With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.
Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.
Possibly the world’s coolest Astronaut…
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For my non-UK followers
Our lovely government (which no one voted for) has decided for people who live in social housing, if they have an extra bedroom without a family member living in it full time, will be charged a penalty for it. They believe it will encourage people to downsize their homes and allow others to move into larger housing.
Except theres a flaw to this.
A lot of the people in this situation have carers who dont live with them and occasionally are required to stay over night to help with their needs. No extra money is being added to their benefits and these people who live off a VERY limited budget to begin with are now expected to find an extra £80 a month (for some people thats an extra week of benefits) to pay for this tax.
This only forces those who are at their most vulnerable and unable to work into debt.
Fuck Clegg and fuck Cameron.
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World population by longitude and latitude (via World Population By Latitude, Longitude | Geekosystem)
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Today in videos that will blow your mind: This is called a “Hyperlapse,” a time-lapse video built with a number of camera movements. This would be cool on its own (the process is generally very time-consuming), but the really awesome part is this: It was created using publicly-available Google Streetview data. There’s even a tool that helps you make your own. The results are rad in that way that few things are. I’m gonna stop talking now. Just watch.
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St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs. 2013 [via: nbcnews]
Sure, we’ve come a long way, but they’re still taking photos of smoke signals.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/6190c37fda80cea7d943a3afa6ec6a9d/tumblr_mjntjslHsT1qm4we9o1_500.jpg)
St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs. 2013 [via: nbcnews]
Sure, we’ve come a long way, but they’re still taking photos of smoke signals.
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Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions
Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s project Toy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possessions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the countless corners of the world; saying, “at their age, they are pretty all much the same; they just want to play.”
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Photographs of paint being flung by centrifugal force by Fabian Oefner.
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Christopher Jonassen
Devour, 2013At first glance, these objects may look like planets but they are actually photos of the bottoms of frying pans.
I’M SO MAD RIGHT NOW
magnificent
RELEVANT TO EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE
perfect.
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”A sweet-looking Japanese girl who, one day, decided to take self-portraits..of herself levitating. She can be spotted in and around Tokyo, equipped with her SLR and her self-timer. When she feels the moment strike, she presses the shutter button down and then, quite literally, “jumps” into place. What I love most about her shots is that they don’t feel forced. Natsumi has a way of making us feel as though she naturally levitates throughout life. When I asked her how others react to her jumping around Tokyo, here is a funny story that she shared. “One day, when I was jumping at a famous sightseeing spot in western Tokyo, workers at a souvenir shop were frightened by how I was jumping. They were whispering things like ‘Is the girl mentally ill’ and ‘Do we need to call the police?’ “So I stopped jumping and apologized to them by saying, ‘I am taking jumping photos for my wedding party’s slide show.’ Their faces turned bright red, and they said things like ‘Oh dear!’ and ‘Congratulations!’ and even ‘Keep jumping!’
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