GRAVITY IS FOR SUCKERS Photograph by Mark Baker/AP Photo A base jumper leaps backwards off the Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. A group of base jumpers were attempting to set a Guinness World Record striving to have 24 people base jump every hour for 24 hours from the the 915 feet [...]

Every Wednesday you will find links and top-line summaries to current events around the globe. Bombs kill 12 in Russia, days after metro attacks [Reuters] – Suspected suicide bombers killed at least 12 people in Russia’s North Caucasus on Wednesday, two days after deadly attacks in Moscow that authorities linked to insurgents from the region. [...]

WHAT IT DEW? Photograph by Miroslaw Swietek Sleeping Blue Dragonfly: This remarkable photograph was taken by physiotherapist Miroslaw Swietek at around 3am in the forest next to his home. Using a torch, the 37-year-old amateur photographer hunts out the motionless bugs in the darkness before setting up his camera and flash just millimeters from them. [...]

Working under the moniker of Markie Darkie; graphic designer and visual artist Ferdinand Mark Basa has produced some brilliant work and garnered serious attention on Behance, an influential online community of artists and designers. Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; I was unable to uncover any additional information on the artist, only adding to his mystique [...]

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