The gif was created from a 2012 project called Asobi by Japanese art student Yasutoki Kariya of Musashino Art University. [via Laughing Squid]

In this new Vlogbrothers video, John Green tries to put human history into perspective.

Sick of people whitewashing Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, artist Daniel Rarela created this series featuring quotes from King's “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” The accompanying images are both historical… Read the rest of the article: Lesser-known Martin Luther King Jr. quotes celebrate his radical politics

Palestinian-American Muslim activist Linda Sarsour is one of the co-chairs of the massive Women’s March On Washington D.C. on January 21. And Vox shared this profile of one of her… Read the rest of the article: Meet Linda Sarsour, one of the women organizing the Women’s March On Washington

On his Instagram, photographer Jorge Saenz spices up his travel photos with the help of some dinosaur friends. You can see all the images on the #dinodinaseries hashtag. View this… Read the rest of the article: Dinosaurs make the perfect travel companions

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Beautifully edited by David Garuchava of The Garo Studios, this video celebrates the bravery and selflessness of Doctor Who’s Doctor. [via The Laughing Squid]

During the course of 2016, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton visited all 59 National Parks in America, and he filmed himself singing “America The Beautiful” in every one of… Read the rest of the article: This man sang “America The Beautiful” in every National Park in America

We’ve all been there, Mo. [via The Laughing Squid]

In this sneak peek from an upcoming episode of Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest series, Hamill gets the chance to reunite with his old lightsaber thanks to prop collector Brandon… Read the rest of the article: Mark Hamill was reunited with his lightsaber from Return Of The Jedi

This is the latest in a series of “instructional” videos from New Zealand dad Jordan Watson. Here’s another: And one more:

This new campaign from the National Women’s Law Center centers on the fact that black girls are suspended 5x more than white girls, despite not committing more serious offenses. The… Read the rest of the article: National Women’s Law Center fights unfair school punishment for black girls

I came across this fascinating discussion on Tumblr, comparing the oft-irreverent blogging platform to the avant-garde Dada art movement of the post-WWI era: http://mustangsally78.tumblr.com/post/148810171953

View this post on Instagram WILD FLOWERS 🌹🏵 I mixed acrylic neon pink with modelling paste. FOLLOW ❤👉 @annettelabedzki #mixedmediaart #art #painting #artistic_share #paintmixing #colors #modernart #contemporaryart #creativeart #worldofartists #spotlightonartists… Read the rest of the article: Strangely satisfying paint smearing

On the Instagram run from her perspective, Princess Pickles The Frenchie “shared” this adorable video of her first encounter with sand: https://www.instagram.com/p/BNEUKHnh80R/ Pickles' Instagram is full of more adorable videos… Read the rest of the article: This French Bulldog can’t handle encountering sand for the first time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1shrktjiqw8 Set off in Zurrieq, Malta late last year, this impressive chain-reaction firework is believed to be the biggest single firework ever, although it’s rivaled by a display in Kounosu,… Read the rest of the article: Watch one of the world’s biggest firework shells fill the sky

In honor of MLK Day, the Chicago branch of the Black Lives Matter organization wrote this new piece for The Root. The article compares BLM's contemporary fight for racial justice… Read the rest of the article: Black Lives Matter Chicago pens essay on reclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

OMG IT FINALLY HAPPENED! THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG pic.twitter.com/Kv1RPFQMPj — Sauro (@sauro) January 11, 2017 Now I’ve really seen it all.

Cartoonist Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press looks ahead to the inauguration in a piece called “The Transfer.” You can follow Bennett on Twitter and see more of… Read the rest of the article: This grim political cartoon sums up the next seven days

In a new video for Vox, writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan discusses the importance of representation and why we need a show like Modern Family centered on Muslim characters.… Read the rest of the article: Reza Aslan explains why we need more Muslim representation on TV