Author Archives: Chompsky
The Ghoul
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Behold: scary-ass reflection nebula IC 2118 in the constellation of Orion. It’d put the heart sideways in you so it would. To wit:
IC 2118 is about 800 light-years from your neighbourhood, close to bright bluish star Rigel at the foot of Orion. Often identified as the Witch Head nebula for its appearance in a wider field of view it now rises before the witching hour though. With spiky stars for eyes, the ghoulish apparition identified here seems to extend an arm toward Orion’s hot supergiant star. The source of illumination for IC 2118, Rigel is just beyond this frame at the upper left.
(Image: Casey Good/Steve Timmons)
#Otd 1963: Death of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty CBE. The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican! Born Co Cork, raised Killarney, Kerry. Saved 6,500 Allied soldiers & Jews from German Gestapo & SD in WW2! The Scarlet and the Black about him! https://t.co/GAoIVPHtl7 https://t.co/VHzVbpmNg9 pic.twitter.com/nvVwRuVgtB
— Irish History Bitesize! (@lorraineelizab6) October 30, 2020
Previously: Ireland’s Oskar Schindler
A collaboration between Reigarw Comparisons and Metaball Studios visualising the comparative brake horsepowers of everything from the 1894 Benz Velo to the Thrust SSC rocket car.
And if you liked that, you may also care for their comparison of cars, airplanes, tanks and rockets.
Name that Autumnal idyll.
Colum Cronin tweetz:
Finding the path amidst an almost dizzying array of colours!
Unnerving LPs from the @obscurestvinyl Insta, wherein folk submit sinister, lurid and scatological parodies of awkwardly staged but genuine vintage album covers.
A colourful, trope-filled short by Dylan Chase in which five Jeebie Scouts attempting to outscare each other with ghost stories are interrupted by a knock at the door.
A little intense for tots but older kids (and you, you big kid) will love it.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Bugatti Bolide – a track-only version of the Chiron, stripped and rebuilt for maximum speed and agility.
A massive W16, 1824bhp power plant accelerates the car to 100km/h in 2.17 seconds and – despite no decision yet on whether to proceed to full production – the Bolide has already lapped the Nürburgring in 5:23.1, just 4 seconds slower than the Porsche 919 EVO Le Mans prototype.
Camouflage
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The elaborate self portraits of Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes: her exposed skin painted, wearing robes that mimic the ornamental fabric backdrops into which she blends.
