Not a tale of corporate gloom, but rather, a cogent explanation about how your personal data is a crop that is being...

Not a tale of corporate gloom, but rather, a cogent explanation about how your personal data is a crop that is being harvested in many ways. This is why so many apps/sites have you up to your eyeballs in sh--... I mean, advertising fertilizer.
#personaldata #advertising
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247925/Why_the_social_networks_are_falling_apart?pageNumber=1

This is impressive and harrowing at the same time.

This is impressive and harrowing at the same time.
#mountainbiking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76VEPXYaI0&feature=share

Too funny.

Too funny.
"CIA's Facebook Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs" (The Onion)
#tmi #surveillance #privacy

Richard Field on Lee Bontecou's drawings:

Richard Field on Lee Bontecou's drawings:
"One can actually see the artist shuttle back and forth between a lobster and a jet engine or find a common denominator between a fish and a spaceship."
#art #seeing #drawing #leebontecou

More guys imitating the way gals are posed. (Thanks, Allen!)

More guys imitating the way gals are posed. (Thanks, Allen!)
#gender #representation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/spoof-paulina-gretzky-cover-golf-digest_n_5106984.html

Who knew: when fewer people know how to make things, fewer people have ideas to make things better.

Who knew: when fewer people know how to make things, fewer people have ideas to make things better.

This doesn't mean robots aren't useful. It just means we should use them thoughtfully, and that there need to be enough of the right people around thinking for them.

#experience #cleverhumans #robots

Originally shared by Gizmodo

Chant it with me: Hu-man-kind! Hu-man-kind!
http://gizmodo.com/suck-it-robots-toyota-is-giving-jobs-back-to-humans-1560360775?utm_source=gplus&utm_medium=gplus&utm_campaign=gplus

Ahem.

Ahem.
http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS0xYWZkNTMxN2M5ZmNiNTNh

Clever prank is clever.

Clever prank is clever.
http://gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-brilliant-april-fools-prank-on-people-who-1557745710

Früstück! Früstück! Früstück!

Früstück! Früstück! Früstück!
Watch this when you are looking at rectangles.
#reggiewatts #abstraction #words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7IxzpB-UMM&sns=gp

Here are some favorite photos in my role as a tourist on a rare day off in Strasbourg, France.

Here are some favorite photos in my role as a tourist on a rare day off in Strasbourg, France.
#strasbourg  

In January, I went to London and played at being a tourist.

In January, I went to London and played at being a tourist.
#london  

Not only are there photos, but learning that there is such as thing as the Japan Society of Manhole Covers makes...

Not only are there photos, but learning that there is such as thing as the Japan Society of Manhole Covers makes this pleasing on several levels.
#utilityholes   #design  

Originally shared by Colossal

The incredible beauty of Japan's artistic manhole covers... every single one of them unique and designed by the local municipality. Talk about attention to detail... see dozens more on Colossal.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/the-beauty-of-japans-artistic-manhole-covers/

I adore this series of one-room conceptual sculptures/scenes/photosfrom JeeYoung Lee.

I adore this series of one-room conceptual sculptures/scenes/photos from JeeYoung Lee.

#art   #jeeyounglee

Originally shared by WIRED

All of the hallucinatory dreamworlds depicted in these photographs were created by one artist:

http://wrd.cm/1gjH7SR

Oh, great.

Oh, great.
#ancientfrozenviruses #climatechange
http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276

Because the Olympics aren't thrilling without laserfire? #olympics #atat

Because the Olympics aren't thrilling without laser fire? #olympics #atat

Originally shared by Boing Boing as The only Sochi video you need to see: AT-ATs of Russia attack skiers.

I like this very much: that these women value their own identities, as they are.

I like this very much: that these women value their own identities, as they are.
(An issue I have with most edited people: they all look the same, in a rather generic way.)
#appearance #beauty #individuality

Originally shared by Laughing Squid

Capturing the Reactions of Four Women Photoshopped Into Cover Models
http://laughingsquid.com/capturing-the-reactions-of-four-women-photoshopped-into-cover-models/

Mars loves you.

Mars loves you.
#mars #naturalshapes #valentines

Originally shared by NASA

#NASALove from the Red Planet: Mars is red, so don't be blue. Hearts abound from us to you: http://go.nasa.gov/1hjx0P9 

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Yes!

Yes!
#savagechickens #valentines

Originally shared by Doug Savage

For your Valentine's Day at the office...
http://www.savagechickens.com/2014/02/corporate-valentines.html

A spirited interview with witty, likeable activists.

A spirited interview with witty, likeable activists.
#pussyriot #colbertreport

Originally shared by Laughing Squid

Pussy Riot Members Make First American Television Appearance on The Colbert Report
http://laughingsquid.com/pussy-riot-members-make-first-american-television-appearance-on-the-colbert-report/

Happy #SupernovaSunday!

#SuperBowl Sunday? For us, it’s #SupernovaSunday! Today, we’ll post info & images on the stellar explosions. #sb48 pic.twitter.com/piJ8EwU3WJ

— NASA (@NASA) February 2, 2014

Happy #SupernovaSunday!