1. Get some cheap dishes and break them when you get upset.
2. Learn how to say “NO” and don’t feel guilty about it
3. Buy something frivolous for yourself once in awhile, like a new hat. 
4. Never again do anything you don’t want to do. 

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How to Dress for Your Body Type.

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Google+ demonstrates deforestation and other man-made climate disasters with satellite images
May 18, 2013

It’s one thing to talk about deforestation, disappearing habitats, and shrinking glaciers and water resources, and another thing entirely to demonstrate it with actual satellite imagery. And thanks to Landsat images and the Google Earth Engine, we’re getting a glimpse at some key locations across the planet as they are changed by the hands of man. A series of interactive timelapse GIFs that use Landsat satellite data to display massive changes to the Earth’s surface could be a potent tool for motivating individuals and organizations to take action on key issues.

Google’s Animated GIFs of Earth Over Time focuses our attention on key features of our planet, such as the Amazon rainforest, the coal beds of Wyoming, the Columbia Glacier, the Aral Sea, and the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

Today, we’re making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth’s surface over time. Working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, we’re releasing more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space, compiled for the first time into an interactive time-lapse experience. We believe this is the most comprehensive picture of our changing planet ever made available to the public.

- Google

Some of the visualizations are kind of subtle, and need to be put into context to really hit home (such as the massive increase in irrigated areas in Saudi Arabia, which affects local water supplies, or the urban sprawl of Las Vegas, which also puts increased demands on local resources), but some of them, such as this one documenting the rapidly disappearing rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon, speak for themselves:

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. The Amazon rainforest is shrinking at a rapid rate to provide land for farming and raising cattle. Each frame of the timelapse map is constructed from a year of Landsat satellite data, constituting an annual 1.7-terapixel snapshot of the Earth at 30-meter resolution.

- Google Earth Engine

These interactive time-lapse images can be manipulated by pausing or zooming in to them, as we’ve come to expect from Google Earth, and may serve as a pivot point for those who are on the fence about the effects that our booming population and its increased demand for resources has on our Big Blue Marble.

Source

You can view all of the images at Google +, and you can read a backstory at TIME.

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The ruminal cannual - permanent access to a cow’s stomach to analyse the feed process to maximise meat and milk production. Beyond repulsive and heartbreaking.

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Poor kid

This is fucking disgusting. How bad can you get meat industries?

:( I hate this.

Hey guys, so it’s actually called a “rumen cannula” which yes, means permanent access to the rumen. These cows are usually used to provide rumen fluid to cows who have an unhealthy rumen, such as those with rumen acidosis, and it is often a life-saving procedure.

In my experience, very few dairy cows have these procedures and are maintained ‘on the line’ for an extensive period of time. Often they are instead used, such as the one we had at school, just as a donor, and otherwise have a fairly nice lifestyle. They do also use them for studies to measure rumen pH, microbial load, etc, with differing variables.

Just so you know, I have been vegan for 5 years now, and vet school only solidified it. I was very disappointed overall with the dairy industry and the direction it is headed in, but I wanted to make sure you all were correctly informed.

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A little while ago I posted a list of my favorite recipe sites that seemed to get a fair few notes, so I figured I’d post a new one of my updated list.
Bolded my personal favorites/frequently updated sites. 

1. veganricha
2. fatfreevegan
3. namelymarly
4. olivesfordinner
5. manifestvegan
6. likeavegan
7. veganbaking
8. keepinitkind
9. findingvegan 
10. healthishappiness
11. growingupveg
12. dessertswithbenefits
13. vegan-magic
14. sweethealthyliving
15. includingcake
16. thecinnamonquill (not entirely an entirely vegan sites, but has tabs to find vegan recipes) 
17. veganyumyum
18. thetolerantvegan
19. vegrecipesofindia (also not a 100% vegan site, but all veg and plenty of vegan meals) 
20. liveblissful
21. theveganroad

GOOD STUFF!

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PSA! What to do when you find Bunnies!