Mad Quickies: Groovy Rolling Pins, Tweeting Potholes, Plantable Books, Weird Research Photos and More!

DonnaJune 15, 2015

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Hello-o-o-o-o, People of Earth! If you don’t already know this, then I’m happy to report that Philae is alive and well and taking in the scenery again on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. [Props to the Bad Astronomer!] I think it was a matter of turning it off and then on again. I have a laser printer that needs the same attention. I kid the Cosmos. In any case, it’s time for us to recalibrate because we are on a fast track to a new week. Onward!

Zuzia Kozerska, the designer behind Valek Rolling Pins has just released a new set of elaborate, laser-engraved rolling pins. Mini pins, too! You can purchase your own at Valek’s Etsy shop. {via Courtney C.}
In Panama City, potholes are tweeting at the local government until they get fixed. Road-maintenance shaming for the win! {via Surly Amy}
Sherif Samy created Typospective, a “minimalist typographic experiment blending meanings and visual representations of words.” Samy created the site solely using a single mobile phone keypad. Follow Typospective on tumblr.
Thanks to children’s book company Pequeño Editor and FCB Buenos Aires, you can plant this book after reading it and it’ll grow into a tree.
And now a message from Bird and Moon. Help Salamanders. Stop Bsal.
Who needs magic when science is much weirder than most of us can imagine. That amazing photographer Daniel Stier takes us Inside The Bizarre World Of Scientific Research. You can view more images here.
Dutch designer Joris Laarman of MX3d has a plan in the works to a 3D print a steel bridge in mid-air.
Valar Doeharis, you guys, but I’m as exhausted as our faithful reporter, Laura Stone. Still, the damn sad thing about the end of Game of Thrones Season Five is it means the last of Laura’s recaps. So let’s savor this gem. Episode 5.10 – Mother’s Mercy. Seriously, I love this gal. She made this season bearable. THANKS, LAURA!