bitcoingraffiti

![celtic](https://m.stacker.news/129030)
*caligraphy pens*

Celtic Beauty

movies

The Wind Rises — 風立ちぬ

![the wind rises](https://m.stacker.news/128489)

### The Wind Rises

![the wind rises](https://m.stacker.news/128437)

*water colors & caligraphy pens*
(the guy was supposed to hold his hat, but he seems to be more of a poser XD)

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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu; lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by [Hayao Miyazaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki) based on his 2009 manga of the same name. Produced by [Studio Ghibli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli) and distributed by Toho, the film stars the voices of Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Morio Kazama, Keiko Takeshita, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Otake, and Nomura Mansai.

The film portrays a fictionalised account of the life of Japanese aeronautical engineer [Jiro Horikoshi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi), in particular his engineering career from his time at the University of Tokyo in 1923 to the first test flight of the Mitsubishi Ka-14 on 4 February 1935. Juxtaposed with the historical events is a fictional romance of Horikoshi's, inspired by the similarly named semi-autobiographical novel The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori. The film was originally intended to be Miyazaki's final feature film, before Miyazaki reversed his decision and eventually directed [The Boy and the Heron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_and_the_Heron).

Released on 20 July 2013 in Japan, The Wind Rises was the highest-grossing Japanese film of 2013. Though it caused some political controversy and criticism in Asia, it was met with critical acclaim. The film was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, winning the latter.

[from Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_Rises)

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Haven't seen this awesome Ghibli flick yet? 
Watch this movie [here on yts](https://yts.bz/movies/the-wind-rises-2013).
You can also stream it on [aniwatchtv with subtitles](https://aniwatchtv.to/watch/the-wind-rises-369?ep=57987).

![wind rises reference](https://m.stacker.news/128439)
*reference*

![charles dana gibson sister](https://m.stacker.news/128419)


![C.D. Gibson](https://m.stacker.news/128420)

![gibson](https://m.stacker.news/128421)
*"eat my chestnut. i'm done"*

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*Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944)[1] was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.*

*He published his illustrations in Life magazine and other major national publications for more than 30 years, becoming editor in 1918 and later owner of the general interest magazine.*

[from Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dana_Gibson)

Charles Dana Gibson — The Sisters

Lost in Translation

OR: "Here and there I see peekaboos."

![japan tiktok guy](https://m.stacker.news/127710)

![japan](https://m.stacker.news/127706)

When I hover with google translate I get the following:

*New year is coming soon and work is beginning again.
It is clouded and warm, but i put on my coat.
You can see little insects.*

No idea if it's accurate.

Travel

Trip Report: Isla Mujeres

history

Samurai drawing

Catygalor

gaming

aliens_and_UFOs

![madonna](https://m.stacker.news/127613)

![spock](https://m.stacker.news/127614)

![george harrison](https://m.stacker.news/127615)

![janeway](https://m.stacker.news/127616)
*brushpen*

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Which of these folks is traveling at warp?
Please explain your choices.
Creative answers receive bonus point.

Best answer (determined by specialist jury) wins 210 sats.

Which of these peeps is cruisin at WARP? —  WIN 210 SATS !!!

![madonna vogue](https://m.stacker.news/127441)

*brush pen; monochromized*

Vogue

Stacker_Stocks

It looks like silver will reach $100/oz much sooner than we could have imagined.

DocTrader

Music

![france gall](https://m.stacker.news/127235)
*calligraphy pen (black & grey)*

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**France Gall Eurovision '65 Japanese Edition**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEehnZNHvdA

France Gall — 夢みるシャンソン人形

culture

The Black Wadded Gang or the NorthFace Skin Faders

Lol, you have to diss Amsterdam style now? Haha.

I don't know much about what's the current fashion in Amsterdam, but it surely isn't avant-garde or anything. 

This senior fashion is true. Often couples even buy the same north face coat in the same color. Ich don't think so x 10.

imo the whole style is for normies whether you got sweatpants or not

![black wadded gang](https://m.stacker.news/127183)

Don't know what the high school style across the pond is, but over here the male specimens seem to have converged to a single dominant style. I call it the Black Wadded Gang.

The style consists of a single signature piece: the black wadded coat. Usually North Face but there are other brand options. The coat is paired with blue denim and sneakers (Nike). The haircut is a 90s style middle part. Switching out the wadded coat with a flight jacket would make 'em all ready for a proper house party.

These young male individuals tend to clump together in groups, smoking ciggies, drinking red bulls, and showing off their fat bikes. You're really top dog here if you can do a wheelie. 

**English Variation**
The English version has already been captured by Meditations of the Anxious Mind. The island style apparently combines it with the skin fade haircut. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6pTyPYwqpY

Design

science

The Voyager Golden Record — A 2026 REVIEW

Or the aliens conclude we have some serious inequality issues. They'll let us cook for a while more I think.

She's like "Why does he need to wave? That's soooo patriarchical! That's not how we got married."

![voyager golden record](https://m.stacker.news/127052)

In 1977 the two [voyager satellites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program) were launched from Earth to survey and photograph our solar system, yet few know these celestial probes were also designed for first contact with aliens.

[Carl Sagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan), cosmologist and author of [Contact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(novel)), in collaboration with NASA designed a [golden plate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record), a vinyl record with sounds and data as the proverbial 'message in a bottle' to introduce us to the aliens.

The record contains scientific data (earth data, DNA, human reproduction, etc), music, sounds of the earth and vocal greetings in 55 languages (of which some were recorded by the same guy; I'm not sure these countries feel properly represented, but anyway).

**Nudity Criticism**
The early design of the record contained an image of a naked man and a woman as depicted in my drawing. [Ensuing protests](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque#Criticism) led to a change in image of only the silhouette without detailed genitals. 

Funny enough, I had drawn this picture in 4th grade already as I liked to draw and knew everything about space. One of my fellow students reported me, the teacher came to my desk and ripped the drawing apart.   I guess the nudity criticism was (and still is) a wide spread phenomenon. 

**Representability**
First off, I admire Carl Sagan quite a lot and his effort to have actually attached this record to the space craft, because without him these probes might have just been purely scientific. Better to have something of an introductory record of planet Earth and humanity, than nothing at all.

However, everybody obviously has an opinion about what should have gone on the plate. If this probe would have been launched in 2026 in the internet era, I'm not even sure it would have been launched without a major upset by basically every nation/person on the planet. In the 70s Carl was still able to slip it onboard without too much international trouble. 

Have a look at the [contents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record), I find the choices hilarious. Though overall I'd say it's a good, interesting and creative selection.

**Errors**
One of the scientific data that's not accurate anymore is the [declassification of Pluto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet) from the 9th planet to a dwarf planet. In the plaque (see picture above) the previously 9 planets are depicted below next to Sun (largest circle). I hope the aliens with their more advanced knowledge of the galaxy will still be able to navigate to our solar system after this serious scientific blunder.

Or luckily, if these aliens are actually to be malevolent, we might have seriously confused them with this bad map and we might have prevented a major planetary invasion and the death of the human race.

PHEW!!!