Tea Roses and Doggerel
A digital collage of geekery.
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Photoset reblogged from shenanigans for everyone
LESTRADE’S LEAST IRRITATING OFFICER IS LESTRADE.
LESTRADE’S LEAST IRRITATING OFFICER IS LESTRADE.
(Source: someofuslaughsomeofuscry)
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Quote reblogged from The GuardianTwitter is like – it’s like I blinked into existence. I’ve been writing comedy for 20 years, but I only got invited on to Have I Got News For You” – which has been going for 22 years – “six months ago. It’s because suddenly I existed for a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t have known me. Twitter has made me – it’s not only brought me out as an individual, but people don’t ask me about priests any more, people don’t ask me about Ireland – two things that are a part of my life, but priests are not a big part of my life. It’s been great to be able to talk about different things because of Twitter.
Graham Linehan, the IT Crowd and Father Ted writer, talks about social networks, internet distractions and why so-called pirates are really fans (via guardian)
This whole article is worth a read both for British comedy fans and people involved in internet piracy debates.
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Photo reblogged from Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils
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The Falkland Islands Wolf - Dusicyon culpaeus [now Dusicyon australis]
The Falkand Islands wolf was also known as the “warrah”, from the Guarani word for “fox”. It was the closest living relative to the maned wolf, an unusual-looking long-legged canid endemic to South America.
The Falkland Islands are geographically Argentinian, but were colonized by the British in the late 18th century. The military conflicts regarding the islands aside, British settlers introduced sheep very early on in the colonization, and have kept sheep on the islands ever since.
The colonists on the Falklands feared the wolves would eat their sheep, and poisoned or slaughtered large numbers of them every year. The fearless nature of this top carnivore was a major factor in its ultimate extinction. Even in the last days of their existence, they had no fear of man, and could be baited with nothing more than a chunk of meat held in an outstretched hand. The species was declared extinct in 1876.
Interesting side-note: The Latin name for the species means “foolish wolf of the south”.
The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: Mammalia, part 2. Charles Darwin, 1838.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ndmsfm0Y1qk931ho1_500.jpg)
The Falkland Islands Wolf - Dusicyon culpaeus [now Dusicyon australis]
The Falkand Islands wolf was also known as the “warrah”, from the Guarani word for “fox”. It was the closest living relative to the maned wolf, an unusual-looking long-legged canid endemic to South America.
The Falkland Islands are geographically Argentinian, but were colonized by the British in the late 18th century. The military conflicts regarding the islands aside, British settlers introduced sheep very early on in the colonization, and have kept sheep on the islands ever since.
The colonists on the Falklands feared the wolves would eat their sheep, and poisoned or slaughtered large numbers of them every year. The fearless nature of this top carnivore was a major factor in its ultimate extinction. Even in the last days of their existence, they had no fear of man, and could be baited with nothing more than a chunk of meat held in an outstretched hand. The species was declared extinct in 1876.
Interesting side-note: The Latin name for the species means “foolish wolf of the south”.
The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: Mammalia, part 2. Charles Darwin, 1838.
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Chat reblogged from Kukla Russkaya
- Half the countries in Europe: Okay, so we've got this great idea: what if we enter a pretty young woman in a flowing dress who stands still on the stage and sings a forgettable ballad.
- The other half: Okay, hit back with gay men.
- Romania : LOL take an epic bagpipe guy
- Russia: BABUSHKAS
- Ireland: JEDWARD
- Oh honey, I will always take the epic bagpipe guy. He can follow me around and make all of my daily transactions sound momentous.
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Photoset reblogged from You Jelly, Baby?
Loki and Thor: Angels of the Lord.
Thor as Ramiel because, yes, there is an angel of thunder) and Loki asTrgiaob (angel of wild birds because you try finding an angel for the god of mischief).
(Source: annavanpersie)
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Photo reblogged from Cave to Canvas
Thomas Couture, A Realist, 1865
From the Van Gogh Museum:
This painting can be viewed as a painted caricature of Realism. The French artist Thomas Couture used the canvas to criticise the new direction in painting, whose adherents preferred everyday, and sometimes trivial, subjects, to literary or historical themes. This particular realist has ‘demeaned’ himself to such an extent that he is willing to portray a pig, a symbol of stupidity. Insignificant, everyday objects hang on the wall while the painter displays scant respect for classical culture: he is seated on a sculpted head of the Greek god Zeus. Couture himself generally painted more exalted subjects, in a style better suited to the academic tradition.
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Photoset reblogged from Fuck Yeah! Kat Dennings
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Photoset reblogged from Whedonverse Gifs
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Photo reblogged from Brilliant Botany
A close-up shot of foxglove, a member of the Digitalis genus, which contains about 20 species. Foxglove is poisonous, because they contain cardiac gylcosides. These chemicals, however, have been extracted and used in heart medicines that control arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation.
Photo by me.
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The Falkland Islands Wolf - Dusicyon culpaeus [now Dusicyon australis]
The Falkand Islands wolf was also known as the “warrah”, from the Guarani word for “fox”. It was the closest living relative to the maned wolf, an unusual-looking long-legged canid endemic to South America.
The Falkland Islands are geographically Argentinian, but were colonized by the British in the late 18th century. The military conflicts regarding the islands aside, British settlers introduced sheep very early on in the colonization, and have kept sheep on the islands ever since.
The colonists on the Falklands feared the wolves would eat their sheep, and poisoned or slaughtered large numbers of them every year. The fearless nature of this top carnivore was a major factor in its ultimate extinction. Even in the last days of their existence, they had no fear of man, and could be baited with nothing more than a chunk of meat held in an outstretched hand. The species was declared extinct in 1876.
Interesting side-note: The Latin name for the species means “foolish wolf of the south”.
The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: Mammalia, part 2. Charles Darwin, 1838.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ndmsfm0Y1qk931ho1_1280.jpg)
