Cooper Griggs

Part One [doghousediaries]

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You have a right to remain silent and probably should, regardless of guilt or innocence. That's often true when encountering both the police and your spouse. You also have the right to a phone call. Choose carefully whom you call.

The Atlantic interviewed Dr. Demetrios Matsakis, Chief Scientist for Time Services at the US Naval Observatory about where time comes from, the precision required and how they obtain it, and why we need such precision. Five seconds into it, my wife commented, "That sounds nerdy." That's how you know it's gonna be good.

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Toronto-based artist Jess Riva Cooper created this haunting collection of ceramic busts called her Viral Series as part of an artist residency last fall at The Kohler Factory in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The pieces seem to lie at the peculiar intersection of life and death, as it should be given her inspiration behind the sculptures. Cooper shares about the Viral Series via email:

In my art practice I integrate colour, drawing, and clay to create installation-based artwork. I investigate fallen economic and environmental climates in regions such as Detroit, Michigan, where houses have become feral, disappearing behind ivy, trees and Kudzu vines that were planted generations ago. In my sculptures, the world sprouts plant matter. Colour and form burst forth from quiet gardens and bring chaos to ordered spaces. Nature reclaims its place by creeping over structures. Wild floral growth subverts past states, creating the preternatural from this transformation.

Several of the pieces will be on view at The Wassaic Project opening in June, and you can see much more here. If you liked this also check out the ceramic work of Mary O’Malley. (via NOTCOT)

Foldscope es un microscopio de papel diseñado en la universidad de Stanford. Su objetivo es reducir los costes de investigación de enfermedades en países en desarrollo, de forma que se pueda avanzar rápidamente hacia la solución sin toparse con el muro de la financiación.

Es precisamente en ese muro donde se encuentra el proyecto; un Foldscope se podría vender a menos de 1 euro, pero para eso se deberían fabricar varios miles de ellos y poder repartirlos (o incluso venderlos) a las comunidades interesadas.

La calidad es sorprendentemente buena: 2.000 aumentos, bastante más que el microscopio que venía en el Micronova y que, para colmo, era más caro. Abajo podéis ver una entrevista al creador del proyecto, Manu Pakrash. Si no os defendéis bien en inglés os recomiendo que saltéis hasta la mitad del vídeo para ver el ensamblaje y la calidad de las imágenes de Foldscope.

Visto en Infobioquímica gracias a Manuel

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Normalmente no veo películas de terror. No voy a hacerme el duro y a decir que es porque no me dan miedo; mentira: una simple bolsa de plástico siendo arrastrada por el viento en una calle solitaria ya me incita a buscar un palo. Dejémoslo en que simplemente veo otras cosas.

También es cierto que cuando algo está bien hecho hay que reconocerlo y darle el crédito que se merece, y Lights Out de David F. Sandberg es un muy buen corto de terror, premiado en el Festival Who's There. Sin dejar de recurrir a los tópicos (¿qué sería del terror sin los tópicos?), los maneja de forma eficiente y te deja con ganas de más.

Vamos, que acojona. Recomiendo echarle un ojo con las luces apagadas y el gato suelto para generar ambiente.

Visto en Geek Tyrant

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Niscemi, Italy

Niscemi, Italy

Niscemi, Italy

Niscemi, Italy

Bologna, Italy

Bologna, Italy

Rome, Italy

Messina, Italy

Messina, Italy

Messina, Italy

Over the last year artist Blu has dropped a number of killer murals in several Italian cities, most recently in Niscemi (top) where he created a three-story piece depicting a military figure playing a weaponized xylophone. Despite the extreme visual density present in Blu’s latest works, it’s impossible to miss his perspective on contemporary society from his skewering of religion and consumerism to his distaste for war and injustice. The last images shown here are parts of a massive mural painted last August in Messina, Italy—you really need to see the piece in its entirety to grasp it fully.

If you want to learn more about the context behind all of these pieces, StreetArtNews has you covered.

This Waitress Becomes The Victim Of A Life Changing Prank - Sharedots

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In this video, BuzzFeed has a group of kids create their own sound effects and vocals for popular movies, such as: Frozen, The Avengers, and Fast & Furious 6. The end results are quite funny.

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{Lilith by Paul Fryer}

Hoping the parents decide to skip a day...

PS: Just because I worry about this, this comic is in no way meant to insult or belittle trans people. In case it wasn't perfectly clear, the problem Popeye is having is with the accidental alteration of his physical appearance to something he dislikes. If it were on purpose, there would be no joke.

Incoming! [x]

As far as biologists are concerned, there's no such thing as a chupacabra. But a family in East Texas is sure they've caught one.

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey