Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists

Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption

It’s not just you: The planet wants a 4-day workweek, too

“The Consequence of Style” – with Robin Falxa, Southern France

Little Richard documentary looks at the life and career of the Black queer rock ‘n’ roll icon

The Dangers Of Highly Centralized AI – Clive Thompson – Medium

Native Tribes of North America, Central America and the Caribbean by Michael Mcardle-Nakoma.

What is Ecological Overshoot and Can Capitalism Correct It?

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world

The Beach Mini is back thanks to one German firm

Indigenous Mexicans Risk Their Lives To Defend the Environment From Organized Crime and ‘insatiable, Predatory’ Transnational Corporations

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century

Building

Visit to Los Angeles 1960s (60fps, added sound w/ color remaster)

Returning the Gift

Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Project Moon Base: The Kirchin Experience (Podcast)

Das Meer und der Müll – Treibgut in der Tiefsee – Dagmar Röhrlich (2008)

Jim ‘The Genius’ Phillips

What’s gone wrong with England’s water?

Must See Documentary: The Way the Music Died: Why You Should #DitchSpotify

The History Of The Polynesian Panthers: A Fight For Social Justice In New Zealand

Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out

A 1959 Cadillac bicycle

The Lost Surfers of the Black Sea

Seeking proof of China’s ancient trade with Africa

A Climate Dystopia in Northern California

»Die Deutschen zerstörten ein Paradies – und behaupten bis heute das Gegenteil«

Joe Quigg – Father of the Modern Surfboard

We Are One Ocean

The San Onofre Book

Want To Know About Google’s Anti-competitive Behavior? Just Ask Yelp.

A thousand teardrops: how doo-wop kickstarted Jamaica’s pop revolution

John Muir in Native America

The Anti-Colonial Revolution

The Real-Life Gidget Looks Back From 80: “I Lived It All”

The History of Female Surfing: a Legacy of Hawaiian Medicine Women, Royalty, Goddesses and More

A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future

You Can Now Stay in a Floating Tiki House Off the Florida Keys

Sincron 8 Minute De Vis

Deluged by floods, America’s ‘oldest city’ struggles to save landmarks from climate crisis

This Man Has Spent Quarantine Making Ridiculously Meticulous Miniatures of L.A. Landmarks

Honolulu 1954

A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future

Surf Film Filmography

While Hollywood Had the Sunset Strip, East L.A. Had the ‘Latin Strip’

Stan Ross Larry Levine Interview 1988

Meet the Melanasians: Black People with Naturally Blonde Hair

Was Music City L.A.’s Greatest Record Store?

Music Of The Magindanao In The Philippines

GM and Ford Knew, Too: Reporting Reveals Auto Giants Recognized Looming Climate Crisis in 1960s—and Helped Bury Reality

Red Rover: 1957

Duke’s Ulcers: How Surfing’s Most Popular Icon Dealt with White Supremacy

Sir Lancelot – The Defenders of Stalingrad [Trinidad, Calypso] (1940s)

The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys

One marine animal causes more death and serious injuries than sharks, sea snakes, and stingrays combined

Ski Nomad: 1959

strobeck effect

Not waving, drowning . . .

Bali’s beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season

Pan American World Airways Travel Posters

Most of these are about Pacific Ocean Park.

Movie: Night Tide at NWR (Santa Monica Pier)

Photos: Remembering Pacific Ocean Park

Movie segement: Pacific Ocean Park scene from Herman’s Hermits 1966 comedy movie “Hold On!”

TV segment: Lost Los Angeles “The Invaders” Pacific Ocean Park 1968 Classic Television

10 photos from L.A.’s long-gone Pacific Ocean Park, a day out by the sea you’ll never enjoy

Presentation: Throwback Thursdays – Pacific Ocean Park Pier / Presented by Christopher Merritt & Domenic Priore

Music video: Nancy Sinatra Who Will Buy

Vintage documentary: Part 1 – Santa Monica and Pacific Ocean Park (1959)

Home movies: Baby Boomers Tribute “Let Me Live Again” Pacific Ocean Park 1958-1967 So Cal Santa Monica

Ronnie Jay and Friends – P.O.P. Pier mid 1970s

related:

Four Abandoned SoCal Amusement Parks With Creepy Pasts

Enchanted Village

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming documentary Dana Brown made about his father Bruce:

Interview with Dana Brown