Links for 2/16/16

Fatboy’s $250 “picnic lounge” is a 9’x 7?, weather-resistant, picnic/beach blanket with a built-in pocket (inside the Fatboy logo-tag). (via Geekologie)

Source: Picnic/beach blanket that looks like a knotted rug / Boing Boing


 

Prof Antonella Sorace says children should be encouraged to learn less common languages to prevent them from dying out

Source: Preserve rare languages to spread benefits of multilingualism, says expert | Science | The Guardian


 

It started with an email from a source at Interpol. The subject line of the email said: “Brace yourself.” Attached to the email was a video that showed four men at sea, swimming frantic…

Source: A Murder at Sea. Caught on Camera. Will Anyone Investigate?


 

Though remains of 19 bodies were found at dump, investigators said no physical evidence supports attorney general’s claim that students were incinerated there

Source: Forensic experts reject Mexico’s claim that criminals burned missing students | World news | The Guardian


 

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Links for 1/31/15

In 10 Years, No One in Helsinki Will Even Want to Own a Car

A Historic Manuscript on Aztec Life Is “Virtually Repatriated”

Watch Paige Alms and other surfing greats tackle insane Hawaiian winter surf

Listen: Marlene Dietrich plays musical saw (with bonus Star Trek theme)

Climate change on Valentine’s Day: what might you lose that you love?

Save Our Ocean Giants

31,000,000 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured at the nearest boring well to Reactor 2

You Should Eat a Cricket

Coral reefs are about to crash in a big way

Austrian school – RationalWiki

Guy McPherson – RationalWiki

Links for 5/22/14

Entry Form

Was Naia the first American? Teenage girl’s skeleton found deep in underwater Mexican cave dates from the last ice age 13,000 years ago and is oldest ever found in the Americas

Underwater wedding, zip line for the disabled, beer delivery…

National Climate Assessment: Coasts chapter

Inside LA’s Tiki Underground