Scientists think they’ve solved one mystery of Easter Island’s statues

The boy on a raft in Manila Bay – in pictures

Retro classic: Wild and Wolf 746 telephone

The “Tragedy of the Commons” was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it’s toxic bullshit

Too black, too strong: who killed Sam Cooke?

Tasmania’s lakes among most contaminated in the world

WindPal is a practical solution for outdoor lovers to charge their devices. It’s a lightweight (less than 1 kg), portable wind turbine that generates power. And it can be assembled in less than one minute

The Warriors at 40: the enduring appeal of a New York classic

Get Paul well and prospering

Doomsday postponed? What to take from the big new Antarctica studies

Makaha Skateboard Team 1965

‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019

Doomsday clock stays at two minutes to midnight as crisis now ‘new abnormal’

The Climate Change Lawsuit That Could Stop the U.S. Government From Supporting Fossil Fuels

The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront

‘We are fighting’: Brazil’s indigenous groups unite to protect their land

The Global Assault on Indigenous Peoples

Greenland’s ice is melting four times faster than thought—what it means

Three-Ingredient Summer Cocktails

Easter Island looks for help to save statues from ‘leprosy’

Marvin Rand’s Gorgeous Photos of California Modern

Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming

Rare Surf Albums

Pop Gear [’60s Pop Dancing suits +] / Matt Monro

The Origins of Surf Music — a first-hand account by Paul Johnson

“Moai are family”: Easter Island people to head to London to request statue back

A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history

The Iceless Arctic

3.5 Billion Year Old Fossils Challenge Ideas About Earth Start

Culture Isn’t Free

Music is not for ears

Golden Kingdoms: Luxury & Legacy in the Ancient Americas

50 years later, nearly-forgotten all-girl ‘Summer of Love’ band cuts their first album

Coral reefs ‘at make or break point’, UN environment head says

The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers

Ancestral lands returned to the rapa nui people after 129 years of Chilean control

Aloha Oe, South London Pacific. After over 15 years of tiki merriment and mirth we’re moving on. Re-opening as the tikitastic Cock Tavern shortly

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Source: New Zealand’s War on Rats Could Change the World – The Atlantic

Source: Easter Island candidate puts self-rule on ballot in Chile election | World news | The Guardian

Source: Congress: Biggest Attack on Marine Mammals in Decades | NRDC

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An algae-powered wooden motorcycle? The concept isn’t too far out, considering algae has been used to create everything from eco-friendly sneakers to living lamps that absorb CO2. There’s even…

Source: Dutch designer creates a wooden motorcycle powered by algae

Source: ‘This is a really big deal’: Canada natural gas emissions far worse than feared | World news | The Guardian

Distant volcanic eruptions disrupted climate, a new study suggests, causing life-giving rains along the Nile to fail.

Source: How Volcanoes Caused Violent Uprisings in Cleopatra’s Egypt

The Pacific Southwest Exposition embodied the spirit of 1920s Hollywood: spectacle for its own sake, cheerful vulgarity, and commercial hard sell.

Source: Flappers and Indians in the Dream City: The Jazz Age Ends in Long Beach

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Source: Lace Music Products – The Teliki – Custom Electric guitar from Lace.

Source: When Wall Street Owns Main Street — Literally | naked capitalism

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Source: Moondog: the Man on the Street : Free Streaming : Internet Archive

Source: One of world’s largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island | Environment | The Guardian

Source: Elektroauto Jaguar E-type Zero: “Das schönste Elektroauto der Welt” | heise online

Source: Soul & Mod – Mod Subculture Directory & Soul Events Advertising – Mods

Source: Glossing Over a Genocide | East Bay Express

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According to University of Texas at Austin professor Raj Patel, an expert in ecology and food systems, our demand for meat is driving the sixth mass extinction. Patel is one of many leading academics who contemplate declaring a new age on Earth, called the Anthropocene, since “the fossils of soon-to-be extinct animals will form a line in the rocks of the future.”

Source: How Factory Farming Is Driving the Sixth Mass Extinction (Video) | Alternet

Source: Cutting Room: The Caretaker of Intangible Ingredients | The Surfers Journal

Source: Climate change will likely wreck their livelihoods – but they still dont buy the science | US news | The Guardian

Source: Top 4 Easy Ways For Your Band To Go Green  – MTT – Music Think Tank

It happened – an old dj fav of mine in a skate video.

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Source: Maker Update #46: Make an Rapa Nui 3D printed bobblehead / Boing Boing

Health Canada has advised the band council of Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton to issue a water advisory after recent water tests showed high levels of iron and manganese. Meanwhile, the band is trying to get its new water treatment facility up and running.

Source: Potlotek First Nation advised its water unfit for drinking or washing – Nova Scotia – CBC News

Source: Strikers, Scabs, and Sugar Mongers

For centuries, journalists, academics, and even politicians have been obsessed with the idea of the untouched tribe.

Source: The Dangerous Myth of Utopian Societies

The Jersey Shore resort town of Asbury Park circa 1900, channeled through vintage high-resolution glass negatives and set to music, produced by the illustrious Ken B. Click Play, then the “Full Screen” icon for the full effect.

Source: Vintage Video: Asbury Park | Shorpy | #1 Old Photos

Source: Why We Must Stop the Flow of Tar Sands Oil | NRDC

Rapa Nui have written a new chapter in their history based upon their cultural values of guardianship, responsibility and accountability for the natural environment

Source: The Rapa Nui have shown us that conservation can protect …

Source: Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals | Environment | The Guardian

Diogenes’ Lantern, near the Brockton Arcade, also boasted imported teas, Italian soft drinks and folk singers

Source: Back in the Day: Riverside joined the Beat generation with 1950s coffeehouse – Press Enterprise

Redistribution and how responsively the two lines are connected.

The World Wealth and Income Database: data and visualizations from 110 researchers in 70 countries

Source: The World Wealth and Income Database: data and visualizations from 110 researchers in 70 countries / Boing Boing

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

How a young guitarist and inventor named Del Casher perfected the sound that transformed the electric guitar.

Source: The Wah-Wah Pedal Turns 50: Inventor Del Casher Looks Back of a Half-Century of Making Guitars Weep | L.A. Weekly

Underwater Pinups: How Bruce Mozert Seduced Fun-Seekers To Florida’s Silver Springs

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About Music Tools | Ann Arbor District Library

California’s lingering drought has pushed the number of dead trees across the state past 100 million, an ecological event experts are calling dangerous and unprecedented in underlining the heightened risk of wildfires fueled by bone-dry forests.

Source: ‘Unprecedented’: More than 100 million trees dead in California

A glimpse of the last people on Earth to colonize a continent without humans.

Source: 14,000-year-old campsite in Argentina adds to an archaeological mystery | Ars Technica

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