May 10, 2016
His nipples are always erect for no fucking reason
This is a rebellion, isn't it?
Launch a rocket, now return it!
On April 2nd, 2016, Blue Origin launched The New Shepard rocket and it reached the planned altitude of 339,138 feet. After jettisoning the unmanned capsule, the rocket began a controlled descent and this is what the return looked like from a camera mounted on the outside. [more inside]
The Black Conversation Was Really About Something Much Bigger
Larry Wilmore's ending comment to the President of the United States at the White House Correspondents' Dinner has sparked a lot of conversation. Rembert Browne explores and explains some of the implications and reactions. [more inside]
Happy Birthday Young Son...
He did it his way Sid Vicious was born John Simon Ritchie on May 10, 1957, in London. As a high school dropout, his "punk" look captured the eye of Malcom McLaren, creator of the Sex Pistols. After the band broke up in 1978, Vicious holed up in New York's Chelsea Hotel with his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their relationship was full of ups and downs, leading to the eventual mysterious murder of Spunger. Not long after, on February 2, 1979, Vicious was found dead in New York City. He was something else. [more inside]
It gives a whole new meaning to "belly up to the bar."
To offset the taste of belly buttons, the brewers also added some flavours such as orange zest and coriander, along with a lot of hops. The final result is a Belgian-ish Witbier with a very personalised twist to keep things interesting. -- Beer made from belly button fluff has a bit of the brewer in every glass
Goats
Trees in Prospect Park were felled by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. They're struggling to recover in the face of invasive species. Goats to the rescue. But if you're obsessed by ["a rampant pro-billy goat prejudice" on Metafilter??] goats, a cautionary tale or four may be in order. Or you can enjoy one of many goat cams. Relax as they climb a 160-foot near-vertical dam.
Even better when you imagine it played by cows and poultry
Sandra Boynton and the Highly Irritating Orchestra present Bolero - Completely Unraveled [audio]. On kazoo. [more inside]
“I’m drawn to writing about times and places on the cusp of transition,”
An Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay [io9] Guy Gavriel Kay has carved out a unique niche, writing fantasy novels that take real-life historical settings and transforming them into something new and different. His latest novel, Children of Earth and Sky, takes place in a version of 16th century Europe that’s under threat from a version of the Ottoman Empire, and includes a fictionalized version of real-life Croatian bandits called the Uskoks, who stole from the Venetians and the Ottomans for justice. We talked to Kay about just how he manages to turn real-life history into a world all his own. You can read an excerpt of Children of Earth and Sky, introducing the character of Danica, here. [more inside]
It was not a good time for Canadian citizens
After nine years of censorship, Canadian scientists can speak about their work. Although it may take time for the policy changes to make their way through the bureaucracy. [more inside]
Children make toys of it
Yak Dung: a documentary exploring an unexpectedly essential substance in the traditional life of Tibet (SLYT).
Howl (but not the poem)
Converge - Blood Moon
Influential metallic hardcore act Converge are known for melding fast, vicious riffs with more experimental tendencies, as evident on their breakout record Jane Doe. At this year's Roadburn festival, Converge unveiled Blood Moon (recording by Frank Huang), an exploration of some of their more brooding and elaborate tunes (Coral Blue, Wretched World, Cruel Bloom feat. Steve Von Till) with an expanded band featuring Steven Brodsky of Cave In, Chelsea Wolfe (previously), and Ben Chisholm. Invisible Oranges investigates.
"Antiques Roadshow" Mistakenly Values High School Art Project at $50,000
In the mid-1970s, Betsy Soule, an Oregonian high school student, sculpted a trippy jug out of clay. In 2015, it was mistaken for a 19th century "grotesque face jug." "It’s bizarre and wonderful," says the appraiser, Stephen L Fletcher. "You even see a little bit of, like, Pablo Picasso going on here. It’s a little difficult to identify precisely when this was made, but I think it’s probably late 19th or early 20th century."
Rita Moreno drops the mic
Rita Moreno rocked the house with her commencement address at Berklee College of Music, where she included some rap inspired by another famous Puerto Rican.
Sign Aloud
Gloves that Translate Sign Language into Text and Speech Award winning new tech. Make sure to watch the video.
Vacillating mind inputs through text and video from Al Fry
Al Fry is an old-school eccentric, mostly from the pre-internet days. He lives (or lived) out in Idaho, which was his home-base for distributing Fry's Incredible Inquiry's Catalog, covering "technology, alchemy, weird science (PDF), Tesla, anti-gravity, occult, crystal power, and other fascinating fringy topics." And then there are his videos, including Hidden World History and Strange Beings 1, narrated by A. H. Fry himself. His videos have been collected a few times over on YouTube (1, 2). And he has written about making tipis.
A misunderstood art
In “ ‘Hamilton’ Aside, Where the Real Tony Competition Lies' ", one of your theater critics, Charles Isherwood, says of “Hamilton”: “I do find it slightly puzzling that it was nominated in the book of a musical category, since the show is almost sung-through.” [more inside]
Yahoo? “They haven’t bought stuff in a looong time”
[PLAINTIVE MEOWING INTENSIFIES]
Cones for days!
Eat poop and live
Josiah Zayner’s gut was making his life hell — so he embarked on an extreme DIY fecal transplant (SL Verge) [Previously]
8,700 tons of radioactive barium sulfate
Deep inside a landfill, where it's wet and there is no oxygen, you wouldn't expect a fire. But they can happen. And they can happen a few hundred yards from buried radioactive waste.
Venti Verisimilitude
Myles McNutt is on a mission: Bringing greater attention to unrealistic acting with coffee cups on television.
Do you actually work with people, or do you give them morals?
Emily Bazelon writes for the New York Times about sex worker rights and decriminalization in the US and abroad (featuring photography of sex workers across the US).
Cats have no amends to make
Pard, a cat who lives with Ursula K. Le Guin, tells the story of "My Life so Far" (Part I, Part II).
Life was often quite exciting in the first place, and we were happy together. I am hardly ever sad, but sometimes when I am going to sleep I hear purring around me that is not mine, and it seems that Mother and Sister and I are all curled up like one warm cat. And then I am happier than usual....[more inside]
The foul reign of the biological clock
'We are raised to believe that female bodies are time bombs.' On the metaphor of the biological clock. SL Guardian.
Hiding in plain sight.
How Kerry Washington Became A Publicity Magician. A fantastic article by Anne Helen Peterson at Buzzfeed, on celebrity, fame, privacy, race, motherhood, and feminism.
Still no idea how they work
If you only watch one Rube Goldberg machine today, make it this one: Magnets and Marbles!
Skywalker. Luke Skywalker.
Concrete factory evolves into something more beautiful
La Fábrica is a former Barcelona concrete factory that was partly torn down, converted into an architecture firm, with an adjoining private residence, and inspired a neighbouring block of flats.
May Ten is Mad Ape Den Day!
It's May Ten, the day of Mad Ape Den: a fun way to gab on the Web (and off the Web, too, if you can). The one law of Mad Ape Den: "Say it in an abc-set of one, two, or one-and-two, or do not say it at all." You can see a vid or two of a Mad Ape Den ode (YT URL set). Mad Ape Den is not as big now as it was in the era of the Web of old, but now, on Mad Ape Den day, we can aim to not let it die. (Ere now.) [more inside]
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