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reportagebygettyimages: Congratulations go to Brent Stirton...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:08:37 +0000

Congratulations go to Brent Stirton for his double win at World Press Photo 2012! He won a 1st prize for Rhino Wars (shot for National Geographic) in the Nature; Stories category, and a 1st prize in Contemporary Issues; Singles, for his portrait of Maria, a drug addicted sex worker from his AIDS in Ukraine story.

nevver: John Clang

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:51 +0000

nevver:

John Clang

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:30:33 +0000

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy:

Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific biologist took his science-fiction hunch into the lab. What he’s now discovering will startle you. Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? A biologist’s science- fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind- controlling parasites.

thedailywhat: Fictional Composite Sketch of the Day: There...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:12 +0000

thedailywhat:

Fictional Composite Sketch of the Day: There isn’t much at The Composites right now, but the premise of this new single-topic Tumblr from Joyland co-founder Brian Joseph Davis shows a lot of promise: Images of literary characters pieced together from descriptive passages using law enforcement composite sketch software.

Above: Humbert Humbert, as described by Vladimir Nabokov in his infamous novel, Lolita.

[thecomposites / openculture.]

nevver: Here comes the fear again

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:03 +0000

nevver:

Here comes the fear again

nevver: Penguin

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:25:22 +0000

nevver:

Penguin

peterbaker: David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:42:43 +0000

peterbaker:

David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, sitting with his father Floyd in his father’s house in California.

More photos of 70s rock stars and their parents from LIFE Magazine

nevver: Why I wake up late every morning?

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:16 +0000

nevver:

Why I wake up late every morning?

thedailywhat: ZOMGBALL!!!!1one of the Day: More stunning...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000

thedailywhat:

ZOMGBALL!!!!1one of the Day: More stunning underwater dog photos from Little Friends over here.

[reddit.]

keoshi: (via Unofficial Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit – David Cole...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:45:30 +0000

keoshi:

(via Unofficial Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit – David Cole Gift Shop)

laughingsquid: 3D Illusion Street Art by Eduardo Relero

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:52 +0000

laughingsquid:

3D Illusion Street Art by Eduardo Relero

onethingwell: Bookle is a simple EPUB reader for OS X. I can’t...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:43 +0000

onethingwell:

Bookle is a simple EPUB reader for OS X.

I can’t imagine reading a novel on a computer, but it looks like a great way to store and read documentation, how-to guides and technical texts.

Mac App Store

welovephoneography: How die-hard smartphone users say “I...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:35 +0000

welovephoneography:

How die-hard smartphone users say “I do”!

via Pinterest

nevver: Matt Owen

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:40:23 +0000

nevver:

Matt Owen

keoshi: (via Chris Glass » Be Optimistic)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:39:07 +0000

keoshi:

(via Chris Glass » Be Optimistic)

laughingsquid: Famous Explosions From History Recreated With...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:38:33 +0000

laughingsquid:

Famous Explosions From History Recreated With Cauliflowers

alfredtips: User Tip: Drag a folder from Alfred onto the “Save”...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:21 +0000

alfredtips:

User Tip: Drag a folder from Alfred onto the “Save” dialogue

Just found that dragging a folder from @alfredapp to the save/load dialogue box switches to that foldertehsh.it/k0tlOssom.
— Jono Hunt (@iconaholic) February 2, 2012

laughingsquid: Breathe by Ron English

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:26:12 +0000

laughingsquid:

Breathe by Ron English

mohandasgandhi: “We came, We saw, We destroyed, We forgot” by...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:12 +0000

mohandasgandhi:

“We came, We saw, We destroyed, We forgot” by William Blum

An updated summary of the charming record of US foreign policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has …

1. Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of which were democratically-elected.
2. Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.
3. Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
4. Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.
5. Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.

In total: Since 1945, the United States has carried out one or more of the above actions, on one or more occasions, in the following 69 countries (more than one-third of the countries of the world):

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Australia

Bolivia

Bosnia

Brazil

British Guiana (now Guyana)

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo (also as Zaire)

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Fiji

France

Germany (plus East Germany)

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Honduras

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Libya

Mongolia

Morocco

Nepal

Nicaragua

North Korea

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Portugal

Russia

Seychelles

Slovakia

Somalia

South Africa

Soviet Union

Sudan

Suriname

Syria

Thailand

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam (plus North Vietnam)

Yemen (plus South Yemen)

Yugoslavia

The first democratically elected government the CIA overthrew was actually Iran’s in 1953 through Operation Ajax. Democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadiq and his National Front Party planned on nationalizing the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now known as BP). To protect British interests, the CIA and MI6 overthrew Mossadiq, reinstalled the Shah, and set up a secret police known as SAVAK. Until the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Shah and SAVAK killed over 20,000 Iranians.

akanekinomoto: on the plane / windows on the world (by phillip...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:03 +0000

akanekinomoto:

on the plane / windows on the world (by phillip kalantzis-cope)