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“Is this the real life? Or is it cgi? Staging a nosepick, boogers are a harsh reality”

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so many different kinds of awesome. wish I had these (or had thought) to make these when growing up.

I guess there is still time, right?

pokemayne:

theres not a single thing i dislike about this photo

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vurtual:

Nigeria’s Cost & Energy-Efficient Floating Schools (by NLÉ)

The Makoko Floating School is an ambitious project that is currently under construction in the water community of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria by NLÉ, a collaborative agency whose mission is to provide architectural change for developing cities. The project seeks to create floating buildings that are designed to serve as educational classrooms for neighborhood children.

The three-story architectural structure, built as a triangular prism, is intended to float on water with a base made of 256 plastic drums. The floating construct is built with locally sourced wood, electrically powered with solar panels, and designed to house about 100 students.

While this first generation of floating buildings is being designated solely as educational center, the project is opening a new chapter in architectural design that can be applied to a variety of facilities for poor communities like Makoko to urbanize efficiently. Because of the project’s green initiatives, each building is more affordable and cost-effective. Additionally, they accommodate for the climate changes that are resulting in the rise of sea levels.

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"Until I was about seven, I thought books were just there, like trees. When I learned that people actually wrote them, I wanted to, too, because all children aspire to inhuman feats like flying. Most people grow up to realize they can’t fly. Writers are people who don’t grow up to realize they can’t be God."

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kateoplis:

think-progress:

Rand Paul’s 12+ hour filibuster about drones gets a succinct 43-word response.

The answer is no.

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thisistheverge:

Every recorded meteorite strike on Earth since 2,300 BCE mapped

All the hits

Car-Free City: China Builds Dense Metropolis from Scratch
Steph, weburbanist.com

[ By Steph in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ]Altering most of today’s cities to eliminate cars altogether would be a daunting, if not impossible, proposition – which is why China is starting from scratch. Great City will be built around a…

From scratch

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sosuperawesome:

Mattias Adolfsson

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