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zanews: South African satire not welcome to political leadership
South African puppet show satire doesn’t make it to tv but does make it online Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu as cranky puppets? South African politicians don’t like being satirized in a tv news puppet show. While originally intended to broadcast on the South African public tv station this show had the plug pulled on it. [...]
Butterfly Emerges from Stellar Demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302
A collection of hubble photography – the hubblesite.org – is the source for this beautiful image. The provided information is worth a read, here’s an excerpt: What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The gas is tearing across space at more than 600,000 miles [...]
Wiki Commons
The Wiki Commons is an amazing resource for beautiful images and photos in the public domain or other creative commons type licenses. I’ll offer just one almost random example here, artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Serpent, 1887. The print depicts Hakamadare Yasusuke in a magical battle with Kidomaru.
Nina Paley’s movie ‘Sita Sings the Blues’
Movie website: sitasingstheblues.com Also available here: Sita Sings the Blues Movie Her take on Copyright is interesting, check out her blog at: ninapaley.com
Sheepish Art Film
Shepherds and their dogs, sheep and a director… with too much time on their hands?
‘A Short Vision’ – animated film short by Peter Foldes
Ran across ‘A Short Vision’ here – a short animated film clip by Peter Foldes and his wife, made in 1956.
Beatles short
Fun game video.
Meme blocks
