Skilled superfan Kjetil Nordin spent 800 hours over six years crocheting this amazing blanket that features a screenshot of the map of World 1 from Super Mario Bros 3.
This incredibly detailed piece of crochet has all the fun little features and figures found on the Super Mario Bros 3 world map, including a lurching Hammer Bros and a cry for help coming from the castle — via Neatorama
Two Golden Jackal pups recently emerged from their mother’s den, at NaturZoo Rheine. Until their recent venture out into the exhibit, keepers were unsure how many pups were safely tucked in the burrow — via ZooBorns
Denali from FELT SOUL MEDIA on Vimeo
There’s no easy way to say goodbye to a friend, especially when they’ve supported you through your darkest times
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Handmade, stuffed fox toy with red body. Her tail is painted with white textile-dye. 40cm tall. Made of linen, stuffed with polyfill (the colour may vary). The eyes are hand-embroidered, the nose is a button. She has a nice red-white striped scarf — via Etsy
Tony Abbott. Prime Minister of Australia
Originally aired on ABC TV: 25/06/2015 — via Youtube
Actor Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers TV series, has died in California at the age of 93.
The Briton, best known for playing John Steed in the 1960s television spy show, died at home with his family at his bedside, his son Rupert said.
Macnee, who served in the Royal Navy during World War Two, also played roles in theatre, appearing on Broadway.
Avengers co-star Dame Diana Rigg paid tribute, saying: Patrick was a very dear man and I owe him a great deal
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A statement on Mcnee’s website read: Wherever he went, he left behind a trove of memories.
He died peacefully at his home in California’s Rancho Mirage on Thursday, Rupert said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Deer Shield Mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) and Deer Shield Mushrooms (Pluteus cervinus) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
This slick Ducati Scrambler is the first official build of Sylvain Berneron’s Holographic Hammer. It was commissioned by Ducati themselves, in partnership with French magazine Moto Heroes — via Bike EXIF
What do you call an tiny octopus with big eyes, gelatinous skin and is cute as a button? Nobody knows quite yet! Stephanie Bush of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute aims to classify and name this presently undescribed deep-sea cephalopod using preserved specimens and a clutch of eggs hatch housed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium — via Youtube
hooray los angeles for having a 50,000 square foot top secret military facility now used to make vegan cooking shows in a cute little neighbourhood surrounded by desert scrub and oak trees — via moby los angeles architecture
St Johns Cathedral Doorway Detail and St Johns Cathedral Doorway Detail originally uploaded by Red Wolf
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, Government Communications Headquarters, have worked to subvert anti-virus and other security software in order to track users and infiltrate networks, according to documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The spy agencies have reverse engineered software products, sometimes under questionable legal authority, and monitored web and email traffic in order to discreetly thwart anti-virus software and obtain intelligence from companies about security software and users of such software. One security software maker repeatedly singled out in the documents is Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, which has a holding registered in the UK, claims more than 270,000 corporate clients, and says it protects more than 400 million people with its products.
British spies aimed to thwart Kaspersky software in part through a technique known as software reverse engineering, or SRE, according to a top-secret warrant renewal request. The NSA has also studied Kaspersky Lab’s software for weaknesses, obtaining sensitive customer information by monitoring communications between the software and Kaspersky servers, according to a draft top-secret report. The US spy agency also appears to have examined emails inbound to security software companies flagging new viruses and vulnerabilities.
The efforts to compromise security software were of particular importance because such software is relied upon to defend against an array of digital threats and is typically more trusted by the operating system than other applications, running with elevated privileges that allow more vectors for surveillance and attack. Spy agencies seem to be engaged in a digital game of cat and mouse with anti-virus software companies; the US and UK have aggressively probed for weaknesses in software deployed by the companies, which have themselves exposed sophisticated state-sponsored malware — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Café Racer Dreams, CRD #58 is an 84-model BMW R100, and it was built for a regular of the Madrid-based shop who lives in Nice, France — via Bike EXIF
In its mountainous setting just beside a lake, close to Åkrafjorden in the western part of Norway, the tiny Bjellandsbu lodge is only reachable on foot or by horseback. The location is completely unspoiled by human hands other than this structure. That’s why it was so important to architectural firm Snøhettato minimise the lodge’s visual and practical impact on its surroundings — via Dornob
Don Featherstone, the creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died this morning. He was a friend, whom we have known since 1996, the year he was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for art.
Don and his wife, Nancy Featherstone, came to almost every Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in succeeding years, where adoring throngs cheered them and the plastic pink flamingos. He has been ill the past few years. This photo shows Don and Nancy (who, every day of their marriage, wore matching outfits designed by Nancy) at the last of Don’s many happy returns, in 2012 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Allwetterzoo Münster’s resident Cheetah, Namoja, gave birth to a remarkable litter of seven cubs on 28 April. Namoja’s large litter is somewhat rare. Cheetahs typically give birth to three to five cubs — ZooBorns
Red Grevillea and Red Grevillea originally uploaded by Red Wolf
A baby Southern White Rhinoceros born 21 May at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo has increased the zoo’s herd by one, but the wild population of these magnificent beasts grows smaller every day — via Youtube
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