afterelton:

mattchew03:

Finally, a video that speaks to my daily struggle.

Cue the Fire Island Boy version in 3-2-1…

stereogum:

The Flaming Lips & Ke$ha – “2012… You Must Be Upgraded”

kqedscience:

“Objects take on a kind of magical quality when viewed from this unusual perspective…and that’s exactly what drove photographer Alex MacLean to get a pilot’s license and take to the sky.”

climateadaptation:

NPR covers bears roaming around my town! 

The mild New England winter means that more bears are up and about, looking for food — and not just in the woods. They’re also exploring urban backyards and residential streets. The small town of Northampton, Mass., has more than its share of furry visitors.

In Northampton, a call on a neighborhood email list for tales of recent bear encounters netted about about a dozen responses in an hour. Almost everyone, it seems, has a bear story.

“I was weeding by the side of our driveway, middle of a summer day, and a huge — must’ve been a male — literally walked by within a couple feet of me,” one neighbor says.

“And I screamed at Joan, ‘There’s a bear!’ really loud, but of course, she couldn’t hear me because she’s, you know, bopping away under the headphones,” recounts another.

How did Northampton get to this point? It’s a college town full of restaurants, clothing stores and art galleries. Not exactly wilderness.

But it’s flanked by rural, wooded and swampy areas that black bears love — and they don’t have far to go for easy meals. They eat from the Dumpsters, the bird feeders and the compost bins.

Via NPR, “Bears Stuffing Themselves Near Massachusetts Homes”

npr:

Because sometimes, you need to see a dog playing the piano and singing. — Tanya

(by lonnie9991)

theatlantic:

Picture of the Day: Snowfall Across Italy, From Space

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’a Aqua satellite captured this picture of Italy last week, shortly after recent snowstorms had blanketed much of the country. The Aqua satellite has been in orbit since 2002, collecting information about all aspects of the Earth’s water cycle, including evaporation, clouds, soil moisture, and fluctuations in sea and land ice cover.

See more. [Image: NASA]

jakefogelnest:

Whitney Houston’s isolated vocal track on “How Will I Know.” 

azealiabanks:

“Liquorice” - Azealia Banks