Link roundup

1. "The highest-paid state employee in California last year, a prison surgeon who took home $777,423, has a history of mental illness, was fired once for alleged incompetence and has not been allowed to treat an inmate for six years because medical supervisors don't trust his clinical skills." Via.

2. At Laughing Squid: Pranksters Dump Paint on Berlin Intersection, Cars Create Street Art; The Soft City, A Bouncy Street Installation.

3. Tilt shift traffic jam wallpaper. Via.

Image roundup

Ministry of Magic access point.




Most popular names in Europe for newborns.




Grains of sand - - one of the many terrific magnified photographs by Gary Greenberg that are available as prints. Via.




"Easter eggs" from The Dark Knight Rises poster. Via.



Image from The Anthology Project, I believe.




There's Waldo.




Rapture wallpaper.




Solar system.

The Dark Knight Rises wallpaper, poster

Teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises, which I cropped into a widescreen wallpaper:



*Previously: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.

*Buy Batman posters at eBay.

Batman: Arkham City - - Riddler trailer

The Riddler stars in the latest trailer for Batman: Arkham City. I cropped a few wallpaper-sized stills:






*Previously: Catwoman in Arkham City.

*Buy Riddler toys at eBay.

Image roundup

Photo of a Rosy Maple Moth.



Cat, lightning, volcano wallpaper.



Faux virus wallpaper.



Cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji.



Darwin, Tesla, and an explosion of science.

Fortress

The Castle Himeji.

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Sign for the Bat Cave (apparently 10 miles from Asheville, North Carolina).



Portal cosplay.



Photoshop sweded, available wallpaper sized at the link.



Luggage from Easter Island.



Dog.

Image roundup

Signature.



Zebra attack.



Friendly deer.



Warning: Objects in condoms may appear larger than they really are.



North by Northwest wallpaper.



Time travel cheat sheet wallpaper available as a print here.

Image roundup

Friendly squirrel.



"Portland State University is expanding its campus. There was one holdout."



Cloud cosplay.



Beaker.



Bangkok at night.

Illustration roundup

The Fantastic Four redesigned by Darren Rawlings.



Monster wallpaper by Bobby Chiu (available in high-res at the link).



Deathbed leadership by Adrian Smith.



Black fox wallpaper by Philipp Dornbierer.



Thief by Johannes.



Midnight Cowboy by Dave MacDowell (devastating movie, wish I'd never seen it).

Image roundup

Six-year-old Yu Gi Oh cardshark.



This will kill you, painfully.



Australian Peacock Spider. (You can see them dancing here.)



The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Victor Vasetnov.



Long jump landing.



Hungry slippers.



Ta Prohm temple wallpaper.