things are happening

23rd May 2013 | 31 notes

prettyclever:

HWT Unit gothic from Hamilton Wood Type

The Unit Gothic series was released by Hamilton Manufacturing Co. in 1907. This HWT release is the first ever digital version of these fonts. Each of the 7 fonts contains 600 glyphs including Greek and Cyrillic character sets as well as alternate characters based on the actual special character production patterns.

HWT Unit gothic from Hamilton Wood Type

The Unit Gothic series was released by Hamilton Manufacturing Co. in 1907. This HWT release is the first ever digital version of these fonts. Each of the 7 fonts contains 600 glyphs including Greek and Cyrillic character sets as well as alternate characters based on the actual special character production patterns.

23rd May 2013 | 33,570 notes

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atlasobscura:

odditiesoflife:

The Amazing Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy

What makes Lake Kaindy truly remarkable is that it contains an underwater forest. Visible on the lakes surface are the tall, dried-out tops of submerged Spruce trees that rise above the water’s surface like the masts of sunken ships. They are the only sign of the amazing frozen forest below the water’s surface.

The water is so cold (even in summer the temperature does not exceed 6 degrees) that the pine needles remain on the trees, even after a hundred years of being submerged. During the winter, the lake freezes and becomes a popular spot for ice diving.

The lake is 400 meters long and is located in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains, about 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam.

Even more on Kaindy Lake…

Holy crap.

23rd May 2013 | 59 notes

walkerartcenter:

Artist-Designed Mini-Golf is now open! Tonight (5/23) through Sept. 8.

What do you mean, “what can I do?” You can participate. You can connect. You can get actively involved. You can turn off the tv. You can cancel the Disney vacation and buy bushels of tomatoes to can or turn into salsa. You can get some pots and grow a pot garden… of vegetables. You can put a beehive on the roof of your house. Just like today— whatever today looks like— is the manifestation of billions of individual decisions accumulated over time, tomorrow will be too. We must stop this incessant victimhood mentality. Somebody else will not fix things. Somebody else will not make me healthy. Somebody else will not make me happy. These things are my responsibility. Not the neighbor’s, not the government’s, not the church or the civic club.

—

Joel Salatin (via lustambitions)

Nailed it.

Advice on taking your health, happiness and food into your own hands.

(via wereallfedup)

I never reblog because I try to post all original content, but had to do it this time. Yes, yes, yes.

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(Source: realistdreamer, via madeweekly)

20th May 2013 | 100 notes

softpyramid:

Simone Shubuck
Compartment For Beliefs
2012
15.75” x 11”
Mixed Media on paper

20th May 2013 | 89 notes

artruby:

Ai Weiwei’s latest installation unveiled at Hong Kong, composed of 1,800 large tins of milk powder.

There was a story on NPR a few weeks ago about the high number of Chinese families who have relatives or friends in the US or other countries ship them baby formula because they don’t trust that Chinese-manufactured milk powder is safe.