Things That Are Awesome
And everything else here.
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The Black Death Plague Doctor:
A plague doctor was a special medical physician who saw those who had the Bubonic Plague. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some doctors wore a beak-like mask which was filled with aromatic items. The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which (according to the miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause of infection. The protective suit consisted of a heavy fabric overcoat that was waxed. A wooden cane pointer was used to help examine the patient without touching.
(Source: messyheartsmadeofthunder)
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JCPenney is featuring a same-sex couple in its Fathers’ Day ad, following One Million Moms’ failed boycott of the store for bringing on Ellen DeGeneres.
Trolling bigots: JCPenny is doing it awesomely.
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pratchett fanart!
can i just gaze adoringly at questionstar’s art forever and ever
NOOO WHY IS ALL THE DISCWORLD FANART SO GOOD its so unfair
Influence by Paul Kidby, the official Discworld artist that is SHUNNED by the publishers here for some reason…
… this is a wonderful piece!
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I would like this to be my house.
Or, alternatively, this is what my cats think of themselves.
(Source: gifmethegif)
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Dear every fandom,
Please stop hating on each other. It’s a real pain in the ass to see Fandom A hating on Fandom B when I’m on Tumblr to follow people being happy (or angry or nitpicky or speculative) about their own fandoms.
If you don’t like a thing, Tumblr Savior and move on.
Thank you.
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Salute to the Red, White, and Blue! It’s been confirmed that the other man of steel will be donning the patriotic suit created by Norman Osborne (yes, from Spider-man), though (obviously) neither Osborne nor Spider-man will be making an appearance in the movie.
Kinda makes you wish we lived in an alternate universe where Marvel owned the film rights to ALL of their characters eh?
Iron Patriot just… HOW CAN THAT EXIST IN THIS UNIVERSE.
FANRGNARN
I’m so confused…
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We learned something new today. Er.
(via)
WOW FUCK
HAHAHAHAHA oh, Texas. When can I leave again?
Oh right, when I stop being lazy about grad school.
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T.E. Lawrence’s golden dagger, made for him in Mecca in 1917. He sold it to Lionel Curtis in October 1923 for £125. The money was put towards repairing the roof of Clouds Hill (his cottage) and purchasing furniture. The dagger is now on display in the Imperial War Museum in London, England.
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Wrong series, Thor.
OK I LIED THIS IS THE BEST CROSSOVER
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California Tribes Suing to Halt Construction of Wind Factory on Sacred Land
Even though the Interior Department has acknowledged Coyote Mountain as an established archaeological site and the pre-historic and historic presence there of the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, on May 11 Secretary Ken Salazar signed the Record of Decision (ROD)—the official approval—for construction of the Ocotillo Express Wind Facility, a massive industrial wind factory of 112 turbines, each standing 450 feet tall, across more than 10,150 acres of public land that is sacred to the Quechan, Kumeyaay and Cocopah Nations. The land is approximately 90 miles east of San Diego. In addition to the turbines, the project includes a 12-acre concrete batch plant lay-down area, a 3.4-acre site for an operations-and-maintenance facility, a 2.1-acre substation, a 23.5-acre interconnection switchyard, up to three permanent meteorological towers, and around 42 miles of new access roads.
Read moreAm. So. Conflicted.
First, that’s a lot of development, NOT just turbines.
But turbines could save our planet from ultimate demise.
Conflicted….
There are other places to put wind turbines besides a sacred area. I mean, I feel if a wind turbine was proposed to be built on top of a European American graveyard, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.
Actually, countless historic EuroAmerican graveyards have been taken out in the name of energy resources. I just had to relocate one so that the entire town it used to serve could be taken out by a coal mine.
Not weighing in on this issue particularly, just wanted to throw that out there. Energy companies - and by extension politicians - don’t actually care who you are, if they can make a profit, they’ll happily offend anyone’s cultural sensibilities.
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Some new information on Iron Man 3 based on the May 29th shoot:
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)
- The production crew will film in Wilmington, North Carolina for two months before they move to China.
- The film will be partly set in Miami, Florida. Miami Police Department squad cars were spotted in the Wilmington set.
- They filmed at the Cape Fear Club. Two main characters were on the set, one of whom was Robert Downey Jr. Extras wearing military uniform and Secret Service clothing were spotted for the scene.
- They also filmed at the Wilmington International Airport.
- Regarding the main villain: “While talking to some Wilmington locals, we had one source involved with the production tell us that Mandarin was definitely the villain. He said Mandarin had a set of twins that did most of his dirty work for him. Another source who had visited EUE/Screen Gems Studios told us that the sets they were building included Chinese storefronts.”
(Source: Comic Book, Marvel Freshman)
YESSSSSSSSS
Finally, the Mandarin!
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Recycled Animals by Edouard Martinet
Gathering material from flea markets and garage sales, Edward meticulously solders together the scrap from typewriters, kitchen utensils, and car parts like pieces in a 3D animal puzzle. The outcome look just as real as they do synthetic, a prelude to cybernetic fauna that will surely one day rule us all once we’ve imbued them with metallic hearts.
Artist: website (via: lostateminor)
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I need to live in a climate where being dapper isn’t life-threatening.
(Source: nitemea)
Indy. 24. Archaeologist and general-purpose nerd. Please read all my text in a very dry voice. If a raised eyebrow could talk, that would be my narrative voice.
