Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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An image of the New Zealander, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872.
This image of the New Zealander became a popular symbol for describing the fall of the capital. Already something of a cliche by 1872, Jerrold and Doré nevertheless make use of the image as they survey the Thames and reflect on the end of their 'pilgrimage': 'Now we have watched the fleets into noisy Billingsgate; and now gossiped looking towards Wren's grand dome, shaping Macaulay's dream of the far future, with the tourist New Zealander upon the broken parapets, contemplating something matching - "The glory that was Greece - The grandeur that was Rome".'Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859) was a British historian, writer and politician. In 1840 he wrote: “And she [meaning the Catholic Church – see below] may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St Paul’s.”
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an animated infographic designed by Antti Lipponen, a senior scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The visualization pulls from NASA data to illustrate the dramatic ascent of average global temperatures between 1900 and 2016.
The circular graph includes one bar for each of the world’s countries. Their colors shift from blue to red, with red representing years far hotter than that nation’s average. As the century progresses, the graphic unfurls into a deep red sunburst of temperature anomalies which acts as both a stunning piece of art and a sobering educational tool. -
@antipodean He just presented at my works annual customer event, very funny!
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Alright Jordan, fire it in there!
Right in the ol' gooseberries
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@Sneakdefreak Right in the Jatz Crackers!! It never gets less funny!
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Series of videos by a guy in Detroit interviewing street hookers. Most are pathetic, but some of them are suprisingly articulate with fascinating observations & insights, like this one:
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Sadly, too much media including the Herald follow the model but it's a one year anniversary so raise a glass.
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Gawker Is Dead And Deserved To Die
Gawker was a site built to destroy lives. Its mission was to discover the worst moment in a person’s life, and then publicizing it for profit.
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Florida man has been busy ......driving like an arsehole.
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@Kirwan turns out it was all staged. The lady, and the guy sitting next to her, show up at the end for a dance routine with the comic. People clicked when the audio was so clear that she must have been miked up.
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Kirwan turns out it was all staged. The lady, and the guy sitting next to her, show up at the end for a dance routine with the comic. People clicked when the audio was so clear that she must have been miked up.
I know, I watched the whole thing. It was cleverly done, audience were totally into it.
The think that sold it was the fact that a decent section of the audience was getting offended at some of the jokes. Some great expressions in there.
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