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First genetic proof that women were Viking warriors

  The remains of an iconic Swedish Viking Age grave now reveal that war was not an activity exclusive to males – women could be found in the higher ranks at the battlefield. The study was conducted on one of … Continue reading

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A Physicist Who Models ISIS and the Alt-Right 

A fascinating look at how the behavior of groups can be modeled just as can material objects in a physics experiment. Neil Johnson used to study electrons as a buttoned-up professor of physics at the University of Oxford. Then, a decade … Continue reading

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Fantastic Hieronymus Bosch Piñatas by Roberto Benavidez

LA-based artist Roberto Benavidez, a self-styled “half-breed, South Texan, queer, figurative sculptor specializing in the piñata form; playing on themes of race, sexuality, art, sin, humor and beauty”, has created a set based on the works of Hieronymus Bosch (1450 – 1516), … Continue reading

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When Punks & Goths Swipe Their Kids’ Coloring Books

This happens: These are from a huge (and growing) Reddit thread called Coloring Corruptions. I realize that a macabre sense of humor is by no means limited to punks and goths but I know they’d all laugh at them.   … Continue reading

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Make crime pay.  Become a lawyer. ~Will Rogers 

by acidcow.com Source: Nobody Expects To Hear These Conversations In Court (45 pics)

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Someday Funnies XX

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Recent random art in the Haight

On poles and the mini version (shown) above from TRAXB

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Adam West has shuffled off this mortal coil

Happy trails, Mayor West, aka Bruce Wayne, aka the Caped Crusader, aka schoolteacher-tuned-gunfighter Christopher Rolf (on The Rifleman). Thanks for your delightful work.

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Happy Cole Porter Day!

For which I offer these lyrics from the movie “Can Can” Here being sung by Maurice Chevalier to Louis Jourdan:  

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18 Fascinating Items From RadioShack’s Corporate Memorabilia Auction 

via Consumerist As part of closing down, RadioShack is emptying out the company museum at its headquarters, and its corporate archives and vault of memorabilia. That means that the company is selling some valuable and cool items, and some boxes of … Continue reading

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