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THIS BLOG IS ALWAYS AD-FREE I make stuff and do things.

Robert Rauschenberg’s Goat to travel to United Kingdom for first time in over 50 years

LONDON.- Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic work Monogram 1955-59 is to travel to the UK for the first time in over half a century as part of Tate Modern’s upcoming retrospective of the artist, opening 1 December 2016. Monogram is a classic example of … Continue reading

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US Navy to Name Ship After Harvey Milk

The United States Navy will name a ship after gay rights icon Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, according to a report by US Naval Institute (USNI) News. LGBT activists in San Diego and San Francisco had campaigned … Continue reading

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Women of NASA Get LEGO-sized Tribute | Popular Science

You can probably name a handful of astronauts and astrophysicists, most of them male. Throughout grade school, their names are repeated in history books: Buzz, Neil, Gus… what about the women who set many of these missions into motion? The … Continue reading

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Native American teen faces a year in prison for possessing one gram of weed 

Just WHAT THE EVER-LOVING FUCK?!?! Devontre Thomas, a Native American 19-year-old, is accused of possessing a small amount of weed – enough for about one joint – and will face a federal trial that advocates say is a waste of … Continue reading

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Your Chance to Buy the “Flintstones House”!

    This fun-looking boulder shaped house that you’ve probably seen from I-280 is up for sale and they’ve knocked a cool $1 million off the asking price! Tile and site specific art cover the entire home and match the exterior. … Continue reading

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Vintage 20s & 30s Bondage and Fetish Gear By Yva Richard and Diana Slip (NSFW) 

As Michel Foucault famously attested, we often presume that contemporary society is singularly sexually liberated, that those who came before us were far more conservative, even their innermost fantasies more bourgeois than ours. That is, of course, completely untrue – … Continue reading

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Are We Close to Having a Blood Test That Detects Cancer? 

Researchers designed a liquid biopsy test to determine a patient’s risk of colon cancer recurrence and monitor the effects of chemotherapy after surgery. Earlier this month, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Walter and Eliza Hall … Continue reading

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Study reveals Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘irrelevant’ scribbles mark the spot where he first recorded the laws of friction

A new detailed study of notes and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci has identified a page of scribbles in a tiny notebook as the place where Leonardo first recorded the laws of friction. The research also shows that he went … Continue reading

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Meet Graham, a Human Evolved to Survive a Car Crash 

As much as we like to think we’re invincible, we’re not. Since the car was first invented, advancements in technology and updated standards have made them increasingly safer. But even with greater precautions, the frail human body often can’t survive … Continue reading

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Colorado town finds THC in its water, warns residents not to drink or bathe in it – The Denver Post

Still better water than you’d get in Flint, Michigan. But I suspect this is much ado about nothing. That the water test detected trace elements that are also found in THC, not necessarily a cannabinoid. Much the same way that … Continue reading

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