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Defeat

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[wheelie-sick]

link

[ayronaught]

Transcript

Everyone's talking about Artemis II, the first humans to travel to the moon in 50 years

Historic, right? BUT nobody's talking about the Deaf people who made it possible.

In the late 1950's, NASA had a problem.

They needed to understand what weightlessness did to the human body but every test subject kept getting violently motion sick

NASA needed to figure out FAST during the space race!

So, they went to Gallaudet University. They recruited 11 Deaf people.

Because a number of Deaf people had lost their hearing to spinal meningitis as children which also damaged their vestibular system.

Their inner ears couldn't be overwhelmed. They were immune to motion sickness.

NASA put them in centrifuges. Put them on zero gravity flights. A room for 12 straight days.

(All caps) It rotated the entire time.

One experiment on a ferry in choppy Nova Scotia waters, the researchers got so seasick they had to cancel it. The Gallaudet Eleven? They were playing cards.

Their bodies gave NASA the data and research it needed to send humans into space.

No Gallaudet Eleven? No Mercury. No Apollo. No Artemis II.

They stood on the shoulders of 11 Deaf people most people have never heard of.

Now you know!

[headpainmigraine]

@ayronaught is a gem in the wasteland, thank you providing transcript! 💐

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Brutalist maze, Seattle

[3liza]

its called Freeway Park and while it is one of the most interesting single examples of Brutalism in the united states and im proud of it, it is so poorly designed in terms of public safety that it has been renovated twice(?) but continues to be geographically troubling, as its design has facilitated a lot of murders over the years. it was the subject of a funny but gruesome article in the STranger in 2002 called Topography of Terror. the city doesnt keep official tally of how many murders or assaults have happened IN the park but two men in their 30s were stabbed nonfatally during a robbery there earlier this year, for example.

[commiemartyrshighschool]

Suspect that building mazes is perhaps not conducive to public safety, outside of minotaur isolation scenarios.

[m-eowdy]

are the walls closing in on you?

YEAH

moving at a slow but steady pace

oh my god did that back wall just move?

no? my walls are standing still, just like they're supposed to

dude, i'm not even in a room

Voting ended onAug 6

[decomposedmaw]

someone used to wait here

[min8taur]

commission for @mudkip-enjoyer of her sorcerer, Willow :)

[rexuality]

hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are a accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)

[starlightnoelle]

happy golden week lesbians

[circusheart]

If I keep practicing I might even be a person soon

[lorn-art]

Air Ashari 🍃

[hometoursandotherstuff]

The pool is almost empty.

Leandro Erlich’s Swimming Pool creates the illusion of people standing underwater — but only a thin layer of real water sits above a transparent glass surface.

Below it, visitors walk through a dry chamber, while people above see them as if they are submerged.

The work turns a simple architectural element into a visual trick: Surface becomes depth, and the ordinary becomes impossible.

Artwork: Swimming Pool by Leandro Erlich Credit: leandroerlichofficial

[persephonaae]

Tarnished, before thou continueth upon this journey, I must take the time to send hate anon to Marika’s blog.

[hrast-ika]

having a lot of feelings about this one :') something about him sleeping with his backpack in the first one (zipped up) and in the second one leaving the backpack on the ground (unzipped)

[mads-schubert]

Part 11 in my weekly poster series for 2026

[distantvoices]

Alyda Grace by Karl Felix for Dry Clean Only Magazine May 2024

Marissa Baklayan (Fashion Editor/Stylist), Gabriel de Fries (Hair Stylist), Mantis Lepretre (Makeup Artist)