Mad Quickies 2.22
It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up!
- 99 reasons to love horseshoe crabs. {Found thanks to @EdYong209.}
- Image of the week: Moon, Jupiter, Io, Callisto, Europa and an airplane. You read that correctly. {Steve D.}
- What is seen can never be unseen. Tragic moments in book cover design. {via Adele M.}
- Nelson Molina curates Manhattan’s Trash Museum. Be sure to watch the slide show! {via Mary B.}
- Anti-capitalist London graffiti was mysteriously removed. And then it reappeared in Miami fine art catalog, listing at a half million. {via Steve D.}
- Now here’s a twist on hookup sites… Date a zombie. {via Elizabeth H.}
- There is now evidence that cats have always been assholes. {via Steve D.}
- Giving credit where credit is due: the 8 faces behind your greatest costumed fears.
- Turns out there are myriad connections among the Oscar contenders.
- Infographic development: Font Lets You Make Data Maps Of The U.S. Just By Typing. And the software is free!
- Friday Pinterest Find: Finkiyaya’s black & white ~ a bit bizarre.
- Tumblr find: The Mineralogist.
- THUNDER EGG! And this explains it.
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An extraordinary animated poem bullying:
To This Day Project by Shane L Koyczan
{via Victor and Geo}
from the page
Shane Koyczan “To This Day” http://www.tothisdayproject.com Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. Please share generously.
Find Shane on Facebook – http://on.fb.me/Vwdi65
or on Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/koyczan
I send out one new poem each month via email. You might like to join us. http://www.shanekoyczan.com
“My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways. Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. This piece is a starting point.” – Shane
Find anti-bullying resources at http://www.bullying.org
Dozens of collaborators from around the world helped to bring this piece to life. Learn more about them and the project at http://www.tothisdayproject.com
Buy “To This Day” on BandCamp http://bit.ly/VKGjgU
or iTunes http://bit.ly/W47QK2
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For dance nerdz and horror movie freaks alike:
Creature Choreography in Silent Hill
More on Robert Campanella and Red Pyramid here
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Gollum sings I Dreamed A Dream
{via Amanda D.}
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Featured image is credited to Librado Romero/The New York Times.
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