-Rosi Braidotti

Mid 19th Century Clipper Ship Intaglio, Amethyst, Carnelian, Silver, $185

Hilary Sloane’s remix of John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885–6.

Take part in our 1840s GIF Party at Tate Britain by submitting your own GIF inspired by this artwork. 

[Babies Floating in Bucolic Landscape] Collage of gelatin silver prints on painted board, 1910s (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

[Young Woman with Green Bracelets] 1870s (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Vintage Turquoise & Gold Pyrex - Via

***Promotional AtomicStarburst Pyrex Casserole Dish 575B 2 qt. w. Lid & (1958) Chip and Dip “Hot Air Balloon” Pattern #441, #444***

Synthetic Glass Suit

"Miss Futurama," Betty Crain of Indiana, is seen wearing a transparent outfit made of "synthetic glass," otherwise known as plastic. She’s presenting a streamlined car to Harvey Gibson, chairman of the board of the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. - Via

1957 Skyport One | Design:James Dartford

The airport of the future as envisioned by designer James Dartford with three platforms that will serve as landing pads for planes and heli-buses and glass-enclosed elevator shafts to transfer passengers to ground level. - Via

Midway Mall former Higbee’s Department Store | Elyria, OH - Via

design-is-fine:

Dieter Rams, Braun record player PS 500, 1958. Germany. Via das programm

Tom Brady may have fame, talent, riches, and success, but he still has to take out the trash just like a normal loser like you and me. Here he is in Boston this morning disposing of all of the hopes and dreams of New England fans everywhere, presumably tossing the garbage twenty yards beyond the barrel then looking around for someone else to blame it on. See more pictures here.

starsaremymuse:

sagansense:

An orrery is a mechanical model of the heliocentric solar system illustrating the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons. This one (above), produced by Ken Condal. View it in real-time to watch this beauty in motion, HERE. Love to zerostatereflex for sharing.

I’ve always wanted one of those

Because their labels rarely say anything about geography, ripeness or sweetness, they have become a chance for today's winemakers to dabble in a bit of impressionism - often leaving just enough sugar to add charm without being distinctly sweet. This includes bottles from some of the country's greatest producers, including J.J. Prum in the Mosel and Donnhoff in the Nahe. They are now considered an insider's secret, one of the best unheralded values in wine.

please note: This is a buying guide, not a foraging guide.

doublemooncrab:

NEEDED THE VIDEO CAUSE OF THIS DAMN GIF-SET

The next time I have a bad day, I need to remember to watch this video. 

Beijing, bedeviled by smog, resorted to televising its sunrises this week, making wholly depressing use of Tiananmen Square's colossal LED screen. The glorious digital dawn was reportedly broadcast as "part of a patriotic video loop."

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generichenle:

フクロウのクウちゃん、水浴びから乾燥まで / Screech Owl having a bath and then being dried.

Early 19th Century Intaglio Wax Seal, Purple Crystal (sold)

An intaglio for sealing the outside of a letter that warns "Pry not if your’s it be not.”  I like it because it sounds like pirate-speak.

codepad:

codepad is an online compiler/interpreter, and a simple collaboration tool.

Paste your code… and codepad will run it and give you a short URL you can use to share it in chat or email.

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The thing that killed me about this setup was, okay, you put me in this bathing suit - but then I have to stop talking from here on? Strip me, and I’m silent! I am defiant with everyone else - Tarkin, Darth Vader - but this slug really shuts me up. Any defiance I had in the other movies, all gone.

I was so very happy to kill [Jabba]. It meant I could talk again. They asked me if I wanted a stunt double to kill Jabba and I said, ‘Really, really not. I really, really want to kill him myself.’

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Carrie Fisher on being Slave Leia (via tederick)

THIS RIGHT HERE is why I hate fandom’s fetishization of Slave Leia. Carrie explains it perfectly (obviously). Leia and Jabba’s interaction in ROTJ isn’t meant to be sexy. It’s meant to make us angry that Leia’s agency has been robbed from her. Her temperament on Tatooine is disgustingly authentic and so much darker when you really think about it.

(via corelliaorbust)

Well, this oughta clear up any widely-held misconceptions that all metalheads are knuckle-dragging cretins.

The post Metal Guitarist “Johnny Bones” Publicly Threatens Life of Texas State Senator Wendy Davis appeared first on MetalSucks.

English Literature, University of Edinburgh

'Who Speaks? The voice of the female lover in middle English literature: A dissertation in the style of a dream narrative'

sushiesque posted a photo:

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Five years ago, Robert Rodriguez was determined to make a movie about Red Sonja, the She-Devil With a Sword, starring his then-fiancee Rose McGowan. The film never happened, but you can see some fairly epic concept art.

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The problem with DWYL, however, is that it leads not to salvation but to the devaluation of actual work—and more importantly, the dehumanization of the vast majority of laborers. Superficially, DWYL is an uplifting piece of advice, urging us to ponder what it is we most enjoy doing and then turn that activity into a wage-generating enterprise. But why should our pleasure be for profit? And who is the audience for this dictum? DWYL is a secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment. According to this way of thinking, labor is not something one does for compensation but is an act of love. If profit doesn’t happen to follow, presumably it is because the worker’s passion and determination were insufficient. Its real achievement is making workers believe their labor serves the self and not the marketplace.

This article is about the fictional language in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy writings. For the real-world dialect, see African American Vernacular English.

Link (thanks, Sam Hill!)

"I am not rooting for the Broncos. I am not into Satanic worship. Please do not kill my whole family."

A quick look at: the Celtic carnyx, and accounts of their use from ancient sources.

"Their trumpets again are of a peculiar barbarian kind; they blow into them and produce a harsh sound which suits the tumult of war"

             -Greek Historian Diodorus Siculus (60-30 BC), Histories, 5.30.

The carnyx was a type of bronze trumpet used between c. 200 BC and c. AD 200 in Iron Age Europe, primarily by the Iron Age Celts. They were styled in the shape of an animal’s head, such as that of an open-mouthed boar. The carnyx was used in warfare, spurring troops into battle, and intimidating opponents. The upright carriage of the instrument allowed its bellowing sound to be heard over those in battles or in ceremonies. Greek historian Polybius (c. 200–c. 118 BC) was so impressed by the Gallic army’s use of them battle, he wrote:

"There were countless trumpeters and horn blowers and since the whole army was shouting its war cries at the same time there was such a confused sound that the noise seemed to come not only from the trumpeters and the soldiers but also from the countryside which was joining in the echo."

The first image is of reconstructions of the Celtic carnyx at the Celtic Museum in Hallein, photo taken by Wolfgang Sauber.

The second image is a detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron (200 BC-300 AD) showing figures with carnyx, currently located at the National Museum of Denmark, photo taken by Bloodofox.

allstarsandconstellations:

Rare Book: Wunderzeichenbuch, or ‘Book Of Miracles’, 1552

“In AD 1119, fiery arrows or spears appeared in the sky, everywhere in the whole sky. And stars fell from the sky and when water was poured over them, they made a sound or screamed.” The words are taken from an unparalleled Wunderzeichenbuch – or “book of miracles”. The miracles in question, all 167 of them, are hand-painted in gouache and watercolour and arranged in chronological order, from Old Testament scenes (the Flood, the parting of the Red Sea) to the Last Judgement. The main body of the work, however, is given over to events from recorded history, apocalyptic scenes such as a rain of meat in Liguria or a plague of vipers in Hungary; it’s a Renaissance equivalent of cranks’ newsletter The Fortean Times, albeit with a distinct focus on the astronomical. Some 60 or so of the folios depict cosmic events, particularly comets, painted with inventive élan and highlighted with gold leaf.

Read more: http://www.stephenpatience.co.uk/Essays/Wunderzeichenbuch.html