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(L) Birds and beasts caricature rabbit (2009) (R) Wildlife frog caricature (2009)

And now for something completely different, here are some fascinating sculptures by Japanese artist Masao Kinoshita.

Kinoshita's bronze and painted resin sculptures feature the musculature and skeletal anatomies of various animals and mythical figures like the Hindu deity Ganesha and even a Kewpie doll. As you can see, the Tokyo University of Art and Design graduate combines technical mastery of sculpting buff bodies with a generous twist of the absurd.

Three Maenad by Masao Kinoshita (Photo: Yoshitaka Uchida and YuHiroshi Watanabe)

Take a look at a few more:

Sailor (2008) by Masao Kinoshita (Photo: Yoshitaka Uchida)

Ganesha (2011) by Masao Kinoshita (Photo: Yuhiroshi Watanabe )

Baby (2008) by Masao Kinoshita (Photo: Yoshitaka Uchida)

Teddy (2002) by Masao Kinoshita

Capable of keeping you dry when it's wet, cool when it's hot, warm when it's cold and alive in a crash, motorcycle safety gear is the most advanced apparel this side of a space suit.

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If corporations are people, then so are dogs, staplers, packaged foods and the color red. Why not? Haven’t trees earned the vote?

Buy something from the SFAM store, won’t you? You won’t regret it much.

Pomplamoose is heading out on tour, and they've celebrated with this wonderful cover of the Beatles' "Come Together."

"That's not the motorcycle I want," you think, about the new Ariel Ace . "That's rubbish, it's got the wrong forks and the wrong seats, and the wrong handlebars, and the wrong wheels. It's wrong, wrong, wrong." Well, good news, because Ariel has another bike for you. And it's also called the Ariel Ace.

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Blackwater personnel escorting Paul Bremer, an American civil administrator, upon his arrival in Ramadi, Iraq, in March 2004. [Reuters]

Under the world's most boring headline, the New York Times published a bizarre scoop by reporter James Risen this weekend. Did you read it? Read the rest

Cici James -- founder of Brooklyn's amazing science fiction bookstore Singularity and Co -- posed for a body-painted portrait amongst her wares. (more…)

Designer Janis Straupe created the BUG armoire for True Latvia. I love the way the neatly fitted boards look like a blown-up grain, making the whole thing seem like a scarab under a magnifying lens. The piece is also extremely beautiful when it is partially opened, each set of doors making it seem more like a fantasy jewel box blown up to a delightful, comic scale. And check out the detail shots for the incredible skill and thoughtfulness that went into the interior compartments! Read the rest

H.R. Giger, Headband, 1981. Metal. Designed for Backfired, 1981. Yes, that's Blondie's Debby Harry.

From Antennae Books, "Polaroids: H.R. Giger." A collection of personal snapshots by the late Swiss artist and Academy Award-winning film designer best known for Alien.

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Dj BC and Big D and The Kids Table have released two versions of a mashup track in celebration of the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter.

Danny Galieote's series of vivid paintings of feminine figures with fists and weapons clenched behind their backs is extremely satisfying.

You have your dog with you, but you have to run into the store. So you leave him in the car with the window cracked, expecting it to be cool as a freezer in there. The problem is it's still hot as hades in there. And your dog will still die. The same for babies, children, and the elderly too.

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A federal judge ruled today that the US deprived 13 people on its no-fly list of a constitutional right to travel, and provided no effective way to challenge being on the list.

A toddler nicknamed "Bou Bou" by his mom and dad was put into a medically-induced coma after being badly burned by a police “flash bang” grenade, which landed in the crib where the boy was sleeping during a drug raid.

Prepare yourselves: lower speed limits and a bunch of a bunch of speed cameras are most likely about to hit NYC.

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.@romenesko Medill misspells "integrated" on its diploma. #MedillF pic.twitter.com/2oRaMw79xz

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Oops. [myfoxchicago.com]

A Predator Drone.

The United States government may use lethal force against a citizen of our nation abroad, if the government determines that they're is part of an enemy organization seeking to attack America, according to a previously-classified memo released Monday.

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I shot a lot in May.  Here’s a quick rundown of every shoot.

Rebecca is a friend of a friend who I had never shot before.  I knew things would go well when we spent much more time discussing what kinds of beer to bring to the shoot than the kinds of photos we would take.  We got along wonderfully, and the shoot resulted in hundreds of images.  I look forward to our next shoot.

Once in a while you have to go exploring.  Some friends and I did, and found this in an abandoned science lab.

Monet, who I have shot many times before.  This shoot was her bellydancing outfits, which are impressive.

I met Raven at a party many years ago.  Shortly after that, we did a shoot in an abandoned paint factory.  She’s become a wonderful friend over the years.  This was a farewell shortly before she moved to Alaska.  The sparks are created by me off-camera with an angle grinder and rebar.

Emily has shot with me once before.  This time a friend was nice enough to loan me his woods for a backdrop.

Bubble has been a friend for years, but this was our first shoot together.  She’s got a thousand watt smile and used the word “myriad” conversationally.  

Anya is friend with another model I’ve shot before.  She tagged along to a shoot back in January, and I grabbed some shots of her with her friend.  This was our first one-on-one shoot.

Manic Delight is a pro model and a friend of a friend.  We got introduced to each other at a concert back in the spring, and made plans to shoot.  Several months and one farmers-market pigs head later, we managed to make it happen.

Eve has been a friend for years, and modeled for me many times before.  This was a simple Sunday shoot concentrating on her yoga skills.

My friend Katie is a fashion design grad student.  She needed photos of her work for her final portfolio.  She created the dress, and the model is her classmate Anya.

I met Christy Lynn about two years ago when a friend brought her to a burn.  I started plotting to shoot her about 10 seconds after we met, but it took two years for this to happen.  She’s always fun, and an amazing hooper.

Kat is the little sister of a longtime friend who’s wedding I performed years ago.  Despite this shoot happening on a Friday evening when we were both brain-fried, we got some beautiful shots.  I’m hoping to shoot her with her band soon.

Nummy is another long time friend who shot with me for the first time after years of thinking about it.

That’s it.  Thirteen shoots in thirty one days.  My house was messy, my laundry was piling up and my cats were mad at me, but for a month I got to shoot more than once every three days.  It was awesome and I hope to do better soon.  Not this month though.  June is for catching up on everything else.

In Kansas, 9-year-old Spencer Collins has been told by authorities that he must stop sharing books with his neighbors, and close the little free library--honestly, it's just a bookshelf--in his yard.

Six lionfish, which are native to the Indian Ocean, were accidentally released into the Caribbean in 1992 when an aquarium in southern Florida was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. Lionfish have since been detected in at least 30 locations in the U.S. and many more locations throughout the Caribbean; they and are believed to threaten native marine wildlife in Venezuela and the livelihoods of coastal towns dependent on fishing and tourism. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

The Gypsy Moth is the classic invader, hitching a ride to America in 1868 or 1869. Unlike many of the species below, we've learned a lot about controlling it, and it not occupies only a third of its former range.

South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. This one is coming for you, now: walk for your lives! Photo: Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry.

The Tiger Mosquito, native to Asia, is now found in abundance in the U.S. Photo: John Tann

Pictured in here in Casco Bay in Freeport, Maine, the European green crab is another invader. Encouraged by rising ocean temperatures, they are munching their way north through Maine’s clam flats, threatening the state’s third-largest fishery and an iconic summer treat for tourists. REUTERS/Dave Sherwood

Researchers are unsure if the Soybean cyst nematode is truly an invasive species, but its modern spread is alarming. The nematode causes stunted growth and reduced crop yields. Photo: USDA

In this infamous photo, a Burmese Python has exploded after foolishly trying to eat an alligator whole. Pythons, originally acquired as pets and dumped by their owners, have thrived in Florida's swamps since the 1990s.

Invasive species include many plants, choking out native flora and spreading uncontrollably, such as the kudzu photographed here in infrared by Kyle May (cc)

Cane toads, native to central and south America, can grow to the size of a small dog. They've been found in Hawaii and, of course, Florida, where they were introduced in 1936. There is a silver lining to this invasion: when caught, reports the BBC, they may be gassed and liquidized to make "excellent fertilizer." Photo: Akex Popvkin (cc)

Wild boar are not native to the U.S., but came with European settlers so long ago they are rarely counted among invasive species. Nonetheless, the huge eurasian hogs have become a "pandemic", beyond the control of hunters and trappers, damaging native plants and crops and forcing out native species: "We're not going to barbeque our way out of this problem."

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A teenager in South Carolina was refused his driver's license because he "did not look the way a boy should."

Chase Culpepper, 16, ultimately removed his makeup in order to get the photograph taken.

Marlon's spot on review of the Triumph Bonnie pretty much keeps me laughing the entire time. (more…)