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wired:

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THIS IS HOW SPACE SHOULD BE.

This.

cargobikerollcall:

From Larry vs. Harry, the makers of the awesome Bullitt cargo bike: DHL now delivers some packages on the aluminum “long john” bicycle. 

DHL got it right now.Then it’s just to wait for Fedex, UPS, GLS and all the other logistic giants to wake up from their gasoline-soaken dreams.

I went to the website printed on the box to see where they do this, and it’s on the Deutsche Post website so I’m guessing this photo is in Germany. 

braiker:

I just got an idea for a new sitcom.

washingtonpoststyle:

Members of the Los Angeles police department dress up as elderly women in order to catch a purse snatcher in 1960.

(Photo via LAPD’s Facebook)

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npr:

It was my ambition to create cocktails for all three Crawley sisters (because original cocktails for the whole cast, while admirable, might be a bit daunting). First up is Sybil, the youngest, and my (and maybe your) personal favorite. Sybil is so easy to like…she’s sweet without being saccharine, headstrong, and a bit stubborn. For her, I created a cocktail with delicate, rarefied flavors (St. Germain and champagne) that’s grounded with something a bit more everyman (London dry gin). The end product is sweet, lovely, and stronger than you’d expect.

Lady Sybil
makes 1 cocktail
1 oz gin
3/4 oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur
brut champagne, chilled

Combine the gin and St. Germain over ice. Shake and strain into a flute. Top with champagne. (via Downton Abbey Cocktails: Sybil | The Kitchn)

Related on the Kitchn:

• Downtown Abbey Cocktails: Edith
• Downtown Abbey Cocktails: Mary

inothernews:

JETTY BLUE   Adelie penguins leap into the water from a blue iceberg on Paulet Island, Antarctica.  (Photo: Steve Bloom Images / Barcroft Media via the Telegraph)

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scanzen:

Winston’s shell. Designer Graham demostrates Winston Churchill’s personal pressure chamber, created to enable him to make high-altitude flights safely. In: Life, 10 Feb 1947.

To protect the precious bulk of Winston Churchill in wartime a special one-man pressure chamber was built for the personal plane which carried him many times across the Atlantic and to Casablanca, Moscow and Yalta. Churchill was warned by his doctors that it was dangerous for a man of his age and physical condition to fly above 8,000 feet. The solution was a pressure chamber complete with ash trays, telephone and an air-circulation system good enough to prevent smoke from the ubiquitous cigar from fogging the atmosphere.

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