As the official airline of Middle-earth, Air New Zealand has gone all out to celebrate the third and final film in The Hobbit Trilogy — The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Directed by Taika Waititi and starring Elijah Wood and Sir Peter Jackson; behold; the most epic safety video ever made:
We do things slightly awesomer down here.
Hikers exploring England’s Derbyshire Peak District, near Hayfield, earlier this week stumbled onto a rare phenomenon caused by extreme winds:
The River Kinder would normally cascade 30-meters (98 Ft.) down Kinder Downfall, but was blown back almost vertically by a powerful updraft, making it seem as if the waterfall was simply flowing into nothing.
Hahaha, what is wrong with this woman? and I’m sure if Banksy did it we would all hate him for it too. Besides, social commentary doesn’t work like that. Imbecile.
Holy human history! OMG, this woman is priceless; Artist Casey Nocket has successfully made a name for herself by pissing off America and angering the internet with her National Park graffiti. This is a clear-cut case of vandalism, not only did she do it for notoriety admitting she knew that what she was doing was wrong and recorded her actions via social media, but her doodles are shit. Don’t take my word for that of course; I just think they’re shitty doodles is all, and on such naturally beautiful scenic splendor:
Nocket toured ten national parks, leaving her figurative “graffiti” doodles on natural surfaces and documenting her process on Instagram. Most graffiti artists know not to post their illegal paintings on social media unless they want to get popped, but Nocket took another approach, getting herself busted quickly. Her work was created with acrylic paint, and it seems she might’ve been cut more slack by environmentalists if she’d had the sense to use chalk instead. But now this artist is infamous worldwide, and isn’t that all an emerging, self-proclaimed graffiti artist could hope for? Maybe she’ll be famous in prison soon, too.
The news of Nocket’s activities — and they are crimes, according to the National Parks Service — was broken by two hiking blogs, Modern Hiker and Calipidder.com, after Nocket’s Instagram feed was posted on Reddit.
Before she made her Instagram account “creepytings” private, Nocket had posted several photos of her “works” at notable national parks such as Yosemite, Joshua Tree and Death Valley. On one of her Instagram posts, she admitted that she was using acrylic paint (and not chalk), later stating in the same thread, “I know I’m a bad person.”
Please excuse my derogatory language, but; this bitch is cray-cray! Is there a blonde joke to be made here, or is the magnitude of her actions way too serious to be funny?
OK, I’ve got one; ‘you’re so blonde, you intentionally drew shitty doodles over cave art petroglyphs and pictographs that were some of the only sources of artistic expression for cultures that existed thousands of years ago. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Yeah, too serious.
Silly woman, this is something precious we — as in, humanity — can’t ever get back, and she single-handedly managed to fuck it up for so many generations of people. Someone give this bitch a medal, she transcended, next level cray.
These otherworldly artworks sure are aesthetically pleasing to stare at. Like the title states, these are powered by wind, but don’t let the thought of the simplicity of a breeze fool you, these move in mesmerizing & mysterious (albeit, mathematical) ways:
Kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe works with specialized software to first mockup each piece digitally before fabricating the individual components from metal. The motion you see is generated completely by the wind, with even the slightest breeze setting the dozens of rotating components in action. See more of his work: YouTube / Howeart.net
And my two favourites:
Japan has outdone themselves, setting the record for the “world’s heaviest firework shell”. Set off during a fireworks display in Konosu, Japan, the massive 460kg firework spanned a distance of 800m. If you can’t be bothered to watch the whole display, skip ahead to the 3:20 mark for the grand finale:
IGN locked 16 people in a room and had them play Alien: Isolation to answer the question:
David Dean Burkhart has done it again — merging interesting, old footage with modern music to produce something that is visceral and just the right amount of cool:
Footage is from the ridiculous (and awesome) 1983 fantasy kung fu flick “Holy Flame of the Martial World,” wherein an orphan must avenge his parents and recover the legendary Holy Flame sword: (So much special effects!!!)
“You get demons, ghosts, zombies, living tapestries, an (English-speaking!) Western demon, superpowered hermits, conspirators, monks, deadly traps, skeletons, temples, dungeons, secret magic techniques, and the list goes on and on. It’s fucking amazing and doesn’t stop for a minute.” — Letterboxd.com
Death from Above 1979 are a Canadian punk rock duo from Toronto, Ontario — Jesse F. Keeler on bass, synths, and backing vocals, and Sebastien Grainger on vocals and drums.
Their first full-length album, You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine, was released in late 2004 on Last Gang Records. The band broke up in 2006, but announced a reunion in 2011. Their second album, The Physical World, was released in September 2014. You should get it.
(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the unnecessarily long immigration process of Iraqi and Afghan translators who worked with US military forces, despite them having risked their and their family’s lives for Americans:
Remarkable. John Oliver was born for this. Truly, who knows about this diplomatic nonsense? The mind boggles. You can show your support for interpreters like Mohammad by spreading the message and by signing his petition to help save his family:
“My name is Mohammad. I served as an interpreter for the U.S. Marines. The Taliban killed my dad and kidnapped my brother. Help save my family. #LeaveNoOne“
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