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[rus-califi]

Welcome to the space age, ladies and gentlemen

[shunkawarakin]

This is really quite a big deal. A tremendous amount of modern research ends up being sold to journals which require unreasonable payments to access it and only pay the original authors a pittance. It’s nice to see an agency like NASA deliberately widebanding its findings.

[vabla]

Not sure if people fully realize just how big of a deal this is. THIS is how science is advanced. Not through biased corporate research, business secrets, marketing, paywalls and patent wars. But through open, uncensored and unrestricted public access to knowledge.

[question-the-status-quo-deactiv]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%22nasa+funded%22[Filter]

^ There’s the direct link to all the studies.

[supaslim]

NASA IS GOOD, NASA IS GREAT

[aripuppyistired]

@osunism

[nyokoko]

NASA is the hero we don’t deserve.

[nightpiercer]

This deserves every reblog.

[slow-magic]

@geh-is-okeh

[crewdlydrawn-deactivated2022072]

In the face of institutions being silenced, this is doubly huge.

[kingscrown666]

I love seeing that, for once, there are more reblogs than likes

Keep passing on this info, guys. Good job

[the-future-now-deactivated20170]

That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.

Follow @the-future-now

[dopeluminarydreamer-blog]

Reblog if you:

Have an iPhone and are in need of repairs

Have a friend with that problem

Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way

No one will know which is it

[weaselle]

This guy inspired me to repair my own macbook. First of all, you should know that I am not… like, I have to look up HOW to look up what my computer specifications are. Tech, that ware either soft or hard, is not a subject in which I experience comfort or competence. But my puppy peed on my keyboard, and I asked the apple store, or the fucking mac cafe, or the godsdamn Computer House Chill Zone or whatever cute ass name they have for their bullshit store, and they said it would be TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE MY KEYBOARD. I’m not even exaggerating.

So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.

So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.

These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.

anyway, this guy is also fueled by spite, and doing holy work, and I have mad respect

[dragonfox-in-a-teacup]

This is awesome. Man is doing good ass deeds 24/7 because he’s giving people control.

[wertheyouth-blog]

Infographic: Legally Married and Legally Fired, Center for American Progress

[veggieheather]

THIS THIS THIS

[rosalarian]

I’m continuously terrified that people will think LGBT rights is a finished fight as soon as marriage equality passes nationally. There’s still so much extremely important stuff to get to. Marriage is not an end goal.

[nycartscene]

thru Jan 17: “Broad Channels”  Ariana Page Russell Magnan Metz Gallery, 521 W26th St., NYC performance by the artist on Thursday, January 8th from 6-8 PM photography, sculpture, installation and performance. Broad Channels presents a body of work embracing Russell’s dermatographia, a skin condition in which welts appear when lightly scratched as well as an uncontrollable tendency to blush.  Rather than being frustrated by her condition, she has chosen to claim her skin’s transparency by dressing in the shades of red that expose her vulnerability.

[nycartscene]

just opened: “I am in heaven”  Erik van Lieshout Anton Kern Gallery, 532 W20th St., NYC Rotterdam-based artist van Lieshout presents new drawings and a large-scale sculptural installation that doubles as a cinema for viewing his new feature film, WORK. His work navigates the limits of vulgarity, censorship, and consumer culture, and focuses a humorous, yet critical spotlight onto present day social and political realities, as well as our own notions of idealism and political engagement. Upon entering the gallery the viewer is ushered into a life-size tunnel haphazardly built out of scrap construction materials and lined with a patchwork of carpet. Continuing through the tunnel visitors are invited to sit and view the feature film in an intimate cinema setting. The exhibition also features large-scale charcoal and vinyl collages that portray a series of enraged protesters – mouths agape in mid roar – participating in recent political demonstrations.  - thru Feb 28

[nycartscene]

just opened: “Drawing the Blinds”  Titus Kaphar Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 W20th St., NYC Through the manipulation of seemingly classical and canonical imagery, Kaphar introduces us to an alternate history that runs concurrent to the dominant narrative. Truths emerge to reveal the fiction and revisionism inherent in history painting and the visual representation of a moment or memory. Kaphar cuts, slashes, erases, layers and peels back the surface of his paintings. Each method is specific to the subject and meant to ignite and recharge the image, often that of the underrepresented body.  - thru Feb 21

[nycartscene]

opens Thurs, Mar 19, 6-9p:

“naturalhistory”  Richard Butler

FREIGHT+VOLUME Gallery, 530 W24th St., NYC

Using a motif of confessional screens, veils, masks and shrouds, Butler creates a labyrinth of psychological layers in which the viewer is invited to transverse and transgress, and through this transgression gain access to an understanding of the subject as well as the self. - thru Apr 11

[nycartscene]

Reception Thurs, Apr 16, 6-8p: “The Brothers Grimm”  Natalie Frank

The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St., NYC Frank applies her visual and psychological acumen to that most evocative and misunderstood of literary forms, the fairytale—specifically the original, unsanitized stories transcribed by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm between 1812 and 1857. The exhibition presents twenty-five drawings out of a total of seventy-five that Frank completed over a period of three-and-a-half years between 2011 and 2014. The drawings are made in gouache and chalk pastel producing both gritty and luminous surface effects. Engaging the intersection between body and mind, reality and fiction, the series can be seen as a contemporary feminist reimagining of a symbolist legacy. - thru June 28 pictured: Cinderella I, 2011–4, Gouache and chalk pastel on paper

[nycartscene]

thru May 31:

“Post Human Utopia”  Sarah Bereza, George Boorujy, Kate Clark,  Peter Daverington, Valerie Hegarty, Ryan McLennan,  Lori Nix, Jean-Pierre Roy, Ryan Scully, Doug Young

The Lodge Gallery, 131 Chrystie St., NYC

The exhibition, which refers to Alan Weisman’s book The World Without Us, “poses a fascinating thought experiment: if you take every living human off the Earth, what traces of us would linger and what would disappear? Will the footprint of humanity ever fade away completely or have humans so irrevocably altered the environment that the impact of man will continue to shape the earth’s landscape far beyond the days of our departure?“ Curated by gallerists Keith Schweitzer and Jason Patrick Voegele, the show offers a deftly balanced sampling of such scenarios. Kate Clark’s animal-human hybrid sculptures gaze knowingly as they lay before Lori Nix’s photographically enlarged diorama of a shopping mall ravaged by time and nature. Valerie Hegarty’s “Autumn on the Wissahicken with Tree“ appears to age the gallery itself. Other standouts include two large works by Sarah Bereza and a cinematically apocalyptic oil by Jean-Pierre Roy.

[nycartscene]

opens tomorrow, Tues, June 23, 6-8p:

“The Picturesque History of Emptiness”  Patrick Van Caeckenbergh

Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Chrystie St., NYC

the sculptural installation at the center of Belgian artist Van Caeckenbergh’s exhibition attempts to give form to the vast emptiness of the world—that which we cannot see. Approximately 200 hand-blown glass bell jars of various shapes and sizes are placed on an industrial shelving unit, with the top and bottom shelves mirrored, giving the illusion of infinity. Drawing parallels to the emptiness of the atom as the building block of all matter, Van Caeckenbergh wants us to consider that emptiness is all around us. Surrounding the installation on the gallery walls will be a series of 31 graphite drawings of trees. Drawings of Old Trees during the wintry days 2007-2014 are not renderings of actual trees, but are inspired by the trees in Belgium, particularly those in the artist’s own garden. - thru Aug 21

pictured: Drawing of Old Trees during wintry days 2007-2014, pencil and paint on paper

[nycartscene]

just opened, thru Oct 3:

“Celestial Tales”  Tai Xiangzhou

Paul Kasmin Gallery, 297 10th Ave., NYC

[supersonicart]

Chamo San, Recent Work.

Recent work by Chamo San whose delicate pencil lines heighten the eroticism of his work.

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[supersonicart]

Alex Beck, Recent Paintings.

Recent paintings by artist Alex Beck (Previously on Supersonic) who lives and works in Richmond, Virginia.

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[supersonicart]

Joanne Nam’s “Hiatus” at Thinkspace Gallery.

Opening on Saturday, October 10th 2015 at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, California is the much anticipated solo show from artist Joanne Nam entitled “Hiatus.”

Using old, hazy memories as her basis to create from Joanne brings forth scenes of elegant mystery.  Her subjects are often found alone in nature, deep in contemplation or dreaming.  This stirs wild emotions in any viewer who comes across them, the paintings departing a moment of themselves far down inside of us all.

“Hiatus” is on display at Thinkspace Gallery until October 31st, 2015.

[supersonicart]

Kevin Russ on Society6.

I absolutely love Kevin Russ’s photography and I absolutely love that his photographs are available as prints, phone cases and more in his Society6 Online Store.

This is a sponsored post by Society6 which is home to hundreds of thousands of independent artists profiting from the sale of their work as gallery quality art prints, phone cases, wall tapestries and more - without giving up control of their rights!

[artruby]

Alan Resnick at Paper-Thin, a fully navigable 3D art space. 

[artruby]

Susan Hiller, Resounding (Ultraviolet), (2013).