(I just realized that I don't have any American Revolution fandom icons - no Hamilton, Turn, 1776, Outlander. Hmm. Have Sharpe instead ( Read more... )

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Two very cool optical illusion links from Facebook this morning:

First, via Nicholas J. Johnson, who is a stage magician and science communicator who gives school presentations about the science behind illusions (his website is The Bad Science Show).

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First off, signups for the 2017 Multifandom Drabble Exchange are closing tomorrow. This is a small low-pressure exchange, and it was a lot of fun last year when it was on Imzy.

Second, Night on Fic Mountain is live! My gift is Witcher fanart, a scene of Ciri getting the better of Geralt in a wrestling bout as Yennefer sips wine and looks on, ( Read more... )

Click on these pictures of caterpillars to see the butterfly (or moth) each transforms to - really interesting, plus wow, some of these caterpillars are astonishingly pretty and/or weird-looking.

Vintage-style planetary travel posters from NASA/JPL. These are so cool!

Calvin Nicholls makes astonishing art of animals out of white paperAnd ( Read more... )

I have wasted too much time today following the links from 13 Iconic Characters Reimagined in Different Eras which, the headline is a little deceptive because it's really thirteen reimaginings of characters from well-known fandoms in different styles, but what it really REALLY is is AUs expressed in art. Here are my favorites:

First set and ( Read more... )

Sutcliff Swap is live! Okay, these are fandoms ranging from small to tiny, so if you're familiar with them or interested at all, you've probably already read the stories / looked at the art for the sources you know. But on the off chance you haven't, I encourage you to go read or view and enjoy (and praise the creators - this is not an anonymous ( Read more... )

We are 3/4 through The Hollow Crown, and wow, the cast list is like, every BBC costume drama actor ever, isn't it. Which is probably why we're both really enjoying it, even B who is much less conversant with Shakespeare than I am - the acting's so superb that most of the time it's pretty clear what's going on even when you have no clue what anyone ( Read more... )

A rather random tour of language, art, science, feminism, and movies today!

8 pronunciation errors that made the English language what it is today - this is a fascinating explanation of how English has evolved. And, presumably, continues to evolve; let me aks you about your opinions on nucular energy over an expresso sometime.

A tour of the ( Read more... )