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Tumblog of Greatness: F*ck Yeah, Female Astronauts

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:08:53 +0000

Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space, launch date June 16, 1963.

A wonderful website: ~~fuckyeahfemaleastronauts.tumblr.com~~ [new expletive-free URL] womeninspace.tumblr.com.

Only 10% of people in space have been women, and on tumblr that seemed even less. so here it is for your inspiration. Fuck yeah! Female Astronauts!

(via s.e. smith)

Amateur food porn must stop

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:14:15 +0000

"You and six friends after a long night of drinking." One of many reasons why amateur photographers should not be allowed to Instagram their foodz. Tumblr: "Amateur Food Porn Has Got To Stop." Below, Baby Seal Pizza.

SEE ALSO: #prepoop (HT: Clayton Cubitt)

BargainBinBlasphemy: a tumblog of greatness

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:25:39 +0000

At "BargainBinBlasphemy," vinyl album covers of pop-rock icons are upgraded into Black Metal. (Thanks, Sean Bonner!)

EXCLUSIVE: David Petraeus Affair Photos

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:57:21 +0000

This is a tumblog of greatness. "Everything you need to know about the CIA Director David Petraeus sex scandal. All photos and headlines are real." (HT: @itsmikerock)

White People Mourning Romney

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:08:03 +0000

whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com.

(via Ant Staley)

NOLA to New York

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:18:23 +0000

Andy Kopsa created the "Nola to New York" tumblr during Hurricane Sandy. The idea: Katrina survivors talk to New Yorkers suffering after the storm.

I am a freelance journalist and New York is my home. But New Orleans was once. I am in NOLA now, waiting to get home in the wake of Sandy. So while I am pacing, worried about my husband, friends and my city, I thought up this project. Who better than the people of New Orleans to talk to the people of NYC right now. They know, they lived through Katrina. They are still living with it seven years later.
If you are a current or former resident of New Orleans that lived through the nightmare of Katrina and want to participate in NOLA to New York please write on a piece of paper what it is you would say to the people of New York if you could. Anything: that you care, that you know what they are going through, don’t drink the water, make sure to be kind to your neighbors when times get worse before they get better - anything. Then take a picture like the ones seen here.

More info here.

Photo: Alvin came from the New Orleans West Bank, where he now lives, to participate in NOLA to New York.

Alvin had a home in Mid City. It was his mother’s place. He evacuated to Baton Rouge the day before the storm. When he finally came back, the water receded and the watermark was halfway up the first floor wall; his roof, partially torn off, had let in the rain. Alvin wishes they could have kept the property in the family but the federal program Road Home offered them less than it was worth but with his mother aging, they had to sell. He can’t watch too much of the Sandy coverage because of his memories of Katrina.

(via Tim Shey)

Binders Full of Women, the tumblr

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:55:47 +0000

Link: bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com. (Thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Baturday, because Caturday is so last week

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:07:36 +0000

"Post some fucking bats!" baturday.tumblr.com, a Tumblog of Greatness. (thanks, Antinous)

Totally Not Photoshopped photos from Mars (a tumblog of greatness)

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:18:47 +0000

More like this: "TOTALLY NOT 'SHOPPED PICS FROM MARS"

(Thanks, Sean Bonner!)

OMGCATSINSPACE

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:20:53 +0000

A Tumblog of Greatness: OMGCATSINSPACE.

(thanks, @sbethm)

Rich Kids of Instagram: a tumblog of greatness

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:40:47 +0000

[richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com]: Rich Kids Of Instagram. "They have more money than you and this is what they do." (via @mistergif)

Your adventure ends here

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:46:27 +0000

My friend Jeff Simmermon points us to a Tumblr of the "death-pages" from Choose Your Own Adventure books, popular in the 1980s.

"I recognized some of the Interplanetary Spy ones from my own childhood, too," Jeff says.

Tumblog of greatness: Celebrity Googly Eyes

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:20:44 +0000

I like it: celebritygoogly.com. Above, Wil Wheaton. Say the editors of this fine site, "To submit a picture, just post it on your tumblr and tag it 'celebritygoogly'." (via badastronomer)

Dude reading entire Bible in 100 days, tumblogging neat stuff he finds

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:33:17 +0000

A Tumblog of greatness: Craig Kanalley decided that reading the entire Bible, cover to cover, would be an interesting challenge. He has committed to doing that within 100 days, and he's documenting interesting stuff he finds here. Update: David Plotz of Slate also did something like this in 2006. (via @producermatthew, thanks Gastronaut!)

Webcam Tears

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:40:07 +0000

Via Gawker's Adrian Chen, a Tumblog of Greatness: Webcam Tears. Works best if you play all of them at the same time.

Cash Cats

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:54:38 +0000

CA$HCATS.BIZ, via demarko