Source: yimmyayo
Towards the end of the summer the waters around southern Rhode Island get quite sparkly at night. I’ve wondered for a while what exactly the sparkling things might be, but it wasn’t until recently that I remembered to bring a bucket with me and look at its contents in the light of day.
Know Your New England Bioluminescants (via Creature Cast)
Source: creaturecast.org
It comes as no surprise, in the world of always-on information, that fake facts are on the rise.
John Hodgman has set the fake trivia world ablaze with two books, an NPR exploration of the comparative benefits of flight and invisibility, even putting the President in his place with Dune trivia and more consequential, but completely false, true facts.
Look Around You points the lens of mid-century science education films at, well, absolute nonsense. Bless you, ants. Blants.
And, now, FakeScience tumbles these wonderful posters explaining the senses, animals, geologic features, and modern energy production. They even boldly take on the universe’s greatest question: Fucking magnets, how do they work? The answer may suprise you.
For When The Facts Are Too Confusing, Fake Science (via Coudal Partners)
“There’s…there’s juice in the fridge. Just…just fucking take it.”
Source: hungoverowls
Creepy/cool biological specimen assemblages from etsy artist Brian Booker
I think the handmade ethos dovetails nicely with the medium of assemblage, which is about altering our attention to the world of small objects that surrounds us: noticing, gathering, re-combining. Partly by design and partly by chance, we create new things, which are, in a sense, unique environments where the old and the new cohabitate.
A little pricey for me ($250-$1000+) but fascinating curiosities from a true artisan of the eerie.
A deadly game of cat and also cat
The Platanthera blephariglottis are beginning to bloom!
