Roots vs the Future

Stanley Black Sophisticat in Cuba 1958

The New People (1969 Promo)

Mapuche Leader Moira Millán: “We Mapuche people don’t fight for land ownership but for a way of living on the land”

California wildfires: 120,000 forced to flee as blazes tear through south of state

Are You Ready to Consider that Capitalism is the Real Problem?

How 5 African-American Women Are Shaking Up Atlanta’s Cocktail Scene

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Nelson and Ashley Ahina, Laniakea 15 Nov 2017

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This British gent lives life like it’s the 1940s / Boing Boing

Hidden Beat-era Enclave Could Get National Historic Status

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Is This The Solution To Plastic Waste Pollution?

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How to Etch Aluminum / Etched Guitar Pedals

The article that changed my view … of humanity’s impact on the planet

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Fmr FBI Agent Turned Surf Guitarist Using Her Voice To Advocate For The LGBTQ Community. She released her ‘Love Is’ compilation in October

Source: Fmr FBI Agent Turned Surf Guitarist Using Her Voice To Advocate For The LGBTQ Community – GirlTalkHQ

Source: Blackboy: A Portrait of Deni Firdaus

The Jetsons is actually a bone-chilling dystopia – The Verge

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There is more than enough wind energy to power our future. But our model of paying for it is stuck in the past.

Source: Who Owns the Wind? | Boston Review

Source: There’s enough wind energy over the oceans to power human civilization, scientists say – The Washington Post

Seth Andrews and The Thinking Atheist’s Matt Dillahunty recently took a little field trip to Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter — the giant creationist theme park designed to teach children that the bible is literally true and the earth is around 6,000 years old.

Source: Atheists give a tour of Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter: ‘It’s a $100,000,000 paperweight’ – DeadState

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Longboard skate dancing video featuring music by Françoise Hardy!

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Source: New Zealand bird of the year: playful alpine parrot kea soars to victory | Environment | The Guardian

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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events

Source: Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies

Source: Plague is spreading at an alarming rate in Madagascar. Yes, plague.  – Vox

Source: Siskel & Ebert’s take on “Pulp Fiction” when it first hit theaters (1994) / Boing Boing

Source: Syria’s Heritage, and the World’s, that the War Destroyed

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Source: 350.org – From the frontlines of extraction to the frontlines of climate impacts

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Source: The Gloves Are Off | NRDC

Source: Lush Longboards Kisiwa | Land Paddle | Surf | Longboard

Source: After less than a year, city of Las Vegas dumps flashy logo – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Source: ‘It was like going into the trenches’: how Suicide rioted against plastic punk | Music | The Guardian

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

Source: 240-Year-Old Nautical Maps Reveal How Badly Weve Screwed Up Floridas Reefs | Gizmodo Australia

Source: Rare views on Rapa Nui: an Easter Island adventure | Travel | The Guardian

Source: Goodwill is overrun with stuff millennials and Gen Xers refuse to take from their parents, who pay up to $5,000 to get rid of it

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Source: Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked? | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian

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Hear the sublime isolated vocals for the Beach Boys Wouldnt it Be Nice / Boing Boing

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Vergesst Tutus und Operetten – Longboard Dancer tanzen fahrend. Und die kleinste Bühne der Welt tragen sie immer mit sich: ihr Board.

Source: Tanz das Brett! | Arte Tracks

Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital officially released Towards the end of Robert Drasnin‘s life – he set out to work on the third, and final, volume of Voodoo which he left unfinishe…

Source: Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital Officially Released! –

Own a decommissioned lighthouse with bids starting at $10K / Boing Boing

Court orders venture capital billionaire to restore access to public beach / Boing Boing

The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip

Cadillac Wheels wurde mit der Erfindung des binnen weniger Jahre zum Marktführer. Aber nichts ist für die Ewigkeit. VENI.VIDI. VICI.PERII.

Source: Cadillac Wheels – Wie das Rad neu erfunden wurde.

The Fallacy of Endless Economic Growth – Pacific Standard

While restoring one of the exploration huts in Antarctica, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered a box that turned out to be a remarkable treasure. It contained 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives

Source: 100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered Frozen In Block of Antarctica’s Ice – Abandoned Spaces

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We all know that spending time outdoors is good for you on both a physical and mental level, but the benefits of spending time specifically at the beach have just been revealed. That incredible feeling of peace and calmness that you experience at the beach is now being referred to as “blue space.” That’s what […]

Source: According to scientists, visiting the beach can change your brain in an incredible way

Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef from video imagery

This is Mohammad Mohiedine Anis 70, who has parked his classic collection of American cars in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo while civil war raged all around.

Source: Meet Aleppo’s classic car collector who refused to leave | Daily Mail Online