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npr: youknowyoureafloridianwhen: Good morning! Re: The polar...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:10:46 -0400

youknowyoureafloridianwhen:

Good morning!

Re: The polar bear piggy back ride we reblogged last week…
—Daisy

climateadaptation: So cute. allcreatures: A polar bear cub...

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:55:39 -0400

So cute.

allcreatures:

A polar bear cub hitches a piggy-back ride on its mother as they swim through the Arctic Ocean in Svalbard, Norway

Picture: Kevin Schafer / Barcroft USA (via Pictures of the day: 5 July 2012 - Telegraph)

nprfreshair: Debating whether to pay 5 dollars to put this at...

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:53:07 -0400

nprfreshair:

Debating whether to pay 5 dollars to put this at the top of your screen all day.

Push pins for giants (by dM.nyc™)

npr: ffffood: Star Wars Cupcakes Seriously?! —Daisy

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:52:15 -0400

npr:

ffffood:

Star Wars Cupcakes

Seriously?!
—Daisy

npr: As the proud honor of a very loving pound puppy, this...

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:49:54 -0400

npr:

As the proud honor of a very loving pound puppy, this makes my heart hurt. — Tanya B.

kqedscience:

A dog’s last moments photographed

“Photographer Tou Chih-kang captures the last moment of shelter dogs before they are taken away by veterinarians to be put down. Tou has recorded the last moments of about 400 dogs, hoping the images will encourage responsibility among pet owners.”

npr: timelightbox: Rick Angood, Coudersport, Pa. A new...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:28:04 -0400

npr:

timelightbox:

Rick Angood, Coudersport, Pa.

A new self-published book by Justin James Muir explores some of the gnarliest beards in America.

See more photos here.

“Dignity. Always, dignity.”—Don Lockwood
—Daisy

"It no longer occurs to me to query the use of four-letter words, even when they are used..."

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:27:35 -0400

“It no longer occurs to me to query the use of four-letter words, even when they are used gratuitously, as in “I missed the fucking bus.” I used to be a prude, but now I am a ruined woman. We had a discussion in the copy department a few weeks ago about how to style the euphemism: Shall it be “f”-word,” f word, f-word, “F” word, F word, or F-word? I don’t like any of them. Fuck euphemisms. Get on the goddam fucking bus.”

- Mary Norris on profanity in The New Yorker: http://nyr.kr/OArE2z (via newyorker)

Allllllllllllllllllll that she said up there. LOL! — Tanya B.
(via npr)

fastcompany: The man-made mechanical forest, five years in the...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:27:03 -0400

fastcompany:

The man-made mechanical forest, five years in the making, consists of 18 supertrees that act as vertical gardens, generating solar power, acting as air venting ducts for nearby conservatories, and collecting rainwater. To generate electricity, 11 of the trees are fitted with solar photovoltaic systems that provide lighting and assist with water flow in the conservatories below.

Singapore’s Supertrees Light Up The Night

sunfoundation: Growth of the basketball uniform In the 1960s,...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:26:40 -0400

sunfoundation:

Growth of the basketball uniform

In the 1960s, the basketball uniform was about small, tight shorts and form-fitting tank top. It’s grown longer since then. Andrew Bergmann sifted through the archives and illustrated the changes over the decades.

ourpresidents: “We believe that all men are created equal. Yet...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:25:58 -0400

ourpresidents:

“We believe that all men are created equal. Yet many are denied equal treatment.

We believe that all men have certain unalienable rights. Yet many Americans do not enjoy those rights.

We believe that all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty. Yet millions are being deprived of those blessings—not because of their own failures, but because of the color of their skin.

The reasons are deeply imbedded in history and tradition and the nature of man. We can understand—without rancor or hatred—how this all happened.

But it cannot continue. Our Constitution, the foundation of our Republic, forbids it. The principles of our freedom forbid it. Morality forbids it. And the law I will sign tonight forbids it.”

-President Lyndon B. Johnson, 7/2/64

The Civil Rights Act was signed on forty eight years ago today. It was the most sweeping Civil Rights Legislation since Reconstruction.

In this photo, LBJ speaks to the nation at the signing ceremony. East Room, White House.

npr: rhamphotheca: Mini Mammoth Was World’s Smallest by Jane...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:18:39 -0400

npr:

rhamphotheca:

Mini Mammoth Was World’s Smallest

by Jane J. Lee

Island living can be a tricky thing. Over time, the isolated environment tends to miniaturize large mammal species and grow small species into giants. That’s what scientists thought happened to a tiny elephant, whose roughly 800,000-year-old fossils were found on Crete a century ago. Researchers thought the creature, about 1 meter tall at the shoulder (right, for scale), descended from ancient, mainland European elephants that came to the Greek island and shrank over time. But a new analysis reveals that the animal wasn’t an elephant at all: It was a mammoth. Surface enamel patterns on its molars (left, light-colored tooth) and the ratio of its tooth height to width more closely resemble those of mainland mammoths rather than elephants, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The finding lends credence to a 2006 DNA study that argued that the Cretan dwarf was a mammoth, and it could push the animal’s evolution back almost 3 million years. It also means that the creature-dubbed Mammuthus creticus-is the world’s smallest mammoth species.

(via: Science NOW)

(image: (photo) The Natural History Museum in London; (drawing) Armand Morgabn, From Biol. Lett., 2, (2006))

Hello mini mammoth!
—Daisy

ohsorosie: The Beatles and Muhammad Ali, 1964

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:32:41 -0400

ohsorosie:

The Beatles and Muhammad Ali, 1964

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:32:14 -0400

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:30:12 -0400

Actually, boom clack makes the booty go snap.

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:42:33 -0400

Actually, boom clack makes the booty go snap.

sfmoma: thepacegallery: Pier Paolo Calzolari, Donna...

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:58:09 -0400

sfmoma:

thepacegallery:

Pier Paolo Calzolari, Donna Colonna, 2001, white skirt, iron, egg, ceramic, closed-loop pump © Pier Paolo Calzolari / Courtesy The Pace Gallery and Marianne Boesky Gallery

Performance is an integral aspect of Calzolari’s practice; he created happenings as early as 1966, drawing viewers into his artwork as performers in what he termed “an activation of space.” Pier Paolo Calzolari: When the dreamer dies, what happens to the dream? is on view at 510 West 25th Street in collaboration with Marianne Boesky Gallery until June 2nd, 2012.

Soooo nice!

braiker: well played flavorpill: Yes.

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:18:21 -0400

braiker:

well played

flavorpill:

Yes.

itsfullofstars: Hasselblad 500EL/M used in the NASA’s Apollo...

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:45 -0400

itsfullofstars:

Hasselblad 500EL/M used in the NASA’s Apollo Program

planetmoney: Of each dollar the federal government spends, how...

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:33 -0400

planetmoney:

Of each dollar the federal government spends, how much goes to defense? How much goes to Social Security? How much goes to interest on the debt? And how has this sort of thing changed over time?

This graphic answers these questions. It shows the major components of federal spending 50 years ago, 25 years ago, and last year.

Read more here.

npr: Emperor Scorpion Has 25 Babies at the Cincinnati Zoo! -...

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:55 -0400

npr:

Emperor Scorpion Has 25 Babies at the Cincinnati Zoo! - ZooBorns