reptile of Texas by utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS) data, genetics, and current knowledge about horned lizard ecology and distribution in an effort to release large numbers of captive-born individuals in suitable habitats. “I am proud of the work we are doing to bring back the beloved Texas horned lizard,” said Tim Morrow, President & CEO of San Antonio Zoo. “While we have a multitude of global conservation projects, it’s especially rewarding to be able to secure a future for wildlife right here in our backyard,” said Morrow. To monitor the lizards after they’ve been released, San Antonio Zoo will utilize a horned lizard detection canine, a dog that is specially trained to cue on the scent of Texas horned lizards as well as their shed skin, eggs, and scat.  In addition to post-release monitoring, the lizard detection canine will be used to survey potential release sites and to assist in the collection of founders for the captive breeding colony. Many people have fond memories of growing up with the Texas horned lizard, more commonly known as the horny toad. Once abundant, populations have declined or disappeared altogether in many parts of Texas. Habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as invasive species, are believed to be contributing factors to its decline. Staff at San Antonio Zoo have been executing both field and laboratory components as part of the Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Project—surveying and monitoring habitats while also breeding and caring for offspring. As the project grows, San Antonio Zoo hopes to release thousands of horned lizards annually. Funding is needed for conservation operations and equipment necessary for maintaining a robust program that will bring this iconic species back where it belongs.

Donations can be made on the zoo’s website:

www.sazoo.org/texas-horned-lizard.

[zespaceblog]

What Kills Galaxies?

The above picture is of M87, 1 trillion stars (Milky way has around 250 Billion) it’s a monster of a galaxy, but unlike the Milky Way with it’s spiral arms and shape, it appears as if almost still with no definable structure except that of the core. These kinds of galaxies are called Elliptical, and ever since we started to realise that those nebula were not in fact nebula but galaxies, we’ve wondered why it is some galaxies appear to have little or no structure, and others amazingly complex or even totally random structure.

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz believe the detail is in the black hole.

M87 has a truly enormous central black hole, estimated at about 6.5 billion times the mass of our sun, compared to our Milky way’s tiddler of just 4 million. 

The researchers believe that as a galaxy forms and grows, gravity pulls towards the centre creating a whirlpool effect that we see in many spiral galaxies. As stars are born and die, super massive stars collapse and form stellar black holes, these then make their way towards the centre and the amalgamate into a super massive central black hole. Initially, this is a good thing, it pulls in more matter which in turn creates more stars at the outer edges of the galaxy. 

More stars means more black holes, which over time will seed the central black hole more and more. What Professor Faber’s team discovered was, there is a critical point at which the balance is broken, and the central black hole begins to dredge the galaxy of hydrogen, and kill off star formation.

This certainly appears to stand true, as quasars (super massive and very active black holes at the centre of some galaxies) are almost always elliptical galaxies and even our very first image of a black hole came from M87 and not our own much smaller central black hole.

If the logic follows, The milky way will enjoy a period of star growth, which will feed the very thing that will ultimately cut that star growth off, and the structure of our galaxy will change from Spiral to Lenticular and then finally Elliptical.

Of course, that’s assuming no other galaxy interfere’s with us before this occurs, and as it turns out, Andromeda spiral galaxy is heading straight for us in the next few billion years. Andromeda is much further down the path of exhausting it’s supply of hydrogen, but still enough for the spiral structure to be clearly seen.

Source : https://dailygalaxy.com/2020/07/the-galaxy-killer-its-central-supermassive-black-hole/

[5-fuxking-unicorns]

massive rosanne rosannadanna energy here

[looking-at-the-universe]

We are making history!

The first image of a black hole in M87

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OC tiem!

A little about my boy:

He was a puppet at first, his creator/father Roland, tried to understand life and how it occurs outside of the genetialia dance and eggs etc etc. He died before finishing Nemo and Nemo was left in a doll body, which he hated. He loved his dad and wasn’t mad at him, just upset he was stuck in a body with limited movement. Knowing what his dad had actually planned for him, this sucked. His father through a bunch of story I won’t get into, comes back to life and gets to finish making him. Resulting in what we have above. Roland is very fond of the jester/clown thing which Nemo is quite fond of aswell.