Pollution, illness, threats and murder: is this Amazon factory the link?
How Did Private Property Start?
Goodyear’s Moss-Filled Tires Are Here to Save the Environment
Dan Nocera: Deadhead bringing power to the people
A new theory claims Homo sapiens beat out Neanderthals because of art
Wherein three national corporations control nearly all of San Francisco’s live music.
Skateboarding’s ascent to the Summer Olympic Games in 2020 may have finally established it as a legitimate sport, but it’s had a plentiful share of trials of tribulations.
Sounds Of The Unexpected by Various Artists (Fun Time) on Ace Records
Source: Various Artists (Fun Time) – Sounds Of The Unexpected – Ace Records
Monika Pon-Su-San passed away on the 14th June from natural causes in Johannesburg. She was 86. In 1952 she met the Russian artist, Vladimir Tretchikoff, while she was working at her …
Source: Tretchikoff’s “Chinese Lady” Monika Pon-Su-San has passed – The South African Art Times
Source: Immerse yourself in the very strange world of wonderfully weird (and rare) records | Dangerous Minds
What its like to be a marine conservationist – The i newspaper online iNews
Update on the Sacred Headwaters Project so Far in 2017 | Pachamama Alliance
My mother was a dictionary. She was one of the last ?uent speakers of our tribal language. She knew dozens of words that nobody else knew. When she died, we buried all of those words with her. My m…
Source: Eulogy, a Poem by Sherman Alexie | Literary Hub
‘Listen to the dead whale’s wake-up call, look closer and see what plastic pollution does to the ocean.’
Source: A Giant Beached Whale Illustrates the Plastic Pollution Problem — Plastic Pollution Coalition
The Italian design firm Stefano Boeri Architetti is planning a “forest city” for China, modeled after the firm’s completed green towers in Milan.
Source: Stefano Boeri Architetti builds tree-covered skyscrapers in China
One of only two dozen ever made, a super rare vintage BTR-3 tape machine from Abbey Road Studios has been found in Southampton University.
Source: Super rare Abbey Road tape machine discovered at student radio station
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“My life has been one non-stop unfolding miracle – and I don’t believe in time.” Billy Childish begins his weeklong takeover.
Source: Billy Childish – Interview — Coney’s Loft | Culture magazine & creative studio
Dakota Access Pipeline Now Has Oil Beneath Missouri River | PopularResistance.Org
Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities
With decreasing freshwater supplies, Egypt may face nationwide shortages by 2025
Source: Report: Nile Delta’s increasing salinity and rising sea levels may make Egypt uninhabitable by 2100
GDP is no longer the gold standard for measuring a country’s progress.
Source: Measuring What Matters: GDP, Ecosystems and the Environment
Source: Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast – Artwire Press Release from ArtfixDaily.com
Source: Groovy vintage ads for classic guitars | Dangerous Minds
The Latin soul craze that hit New York 50 years ago only lasted a few years, but its effects still linger – Oliver Wang takes a look at the defining songs of the scene
Source: We like it like that: the songs that defined New York Citys boogaloo craze | Music | The Guardian
Rex Tillerson dodges question about who knew what when at ExxonMobil about company’s history of promoting and funding climate science denial, as state AG probes continue.
Global sea ice levels are at their lowest in recorded history, according to new statistics from the U.S. National Snow & Ice Data Center.In the Arctic, the loss is due to climate change and extreme weather events that are likely influenced by global warming, while the changes in the Antarctic may be attributed to natural variability, the center said.
Source: Global Sea Ice Hits Lowest Levels ‘Probably in Millenia’
Make driving safer by replacing air bags with daggers that stab you in the heart
Many researchers previously argued that giant animals became extinct soon after the arrival of the First Australians
A pair of First Nations are using a monumental 2014 Supreme Court of Canada decisions as legal precedent in their protest against major fish farms on Vancouver Island.
Source: How a historic court decision is driving a new wave of First Nations protests
Drinks that fell out of fashion as the epitome of kitsch are being revived as joyfully composed craft cocktails.
Source: Tiki’s Comeback
Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s “frozen wall of earth” has failed to prevent groundwater from entering th
Source: Panel: TEPCO’s ‘ice wall’ failing at Fukushima nuclear plant?The Asahi Shimbun
Recent research provides a better understanding of urban populations throughout history, digitising almost 6,000 years of data for the first time
PineappleGate in Madagascar is much more than meets the eye.
Source: Why Everyone in Madagascar Is Making Jokes About Pineapple · Global Voices
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In classic art, the Ocean is frequently featured as a dark and dangerous entity, waiting to destroy ships and lives. Marine art progressed along with the evolution of ocean going vessels. Swell-pro…
Source: Brush Strokes: The Classics | Swell Lines
Nerdwriter Evan Puschak put together a video about The Ren & Stimpy Show, a “seminal cartoon of the animation renaissance.” When the psychotic chihuahua and imbecilic cat debuted in…
Source: Why Ren and Stimpy was one of the greatest cartoon series ever
Source: Good Vibrations – How Not To Get Your Art Into a Beach Boys World Tour: Col Chandler, Aussie Artist
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Unlike most people, the children of a Thailand tribe see with total clarity beneath the waves – how do they do it, and might their talent be learned?
Source: The ‘sea-nomad’ children who see like dolphins
THE TL;DR: “Bershukor: A Retrospective of Hits by a Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend” is a new vinyl collection of Adnan Othman’s sixties psychedelic rock that was curated and produced by my brot…
L.A. Art Show fetes the painter of sexy girls, hot rods and cartoon monsters
Source: A Lifetime Achievement Award for the Lowbrow Art of Robert Williams – Los Angeles Magazine
