The science textbook illustration style tattoos of Bologna based needle-jockey Michele Volpi.
Botany, anatomy, astronomy, cryptozoology: it’s all there for the inking.
Author Archives: Chompsky
A ‘mosaic’ of Menelaus blue morpho butterflies captured by photographer Kelvin Hudson.
Sunning themselves on the trunk of a tree.
Probably all getting the COVID money, too.
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In its heyday, the Wheeler Yacht Company was a renowned boatbuilder with high-profile clientele including one Ernest Hemingway. In 1934, the writer acquired the ‘Pilar’ – time spent on which would inspire much of his writing including ‘The Old Man And The Sea’ (1953).
After many years of inactivity, the company has returned to production with the Wheeler 38 ‘Pilar’ Fishing Boat – reverse engineered from the original plans of Hemingway’s old 12m (38 foot) tub in collaboration with naval architect, Bill Prince.
Upgrades include a cold-moulded epoxy hull, a diesel engine capable of 30 knots and a slew of electronics for air conditioning, digital connectivity, refrigeration and autopilot.
Yours for about €1,28 million.
A rambling but captivating visual essay by contemporary philosopher exurb1a encompassing everything from the history of human civilisation to how not to win an argument and the importance of compassion in your life.
Previously: You (Probably) Don’t Exist
Ann Murtagh (via John Gallen) twasks:
Help please! Anyone know what this is called? They were very common in gardens years ago
Behold: dark shapes winging their way through the dusty emission nebula known as NGC 6188 in the southern Constellation of Ara, 4000 light years away. To wit:
Born in that region only a few million years ago, the massive young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association sculpt the fantastic shapes and power the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. The featured image accumulated over 10 hours through a backyard telescope in Córdoba, Argentina and was false-coloured using the Hubble palette highlighting emission from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in red, green, and blue hues. The field of view spans about four full Moons, corresponding to about 150 light years at the estimated distance of NGC 6188.
(Image: Ariel L. Cappelletti)
Yes. @MyHotelCarpet.
Curated by corporate pilot Bill Young since 2015. One of the world’s most boring Instagram accounts? Or a delightful horizontal travelogue expressed in Ezy-Wipe® nylon/polypropylene?
You be the judge.
An impressive short by UK based art and design studio Universal Everything in which a walking figure is observed evolving a variety of full coverage suits.
Full screen and headphones recommended. It’s quite mesmeric.