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alphaxblood:

Brown Bear smiling!

But can you make Timecop without Jean Claude Van Damme? And if you can, why would you?

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Kiera Wilmot, the Florida high school student who was expelled from her school after an unauthorized science experiment was misperceived as a weapon (at least for purposes of arrest and charging), won't be going to jail. She will, though, be going to Space Camp, thanks to a crowdfunding campaign started by author and former NASA engineer Homer Hickham. All charges against her have been dropped.

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charlotte-hofman:

BUTTERFLY bow tie / VLINDER dassen

Handmade bow ties.

I always thought that it was time for bowties to be a little more happy and spontaneous. The traditional ones as we know them are already almost shaped like a butterfly. So why shouldn’t the beautiful graphical and gracious designs of butterflies replace the traditional plain ones?

The ties can be made to order, just pick one of your most favourite or fitting butterflies for the moment you want to wear it and I’ll make them for you. They are each individually drawn, painted (with textile paint) and sewn, stitched, precisely worked on. Don’t hesitate to message me! (here on Tumblr, or charlotte-hofman@hotmail.com)

(The name “Vlinderdas” is also a Dutch pun, for we call the bow tie literally a butterfly tie)

© 2013 Charlotte Hofman

So I need this

Take a look at this impressive, heavily loaded Bloody Mary, served at O'Davey's Irish Pub & Restaurant in Fond du Lac. (Also known as Davey's.)

This ultimate hangover cure is topped with an extensive beer chaser consisting of pop corn, bacon, peanuts, beans, sausage, pretzel, sliders, a pickle and (this is Wisconsin after all) a cracker and cheese curd. Plus a Brewers flag.

Wildest Bloody Mary you've ever seen creating buzz for Wisconsin [Gitte Laasby/Journal Sentinel]

(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

If you're going into battle, you've got two wardrobe options: You can dress in something practical -- camouflage, body armor, boring shit like that -- or you can slap on a SpongeBob costume, paint your flamethrower bright pink, and hope the enemy is too confused and/or terrified to remember which end of their weapon is "kill."

Cody Brown, of Scrollkit, made a replica of the ballyhooed New York Times "Snow Fall" story—in about an hour. Naturally, the Times made a copyright complaint.

Canseco’s post-baseball career continues its spiral.

Female Warrior by Stormrider-UK on Flickr.

This custom Twin Famicom looks sharp

I’ll typically take matte surfaces over gloss for my consoles all day errday, but this commissioned paintjob by Zoki64 is foine.

Type of system that turns heads as it walks by, a glance and a smile thrown over her shoulder when she catches you gawking. Type of system you bring over to show off to your friends, only to have them talk behind your back about how she’s way out of your league and comment, “I’m not even sure what she’s doing with him/her.”

Type of system next-gen consoles hide their men/women from, knowing she could steal away their partners with minimal effort, on some ol’ Jolene shit. Like, damn, custom Twin Famicom, don’t do’em like that. Don’t break Xbone’s heart after all it’s gone through to find happiness, just because you can.

BUY Famicom stuff, upcoming games

An anonymous reader writes "Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department, was arrested on Tuesday for computer hacking crimes. According to the complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court, between March 2011 and October 2012, Vargas, an NYPD detective assigned to a precinct in the Bronx, hired an e-mail hacking service to obtain log-in credentials, such as the password and username, for certain e-mail accounts. In total, he purchased access to at least 43 personal e-mail accounts belonging to 30 different individuals, including at least 19 who are affiliated with the NYPD."

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Who knew Levi's had an outlet on Tatooine? The iconic pair of jeans worn by Luke Skywalker throughout most of 1977's Star Wars film have been put up for auction.

Tesla Motors announced today it has completely repaid the $465 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy the company received in 2010. The funds were generated by Tesla through a recent sale of their stock, worth close to a billion dollars. The stock price had risen sharply after the company reported its first profitable quarter (and the stock still sits roughly 50% higher than before their earnings release). Today's payment of $451.8 million finished off both the loan's principal and its interest, nine years before the final payment was due. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, 'I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the ATVM program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate. I hope we did you proud.'

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Historians credit James Cook with discovering Australia back in 1770. But a long ignored discovery of five African copper coins in its Northern Territory, along with a map with an "X" on it, suggests somebody beat him to it — and by a long shot.

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sally-maria:

Construction of Grand Central Station in 1912.

It’s a fascinating story, this.

classictrek:

Some of comic book icon John Byrne’s best work of the last few years happens to involve the original Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry and IDW has put out a collection that gathers together all of the work he created for the franchise into a single handsomely-designed volume. It’s a 320 page hardcover that features the following: Assignment: Earth (catching us up with Gary Seven); Crew, featuring Number One helping rescue the Enterprise during its shake down cruise; Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor, letting readers get a glimpse of what happened before Star Trek: The Motion Picture and a spotlight on the Romulans, Pawns of War.

You can pick it up on Amazon or at a local comics retailer, but we like the cut of this book’s gib so much that we’re going to give away a copy with the help of IDW Publishing.

Want a shot at it? The rules are pretty, pretty straightforward.
• Reblog this post before 6:00PM EDT on Monday, May 27th.
• You must be following both They Boldly Went and the IDW Tumblr to qualify.

That’s it! Follow two Tumblrs and reblog and you’re in it to win it! You can do that, right? Right.

We’ll announce a winner on Wednesday, May 29th. Good night and good luck!

That’s handsome-looking.

photo by Paul B. Southerland/The Oklahoman

On April 22, 2013, the Century Chest, a time capsule that had been sealed for 100 years, was opened during a ceremony at the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City. Onlookers and historians were astonished by the pristine condition of the contents: an untarnished desk telephone, a shiny pair of women’s shoes, a Kodak camera, and much more. The Century Chest was originally buried under the church on April 22, 1913 as part of fundraiser to pay for a church organ (the organ is still in use). The opening ceremony was captured on video for posterity. The actual opening occurs at the 1:10 mark. For photos of the contents, check out this gallery on the Downtown OKC Facebook page.

photo via Downtown OKC

photo via Downtown OKC

photo via Downtown OKC

photo via Downtown OKC

photo via Downtown OKC

via Twisted Sifter

video via OETA-The Oklahoma Network

Chuck used to sell marijuana in California. But the legalization of medical marijuana in the state meant he was suddenly competing against hundreds of dispensaries. So he moved to New York, where marijuana is still 100 percent illegal. Since then, he's quadrupled his income.

The NFL will receive $400 million from Microsoft over the next five years, according to an Associated Press source. The partnership was announced during Microsoft's Xbox One unveiling yesterday and will see NFL content coming to Microsoft's next-generation console.

As for the NFL side, fans will see Microsoft branding on-field during live games starting this upcoming season. Coaches and other team officials will be provided Microsoft Surface tablets, with the possibility of further technological innovations coming from Microsoft throughout the longevity of the deal.

The Xbox One will have interactive features integrated during broadcasts, including SmartGlass, group Skype calling and fantasy stats available during live NFL games. Recently, Amazon announced a limited edition version of Madden NFL 25 bundled with a free DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket subscription.

Report: Microsoft's NFL deal valued at $400 million over five years originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 May 2013 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FBI: 37-year-old man arrested in Spokane, Wash., ricin letter scare Washington Post SPOKANE, Wash. — The FBI said Wednesday that agents have arrested a 37-year-old man after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week. Matthew Ryan Buquet was expected to make his initial ... Matthew Ryan Buquet Arrested In Ricin Scare In Washington: FBIHuffington Post Spokane man indicted in ricin threatThe Spokesman Review FBI Arrests Man In Connection With Threatening LetterKHQ Right Now Toronto Sun -LubbockOnline.com -RAPSI all 40 news articles »

Dating Tip #213: Appear mysterious and hard to get by not telling people that you are already married. 

While Fedora 18 has been out for months and so has Fedora 18 for ARM, an ARMv6 spin of Fedora 18 targeting the popular Raspberry Pi development platform has finally been released...

Fuck your silence

Japan’s Softbank is taking an extraordinary step to make sure its bid for Sprint Nextel goes through: effectively giving the US government a seat on the board to assuage its fears that Chinese equipment suppliers like Huawei might compromise the nation’s telecom infrastructure.

US lawmakers have expressed concerns that using Chinese equipment could pose a threat to national security—and those fears have been shamelessly hyped even further by Dish TV, which has made a counter-offer for Sprint. Softbank, which had already agreed not to use Huawei equipment, has now agreed to give the US government what the Wall Street Journal called an “unusual level of influence” by letting it approve a board member who will be responsible for national security issues.

SoftBank called the Dish campaign (paywall) “undignified xenophobic rhetoric”—but it made an unprecedented concession, nevertheless.