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myjetpack:

My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.

Pearl formation in mollusks is actually a sort of defense mechanism. Pearls are formed when a bit of sand, grit, or any foreign object makes its way between a mollusk’s mantle and shell. The clam recognizes the object as an irritant and coats it in layers of nacre (what the inside, pearlescent part of clam shells are made out of), making a larger, but less rough and prettier version of the intrusive object.

The round pearls you see used in jewelry are cultured by humans inserting small, perfectly round objects into a certain species of freshwater oysters to make them produce perfectly spheroid pearls. It’s essentially an art of perpetually annoying the oysters to have them produce beautiful things.

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nevver:

Design Like Nobody’s Watching

magpieandwhale:

Just only 13 years old, Zev (Fiddle Oak) creates a fantasy dreamland through his photographs. His camera is named Betsy. Zev’s sister and assistant Nellie is 17. They enjoy working and creating together. The magic of Fiddle Oak cannot be described in words; no word that already exists can accurately sum up the extreme talent and wonder of Zev and Nellie. 

13 and 17? For real? Dang. Go kids!

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photojojo:

In her ongoing project, photographer Alex Beker perfectly documents that special bond between pet and owner.

Feet & Paws - Photos with Man’s Best Friend

mariswicks:

Guts! The inside cover of my new sketchbook; read more about it here.

rainrainrain

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likeomfgitsjonny:

“Sphynx”, oil and metal on canvas, 18” x 18”

random-turkey:

ladys and gentlemen, the future!

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thedailywhat:

Hashtag of the Day: #NSAKidsBooks

On Saturday, Twitter user @Darth asked his followers to submit parody titles of children’s books incorporating the NSA’s domestic surveillance scandal with the hashtag #NSAKidsBooks. After more than2,800 mentions of the hashtag over the weekend, @Darth used the best submissions as his inspiration for a series of children’s book cover illustrations (shown above).

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thedailywhat:

Troll Science of the Day: George Orwell’s Eco-Friendly Power Generator

At this pace of Orwellian dystopia becoming a reality, we might as well replace the fossil fuels with his self-perpetuating outrage six feet under the ground.