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Call Me Stormy In this simple experiment, two capuchin monkeys are perfectly happy to work for cucumber slices. But when one of the monkeys starts receiving grapes as a reward, the second monkey gets outraged and stages a revolt. H/T … Continue reading →

Originally posted on THATNEWGRIND:
In a brilliant move to advertise the new Monsters Inc. movie, Pixar has launched a website for the fictional college Monsters University. The site looks like any other college website (if not, better), going into impeccable…

Originally posted on Bollyfiller:
Iian Pattinson and Tamara Arom-Hobbs are the reason I ever got into samba. I often jokingly call them my samba parents. They have a lot to answer for. They run an incredible samba group for young…

Originally posted on Oblique Exposure:
Found among my film shots, the decoration on the shutters outside a sex shop (private shop, in polite British parlance), in Manchester’s rowdy Northern Quarter. One of these days I’m going back there with my…

Originally posted on Static Airwaves:
Synopsis A man sat outside a shisha bar gets given a pair of glasses that allow him to see something quite strange. Directors Notes Shot in Rusholme Manchester… Special Thank You The Manchester College Mike…

Calling all Russophiles! Catherine Dank from Manchester Metropolitan University will talk about the friendship between Manchester and St Petersburg, 2 -4pm , on the 13th October in City Library. We will be showing rare film clips; taken from the North…

Originally posted on It's Interesting:
Jon Hubbard, a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, has written a new book in which he says slavery was “a blessing” for African-Americans, among other questionable statements. Hubbard, a first term…

Originally posted on adrenalin ghosts:
A dying mother. Her and her son sing a Caruso song at full blast. They don’t care if it annoys the neighbours. His girlfriend tells them to sing louder and turn it up. An old…