MAVEN

The MAVEN spacecraft before its launch today.

Image from NASA HQ, via @pourmecoffee

Like a Boss

Piet van Kempen, Dutch track cyclist and general all-round bad-ass, taking a break during a six-day event in Wembley, 1936.

via @History_Pics

Saturn Photo Mosaic

Planet-porn courtesy of Bad Astromony's Flickr.

Old Irish Book Covers II

Faoi Rún go hÉirinn, Seán Ó Ciardhuáin (Karl Uhlemann)

An Bhuama Deiridh, Deasún Breatnach (Máirtín DeFuireastail)

Fir Chlaímh, Seán Ó Mulláin (Karl Uhlemann)

Slán Leis an gComhluadar, Mícheál Ó hOdhráin (Karl Uhlemann)

Images from Vintage Irish Book Covers

Early Soviet Boardgames

Via UsVsTh3m

Damian O'Donohue - Illustrator

Images from Illustrator's Ireland, and from the artist's website.

Passo delle Stelvio, Giro d'Italia 1965

From @History_Pics, via Brian Fortune.

Cannes 2013: Out of competition

Featuring Tara Reid, who was, in another life, directed by the Coen brothers, and Derek Jacobi, who should know better.

Pictures from The Guardian, via Broadsheet.

Jeremy Mann

Via Dept. M2

Happy World Press Freedom Day

(And yes, we do realise that we're a day late).

Via Oliver Grimm's Twitter

Jonathon Glazer Wrangler Ad: Follow the Yellow Brick Road

If Celebrities Moved to Oklahoma

 David and Victoria Beckham

Britney Spears

 Cameron Diaz

 Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones

 Tara Reid

 Sharon Stone

 John Travolta

 Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

 Pamela Anderson

 Paris Hilton

 Tom Cruise

 Jennifer Lopez and Mark Anthony

 Johnny Depp

 Jennifer Aniston

 Hilary Duff

Gwen Stefani

Via Daly-Tribe.com

George Bush Artwork

Due to the former U.S. president's email account being hacked, the art world has been treated to George Bush's rather charming paintings, which are mainly of dogs (and a couple of self-portraits of the artist conducting his ablutions). 

Via Gawker