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Until I saw this Flickr set of the Washington State Department of Transportation’s sign shop, I’d never stopped to think about where exactly those road signs come from.

Also, the Washington State Department of Transportation has a Flickr account?

(via BB Gadgets)

Everyone and their brother have linked to this by now, but I still can’t resist.

This pool has been around for a while, but it wasn’t until today that I spent over an hour watching them. A worthy distraction.

Gems Sty points to a very cool way to browse Flickr photos: by color. It even lets you do many colors at once.

Many people have linked to this article on Flickr’s Director of Community and I didn’t get why. Then I read it. It’s pretty interesting.

There’s something about this “Anthropomorphic Cannabalism” Flickr set that’s undeniably good.

(via Boing Boing)

Via the Big Contrarian, some excellent and arty photos. (Which seem to me out of place on Flickr.)

I have no idea how this picture was made, but it looks really really awesome. That is all.

(via Matt Yglesias, who actually links to this story about rapidly chilling beverages)

File this one under “surprisingly compelling.” May I recommend the slideshow?

(via Boing Boing)

Your daily dose of “crazy/awesome” comes via Buzzfeed:

Instructions: stand still in front of a camera. 3…2…1…SHAKE YOUR FACE! Now take a picture! Icky meme or awesome party game? Your call.

Also from Buzzfeed, the charming photos of Fencing for Old People.

These pictures are pretty awesome. Perhaps best as a slideshow.

(via Andrew Sullivan)

Calling to mind another recent example of surrealism: The Day with No News.

(via Coudal)

A surprisingly entertaining selections of photos from parties that the blog’s author did not attend. This one’s been getting a lot of attention.

(via BuzzFeed)

Though not all the photos in the “Swing Jumping” Flickr pool show people jumping off swings, they’re all undeniable awesome.

(via clusterflock)

What happens when you use an album cover for your face.

(via Ze Frank)

Interesting series of photos showing, well, just that. And though this doesn’t include the most graphic parts of a slaughter, I’m sure some will still find it off-putting.

(via kottke)

This completely pointless (and if memory serves, illegal), but I found Spock Lincoln rather amusing. Click the title for more.

(via Boing Boing)

A haunting Flickr photo set of a decaying Ohio theme park.

(via kottke)

A photo pool of desire paths. Desire paths are the well worn paths in grass (of fences) that people take even when there’s plenty of clearly marked and paved paths that would also get them there.

(via kottke)

I’m an absolute sucker for these things. Some of them are rather obscure, and some a just plain ugly, but they’re always fun.

(via Neatorama, who’ve selected some of the most accessible from the pool)