Splashville

No fun pictures or video, but I'm sharing this because I lived in the Cottonwood subdivision back in the day. If my family hadn't moved from there (22 years ago), we would be flurded out.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Dumpsters dot the Cottonwood subdivision with ductwork, insulation, mattresses and kitchen sinks piled in front of houses. The sound of hammers ripping up sodden floors and fans set at high hum through the air. read more

mostly tonic, actually :(

for joel.

A goat with a monkey on its back does a tightrope-walking act at a zoo in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. (via)

Yo Gabba Gabba! : Solange

from dlisted

ctm.

i love protest puppi in this picture. he's all 'scuzi. scuuuuuzi. just passin' through.'

the worst environmental disaster in US history is now an animated graphic!

see it play here.

BP attempting to take control of the oil spill

its freakshow friday!

HFS! would you look at that thing!?

some things you should know about this creature:

1) it's a dolphin

2) it's PINK

3) it lives in freshwater

4) specifcally, the amazon fucking river. with piranhas!

click here to learn more.

thx melissa!

introductions necessary: kamera kat

Hello! G.AnimalZ, here. I'm writing to make a very special introduction for 2PZ readers. Meet: Kamera  Kat, otherwise known as Photographer Cat, otherwise known as Cooper.

Cooper is a lil orange feller who gets to live an indoors/outdoors lifestyle over in Seattle, WA. Once a week his brilliant (sadistic?) owners strap a camera around his aching neck. The camera takes pixies every 2 minutes, documenting is day.

What holds his attention? Whom does he meet? Does he get into trubz? You can KLEEEEK through his photogallery on flickr and find out.

Recently his's been sporting a video camie, so thats exciting.


Here is some of his best work:

His owners/tormenters. His first picture!

Naturez.

Dogs are so dumb. Am I right? Am I right?--that's prolly what he's thinking right here.

A friend he made who lives under a car (prolly because of that hair cute!).

Egg head.

He's getting lots of press so you should keep him on your radar in case it comes up at your next party. And, if you feel so inclined, you can check out his next gallery show, at Seattle's Urban Light Studios this Sunday, May 9th. You might also get a chance to get on teeeeeveeee, as a video crew from Animal Planet will be there.

PSST: Here's his baby picture--going to make him so emBEARassed!

protesting puppy

the guardian has a slideshow of 14 different images of this same dog at different protests in Greece, taken over the course of the past two years. This dog is militant and not afraid to subvert the dominant paradigm.

they call him Kanellos, but I'm going to rename him Harvey Milk Drinker.

big mistake, scientist.

these ballsy scientists have the nerve to speculate that maybe the rarely encountered colossal squid isn't as agile and terrifying as modern depictions might suggest:

The colossal squid, a creature once linked to maritime myth and feared as a sea monster, is really a slow drifting animal that ambushes unwitting prey.

That conclusion was reached by studying the physiology and feeding habits of other deep sea species and scaling up to the colossal squid's huge size. (via)

well, i'd speculate that that scientist will be singing a different tune when he's being sawed in half by a colossal squid beak. what's that, scientist? you never saw it coming? that's right. look where all those physiology studies got you. up shit's creak and in a squid's mouth.

don't trust it. thx g.

NeRd aLeRt!

"Color Your World" is an outreach program/ marketing ploy by this paint company. They go around and secure community support to add bold colors to otherwise drab locations. The motives are dubious, but the results speak for themselves. via.

oooOOOOooohhhh!

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open. (via)

thx sj!

Elena Kagan : Supreme Court Justice?

nymag says that politico says that Dan Pfieffer says that Obama is going to announce his pick for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by John Paul Stevens on Monday.

they all also say that the most like nominee is the "confirmable" Elena Kagan, former Dean of Harvard Law School and current Solicitor General.

If she is, in fact, nominated, look for her to be grilled about her struggle with military recruiters over "don't ask, don't tell" while dean of Harvard Law School, which is dissected, once again, by the Times today. It's the perfect way for socially conservative Republicans to get at the questions they really want to ask Kagan — "Are you gay?" and "Will you make everyone get gay married?" — while defending our brave men and women fighting overseas.

it seems barack has a thing for minority women.

what are you doing this weekend?

don't forget.

if YOU have half a million dollars burning holes in your pocketbooks...

...i know some folks who could use it.

you can head right over to the nashville red cross donation site.

if you have TEN dollhairs burning holes in your pocketbooks, you can text "REDCROSS" to 90999, and it will go right to the right place. don't worry, it will just show up on your parents' family plan phone bill.

for every time you donate, joel will take off another article of clothing. STRIP charity!

and if you live in the nashville area, you probably already know this, but you can sign up to volunteer through hands on nashville. luckily, our state is named after its abilities to do this.

ok! so now you know everything. brb helping!

consider yourself redeemed.

for a little while at least:

Thursday night saw the announcement that 17 year old country singer Taylor Swift will be donating $500 000 to various flood relief organizations in Nashville, Tennessee during.

Swift, who moved to Nashville at the age of 14, said she "could not believe what was happening to the city and the people I love so dearly".

"Nashville is my home and the reason why I get to do what I love," she told the AP news agency.

"I have always been proud to be a Nashvillian but especially now, seeing the love that runs through this city when there are people in crisis." (via)

thx tay-tay.

halp me...

get your mother fucking hands off me you filthy copper. via. one more.

it's friday

this is what we have to look forward to.

lets get physical