Dalmatian Riding a Bicycle

Whoa.

 

 

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Dalmatian Riding a Bicycle

via Laughing Squid by Josh Ellingson on 9/15/10

This dalmatian loves to ride his bicycle. And here's another in my collection of quick meme drawings:

 

 

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NES Bed

 

 

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NES Bed

via Laughing Squid by Scott Beale on 9/15/10

rpaxton made a cool NES bedding set for his brother. Maybe he lives in the house with the NES coffee table.

via technabob & Nowhereelse

 

 

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Images of alcohol under a microscope

 

 

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Images of alcohol under a microscope

via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on 9/15/10

This is an image of tequila under a microscope with 1000x magnification. Unclear whether this is well tequila or god's piss. Time magazine has more micrographs of libations. "What Booze Looks Like Under A Microscope"

 

 

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Australia Lifts Ban on Transgender Military Service

good job Australia!

 

 

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Australia Lifts Ban on Transgender Military Service

via Towleroad News #gay by Andy Towle on 9/15/10

The chief of the Australia Defence Force has reportedly removed its policy that effectively banned transgender people from serving in the military:

"The individual whose recent gender transition lead to the reform work was not available for public comment, but the referral service that assists gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender service members, DEFGLIS, was aware that commanders had been anything but understanding. While the ADF works on a new policy to address those problems, slated for December, Air Chief Marshall Houston called on commanders to show more understanding. Monday's signal instructed commanders to "manage ADF transgender personnel with fairness, respect and dignity … and existing medical review provisions; and ensure all personnel are not subjects to unacceptable behavior". It comes 18 years after the ADF repealed the ban on gay and lesbian service members, and two years after it started recognising same-sex relationships for family entitlements. Yet Australia still trails Canada, Israel, Czech Republic, Spain and Thailand, which not only allow transgender soldiers to serve but also support them through diversity programs."

According to Crikey, the ADF was the last remaining Australian agency allowed to fire its members for being transgender.

And here we continue to struggle with DADT and ENDA...

 

 

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Just look at this awesome banana shoe.

hmmm, not sure...

 

 

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Just look at this awesome banana shoe.

via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 9/14/10

Just look at it.

Banana 2010 (Thanks, Knutmo!)

Previously:

• Just look at this awesome banana boat. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana skateboard. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana Viking helmet. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome slow-moving performance artist whose face has been covered with exploding bananas. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome EU banana curvature regulation. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome anti-banana-ripening bag. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome Korean banana-ripening facility. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana peeler. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana peeling simulator. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana slicer. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana saver clip. Boing Boing
• Just look at this awesome banana bunker. Boing Boing

 

 

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Gentleman lives on floating plastic bottle island home

 

 

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Gentleman lives on floating plastic bottle island home

via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on 9/13/10

Mr. "Rishi" Sowa lives on an floating island. That he made. From empty plastic bottles and a few mangrove plants. In Mexico.

From the blog:

From 1998 to 2005, Rishi Sowa hand-built and lived on the first Spiral Island, which floated on over 300,000 recycled bottles! It was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005. Rishi has now built an even better island at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, in a lagoon which offers shelter from bad weather! Rishi will continue to make improvements to the Island, so it will always be a eco-work-of-art in progress!

YouTube video by The Resident.

There's an online community of "Spiral Islanders" here.

(via BB Submitterator, thanks EeyoreX)

 

 

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