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How a US Navy Tanker gets dismantled

February 7, 2012 @ 11:14 am

When I was watching this, I kept thinking about how neat it would be if they just anchored this in the middle of the ocean and let people do whatever the hell they wanted with it. [via]

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Dear America: Zara curates 50 states in 50 photographs

September 22, 2011 @ 12:03 am

In conjunction with the launch of their US online store, Zara has launched a neat little photo project called Dear America in which they invite 50 photographers to capture a side of their state for the rest of the world … Continue reading →

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National Parks seen from space

August 26, 2011 @ 2:40 pm

Photo: USGS/NASA Here’s some eye-candy for you before it gets nasty out. WIRED SCIENCE has posted a fantastic gallery of national parks photographed from space. This is more than just your standard Google Maps imagery — these are quite beautiful! … Continue reading →

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The growth of newspapers across the US over 3 centuries

August 19, 2011 @ 8:09 pm

Stanford University dug into the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project and put together this interactive visualization of over 140,000 American newspapers published over the last 3 centuries. Drag the slider around and see the burst of newspapers spread from … Continue reading →

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Betty in the desert

August 14, 2011 @ 2:32 pm

Betty having fun traveling in the US!

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American according to Twitter

June 19, 2011 @ 2:48 am

Inbox Q sifted through a bunch of Twitter profiles to find out alternate nicknames for people’s home cities. This is the map of the U.S. according to Twitter.

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