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realgrumpycat: The Daily Grump | June 18, 2013 Check out some...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:28 -0400

The Daily Grump | June 18, 2013

Check out some Grumpy Cat Merchandise!

Also, pre-order Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book which will be out July 23 and the 2014 Wall Calendar!

nevver: Walk this way

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:42:01 -0400

nevver:

Walk this way

"ez itt a nyolc, itt minden be van betonozva"

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:27 -0400

“ez itt a nyolc, itt minden be van betonozva”

- mondta az eladó, majd előjött a pultból unlockolni a jégkrémes hűtőládát. (via szajmon-mondja)

collectivehistory: Today in History: The First American woman...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:59 -0400

collectivehistory:

Today in History: The First American woman in space, 1983

In 1983 the space shuttle Challenger was launched into space on its second mission. Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978 and at the age of 32, became the first American woman to enter into low Earth orbit in 1983, she was also the youngest astronaut to be launched into space.

During the six-day mission, Ride, an astrophysicist from Stanford University, operated the shuttle’s robot arm, which she had helped design.

Her historic journey was preceded almost 20 years to the day by cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova of the Soviet Union, who on June 16, 1963, became the first woman ever to travel into space. The United States had screened a group of female pilots in 1959 and 1960 for possible astronaut training but later decided to restrict astronaut qualification to men. In 1978, NASA changed its policy and announced that it had approved six women to become the first female astronauts in the U.S. space program.

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4

collectivehistory: On the northern coast of Portugal circa...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:52 -0400

collectivehistory:

On the northern coast of Portugal circa 1950, at some small localities by the names of Apulia and Ver-O-Mar, the inhabitants occupy themselves with the gathering of sargassum and various sea-weeds which they gather in big nets. (National Geographic/Artur Pastor)

Maurizio Cattelan - Amen (2012-13) “Amen is Cattelan’s first...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:35:51 -0400

Maurizio Cattelan - Amen (2012-13)

“Amen is Cattelan’s first retrospective after a year of silence and retirement from the art world. On view at Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland, is a selection of the artist’s most recent works in which he explored the deepest areas of human life.

In front of the castle visitors are captured by the hanging child replacing the flag on the pole (Untitled, 2004), questioning society’s sense of responsibility toward the youngest generation.

Inside, the work Mother, a memento from a famous performance at the Vienna Art Biennale in 1999 recalls the search for spiritual values that is common to religion and art while the dying horse and tormented woman compel us to reflect upon the ethical and anthropological dimension of sacrifice, victim and dying.

The exhibition expands beyond the gallery, a part of which can be seen on 14 Próżna St., a former Warsaw Ghetto, in which Cattelan had (controversially) placed the work Him (2001), a statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees.

In a Warsaw ravaged by the cataclysmic 20th century, Cattelan’s works take on a particular dimension: they become an artistic commentary on the Catholic credo… What does it really mean to love your enemies? What does forgive for those who trespass against us mean? In evoking the traumas of history, his art represents a difficult challenge to the identity of the Poles: to what extent is our national memory a form of forgetfulness? To what degree does that which we wish to forget determine us and constitute a sui generis form of concealed memory?”

The Shining (room 237)

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:33:25 -0400

The Shining (room 237)

collectivehistory: On May 24, 1959 the Great Pyramid of Khufu...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:42 -0400

collectivehistory:

On May 24, 1959 the Great Pyramid of Khufu was illuminated.

It was part of a promotional event by the bulb manufacturer, Sylvania, and was triggered with a series of synchronized circuits strung along 14 miles (23 kilometers) of wire. Preparations for the shot took more than a month; a team of 20 men made two sides of the ancient structure bristle with flashlamps attached to four-foot (two- meter) poles wedged between the limestone blocks.

Photograph by Pierre Day for National Geographic

abandonedography: Thonis-Heracleion (the Egyptian and Greek...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:44 -0400

abandonedography:

Thonis-Heracleion (the Egyptian and Greek names of the city) is a city lost between legend and reality. Before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, the city knew glorious times as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world. It had also a religious importance because of the temple of Amun, which played an important role in rites associated with dynasty continuity. The city was founded probably around the 8th century BC, underwent diverse natural catastrophes, and finally sunk entirely into the depths of the Mediterranean in the 8th century AD. (via)

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garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:27:14 -0400

kateoplis: “I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:46 -0400

kateoplis:

“I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.”

— Erica Jong

withapencilinhand: Pokey Love (Grumpy Cat’s Brother)

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:20 -0400

withapencilinhand:

Pokey Love (Grumpy Cat’s Brother)

amberredfield: Under & At Dusk by Amber Redfield / 500px /...

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:04 -0400

"Under"

"At Dusk"

amberredfield:

Under & At Dusk by Amber Redfield / 500px / Website / Society6

gringamommynmexico: On the other hand…

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:50 -0400

gringamommynmexico:

On the other hand…

suisounonou: Photography by suisounonou.

garance — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:10 -0400

suisounonou:

Photography by suisounonou.

nugat: Organize your pre-London garage sale. valahogy így

garance — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:14:43 -0400

nugat:

Organize your pre-London garage sale.

valahogy így

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garance — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:10:38 -0400

"Szily László: Hihetetlen hogy ez az ember 10 év alatt nem változott semmit! Ugyanolyan szenvedéllyel..."

garance — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:07:45 -0400

“Szily László: Hihetetlen hogy ez az ember 10 év alatt nem változott semmit! Ugyanolyan szenvedéllyel emelgeti a képeken törpeharcsákat, vagy az őzlábgombákat , mint anno. Irigylem az olyan embereket, akik !bizonyos szempontból! jottányit sem változnak, és ennek ellenére szemmel láthatólag jól érzik magukat a bőrükben! Én már semmiben sem hasonlítok tíz évvel ezelőtti önmagamra””

- (via martonbede)

ndavid42: uuberdani: kontent.

garance — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:07:34 -0400

ndavid42:

uuberdani:

kontent.

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garance — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:04:33 -0400