Places

The seats in the new Library of Alexandria, Egypt. pic.twitter.com/VHrm9z080y

— Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) October 18, 2018

Detroit the sketchiest. Lmfao. pic.twitter.com/44CzdeQSn5

— Lou Will. (@GroovyCory) October 15, 2018

What kind of tree is this pic.twitter.com/KXMHCdyK9W

— ↻հąքքҽӀӀ ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫 [¬º-°]¬ (@ChappellTracker) October 19, 2018

Photographer Beth Moon undertook a 14 year quest to photograph ancient trees of the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa #womensart pic.twitter.com/Bils4O5jIk

— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) October 14, 2018

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Aerial views of the iconic @stregismaldives 🏝 TAG someone you would get lost here with! 🔥

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"One of my favorite weird internet communities I creep in are the people on DeviantArt who are obsessed creating 3d renders of old game show sets"

One of my favorite weird internet communities I creep in are the people on DeviantArt who are obsessed creating 3d renders of old game show sets.https://t.co/j6x8SIQawx pic.twitter.com/gprM9bMDPP

— ↻հąքքҽӀӀ ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫 [¬º-°]¬ (@ChappellTracker) October 19, 2018

Over on Flickr, this guy named Steven uses renders every version of the Jeopardy set since the 1980shttps://t.co/c4eI9I10u4 pic.twitter.com/m0IgDofbLE

— ↻հąքքҽӀӀ ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫 [¬º-°]¬ (@ChappellTracker) October 19, 2018

My other favorite DeviantArt community is the people who are obsessed with creating 3D renders of Frasier's apartmenthttps://t.co/2syHjH9ruf pic.twitter.com/AuNjOotDsk

— ↻հąքքҽӀӀ ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫 [¬º-°]¬ (@ChappellTracker) October 19, 2018

Art roundup

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Golem/ statue/transparent resin. I made this statuette for GOG.com this hear. Tomorrow more of this sculpture. You can find more of my work on https://tomekradziewicz.artstation.com If you want to buy my sculptures please DM me or email me tr400@wp.pl @radziewiczsculptor #tomaszradziewicz #tomaszradziewiczart #sculpture #art #characterdesign #monster #creature #sketch #workinprogress

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First Con with the Ant-Man Truck over. He survived everything. No damage to man and machine. When and where the next mission takes place is still open. #AntManAndTheWasp #craftyourfandom #avengerscosplay #antmancosplay #costueme pic.twitter.com/eOvTLCziFI

— Red Pym (@redpym_cosplay) October 15, 2018

And I can confirm that what Sam says here is so. Kylo Ren’s mask has a larger muzzle in the Poe interrogation scene than the rest of the film, as it was the very first Kylo scene shot. The difference was so minor that it wasn’t worth fixing in post. #TheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/dSfSobhetT

— Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) October 17, 2018

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ILM visual effects artist John Dykstra hams it up with a Vader-clad Joe Johnston (ILM illustrator and designer) in this photo reportedly snapped around Halloween, 1976. #tbt #starwars

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Amazing work by the talented @fx.cat . I’m honoured and thrilled that I could inspire your wonderful work! ✨Thank you. ・・・ #Repost @fx.cat with @get_repost ・・・ Anyone who knows me well and long enough knows that I really look up to @richeybeckett and adore his works. So when i saw this poster he made for @queensofthestoneage i knew i had to recreate it. Hope i did it justice tho. #artinspiresart

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3.75" figures based on Solo available for preorder

Rio, L3, Val, Mudtrooper Han and more.

Today in Afghanistan

NYT:

One of the most devastating Taliban assassination strikes of the long Afghan war on Thursday killed a regional police chief with a larger-than-life reputation as one of the last stalwarts against the militants. The top American commander in Afghanistan narrowly escaped injury.

The assassination, just two days before national elections already undermined by violence, took place inside the provincial governor’s compound in Kandahar City.

In what appeared to be an insider attack, at least one gunman killed the police chief, as well as the provincial intelligence chief. The governor of Kandahar and another senior police commander were also targeted; reports about their fate were conflicting.

NYT:

Afghan Leader Blindsided by U.S. Meeting With Taliban, Officials Say

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The American special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, just days after hearing the Mr. Ghani’s concerns in Kabul, the Afghan capital, flew to the gulf state of Qatar and quietly met with Taliban representatives. Mr. Ghani and his government heard of that meeting only through news reports, and found out further details not through his American allies — even after he asked — but through a Taliban statement, according to several officials with detailed knowledge of the developments.

Ten funny tweets

Any man who looks even vaguely like Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born could probably make a not-insignificant amount of money outside karaoke bars, offering to duet Shallow with women for a nominal fee

— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) October 17, 2018

Well, the scooters have made it to the menswear catalogues. pic.twitter.com/DJ0pWWcaNY

— Ian Bogost (@ibogost) October 17, 2018

A dude has a shoulder-mounted keyboard and is roaming through the subway station playing spooky, Vincent Price-ish music 😻

— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) October 17, 2018

My CVS receipt is so long it has a section at the end called "About the Author" with a picture of the cashier.

— Rodney Lacroix (@moooooog35) October 15, 2018

saw some spooky fog drifting in the air outside my library office window and was like ooooo but then realized it was a man sitting beside the building vaping and was like oOoooOOoooOoo

— Kristen Arnett of the Living Dead (@Kristen_Arnett) October 17, 2018

Sliding into your DMs... pic.twitter.com/cTT12laC9Q

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) October 17, 2018

Me: *destroys spider web

Spider: wow

Me: *puts up fake spider web

Spider: WOW

— your bff alex (@psybermonkey) October 10, 2018

1994's Secret Defenders boldly introducing some great new characters that everyone loves now, such as 'Dreadlox' who has dreadlocks that make people experience dread pic.twitter.com/tHI7e6o47K

— Pall (@PaulJonMilne) October 17, 2018

[first day in the army]

me: hi I like your slacks

him: stop calling them slacks they're camo pants

me: ok but I also like your blouse

— NosferatPru (@prufrockluvsong) October 11, 2018

Anthony Davis gets the little brother treatment from Boban Marjanovic and even he has to smile pic.twitter.com/GcZGNpXulJ

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 10, 2018

Donations matched today if you donate to the Great Slate

The matching funds have now been increased by $7,000. The next $38,540 of Great Slate donations will be matched dollar for dollar. You can't afford *not* to give to the Great Slate today!

— Dork Money Defeats Dark Money (@Pinboard) October 18, 2018

Micro Horror Anthology

I need to know why a guillotine has been erected on the roof across from my office pic.twitter.com/k1YpZBku0w

— HannahSilkChampagne (@hsilkchampagne) October 17, 2018

📍 Jack Skellington, hiding 😂 pic.twitter.com/BNPjhFvR2C

— ED92 (@ED92live) October 16, 2018

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— ... (@FLICTERIA) October 16, 2018

Dale Kuipers's concept for John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). This was an idea before special effects maestro Rob Bottin signed up to the project. Still pretty cool in my opinion. - Mike. pic.twitter.com/8WWq2IHFKr

— Last Exit To Nowhere (@LASTEXITshirts) October 16, 2018

Size comparisons of some terrifying extinct arthropods.

(Credit: prehistoric-wildlife) pic.twitter.com/9nDHcE4bFe

— Extinct Animals 🦖🦕 (@Extinct_AnimaIs) October 18, 2018

Reigns: Game of Thrones is great

Perfect if you loved Reigns and hated Reigns 2.

Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross

Animals

Here's a dog dressed up as Gritty for the halloween dog parade in Astoria Park last weekend!
(photo by @vermeerish) pic.twitter.com/naQLAGfoRI

— Meghan Lalor (@MegaLalor) October 15, 2018

Dollocaris was a bizarre creature with huge eyes & grappling appendages. Its eyes made up a quarter of the animal's body size & contained 18,000 lenses in each eye! They lived 160 million years ago.

(Credit: deviantart/olorotitan) pic.twitter.com/ZL7SVSVQHs

— Extinct Animals 🦖🦕 (@Extinct_AnimaIs) June 10, 2018

JEBOTE. pic.twitter.com/4GynefS6Rw

— Kačavendićeva (@kacavendicness) October 12, 2018

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— ... (@FLICTERIA) October 16, 2018

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Hungry hungry HIPPOS . . . working with team @choppershoot @typoland . . . @dronepals #dronepals #djiglobal #droneoftheday #fromwhereidrone #dronephotography #dronestagram #drone #dronelife @fromwhereidrone @droneoftheday @droneaddicts @droneheroes @dronemultimedia @droneofficial . . #safari #africa #tanzania #natgeo #iamtraveler . . #earthpix #earthfocus #travelphotography #photooftheday #illgrammers #way2ill #eclectic_shotz #gramslayers #thecreatorclass #visualambassadors #theIMAGED #thecoolhunter #lensbible #artofvisuals #bevisuallyinspired @visualambassadors @illgrammers @theimaged @agameoftones @eclectic_shotz

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HAL 9000 Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament (2018) with Light and Sound

In stock at Amazon.