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design-is-fine:

William Curtis, The botanical magazine or Flower-Garden Displayed, launched 1787. London. Shown is Orange Lily, 1809. Unknown illustrator. Via KettererKunst

Some early images of DeForest Kelley, apparently tucked away in the sleeve of a record album by a long-ago fan. (More images here.)

Giddy up

There are scores of ways to remember a tragedy, this shouldn't be one of them.

The entire Torino football club died in a 1949 plane crash. This new monument isn't ideal... http://t.co/TekZQFrKzV pic.twitter.com/sz7Ivtd4q0

— Teju Cole (@tejucole) May 14, 2014

Choosing to erect the proper memorial isn't an easy job, but it shouldn't be this hard either.

May 4 represented the 65th anniversary of the Superga air disaster, which killed 18 players as well as numerous coaches and officials from Torino F.C. Naturally government officials are distancing themselves from the project due to public outrage, which according to "la Reppublica Torino" is growing in size.

The following is translated from their report.

There is a flurry of indignant protests and even an internet petition launched against the controversial monument dedicated to Torino F.C., installed in Borgaro on Sunday, May 4, on a roundabout near Piazza Grande Toro. The initiative, endorsed by the City of Torino has been called "ugly, disrespectful and especially gruesome."

Seriously, who thought this was a good idea?

Crude Buster (Data East - arcade -1991)

vgjunk:

From yesterday’s Crude Buster article, an image that I think say a lot about the game.

The Web intelligence company Recorded Future is reporting -- picked up by the Wall Street Journal -- that al Qaeda is using new encryption software in the wake of the Snowden stories. I've been fielding press queries, asking me how this will adversely affect US intelligence efforts.

I think the reverse is true. I think this will help US intelligence efforts. Cryptography is hard, and the odds that a home-brew encryption product is better than a well-studied open-source tool is slight. Last fall, Matt Blaze said to me that he thought that the Snowden documents will usher in a new dark age of cryptography, as people abandon good algorithms and software for snake oil of their own devising. My guess is that this an example of that.

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Courtney shared this story from Super Opinionated.

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Female Comic: Being a woman is kind of a nightmare sometimes!
The General Public: *crickets*
Louis CK: Being a woman is kind of a nightmare sometimes!
The General Public: *standing ovation* *balloons drop from ceiling* *Louis CK elected President of Comedy* Hahaha that is SO TRUE! I'm so glad this guy gets it! Have you heard his bit about how it's ok to say faggot?

Are you on a budget but have plenty of time and patience? Then you can use pop tabs to construct armor. RPF forum user PoptabArtist has constructed armor from the material before, and she uses a method that combines the pop tabs with chainmail rings. First, she plotted out a pattern. Then, the tedious work starts. And all of the work on this build seems to fall into that category – but look how neat it appears! She paints the pop tabs in sections. For example, when she started the leg pieces, she painted almost 200 pop tabs yellow. Then she laid them out and started connecting them with jump rings. Wow.

She started on the Iron Man build in June 2013 and has been posting progress on the RPF and Facebook. You can see many more photos there and marvel at how far the suit has come. Also, you can examine her method and work on your own set of pop tab armor!

jennytrout:

obscuruslupa:

dobies-secret-joffrey-rp-blog:

familiaralien:

the-treble:

He tries so hard no to say, “A big black cock.” Only 15 seconds. Worth the watch.

why does this have so few notes?

omg i came for the big black cock and got a lot more than i expected

LOL it keeps getting better to the last second

I think this guy must be horribly afraid of birds, but he’d really psyched himself up to do this segment, and he’s just reached the point of,”Yeah. I can do this. I didn’t say ‘big black cock,’ so things are going well.” And then the bird attacked him, hence the screaming and running away.

screaming, running away with his hands over his head!

Almost to the future. [x]

dani-saur:

prokopetz:

“You were so focused on whether you COULD do it, you never stopped to ask whether you SHOULD.” - Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park

Oh my God who are you

First the good news: Fox is making a completely insane series Wayward Pines that is channeling Twin Peaks... hard. So hard it's almost too much. Now the bad news: it's being directed by M. Night Shyamalan. *Makes scales with hands*

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williamshatnerds:

Some of my favorite #StopOrci2014 tweets so far.

Seven Scary Facts About How Global Warming Is Scorching the United States:

By Chris Mooney, originally posted at Mother Jones. I wish I could say the list he provides is alarming, but if you’ve been paying any attention at all, it’s not. You can read it at the link,

Image: Nation Climate Assessment

Welcome to Occupy Inc.

US Federal Communications Commission chair Tom Wheeler’s proposals last week against “net neutrality”—the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally regardless of source—created a wave of internet traffic in its own right. Wheeler’s new proposal, that internet service providers can prioritize some sites’ traffic over others by allowing bandwidth-guzzling sites such as Netflix to pay a premium for optimal speed (but not restrict access to lawful sites altogether), is a virtual about-face from the FCC’s 2009′s edict that ISPs “must treat lawful content, applications, and services in a nondiscriminatory manner.” The FCC’s inconsistency has not gone unnoticed—with companies ranging from web behemoths like Facebook and eBay joining forces with social responsibility titans like CREDO Mobile and a myriad of startups to oppose the new FCC ruling. Critics say that such the FCC’s two-tiered “fast lane” framework—where the haves stream video in HD and the have-nots are relegated to slower speeds—would make it virtually impossible for Netflix-esque startups to take shape – “…if deep-pocketed players can pay for a faster, more reliable service, then small startups face a crushing disadvantage,” says one venture capitalist.

And with one government statement, net neutrality has become the new income inequality, the cause celebre of the progressive activist — and for the first time, the offices of Big Technology are allied with the tents of Occupy.

Last week saw the birth of the #OccupyTheFCC movement and a protest movement began camping on on the steps of the FCC’s Washington, DC headquarters. True to Occupy form, daily (and nightly) “actions” have punctuated the FCC’s daily operations since last Wednesday. From banners and greeting workers daily with a “human firewall” outside of the front entrance, to citywide awareness-driving PSA campaigns, to highway overpass signs, the movement is picking up steam heading into day eight. They’re “not going away anytime soon.” Its organizers, Fight for the Future, are no strangers to online protest, having risen to prominence in 2011 through the viral anti-SOPA “blackout” widget, was adopted by everyone from Google to Wikipedia in a coordinated effort against the unpopular “anti-piracy” legislation.

This Thursday—when the FCC is slated to release its proposal on net neutrality guidelines—is scheduled to see an escalation in dissent, with both organizing group the People’s Firewall and vigilante group Anonymous calling for a Americans to “show up at your local FCC office at noon on the 15th.” The FCC, to its credit, took to social media today to stem the tide—with FCC special counsel Gigi Sohn taking to Twitter today to diffuse animus by reminding users that Thursday’s proposal will address public concerns such as reclassification of broadband providers as “common carriers” of utility akin to a phone company, asking the public whether Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act would be a better route to an open internet, and ensuring equal broadband access to communities of color—but even with such caveats, some tweeters were not buying it.

When I was involved in the technical operations side of Occupy Wall Street back in 2011, multinational corporations—certainly those of the stature of Google or Dropbox—were decidedly persona non grata on the online side of things. Occupy was the quintessential movement of the “people,” of the 99%, and what could be more 1% than a personified billionaire corporation? “The people” and “big business” were decidedly on opposite sides of a shrinking table—and it was up to “the people” to make their voices heard against the forces of plutocracy.

#OccupyTheFCC, however, is a different entity entirely—and it seems Net Neutrality may have been the one issue to unite both occupied and occupier.

For the first time, the voices of Occupy protestors are echoing the sentiments of the big corporate players:  Ebay, LinkedIn and Facebook have all likewise expressed “support for a free and open internet.” Today, as opposed to Zuccotti Park protesters near Wall Street, #OccupyTheFCC protestors are greeted with a cheery “Hi” from FCC employees upon entrance.  Swiss tech company Golden Frog had pizza delivered to protestors today, and one tweeter even accused Google of paying for protestors’ tents. Indeed, as Justin Fox at Harvard Business Review points out, it is ironic that Google, the company so aligned with “the people” (and whose CEO one self-styled “founder” of OWS wants to rule America) in this issue has twice the market capitalization of its “evil” counterpart Comcast—the #OccupyTheFCC movement, then, essentially “pits one set of gigantic capitalist entities that happen to be preferred by Democratic politicians against another set preferred by the Republicans.”

In this respect, the People’s Fiber is a far cry from the People’s Microphone. And it may just be this fact that will make #OccupyTheFCC more successful than its Wall Street predecessor.  The union of innovation-centered digital powerhouses, old-fashioned grassroots culture-jamming and protesting, and targeted social media are proving to be just the cocktail to force the FCC to reconsider its position.  This may be the combo that is making FCC commissioners step out of their offices and take notice. Whether this union is the result of “activists [having] garnered support” of big tech companies, or the realization of a common goal of tollkeeper-free data transmission is anyone’s guess at this point.

One thing seems to be proving true, however: The people and the corporation—united—will never be defeated.

We welcome your comments at ideas@qz.com.

Politico

Baraka Is Elected Mayor of Newark Wall Street Journal Ras Baraka, a frequent and impassioned critic of Cory Booker who promised to reshape many of Newark's policies, was elected mayor Tuesday night after a close and often nasty campaign. Mr. Baraka had more than 53% of the vote with 96% of precincts ... Baraka declares Newark win; Trenton eyes runoffPhilly.com Shavar Jeffries concedes Newark mayoral raceNJ.com Newark, NJ, voters go to polls to choose successor to Cory BookerLos Angeles Times seattlepi.com -ABC News -The Star-Ledger all 194 news articles »

How does one define failure as a jurist? Is it an inability to perform one's work without letting personal biases interfere? How about intellectual limitations or poor writing ability? Does an invisible career count?

Last year, we told you about Bartkira, a project to remake Ōtomo Katsuhiro's manga Akira using characters from The Simpsons. Part of the project is now available as a limited edition book from Floating World Comics featuring 80 pages from 19 of the artists.

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tybalt-tisk:

I laughed at this so hard, my brother’s dog farted out of fear. 

Most common language besides English and Spanish

“What’s wrong [with the comics industry]? … In the late ’70s, all the comic fans decided to get into the business. The problem is, it was a bunch of superhero fans. And an industry that had, up until that point, catered to almost every genre imaginable slowly and slowly was narrowed down and boiled down to a point where it was superhero comics, and that’s all there were. And then they all were writing these comics for each other — not for a mass market, not for young people. And then, as they aged, the content aged to suit their needs. And the idea is, when you’re an adult, you’re supposed to turn to other forms of entertainment, maybe, or appreciate comics for what they were. But that hasn’t been the case. So now we have superheroes that rape, we have heroin addicts, we have all this kind of bullshit that’s been heaped onto these characters that were meant to entertain kids and give them a little sense of right and wrong and adventure. I think it’s so sad. And you see what the strategy has done. … In 1972, Jimmy Olsen comics sold 200,000 copies a month, and it was canceled because that wasn’t enough to keep it going. These days, the best-selling book can barely scrape past 70,000 — never mind the worst-selling books. So let’s take a look at that strategy that’s been applied to this business. How’d it work out? Not too good. And the less people that read ‘em, the more expensive they have to be, and the more cryptic they have to be to cater to that tiny little market they’ve got. That’s what’s wrong.”

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Darwyn Cooke (via comicquotations)

Epic rant.

(via superdames)

Also applicable to miyazaki’s statement the other day

(via fujoshifeminism)

If you can disassemble and remove this fifty-foot-long, century-old barn from some dude's property, it's yours. Probably a great source of beautiful old wood, as well as a substantial pain in the butt.

mikasoranocosplay:

WHAT THE FUCK!!