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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

First post of 2019, January 2nd

The Wave Organ

The Wave Organ is a wave-activated acoustic sculpture located on a jetty in the San Francisco Bay. The concept was developed by Peter Richards and was installed in collaboration with sculptor and master stone mason George Gonzalez.

Something deeply alluring about


Best Movies of 2018

Here's a list of all the movies mentioned in case anybody wants a 2018 watchlist: Mission: Impossible - Fallout The Night Comes for Us A Prayer Before Dawn Upgrade Suspiria A Quiet Place Annihilation Mandy Hereditary Searching The Guilty Widows You Were Never Really Here Three Identical Strangers American Animals Won't You Be My Neighbor Free Solo Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Avengers: Infinity War Black Panther Jamanji: Welcome to the Jungle Creed II Solo: A Star Wars Story Ant-Man & the Wasp Incredibles 2 Love, Simon Sorry to Bother You Leave No Trace First Reformed Mid90s Eighth Grade Burning Capernaum Let the Corpses Tan Roma Shoplifters Crazy Rich Asians Death of Stalin Vice Game Night BlacKkKlansman Can You Ever Forgive Me Paddington 2 A Star is Born The Favourite First Man If Beale Street Could Talk

Tracy Ullman's brilliant sketch, that so succinctly ridicules the victim blaming in rape and sexual abuse.

What were you wearing?




Victorian Street Life in London via Nag on the Lake

In 1876 radical journalist Adolphe Smith set out to document the harsh street life of London which was characterized by poverty, disability and filth. He collaborated with photographer John Thomson to produce a book that was the first example of photographic social documentation and it shocked the nation.


Fascinating to learn how NYC's skyline got its distinctive look


Archaeological mysteries! 

Ooparts. = O.O.P.Arts
Out Of Place Artifacts

Aww, a gentleman duck
Our boy goat picks on our girl goat, so our duck has started keeping the boy goat on the spool and escorting the girl around.

How People Make a Living by Cleaning Up Crime Scenes | Inc.


Fascinating, historic reading. 
Richmond Afro American newspaper 1947

History of Richmond Afro American

Richmond Afro American is a newspaper based in richmond, virginia. Newspaper Archives are an incredible resource when tracing your family tree to uncover treasures from the past about your ancestors. The Richmond Afro American historical newspaper collection has been preserved on microfilm and it includes full images of every page. The archives covers history from (1947) and will allow you to search for your ancestors by name and to narrow your results by year to help you discover more about their daily lives. Find local news articles that tell the story of your ancestor's place and capture the growth of their local communities to research your genealogy. 
About the Richmond Afro American newspaper

Cool thing to know how to make

How to make ● a $2 Close-up/Magnifier Lens for your Phone Camera

Mesmerizing and beautiful

Perpetual Ocean (2005-2007) 

This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience.
This visualization was produced using NASA/JPL's computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2.. ECCO2 is high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice. ECCO2 attempts to model the oceans and sea ice to increasingly accurate resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow-current systems which transport heat and carbon in the oceans.The ECCO2 model simulates ocean flows at all depths, but only surface flows are used in this visualization. The dark patterns under the ocean represent the undersea bathymetry. Topographic land exaggeration is 20x and bathymetric exaggeration is 40x. credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio