#Kim Thompson

[uwmspeccoll]

Milestone Monday

Uranus Exposed

On this day, March 10, 1977, astronomers made a significant discovery regarding Uranus—its rings. This finding was particularly noteworthy because, prior to this, only the rings of Saturn were known. During a stellar occultation (fancy words for "watching a star play hide and seek with a planet”), astronomers James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Jessica Mink found these rings while using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. So, on that fateful day, we learned that Uranus was not just a planet with a funny name!

Astronomers discovered nine of the thirteen currently known rings on this occasion. The Hubble Space Telescope, which captured images between 2003 and 2005, observed the two most recently identified rings. It is believed that the Uranian ring system likely originated from several moons that once orbited around the planet and ultimately collided with each another.

The rings are considered relatively young, a mere 600 million years old. Speaking of being old, this is the exact day one of my brothers was born, who is sometimes a pain in my, well, you can guess where this is headed. (I couldn’t resist being a little cheeky.)  Happy 48th Birthday, Lance!

In honor of these occasions, here are images from a book in our pop-up collection: 

Space: a Star-Studded Journey of Discovery! written by Peter Bond, illustrated by Kim Thompson, along with design and paper engineering by Andy Mansfield. It was published in New York by Sandy Creek in 2008. This out-of-this-world pop-up book, filled with captivating facts, flaps, tabs, and booklets, will take you on an exhilarating journey through the cosmos!

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--Melissa, Special Collections Library Assistant

[girlzguitarz]

[resbangmod]

The time is finally nigh once again! Halloween has left us and after a much needed modhiatus, it's once more time to awaken the Resbang beast that lives in us all.

Sign-ups are now open for Resbang 2024: No Rest for the Wicked.

Sign-ups for Authors, Artists, and Betas will remain open through Sunday, November 17th, and will close around 11:59pm, EST (GMT-4).

Curious about this year's schedule? Check it out:

As with Resbangs past, you can join us to hang out for Resbang talk, Soul Eater shenanigans, and also just find community with some rad folks on our Discord server, Grigori Wings.

You can also find more detailed Resbang information on the Grigori Wings Forum, along with past SE fandom events!

Before we get to the good stuff, please remember to refresh your brainmeats on the:

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And if you're really feeling saucy, we have the Back-up Artist Sign-up form as well.

The Beta Request form will open up after claims night.

[evviejo]

STAR TREK: VOYAGER // S5E15 Dark Frontier, Part 1 You underestimate the rest of us. And you underestimate the Borg.

[alcruid]

RESBANG 2024:

Such a fun fic and such a throwback for me! I clocked this fic immediately because both me and Addie are huuge theatre kids, and the fic did not disappoint. So many relatable scenes and I got to reminisce about my time as an actor and organiser at the theatre (let's pretend the last time wasn't less than a month ago lmao).

Ofc I also did a collab with the flagitious @blackbloodteeth too HEEEERE

And make sure to read the fic by @adonewithyou HEEEEEREE

Thank you @resbangmod for organising resbang!

[nekofra]

Hear me out

Trigun as Paris Olympic Shooters 2024

[adventurelandia]

Kim Possible by Steven Thompson

[sonofshermy]

Over The Edge (dir. Jonathan Kaplan, 1979)

[kyliezkingdom]

Kylie 🤍

Kylie via instagram.

Join the community here.

[immortal-fire-0-0]

Art dump of everything from my sketchbook i havnt posted. A big thank you to @gayteensupreme for encouraging me to share this art, including my last few posts.

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Tintin Homage To Hergé” Kim Jung Gi 2015

[thekimspoblog]

Reposting my old tattoo design for no current-event related reason

[memethebum]

Here’s me and @alcruid’s entry for Reverb 2024! If you like Hell’s Paradise, murder/gore, Soul going through the horrors, and wacky character interactions check it out hehe

Summary: Soul is sentenced to death but is visited by Maka, a head strong woman from a clan of executioners who offers him the chance to be pardoned.

He and other death row convicts are sent to the lost island to obtain BREW and bring it back to the shogun. In order to prevent escape, each convict is supervised by an executioner from Lord Death’s clan.

Rating/Warnings: M (mild violence, swearing, minor character death)

[kaliforniaaajenner]

October 23rd, 2024 — Khloe via Instagram Stories. 🩷

[ozu-teapot]

Fiend Without a Face | Arthur Crabtree | 1958

[weirdlookindog]

It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)