#cool vehicles

[rubysubaru69]

I saw these at Kroger, the red one is a mini Cooper and the Jeep is a Gladiator! Pretty awesome!!

[spacevixenmusic]

Source: ThunderCats [2011]

[terrorland]

I found two more sketches I did during work ! Here we have two cool desert expedition vehicles with their crew! Man I would like nothing more than to be part of an expedition <3

[morganbritton132]

Eddie, posting on Tiktok: You know, I’m not the most attractive guy. I know that. But you know who is?

Eddie: My husband.

Eddie: And I’ve always thought, well. If he’s attracted to me than I must be alright, right?

Eddie: And then he’ll put on Star Trek and I’m reminded that not only does he have bad taste but he is so fucking horny for Patrick Stewart.

Eddie: Don’t get me wrong. Patrick Stewart is a fine looking man but *gestures to all of him but mainly his hair* what does that mean for me?

Eddie, nudging Steve: Babe, would I be hot if I have pointy ears and a fucked up haircut?

Steve, not looking away from the tv: You already have those things.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Mitsubishi Minicab Truck, 1966. The LT30 was Mitsubishi's first cabover kei truck. It was powered by a front mounted air cooled, 2-stroke, 359cc ME24 engine and was available with cargo gates on three sides (high bed) to simplify loading and unloading. There was also a low-bed version with fixed sides and a rear tailgate.

[dandelionsresilience]

Good News - May 22-28

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1. Scientists Invent Healthier More Sustainable Chocolate

“The new chocolate recipe from researchers at ETH Zurich uses more materials from the cocoa pod that are usually discarded, including more of the pulp as well as the inner lining of the husk, known as the endocarp. […] The resulting chocolate also [was “deliciously sweet” and] had 20% more fibre and 30 percent less saturated fat than average European dark chocolate[, and] it could enable cocoa farmers [to] earn more from their crops.”

2. Vermont Is Coming for Big Oil, Making It Pay for Decades of Climate Pollution

“Legislators in Montpelier are on the brink of enacting the "Climate Superfund Act," modeled after the federal Superfund law, that seeks to make oil, gas and coal companies pay for damages linked to historical greenhouse gas emissions. […] Companies would be held liable for the costs associated with […] floods and heat waves, along with losses to biodiversity, safety, economic development and anything else the treasurer deems reasonable[, that were caused by their emissions].”

3. Important bird habitat now protected in the Rocky Mountain Trench

“Grassland-reliant species in the Rocky Mountain Trench now have more protected habitat thanks to a new [270-hectare] conservation area near Cranbrook. […] About one-third of the Skookumchuck Prairie Conservation Area is forested[…,] Most of the site is a dry grassland[…, and] Three hectares of wetlands add to the landscape diversity and offer crucial benefits to wildlife and water systems in the area. This conservation gem also provides habitat for endangered American badger and excellent winter range for elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer.”

4. Lemur Week marked by 70th breeding success

“A wildlife park has celebrated its 70th lemur breeding success ahead of a week raising money to help save the endangered primates. […] The park's open-air Madagascar exhibit is home to 31 free-roaming lemurs and was officially opened in 2008. […] Females are only sexually receptive for just one or two days a year, leaving a small window of opportunity for males to father offspring. […] The two playful siblings, one female and one male, were born to father Bernard and mother Hira.”

5. Innovative material for sustainable building

“Researchers introduce a polymer-based material with unique properties. This material allows sunlight to enter, maintains a more comfortable indoor climate without additional energy, and cleans itself like a lotus leaf. The new development could replace glass components in walls and roofs in the future.”

6. Isle of Wight eagles don't pose threat to lambs as feared

“While there had previously been fears that the eagles would feed on livestock, such as lambs, the project has found no evidence of this. [… “W]hite-tailed eagles effectively steal meals from other predatory birds[, which is] a really important ecological role that had been lost within the landscape and is being restored.” [… The birds’] population was boosted by a chick last year – the first time the species has bred in England in 240 years.”

7. Breakthrough discovery uses engineered surfaces to shed heat

“Cheng's team has found a way to lower the starting point of the [Leidenfrost] effect by producing a surface covered with micropillars. […] The discovery has great potential in heat transfer applications such as the cooling of industrial machines and surface fouling cleaning for heat exchangers. It also could help prevent damage and even disaster to nuclear machinery.”

8. New malaria vaccine delivered for the first time

“A total of 43,000 doses arrived by air today from UNICEF, and another 120,000 are scheduled to show up in the coming days. […] They're the first vaccines designed to work against a human parasite. […] Across four African countries, these trials showed a 75% reduction in malaria cases in the year following vaccination of young children. […] The Serum Institute of India, who will be manufacturing the new vaccine, says a hundred million doses will likely be available to countries by the middle of next year.”

9. Urban gardening may improve human health: Microbial exposure boosts immune system

“"One month of urban indoor gardening boosted the diversity of bacteria on the skin of the subjects and was associated with higher levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood. The group studied used a growing medium with high microbial diversity emulating the forest soil," [… whereas] the control group used a microbially poor peat-based medium. [… N]o changes in the blood or the skin microbiota were seen. […] “This is the first time we can demonstrate that meaningful and natural human activity can increase the diversity of the microbiota of healthy adults and, at the same time, contribute to the regulation of the immune system."”

10. Cities Are Switching to Electric Vehicles Faster Than Individuals

“[M]ost large cities have adopted some kind of climate goal, and some of them are buying EVs for their municipal fleets at a faster rate than the general public. And that progress could speed up as more EVs enter the market and as cities get educated about grant funding and tax incentives that were passed over the last four years.”

May 15-21 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

[puppyeared]

sleights van

[this-is-cool]

The super cool sci-fi vehicle designs of Longque Chen - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-super-cool-sci-fi-vehicle-designs-of-longque-chen/

[beautifulstorms]

Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck, FD Dune • Skate America 2024

[josyuss]

her

[rubysubaru69]

I finally got a Porsche photo! It is a 2016 Porsche Panamera! I think Porsche cars are cute as hell for some reason lol

[cometblaster2070]

I love this scene so much, ruby really did NOT hesitate in immediately taking that missile down. she really said oh you can TRY to hurt my partner just watch this.

like i love her expression in this, the way this goes from being just annoyed or upset; this girl is genuinely pissed with cordovin, because for one, she's being completely unreasonable about this matter, and secondly, i mean, she tried to shoot at weiss and maria.

(also ruby appreciation here; this girl sniped a moving missile out of the air like????)

and because i am whiterose trash, here is bonus ruby and weiss after weiss safely gets off the ship and is on ground with ruby.

look at this dork i love her sm. the second she's reunited with weiss and knows that weiss is safe; look at that smile.

(also pls don't mind weiss's expression)

[lemontartmart]

Susan seems like the type to have a truck and maybe a motorcycle. I bet she tinkered on em

Bonus cat picture bc she was being a very adorable pest while I was trying to draw

[forecast0ctopus]

fuckng erbert wast has been living in my head for the past week

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Porsche 934 Prototype, 1975. A racing version of the original 930 series Porsche 911 Turbo, prepared to FIAGroup 4 rules. It was introduced for the 1976 racing season and manufactured for two years, 1976 and 1977, with 31 being built in total. It was powered by a 480hp version of the turbocharged 3 litre air-cooled flat 6 (boosted to 550hp in 1977).

[saltywinteradult]

”should we design a cool and unique sci-fi setting for our sci-fi show?”

”nah, let’s just put some star wars props in american suburbia and call it a day.”