“Acapulco, 1961.” Our third and final visit with the cast of this short-lived NBC detective series starring James Coburn and Ralph Taeger. 4×5 negative from the Shorpy Publicity Department archive.

Source: Low Tide: 1961

What Is No Pop And Why I Will Use This Tag On All Future Releases

Source: What Is No Pop And Why I Will Use This Tag On All Future Releases – MTT – Music Think Tank

Two days after #COP21 agreement, India says it’s still planning to double its coal output

Source: India still plans to double its coal output by 2020.

The coming energy crunch will lead to volatile prices and an overall long-term economic contraction…A new type of institution is needed to handle non-debt finance. It should help promoters plan their projects and then find outside investor-partners in return for a share of each project’s income rather than its profits. <div class=

Source: The Mondragon bank – an old model for a new type of finance

Source: Holy rollers: Church transformed into psychedelic skate park

Encyclical Letter Laudato si’ of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home (24 May 2015)

Source: Laudato si’ (24 May 2015) | Francis

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The native deisgns of New Zealand / Aoteoroa, rendered in SVG

Source: the new code – World Ethnomathematics: Maori Designs in SVG

It pumped out hugely successful cowboy films, heist dramas and Bond-style thrillers. It launched a Hollywood career and made the world’s first Zulu-language film. So does it matter that the explosion of black cinema in apartheid South Africa was funded by Pretoria – and led by an Afrikaner construction boss?

Source: Sollywood: the extraordinary story behind apartheid South Africa’s blaxploitation movie boom

Source: Shipping not included in final text of COP21 agreement

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Source: WFMU: Crayons to Perfume with Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Playlist from November 25, 2015

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Der Hamburger Sven Kacirek sucht Klänge, die sich dem globalen Geschmack noch nicht angepasst haben. Und so kam er auf die japanische Insel Okinawa

Source: Musik ? Im Orchideenfach — der Freitag

Source: Fraternal Order of Moai – F.O.M. sends annual donation to the Easter Island Foundation

Source: ‘I don’t give a **** if we agree’: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s epic rant about climate change | Business Insider

The latest music, band and film blogs from the NME.COM team

Source: The Beach Boys’ ‘Christmas Album’ – The Full Story Of The Festival Classic Recorded In The Sunny Summer Of ’64 | NME.COMa

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The music Paul Mason remembers falling in love with is undergoing a revival.

Source: Poor-Man’s Speed: Coming of Age in Wigan’s Anarchic Northern Soul Scene | VICE | United Kingdom

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Source: COP21: Tom Goldtooth Calls for Leaders to Recognize ‘The Spirit of Life Itself’ | The Edge of Change Road Trip

Kraken Ceramic

source: lovelypackage.com

This map shows how the decisions world leaders make right now could affect future food availability

Source: Let Them Eat Cake?

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Marshall Islands fights for climate action in Paris as sea level rise swallows the island nation

Source: Marshall Islands push for climate action in Paris

Explosion killed 11 workers, spewed 134 million gallons of oil, and fouled the coastline.

Source: Manslaughter charges dropped in BP spill case—nobody from BP will go to prison

The fate of 70 million people rests on the Mekong river. With crucial UN climate talks in Paris next week, John Vidal journeys down south-east Asia’s vast waterway and meets people affected by climate change, dams, deforestation and urbanisation

Source: The Mekong river: stories from the heart of the climate crisis

This [NSFW] 1968 anti-war animated film by Disney legend Ward Kimball is as timely as ever

Source: This [NSFW] 1968 anti-war animated film by Disney legend Ward Kimball is as timely as ever / Boing Boing

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Opponents of $250m project on island Barbuda say the government is trampling on citizens’ rights by approving project under new celebrity-incentive law

Source: Robert De Niro’s plan for Caribbean mega-resort opposed by island residents

Bruce’s Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.

Source: Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.

Come explore these corals in 3D (no SCUBA certification required)

Source: Corals, Now Playing in 3D