Russian Sledges

JimsWalks has added a photo to the pool:

A juvenile Powerful Owl clings possesively to a wad of possum fur.

Ninox strenua.

While vacationing on the Maldives Islands, Taiwanese photographer Will Ho stumbled onto an incredible stretch of beach covered in millions of bioluminescent phytoplankton. These tiny organisms glow similarly to fireflies and tend to emit light when stressed, such as when waves crash or when they are otherwise agitated. While the phenomenon and its chemical mechanisms have been known for some time, biologists have only recently began to understand the reasons behind it. You can see a few more of Ho’s photographs over on Flickr.

Leonind Brezhnev, Helsinki. Photo by David Kennerly, 1975.

Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev takes a smoke break outside the final day of the Helsinki Summit, August 1, 1975. One of the advantages of my position as the official White House photographer at that time was my ability to get close to world leaders who were otherwise inaccessible to outsiders, particularly from Communist countries.

Media and communication science, University of Klagenfurt

"Il ritorno al bar. Investigating the communal viewing of football transmissions in italian bars and Pubs"

theladybadass:

Scenes from 1938 Carnival of Swing concert on Randall’s Island, NY. It is considered the first outdoor jazz festival.

Are these legit? They’re amazing. 

televisionwithoutpity:

comics:

virginiagentlenerd:

Yes.

Tiara-rang

Still awesome.

"I got this."

These oreos are “Blizzard Flavored”, but if you note that the Dairy Queen Blizzard on the package is full of ground-up Oreos, it’s a cookies-and-creme flavored Oreo. The Oreo is flavored with itself. It’s an Oreo flavored Oreo. Soylent Oreo is made of Oreos.

Hans Holbein The Ambassadors  ::  Robert Lazzarini Skull

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart

hodad

#soundstudies

The rally against New Orleans' proposed noise ordinance — which was withdrawn last night — has moved from Duncan Plaza into City Hall and has now entered City Council chambers.

Follow Alex Woodward's coverage on Twitter for the latest. Full coverage later today.

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Steven Moffat's been in charge of Doctor Who's storytelling since 2010, and he's probably nearing the end of his tenure. So everybody's wondering who could take over this insanely demanding job, when the show regenerates next time. Let's break down seven prospects, in order of most likely to least likely.

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German, NYU

In a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York--the paperwork of which is somewhat ironically set in Arial

We’ve already taken the first step by securing a second, much larger location, right around the corner from our existing shop. With this addition, we know we can turn danger!awesome into Greater Boston's next great makerspace. We have the team, the technology, and the vision to see it through, but now we need you to make this renovation happen.

We've known since his reveal as the Twelfth Doctor that Peter Capaldi is a mahoosive Doctor Who fan, but he's also apparently been known to dabble in some fan art, too!

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Tiny Tim in Blue Glitter! - Via

The Guy who Built a 1970s Pan Am Airplane in his Garage

“Airplane Nerd” Anthony Toth spent more than 20 years and $100K building a partial replica of a 1970s Pan Am Boeing 747 in his Redondo Beach garage when he realized he needed to build an upper deck as well. So, he moved the setup to a 3,000 sq. ft. warehouse to store the structure. 

In his 20s, he worked for United Airlines, which bought decommissioned Pan Am planes. Anthony made sure he was there during the United rebranding to get his hands on anything that would have otherwise been tossed. He collected everything from Pan Am ice buckets, salt & pepper shakers to cocktail napkins.

Much of the actual plane is a former Japan Airlines 747 that Toth rescued from a Mojave Desert boneyard. When he finally unveiled his work to the local press, he hired real ex-Pan Am flight attendants to serve in-flight meals in their old uniforms as he played the sound of humming jets controlled by his iPad.

All he needs now is to hire John Travolta to fly the darn thing. - Via

Carlo Zanni Landscape  ::  Alan Belcher ____.jpg

José Manuel Ballester Palacio Real  ::  Sophie Matisse Las Meninas

The pitch that Disney is making is personalization. For each band, for example, Disney asks for the name and birthday of the person who’ll be wearing it. So if your kid is having a birthday in the park and there’s a character wandering nearby, that character can be notified to sneak up on your kid and creepily wish them a happy birthday individually.

Art, CalArts.

A More Supple Perplex

Derek Frech Modem/Router Rock  ::  The Consortium for Slower Internet Router

1968 Glendura Vinyl Sheet Flooring | Kentile Floors - Via

Futuristic City

Model Showing the World’s Fair Grounds | From “Seattle The Nation’s Most Beautiful City” Copyright 1961, Published by Ellis Postcard Co. - Via

1962 U.S. Science Pavilion Arches | Design: Minoru Yamasaki for The Century 21 Exposition (aka the Seattle World’s Fair) | Seattle, WA

Architect Minoru Yamasaki also designed the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City.

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Are you ready for a Friday cocktail? Because Tom is ready to drink some Boston Milk Punch!

 

I hope this is going to be good. Otherwise Tom might need that Pepsin Toddy.

This is what happens when you want to have a cocktail, but your teething baby wants to be held.

“Is it good?”

“Delicious.”

The Verdict: Delicious

From The Tasting Notes:

Very good and creamy without being heavy. Interesting usage of milk rather then cream, but I think it works. It’s a good winter drink, and the two liquors blend well together with the nutmeg.

DAVID BROOKS warns us that the current anxiety about income inequality is self-defeating. "Some on the left have always tried to introduce a more class-conscious style of politics. These efforts never pan out," he writes. "America has always done better, liberals have always done better, when we are all focused on opportunity and mobility, not inequality, on individual and family aspiration, not class-consciousness." Mr Brooks is quite right that this sort of thing has a long history. I was immediately reminded of a passage of precisely such class-conscious rabble-rousing that I happened to re-read just the other day:

[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser...Continue reading

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Rabbits - David Lynch (2002)