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17 Feb 22:19

Here's How the Pandemic Has Affected Islamic Wall Art

by Tasmiha Khan
Now it's possible to decorate a home in a modern style that's in line with Islamic tradition. READ MORE...
18 Jun 18:54

Area 120 takes on Pinterest with ‘Keen’ by using Google ML recommendations

by Abner Li

Area 120 is Google’s internal incubator for experimental efforts that usually get phased out and rolled into existing products. Keen is the latest Google Area 120 project and is rather Pinterest-esque in nature.

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01 Jun 17:52

Military veteran frustrated he has to annually fill out form to say his legs are still missing

by /u/WigwardStern
09 Apr 14:12

The Race to Save the Most Endangered Conifer in America

by Brian Kahn on Earther, shared by Maddie Stone to Gizmodo

TORREYA STATE PARK, FLORIDA—Religious scholars have long debated where Noah constructed his floating zoo made of “gopher wood” (Genesis 6:14) and what tree the ark’s gopher wood even came from. Some residents in the Florida Panhandle have an unlikely answer. The place in question is, well, there, and the tree in…

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25 Feb 15:44

Marvel Television Consolidates, Sets Adult-Animation Block on Hulu

by Chelsea Steiner

howard the duck makes an end credits cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy.

The great Marvel television consolidation continues, as Marvel and Disney take further steps to wrap up their current series and bring future shows into the fold. With the cancellation of The Punisher and Jessica Jones, Marvel is officially finished with their Netflix partnership (although thankfully we still have season three of Jessica Jones coming).

Following those cancellations, Marvel has also pulled the plug on FX’s trippy X-Men series Legion, which will end after its third season, which airs in June. FX CEO John Landgraf said, “Noah Hawley had always considered Legion to be a three-season show, and he has confirmed that he’s going to stick with his plan. This will be the final season.”

Fox’s The Gifted, which is also set in the X-Men universe, is unlikely to be renewed. It’s second season rating are 40% lower than its first, making it one of Fox’s lowest rated shows.

With the Disney-Fox merger bringing X-Men, Deadpool, and The Fantastic Four back into the Marvel fold, along with the upcoming launch of Disney’s streaming service Disney+, Marvel is looking to keep all of their television programming under one roof. But said roof is massive, including not only those two studios, but their subsidiaries like ABC and Hulu (in which Fox owns a 60% share).

That means that the shows most likely to live on a post-merger world are ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, which has already been renewed for a seventh season after the sixth season premiere in June, as well as Hulu’s Runaways. Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger, which is also part of the Disney family, is likely safe as well.

And while Disney+ will be making family-friendly fare like the upcoming Loki origin series, the Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson buddy show and the Vision and Scarlet Witch series, Hulu is prepping to pick up more adult-oriented programming.

Hulu and Marvel will be launching their own animated parody of The Defenders, with four new shows set for a crossover. The series focuses on four characters from the Marvel stable: MODOK, Hit-Monkey, Tigra & Dazzler and Howard the Duck.

Howard the Duck will be written and executive-produced by Kevin Smith and Dave Willis (Aqua Teen Hunger Force). The description for the show reads, “Howard the Duck is trapped in a world he never made, but America’s favorite fighting fowl hopes to return home with the help of his unstoppable gal pal Beverly before the evil Dr. Bong can turn him the crispiest dish on the menu.”

Jordan Blum (American Dad!) and Patton Oswalt will helm M.O.D.O.K. , which “centers around an egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body, who struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.”

Josh Gordon (Office Christmas Party) and Will Speck (Blades of Glory) are on board for Hit-Monkey, which “tells the tale of a wronged Japanese snow monkey, mentored by the ghost of an American assassin, as he cuts a wide swath through the Tokyo underworld in this darkly cinematic and brutally funny revenge saga.”

And finally, Tigra & Dazzler Show will follow “two woke superheroes and best friends, Tigra and Dazzler, as they fight for recognition among powered people who make up the eight million stories in Los Angeles.” The female-fronted series will be written and executive produced by Chelsea Handler and Erica Rivinoja (The Last Man on Earth).

All four series will come together in a crossover event titled The Offenders.

Are you excited for an adult animation block geared towards superheroes? Will you be watching these upcoming Marvel offerings?

(via The Hollywood Reporter, image: Marvel)

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25 Oct 18:31

Congress Has Its Own Sexual Harassment Problem 

by Clio Chang

Over the weekend, four female senators came forward with their own accounts of sexual harassment. Elizabeth Warren recounted that when she was a law professor, she was chased around a desk by a senior faculty member as he tried to put his hands on her. Claire McCaskill recalled that when she was a state legislator,…

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29 Jan 21:47

English is Surprisingly Devoid of Emotionally Positive Words

by George Dvorsky

While investigating non-English words associated with positive emotions and concepts, a British researcher recently discovered 216 foreign words for which there is no English translation.

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12 Dec 16:27

Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station in Cloquet, Minnesota

The Frank Lloyd Wright gas station today

In 1927, at the height of his career, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gas station. Part of a utopian city plan that he championed throughout his professional life, this little piece of Wright’s utopia was intended for Buffalo, New York. The Buffalo station was never built, but 30 years later, the master architect got his gas station – this one in Cloquet, Minnesota – and it’s still in business today.

Wright had designed a house for a resident of Cloquet named R. W. Lindholm, who happened to be in the petroleum business. Wright never gave up on his utopian city, and knowing what his client did for a living, he convinced Lindholm to build a gas station that was similar in design to the Buffalo station. The original was part of Wright’s broader goal to build an entire city of his own design – a place he called “Broadacre City” – a kind of city of the future, one that decidedly relied on automobiles. Wright saw the car as a way to personal freedom for Americans, so he gave the drivers of Cloquet what he thought that future needed in a gas station, including an observation deck where the attendants could watch for cars in warmth and comfort.    

Wright’s Broadacre City never happened, but at least the Cloquet gas station did. It first opened in 1958, just one year before Wright died at the age of 91. Today the station is still operating, now owned by Lindholm’s grandson. That’s almost six decades of servicing Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of the future. Or at least its cars.  

08 Dec 03:10

Home & Office : Star Trek: TNG Enterprise Blueprint Shower Curtain

Exfoliate your nacelles. This simple schematic view of the Enterprise D on this Star Trek: TNG Enterprise Blueprint Shower Curtain has all sorts of important bits labeled, like the impulse engines, the dorsal phaser array, and the deflectors. $24.99
03 Dec 18:40

MANUFRACT: Furniture Inspired by Self-Healing Trees

by Caroline Williamson

MANUFRACT: Furniture Inspired by Self-Healing Trees

MANUFRACT® creates handcrafted furniture out of broken pieces of wood which is form filled with an eco resin to establish its final shape. The collection was inspired by the process that trees go through when they self-heal as they naturally release resin to fix the wound.

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Here the resin fills in all of the cracks and crevices that were made when the wood broke. Since each piece of broken wood is different, every piece of furniture is completely unique.

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22 Sep 01:43

Step Aboard the Enterprise-D in This Amazing Star Trek Virtual Reality Demo

by James Whitbrook

The current VR boom in technology has given us some pretty spectacular moments. Headsets like the Oculus Rift or HTC’s Vive even have entertainment giants planning content using them to create immersive experiences. That’s cool, sure. But none of that lets you wander around the Enterprise-D in awe, does it?

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17 Sep 12:37

touché. 



touché. 

14 Sep 14:36

Advent

The few dozen doors that have little Christmas trees on them are a nice touch.
02 Sep 15:46

Tiny Pup Prefers the Window Stay Down, Not That You Care

by Hudson Hongo

“Hey, can the window stay down for now? I like it down, thanks.”

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01 Sep 02:45

This is Exactly What New Horizons saw Zipping by Pluto

by Mika McKinnon on Earth & Space, shared by Cheryl Eddy to io9

When the New Horizons spacecraft raced past Pluto this summer, it constantly snapped photographs both coming and going. This is exactly what it saw while zooming past the frozen dwarf planet. Whoa.

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29 Aug 22:47

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jonah-Moses-Noah

by admin@smbc-comics.com

Hovertext: More like... rock, paper, SINNERS.


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24 Aug 21:51

A Clever Accessory Ensures You'll Always Know When You're Drilling Straight

by Andrew Liszewski

The vast majority of time you’re using a drill, you want your hole to end up as straight as possible. And the BullseyeBore promises to make it a lot easier to keep your drill at a perfect 90-degree angle using a series of laser-projected rings that distort when it’s not straight.

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22 Aug 15:36

Home & Office : Schrödinger's Cat Mug

This molded mug features Schrodinger's Cat alive on one side and dead on the other. Bring some uncertainty to your morning coffee. This molded mug features Schrödinger's Cat alive on one side and dead on the other. Bring some uncertainty to your morning coffee. $9.99
31 Jul 12:35

Vet

It's probably for the best. Since Roombas are native to North America, it's illegal for Americans to keep them in their houses under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
09 Jul 20:54

Aww, There's a Colander Spoon Version of That Adorable Loch Ness Ladle

by Andrew Liszewski

The internet nearly lost its mind over the adorable Loch Ness monster Nessie Ladle we posted earlier this year. It was fun and functional at the same time, and its creator, OTOTO Designs, has returned with a new colander spoon version it’s calling Mamma Nessie given it’s slightly larger.

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08 Jul 18:45

What If Jurassic Park Took Place In Other Geologic Eras?

by Andrew Liptak

Paleontologists have long pointed out some of the problems with Jurassic Park the theme park - namely that most of its inhabitants weren’t actually from the actual Jurassic Era. College Humor looks at what Pre-Cambrian Park and other accurately named parks might look like.

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08 Jul 18:41

Look at How These Crazy Fake Foods Are Made in Japan — Video

by Ariel Knutson

Have you ever walked by a window outside of a restaurant where plates of food are displayed? They're meant to catch your attention and make you want to eat at the restaurant. But how exactly do they make those plates of food? Is it actually real food, or something ... else?

Here's how display food is made in Japan. It's seriously mind-blowing.

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21 Jun 16:10

have a great weekend, guys!



have a great weekend, guys!

11 Jun 20:52

These Are Good Shirts

by Hamilton Nolan

Looking for some new shirts?

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08 Jun 20:50

A Floating Observation Dome Gives Fish a Glimpse of the Outside World

by Andrew Liszewski

Some people revel in being a big fish in a small pond. But real fish stuck in a real pond probably aren’t as happy about the situation. So to make the Koi swimming around in your backyard a little happier, consider upgrading their pond with this floating dome that lets them actually swim above the surface of the water and see the world outside their underwater home.

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28 May 02:00

Brilliant Work of Art Proves Raw Meat Is Great at Using Tinder

by Bobby Finger

In just two and a half years, Tinder has gone from quirky new app to one of the biggest online dating services in the world. Hilary Duff uses it. Leonardo DiCaprio uses it. “Swipe left” and “swipe right” have become synonymous with rejection and approval. And now it’s become the inspiration for Tender - a gorgeous and hypnotic piece of functional art created by four students at Leiden University in The Netherlands.

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27 May 15:45

Keyboard Mash

WHY DON'T YOU COME HANG OUT INSIDE MY HOUSE. WE CAN COOK BREAD AND CHAT ABOUT OUR INTERNAL SKELETONS.
20 May 20:57

Peter Dinklage Teams Up With Coldplay For Game Of Thrones: The Musical!

by Charlie Jane Anders

For Red Nose Day, Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage is singing a hilarious blues jam about the fact that he’s “Still Going Strong” after Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon and so many other great characters have died. Basically, he’s paid the cost to be the boss. [h/t Frank!]

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18 May 16:31

Install Your Own Cable Railing for a Better View on Your Deck

by Timothy Dahl on Workshop, shared by Andy Orin to Lifehacker

Standard horizontal deck railing looks great, but when you’re seated in your favorite rocker, they can obstruct an otherwise magnificent view. Switch to cable railing which keeps your deck secure and maintains excellent sight lines.

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16 May 03:41

North, South, East or Westie Dress

by ModCloth
North, South, East or Westie Dress

Anywhere in the world you may arrive, the locals will concur that your quirky style in this printed sundress is undeniable! In a dark wash chambray with a bleach-like pattern of West Highland White Terriers, this bustier-style frock - complete with a comfy shirred back - is cute as can be.

Price: $69.99