Social Waste Product

sunlightcities:

This is awesome:

“If you use a bike-share system, you likely rely on an app that gives you a real-time distribution of the bikes and empty docks in your area. Oliver O’Brien, a researcher with the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at the University College London, has built a map that does this same thing, simultaneously, for bike-shares all over the world.”

Read more at Atlantic Cities

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fuckyeahillustrativeart:

Zarnala via Deviantart 

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wraparoundcurl:

friendlycloud:

agewa:

“We went to Kineshma, that’s in Ivanovo region, to visit his parents. I went as a heroine and I never expected someone to welcome me, a front-line girl, like that. We’ve gone through so much, we’ve saved lives, lifes of mothers, wives. And then… I heard accusations, I was bad-mouthed. Before that I’ve only ever been “dear sister”… We had tea and my husband’s mother took him aside and started crying: “Who did you marry? A front-line girl… You have two younger sisters. Who’s going to marry them now?” When I think back to that moment I feel tears welling up. Imagine: I had a record, I loved it a lot. There was a song, it said: you have the right to wear the best shoes. That was about a front-line girl. I had it playing, and [his?] elder sister came up and broke it apart, saying: you have no rights. They destroyed all my photos from the war… We, front-line girls, went through so much during hte war… and then we had another war. Another terrible war. The men left us, they didn’t cover our backs. Not like at the front.” from С.Алексеевич “У войны не женское лицо”

In Soviet Union women participating in WWII were erased from history, remaining as the occasional anecdote of a female sniper or simply as medical staff or, at best, radio specialists. The word “front-line girl” (frontovichka) became a terrible insult, synonimous to “whore”. Hundreds thousand of girls who went to war to protect their homeland with their very lives, who came back injured or disabled, with medals for valor, had to hide it to protect themselves from public scorn. 

This has always happened in history: Women do something important. Then they get shamed for it (so nobody will talk about it) and it gets erased from history.

And then certain men will say: “Women suck, they’ve never done anything important.”

Look into history and learn that women have played a far greater role then douches (present and past) wanted you to know.

I remember in my history class this past term how this one dude would constantly demean women and would say all this backhanded shit about women being at home etc. And that they really never did anything in times of war or conflict.

At least my prof was cool and would make a point to bring up the contributions of women in every history section we covered. He was always partial to telling us about the women who were outlaws and of the badass weapon variety. Like the one lady pirate to beat her husband to death with a chair and then dressed as a man and took his ship. He then made the essay question on the final about the roles of women.

I hope that classmate failed.

I’d rather he learned something than failed. ;)

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ronulicny:

“American Painter Edward Hopper In Truro, Mass. With His WIfe Jo In The Background”, 1960

 By : ARNOLD NEWMAN….

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aquapunk:

Unlike many of the pages I’m currently redrawing, this scene was never one that I was satisfied with at any point in time. :P

ianbrooks:

Vintage Underwater Pinups photos by Bruce Mozert

To promote Silver Springs, Florida’s crystal clear waters, Bruce Mozert took a series of creative underwater photos in 1938, depicting scenes of leisure one can partake in with no oxygen required. Prints of his work can be purchased over at his website: mozertstudio.

(via: Visual News)

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mrmoderngentleman:

Morning and Night

Remember when cartoons were this awesome? ;P

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abystle:

Sir David Wilkie, John Opie, 1805.

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hannibalspenis:

commanderjshepard:

literally what happens

im still fucking laughing at this

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karenhurley:

Jody Xiong of DDB China in conjunction with the China Environmental Protection Foundation created this wonderful outdoor campaign to create a subtle visual reminder of the environmental benefits of walking versus driving. Enormous white canvases with a bare tree were placed across 132 crosswalks in 15 Chinese cities. As pedestrians crossed their shoe soles were imprinted with a small amount of green paint, leaving behind a trail of leaf-like footprints. BBD estimated that nearly 3,920,000 people passed through the installations, and the final posters were eventually hung has billboards in several urban locations. Awesome!

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art-shannonigans:

by

Asya Kozina

Paper

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arkitekcher:

Facts Emporia | Wingårdhs

Location: Malmö, Sweden

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sparkolvideoscribe:

Love the work of Roxanne Daner.

Great colours.

thebrainscoop:

venomouswalrus:

THOSE TEETH! HANDS DOWN COOLEST TEETH!

From Chicago Adventure, Part Three: Little Skeletons

Adaptive evolution is thrilling! Look how specialized! wonderful! crazy! 

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