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Spacegoing Earth: a painting by Angus McKie

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:35 +0000

When I first saw this Angus McKie illustration, I had a moment when I thought it depicted the Earth being encased in a huge, space-going shell and I flashed back to Damon Knight's spectacular novel Why Do Birds?, a straight-faced yet comic novel about a man who puts the whole human race in a box. Then I realized that the picture depicted a hollow, space-going sphere being fitted with an armored cover and my mind spun into a deep future from which it hasn't entirely returned. Beautiful work. Here's the official McKie site, but it appears to be down.

Angus McKie

Supplies for all your punk and punk-related needs

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:05:23 +0000

An undated ad for a punk store in Newcastle offers batty punk tees for a mere £4.50 -- mid-1980s punk revival?

MY GEAR FIXATION IS BACK IN FULL EFFECT. I’M LOSIN’ IT. (via Goths and Punks)

Gritty crayon colors

Cory Doctorow — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:33 +0000

Rawr & Stuff's alternate crayon colors are pretty much shovel-ready -- you could clean up by selling these on Etsy. I'm very fond of "Moral Ambiguity Gray," myself.

Crayons (via Kadrey)

The journal of horrifying science

Maggie Koerth-Baker — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:28:52 +0000

Science Horrors is a tumblr blog that compiles stories about the discomfiting, disturbing, and just plain terrifying parts of science. From 13th-century bioterrorism to the killer carbon dioxide gas bubbles of central Africa, there's plenty here to amaze you and freak you the frack out.

Things, organized neatly: a kentucky site for knollers

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:42:17 +0000

Things Organized Neatly is a Tumblr devoted to excellent knolling photos in which things are, well, organized neatly. Zomg, but this tickles something vulnerable in my hindbrain. Show here: a RepRap (in bits), and Cannoli in Buenos Aires.

Things Organized Neatly (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

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!)

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)

Great science chicks from history

Maggie Koerth-Baker — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:35:55 +0000

From Merit Ptah—Chief Physician of ancient Egypt—to 1st-century BC alchemist Mary the Jewess, the Science Chicks from History Tumblr is dedicated to introducing you to all the science-y ladies you didn't learn about in school.

The image above is titled "Woman teaching geometry”. It comes from an early 14th century translation of Euclid.

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!)

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)

Sh*t my students write

Dean Putney — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:24:04 +0000

"I firmly believe that the crucifixion is not something you can do to yourself simply because you do not have enough hands." Glorious. Thanks Noah!

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!)

Lana Del Rey Dancing (a tumblog of greatness)

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:32:03 +0000

Link. Pairs well with this video. (thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:09:01 +0000

Link. (Red Scharlach Points At Interesting Things, via Andrea James)

Ryan Gosling's soulful eyes + smooth statistics

Maggie Koerth-Baker — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:08:46 +0000

Biostatistics Ryan Gosling will look deeply into your eyes and ask about your p-value.

Via Jacquelyn Gill

Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses: a Tumblog of Greatness

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:35:28 +0000

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA NOSES, by Simon Fletcher. "GOD IS THE ARTIST. I JUST FIND THE NINJA TURTLE IN HIS WORK." (thanks, Joe Sabia)

Cash Cats

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

CA$HCATS.BIZ, via demarko