We Shall Never Fly Cars: From steam, to gas, to electricity, regardless of how a car has been or shall be powered, the feasibility of the commercially available personal flying vehicle is slim to none. The reasons are straight-forward: Due to inevitable occasional neglect and catastrophic mid-air vehicular failure, no commercially available brand of flying…
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Lingua Francas: Bridge Languages
What’s necessary when you speak and prefer to speak one language, but your neighbor speaks and prefers to speak a different language and neither of you understands the native, preferred language spoken by each other? Lingua Franca! A lingua franca (Frankish tongue), is a generally accepted term for a third, "bridge language," shared by speakers…
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex: No Longer Senior Royals
There is plenty of room for conjecture and supposition here, but it would be extremely unfair to deal with this matter as such, given that the royal couple have of late been visited by such unprofessional reporting by media, even in England. Simply accepting their point of view seems the right course of action, thus,…
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The Next Ruler of England: Prince William?
A broadcaster named Sherrie Hewson presumes the succession of the throne of the United Kingdom, stating the crown may well be passed over Prince Charles, first in line as Queen Elizabeth's eldest son, in favor of his eldest son, Prince William. Source: express.co.uk
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Greta Thunberg: TIME 2019 Person Of The Year
https://www.instagram.com/p/B58C1l8JLox/ “We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow....” TIME interview This seventeen year-old activist is doing her part at the forefront of environment and climate awareness. Due to her selfless example in her cause for change, she has received TIME's 2019 Person Of The Year recognition.…
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Australian Wildfires
CNN -- Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swathes of the country devastated since the fire season began late July. SOURCE: CNN International aid!
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Umwelt
/ˈo͝omvelt/ noun: Umwelt; plural noun: Umwelten (in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. "the worlds they perceive, their Umwelten, are all different" This idea is of interest because, though seemingly complex, it is quite simple, yet incredibly sophisticated in theory. There is a hint of "lifestyle" there, if one looks…
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StockX: The Stock Market For Things
A very sexy concept, StockX is "the world's first stock market for things." No need to sit on unwanted merchandise or go rummaging at grimy markets when, at the touch of a button, a smooth transaction can be made to satisfy your lifestyle resource requirements. Watch the following video to see how they operate: https://youtu.be/AEM1e0d1NP0…
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Pope Francis Slaps A Woman; Apologizes
I recently watched a long interview of Drake, in which he asserts that the coming decade would see some real "slappers" from him. Sorry, Drake. Ain't even one slapper you can create that's gonna outshine this ultimate slapper (pictured above), in which Pope Francis has to teach a woman that grabbing the Pope's arm is…
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RELENTLESS.COM
Everyone's favourite shopping website, Amazon.com, was almost named "Cadabra.com," which was changed because "cadabra" sounds like "cadaver," but an even lesser known fact is Amazon.com was, after, almost named "Relentless.com," but that name sounds too sinister. Interestingly enough, www.relentless.com is still owned by Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, and it redirects to www.amazon.com!
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Unreal Instagram Models
These models are unreal. Like, actually, they are not real. They are computer generated imagery (CGI). Take a look at their accounts on Instagram, because they are at the forefront of what is possible and what is to be in the digital spaces in which we are inevitably delving more deeply in lockstep with the…
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Fashion Santa | Paul Mason
Some of the most creative brands are serendipitous in occurrence. Even if a brand is simply an iteration of an immemorial concept, sometimes just a touch of contrast to an already beloved idea is all that is required to create an entirely new means of enjoying something seemingly perfect. Meet Paul Mason, AKA Fashion Santa,…
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That’s a Wrap!
https://twitter.com/BlossomHacks/status/1205916963425280000
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Eye Language Short Films
Meet Yuliku, an assertive, inventive and incredibly friendly visual artist invested in the ways we express ourselves, non-verbally, with our eyes! Her ongoing production, Eye Language Films, features willing, somewhat quirky everyday participants communicating for her camera any matter of common randomly selected social concept or emotion, which is then edited into a collection of…
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
“It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.” -- Bruce Lee
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Vision EQ Silver Arrow Car
Goshdarnit, just visit the Mercedes-Benz website, watch their video and just have your mind blown by this concept car, an homage to its classic historical predecessor, the W 125 car from the year 1937. Brand: Mercedes-Benz
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Cybertruck
There are countless movies with futuristic themes featuring space-age technologies and state-of-the-art designs for everyday resources such as vehicles, but, to date, if the natural evolution of historically sleek and extremely inaccessible vehicles are to be discounted, futuristic, truly outstanding vehicle designs have mostly remained fantastical and never come to fruition: barring the Lambhorghinis, Ferraris…
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TheMotoSocial
Do you like motorcycles? Do you love motorcycles? Are you obsessed with motorcycles? Perhaps you've had only a passing interest in motorcycles. Whatever your level of familiarity with these indescribably thrilling modes of terrestrial transportation, there exists, or most likely soon shall exist, a free and easy way to get your fill of the sights…
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Stephen Wiltshire MBE
Stephen Wiltshire MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire), is an artist blessed with the gift of extraordinary visual recall and the finely honed skill of being able to draw with incalculable detail any subject he has even briefly perceived. He specializes in drawing entire cityscapes from memory after a brief tour. At…
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