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When Katie Bradley isn’t blogging about her eleven tortoises at Tortaddiction, she’s making them these sweaters that she sells through her Etsy shop, Mossy Tortoise. Bradley’s yarn creations turn tortoises into everything from sharks to lobsters, proving that there is something on Etsy for everyone… Read More › These pigs were captured on camera five years ago in Uttendorf, Austria, perfectly defining the phrase, “Happy as a pig in the mud”… (via Laughing Squid) Rob Scallon‘s mashup of 30 songs in one minute is as impressive as it is entertaining…

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BBC Trending When the Twitter account of a prominent Yemeni political commentator and high-profile social media user fell silent on 14 August, it did not go unnoticed. Hisham Al-Omeisy is usually a prolific tweeter, known for his updates, in both English and Arabic, about the social and humanitarian crisis in his country. The 38-year-old has around 25,000 followers, among them many international media outlets, journalists and humanitarian workers who turn to him for insights about what's happening within Yemen. So when his account suddenly went quiet, those who have come to rely on him for valuable information, quickly knew something was wrong. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want.

26 Awesome Like A Boss GIFs Why do things normally when you can do them like a boss? Enjoy these twenty-six awesome like a boss GIFs: Sitting Like A Boss ESP Powers Like A Boss Plog Captured Photo Blog has moved Posted Jun 02, 2015 Click here to see the latest posts from The Denver Post Captured Photo Blog. (more…) Jun 02, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Add a Comment Previous Plogs Daily Picdump #1085 Menu ≡ ╳ Submit Daily Picdump #1085 Continue to Daily Picdump #1084 >>> Like / 3 Tweet / 0 Hashtagify Popular Hashtags: Global Top 30 Get daily, weekly or monthly updates about the top hashtags for: any language. Just click the button below to choose your frequency.

World Sunlight Map Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated daily with current weather satellite imagery. The Mercator projection used here is one way of looking at the spherical earth as a flat map. Used since the 16th century for navigation, straight lines on this map can be used accurately as compass bearings but the size and shape of continents are distorted. Why I’m Coming Out Today Over the past 3-years I have become increasingly frustrated… I’ve wanted to step out, to move forward, to throw off any excuses and to rid myself of this dastardly common tendency to hide. For I believe that if you have a gift of any kind, then you must use it; it is not a gift unless it is given away. There is so much pretense everywhere, in politics, in church, in the workplace, in friendships and worst of all in families and this is immensely sickening to my artistic soul. It is time to tell the truth, to peel back the layers of self-protective deceit and to simply acknowledge that things are as we really find them, not as we wish for them to be. And so my truth is this…

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21 Most Beautiful Nature Photos On Stumbleupon These are the 21 most beautiful nature photos on Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is big society where you can spend all your day and all you life with smile on your face. On that site you can find lots of things, like photos, animals, home stuff and many more, nature photos like these one below. These nature photos are really beautiful and very amazing and that is the proof just how much our Earth is beautiful place. Funzine Sophie Howard, Daisy Watts, Stacey Massey & Leah Francis Reacties op “Sophie Howard, Daisy Watts, Stacey Massey & Leah Francis” Laura zegt: 15/04/2011 om 12:58 WOW chris zegt: 15/04/2011 om 18:13 WOW these chicks are so hot and have such nice “assets” adina zegt: 19/04/2011 om 14:01 Wow, ok its really sad to see that these girls have such low self respect, what a great example to set for other young ladies with self esteam issues.

The Designs Of Star Wars 10 reasons why they are awesome ♣ essenmitsosse Star Wars didn’t just became famous for its story or special-effects. The role of its groundbreaking designs shouldn’t be underestimated. Here are 10 reasons why the concept arts are masterpieces and what they can teach you about good concept-art. Reason №10 Proportion The effects of good proportions seem to be pretty subtle, but well balanced and harmonic proportions can make the difference between a good and a bad design Most people would say that they never noticed “good proportions” in Star Wars, but it isn’t important to make them mind-blowing, it just suffices to avoid messing them up (which is hard enough).

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