David Slowie
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: If I Shave My Head, No One Will Recognize Me.
Two suspects accused of attacking a 21-year-old man from Holland Township, Michigan, with a pickaxe and baseball bat have been arrested.
Codi James Antoniello, 19, and a 16-year-old male were arrested at an apartment complex in Holland Township. Antoniello, who authorities say was in the process of shaving his head in order to alter his appearance when he was arrested, was arraigned on Friday on charges of felonious assault and first-degree home invasion.
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1902 trading cards imagine the 'Women of the Future'
Way back in 1902, a French manufacturer released a set of trading cards designed by artist Albert Bergeret that imagined the “women of the future.” The cards envisioned women stepping into roles that would have seemed fantastical to most ladies at the time: doctor, lawyer, politician, firefighter, even members of the military.
Although there’s a pin-up quality to many of the images—they’re showing an awful lot of arm, after all—there’s something charming about this retrofuturistic attempt to expand the role of women in society, even if it was nothing but fantasy at the time. Indeed, fantasy and science fiction can often help us open our minds behind the limitations of the world we live in and imagine a better one instead. In the small and fashionable world of these cards, at least, women were given a more equal role in society, not to mention some spectacular hats.
Here are some of my favorites:
(Lawyer)
(Journalist)
(Master of Arms)
(General)
(Mayor)
(Firefighter)
Check out the full series of cards here.
from Boing Boing
New On The Blinking Line Journal: Billie Holiday and her dog, Mister (1949)
Billie Holiday and her dog, Mister (1949)
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: Learn How to Earn Up to 20 Cents a Day
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: CPR Is So Sexy
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: Like Keith Moon, but Safer
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: Furniture Grafitti
Great meal and great company!
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New On The Blinking Line Journal: The X-Base Anthrax Trials of 1942 and 1943
The X-Base Anthrax Trials of 1942 and 1943, held on Scotland’s Gruinard Island proved that airborne anthrax is highly infectious – a little too well. While the island is uninhabited, spores eventually made their way to the Scottish mainland, causing an outbreak. The island had to be completely sealed off to visitors, and locals report that the animals that remained on the island after the tests displayed genetic abnormalities for generations. The soil remained contaminated for decades until a group calling itself ‘Operation Dark Harvest’ began sending samples of it to government facilities across the UK, demanding that it be cleaned up. The entire island was sprayed with a solution of formaldehyde and seawater to inactivate the remaining anthrax, and by 1990, it was declared safe.