digiskunk

Visual artist, writer, and music producer based outside Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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"music for the helpless" has officially been released! this will be my 2nd full-length album as COPY YOUR IDOLS. thanks to @enoughrec for all the support!

> stream the full album here: https://t.co/bi9X6CqdOU
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#electronicmusic #edm #idm #techno #dnb #ambient #freemusic

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@PhilliesNation cheers. i love that dude & i feel like a lot of people feel the same way

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and on tonight's episode of "i read that on @reddit..."

[NBA @NBA]

KNICKS. SPURS. 1999 REMATCH.
THE NBA FINALS ARE OFFICIALLY SET!

🍿 New York returns to NBA Finals for the first time since 1999

🍿 San Antonio returns to NBA Finals for the first time since 2014

Game 1: Wednesday, June 3 at 8:30pm/et on ABC

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@BeanMcBeaner_ @FanDuel he NEVER looks happy. always looks miserable lol

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@FT_Merchant05 he was a complete non-factor & always looked miserable

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absolutely dreadful timeout management by @okcthunder. #NBA #thunder #spurs

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@justtheone_1 you should be asking, "who stands up for GOLDUST to sit?"

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@StanSampson @VinnysCorner1 jesus christ 😂😂😂

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@ShadowofEzra oh my god this is too funny

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my weight loss journey has been going good so far. i'm already feeling healthier :D

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

An ancient statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite.....

Researchers say the 1000 year-old object with a swastika on its stomach, holding an Andean cup cross-legged is made from a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel. They believe it is part of the Chinga meteorite, which crashed about 15,000 years ago. The findings appear in the Journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, external. The 24cm tall statue is 10kg and is called the Iron Man.

The story of this priceless object owes more perhaps to an Indiana Jones film script than sober scientific research. It was discovered in Tibet in 1938 by German scientist Ernst Schafer. His expedition was supported by the Nazis, in particular by Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS. Himmler was said to believe the Aryan race originated in Tibet and was keen to recover objects from the area.

According to researchers, Turks did not meet Swastika after they became Buddhists. This symbol has existed in Turkish world as the stamp of Oz for thousands of years. Swastika symbol has been used by various peoples for thousands of years as an ancient religious icon in Eurasian cultures. Turning into a symbol of the Aryan race in Hitler's hands is an interesting story. On the Turkish stamp of Oz, the ends of the symbol face left, while on the Nazis' Swastika, they face right.

Brought back to Germany, statue became part of a private collection and disappeared from view until 2007. A new owner then sought scientific advice on the origins. He turned to Dr Elmar Buchner from the University of Stuttgart.

"I was absolutely sure it was a meteorite when I saw it first, even at 10 metres" said Dr Buchner.

He said that the clue was in small, thumb like impressions caused by the melting of the surface. Further analysis showed that it was a rare ataxite class, a type of meteorite not often found on Earth.

"It is rich in nickel, it is rich in cobalt. Less than 0.1% of all meteorites and less than 1% of iron meteorites are ataxites, so it is the rarest type of meteorites you can find."

Meteorites have been seen as a sign of divine activity across many cultures since the dawn of time. Knives and jewellery were made from iron meteorites by ancient Inuit. But tracing their exact origins is often extremely difficult.

German and Austrian scientists who worked on the Iron Man with Dr Buchner were surprised to be able to trace the statue to a specific event in meteorite history. The researchers believe it was carved from a piece of the Chinga meteorite that fell in border region of eastern Siberia and Mongolia about 15,000 years ago. The debris from the crash was only discovered in 1913 by gold prospectors, but the individual fragment from which the statue was carved was collected many centuries before.

"We were quite astonished by the results," said Dr Buchner.

"OK, it's a meteorite but what amazed me was that we could also say it was from Chinga, that we could find the provenance, that was really astonishing for me."

The statue is believed to portray the god Vaisravana. The researchers think it belongs to the pre-Buddhist Bon culture that existed in Asia about 1,000 years ago.

"If we are right that it was made in the Bon culture in the 11th Century, it is absolutely priceless and absolutely unique worldwide," observed Dr Buchner.

Neither the person who carved it or the Nazis had any idea it was made from such a rare substance, he said.

In keeping with the Hollywood element in the story, Dr Buchner said the statue had a certain aura.

"It is extremely impressive, it was formerly almost completely gilded - there is a great mystery represented by it."

© BBC

#archaeohistories

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@VinnysCorner1 tony gwynn or barry bonds

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do you think freddy krueger and edward scissorhands are related?

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gonna be honest, i'm sick & tired of eggs. they're supposed to be a staple of the american diet but i'm worn out from them. even when you add cheese and/or turn it into an omelet, it's still lacking something.

maybe i've just eaten too many eggs and am tired of them—i don't know

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@HawkEmDownChris stephen A smith

[Joe Denham @DenhamsGhost]

I think about the Cheers guy now and then. Who is he? Why so smug? What was his life like? I know he could have never imagined his mug would eventually be seen by millions repeatedly on a contraption that beamed images and sounds through the air into people’s homes.

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@teameffujoe @KeithOlbermann > "Deport all Democrats!"

To where, Europe? Their hometown? 😆

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gnarly

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

But why?

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