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The Queen Wore Another Green Screen Outfit and the Internet Rejoiced

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The last time Queen Elizabeth II wore a ‘green screen’ outfit was to celebrate her 90th birthday back in 2016. The Internet had a field day and our compilation post of the best photoshops is one of our most popular posts of all time. This past weekend, the Queen spoke to the nation in a rare address, urging Britons to “rise to the challenge”. She also thanked workers at the National Health Service as well as those continuing to work essential jobs. If you’re interested in seeing the actual speech…

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The Race to Save Flash Games From Internet Oblivion

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A burning meteor is headed for the wide, weird world of online Flash games. Adobe will discontinue support for Flash at the end of 2020, rendering the delightful—and sometimes disturbing—’90s- and aughts-era browser games unplayable. It’s bigger than losing access to classic time-wasters like Desktop Tower Defense and Line Rider. A seminal digital culture is at risk. To stave off annihilation, a small underground movement of digital preservationists is fighting hard to spare the little Flash games from their fate. Ben Latimore, a 26-year-old Australian who goes by the handle…

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This Homer Simpson Embroidery is Perfect

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Embroidery by Hermit Girl Creations Embroidery artist Rayna aka Hermit Girl Creations, recently stitched this masterpiece of Homer Simpson slowly disappearing into a bush. The image comes from a 1994 episode of The Simpsons entitled, Homer Loves Flanders, and has been a popular reaction gif ever since. To see more embroidery from Rayna, check her out on Instagram and Etsy. [via Kottke] Embroidery by Hermit Girl Creations Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/2020/01/homer-simpson-bush-embroidery/

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Baby Yoda Raspberry Pie

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Professional baker Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin, better known as @thepieous, presents her amazing ‘Raspbaby Yoda Pie‘, which honestly looks too adorable to eat (almost). For those curious, Jessica bakes the top crust separately on a cookie sheet and then places the finished ‘crusty art’ on the base pie as soon as it comes out of the oven with a cake lifter. The heat from the base pie fuses the two pieces together. As for keeping the top crust cold, long enough to do all the artwork, Jessica works on flexible cutting…

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These Paintings Were Actually Coded Using Only CSS and HTML

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In an ongoing series of digital artworks, web developer Diana Smith ‘paints’ in code, using only CSS and HTML. Smith has even made all of her hand-coded artworks available on GitHub for others to learn and remix. Currently the paintings are designed to render optimally on Chrome. Trying out the code on other browsers like Internet Explorer and Opera produces some interesting results. Below you will find Smith’s digital paintings along with an interview she did with Vice. For more, check out the project on Github and see her website…

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When Baby Yoda Met Pikachu

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Artwork by @Litt1eR3d on Twitter So Disney+ just launched and the only thing I know about the service is Baby Yoda, who has taken the Internet by storm with his utter adorableness. All I know is that Baby Yoda has appeared in an episode of the new Star Wars tv show, The Mandalorian, and that he has now become a bona fide meme and inspiration for all kinds of Internet goodness.. like this interpretation of Michelangelo’s famous fresco in the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of Adam. The Internet remains undefeated.…

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