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lewiscrouton:

sunsdown:

THIS IS SO CUTE OH MY GOSH IT’S SO HAPPY AND THERE ARE SO MANY BALLS TO CHOOSE FROM AND THEN IN THE END IT’S JUST SO OVERWHELMED WITH HAPPINESS IT HAS TO LEAVE

Did he get an extra hour?

Quick science lesson: Puppies’ powers include (but are not limited to) curing nightmares, getting away with using a sleeping dog’s face as a pillow, making you say, “Awwww,” etc. Don’t believe me? Please allow this puppy to demonstrate.

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We can hardly imagine a cleaning task of more epic or ancient proportions! This story in the NYTimes details the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s laser cleaning process of the 3,500 obelisk in their care:

Diana Craig Patch, the head of the Egyptian art department at the Met, raised an intriguing possibility. “I think it unlikely that there will be more scholarship on the hieroglyphs as a result of the cleaning, but we may know more about how it was painted possibly,” she said. “Traces might be found.”

Conservancy officials considered using lasers, microabrasives or chemical cleaners on the Obelisk. Beginning in October 2012, each method was tested on a small patch of the monument’s south face. Experts were then convened.

When everybody went up in a lift to see, by a great margin they said the laser had produced the greatest effect, with virtually no impact on the stone,” said Christopher Nolan, the conservancy’s vice president for planning, design and construction.

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If you’re going to dress like Magneto from X-Men, it’s only appropriate for your helmet to be magnetic. Tumblr users vasyavzdroihev and jiyouh made the rough shape of the helmet from foam and paper tape. They installed neodymium magnets on the top of the helmet and covered the foam with “epoxy soaked glass fiber fabrics.” They then added putty and polished the helmet until it was smooth before adding trim made from lightweight PVC.

See more in progress pics at Tumblr.

via Neatorama

theraptorcage:

Andean Condor with handler (who has a sweet hat)

Some Homes in Detroit | Tim Melideo | Tumblr

funnywildlife:

Departure by gainesp2003 on Flickr.

Great horned owl

tamorapierce:

rosyln:

Life in Gaza

I am so torn.  I don’t know what to think or feel anymore, except that too many children are being killed, and this is no way to build a peace on either side.

caracolnumero2:

someone control this child

clawfoottubart:

The Rose Bride

 (Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena)

ETA: The lace texture was made by Obsidian Dawn.

Hope you guys like Hulu, because that's what you're going to be using to watch South Park from here on.

Since 2008, fans of the Comedy Central cartoon South Park have been able to stream the show’s entire library (minus a few permanently redacted episodes) from the South Park Studios site. But according to a new post on the show's official blog, this fan-friendly unlimited streaming arrangement will soon be ending: South Park is moving to Hulu. Folks who want to watch more than a limited selection of old South Park episodes will either have to resort to physical media or begin paying $7.99 per month to subscribe to Hulu Plus.

Under what the blog post describes as an "exclusive, multi-year" agreement, the current offering of streamable South Park episodes will remain available until September 24 at both the show’s official site and also on Hulu. After September 24—the start of the show’s 18th season—new episodes will be available to both standard Hulu and Hulu Plus customers the day after they air (Variety’s writeup says that the official South Park Studios site will also have next-day streaming, but that isn’t mentioned in the blog post).

The big change is the paywalling of past episodes. After September 24, free Hulu users and visitors to the show’s official site will only be able to watch "a revolving selection of free episodes." Unlimited access—which today is free—will only be available for Hulu Plus users.

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Here's the pregame scene from the Sounders-Timbers game.

You've heard about Americans packing bars and public places all over the country to watch the World Cup. But the biggest soccer tournament in the world is one thing. Would American really show up for regular-old Major League Soccer matches?

This may not be a regular scene around the country, but the pregame for Seattle Sounders-Portland Timbers is legit:

Soccer in America. pic.twitter.com/FXDgAcpt7T

— Mandy Hubbard (@MandyHubbard) July 14, 2014

Supermoon

Link (thanks, Jenn!)

unruhen:

play this episode at my funeral

design-is-fine:

William B. Stout, Stout Scarab, 1936. The first Minivan, based around a monocoque chassis and body. Photo by Michael Furman. Exhibition Dream Cars, High Art Museum, Atlanta. Read more: Source 2 + 3

thetinytabby:

….Pepperoni??

jules616:

Agreed.

JLA #90.

fyblackwomenart:

Janelle Monae by DanielleBostic

Christopher Walken will play the pirate villain in NBC’s upcoming live adaptation of the Peter Pan musical.

NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt announced the casting during his Sunday presentation at the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills, according The Hollywood Reporter.

lostinherkiss:

“Miyuki is a visual kei fan who we met in Harajuku. Her look - with a cape and mask - features fashion from the Japanese brands Sixh, h.NAOTO & Queen Bee. Check all of her street snaps here: http://tokyofashion.com/gothic-harajuku-style-sixh-h-naoto/ ” -Tokyo Fashion

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