This 6 (ish) legged turquoise squid features itty bitty pink tentacles and spots. It’s naturally curvy legs bring her to life making her more of a pet then a piece of jewellery. Carefully hand sculpted from a quality polymer clay then glazed for shine — via Etsy
WikiLeaks‘ Australian founder Julian Assange, who enraged Washington by publishing thousands of secret US diplomatic cables, has been given a peace award for exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights
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Assange was awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s gold medal on Tuesday at the Frontline Club in London, only the fourth such award to be handed out in its 14-year history. The not-for-profit organisation is associated with the University of Sydney and supported by the City of Sydney — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A gentleman’s squidscot. Or would you call it a hen-tie?
It’s a smaller, lighter version of my tentacle scarf, crocheted with ultra soft baby yarn. It’s around 54 inches long and 2.5 inches wide, with a total of 29 suckercups – 15 on one side, 14 on the other — via Etsy
So, here we have Dirk Benedict, who played Lt Starbuck in the classic Battlestar Galactica, with Katee Sackhoff, who played Kara Starbuck
Thrace in the modern Battlestar Galactica, in a Starbucks coffee shop. The mind reels — via Neatorama
Mac users are being warned to study search engine results carefully for the first significant fake antivirus scareware
program to target the platform and its loyal following.
The threat has been named OSX/MacDefender.A by Mac security specialists Intego, which on its own offers a clue to its unusual nature. This is not simply a cross-platform threat looking to widen its net to catch a few extra victims but a specially written program Mac application that just happens to be bogus — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in Cambodia, which has neither eyes nor legs.
Neang Thy, a zoologist with the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), found the worm-like creature while he was exploring the Cardamom Mountains — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Several thousand bees that were part a multi-million pound neuroscience research project have been stolen from a British university — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Animal authorities in British Columbia said a found cat was reunited with its owner thanks to workers who thought to use Facebook — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Ambergris is a wax-like substance secreted in sperm whale intestines, and it protects the whale’s stomach from its abrasive diet of beaked squid. It has been used for centuries as a fixative for expensive perfumes, as it traps aroma on the skin for long periods.
The 40-kilogram find was equivalent to the normal total annual export of the substance, which sometimes washes up on west coast beaches in Northland — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Samoa looks set to try to change its time zone and move the country’s clocks forward by a day to be in line with Australia and New Zealand — via redwolf.newsvine.com
You will need to amputate a patient’s leg about five times more often than his arm. Once you have cut off a limb there is no going back, so try to retain as much function as you can.
In the arm save every centimetre. In the leg amputate at the classical sites only — via ubergrid
Do not fuck with Cthulhu, originally uploaded by Gwen.
Security company Symantec has posted a notification on their blog that reveals a flaw in the Facebook web application API that has allowed apps nearly complete access to user’s accounts. This includes profiles, photos, chat and the ability to mine customer information — via bluejackett24.newsvine.com
And what about Cthulhu? Who thinks about Cthulhu?
— via Orbit Books
— via CollegeHumor
Digging through my old photos, trying to find a few to hang up in my new office (lol…it’s a cube). Ran across this one, and decided it was cooler than I originally had thought. I believe it’s skim milk and a little food coloring
Finally got around to signing and numbering my Cthulhu prints.
You can buy one here.
I will only be signing and numbering 77 of the neon variant — via deviantART
Everyone agrees. The unemployed should get a job. But should the unemployed have the right to refuse a bad job?
Currently, refusing a job results in eight weeks without Newstart allowance. Tony Abbott wants to go further than this, suspending all payments for people who just happen to live in areas where unskilled work, like cleaning and fruit picking, is available — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Coeliac sufferers may not have to eliminate gluten from their diets after a successful trial of a potential vaccine — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Whenever Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott or anyone else in a position to influence and shape public views conjures the notion of their being an orderly queue which asylum seekers must join, they know that they are triggering a strong emotional response in many people. They also know that they are practicing the dark art of the big lie
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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