micdotcom:

A fan favorite may finally be returning to Game of Thrones

There are so many characters in Game of Thrones that some will be left offscreen for a while for the sake of the plot — like when Bran Stark and Hodor took all of season five off. But one fan fav has been missing for way longer than that. Fans are ready to “poop themselves” over an airport photo. 

They have to bring him back – what a total waste, otherwise.

saint-travis:

@saint-just

neil-gaiman:

I’ll be doing a Facebook live talk today at 4 pm ET. Come and ask questions…

https://www.facebook.com/neilgaiman

latenightseth:

Now that’s just solid logic.

washingtonpost:

Tamara Nahar, 26, artist: “Some refugees don’t even get the chance to speak to Germans.”

Tamara Nahar smiled as she stood in front of the painting that decided her fate.

It was of a shirt hanging upside down, with blood appearing to drip toward the lower end of the frame. She painted it in 2013 when she was still living in Syria, after a friend told her that soldiers had hung him upside down and beaten him.

Tamara paid a price for turning those memories into art: She was arrested and briefly detained.

But standing next to that painting this spring in Berlin, Tamara said she had no regrets.

When Syria tumbled into civil war, her work started to become more political — and that brought more risks. Her professors at Damascus University, where she was pursuing a master’s degree, grew hostile toward her. But Tamara continued to organize art exhibitions.

We’ll be sharing more profiles of Syrian refugees throughout the coming week. Read more here: These Syrians found refuge in Germany, but they’re still seeking peace. 

pbstv:

NEWSHOUR SCIENCE:

Where will wild things go once their land is gone?

Losing 10 percent of global wilderness in 20 years shocked me… If this continues, we could lose all wilderness areas within 50 years.

– James Watson, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s science and research initiative

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