“this is the first occasion I’ve ever discovered where someone discovered something and immediately decided to blow it up.”

via A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR.

“They couldn’t have been spies,” she said. “Look what she did with the hydrangeas.”

via In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents – NYTimes.com.

At first glance the composition appears unintentional and the construction shoddy. But further investigation reveals a clear delineation between indoor/outdoor space with a design focus on protection through the use of barrier. Planes are shifted off the orthogonal to accommodate function; as a side effect it relieves inhabitants from a harsh Euclidian geometry. Grade B

via Build Blog » Couch Cushion Architecture; A Critical Analysis.

Given that harsh reality, Arturo Rubio, a former cop and now Falcone’s training partner, injects a little humor offering some sure-fire tactics of his own: “If there’s a lot of them (cartel gunmen) then run. If there’s only a few, then hide. And if there’s absolutely nobody then charge my valiant comrades, we were born to die.”

via Bodyguards aim to kill in Mexico drug war – CNN.com.

I love these old posters they found in a sealed off London tube station.

“Back in the 1950s, old lifts were removed in the Notting Hill tube station in favor of more modern escalators. Recent work at the station revealed these posters in the old lift passageway.”

via Fifty-Year-Old Discovery in London Subway – DivineCaroline.

“Another image — from late in 2008 — shows Almonte at a different rally, holding a poster that says “Death to all Juice” (sic.) It’s not clear whether that rally was organized by the Islamic Thinkers Society.”

The “stupid kid” thing is pretty obvious. I am not sure about the “not a terrorist” part.

via Suspect’s mom: Son ‘stupid kid,’ not a terrorist – CNN.com.

via YouTube – RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us.