Ghost nets: the remote town turning death-trap debris into world-class art | Art and design
The escapist history of tiki bars — and why this cocktail trend will never go away
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Video: a Random Square Metre & the Silent Killer
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
What must be done to alleviate the coming climate change catastrophe.
Source: Telling the Climate Truth | naked capitalism
Source: In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration – The New York Times
A Plastic Planet is a grassroots organisation campaigning for a Plastic Free Aisle in supermarkets. It’s easy for you to join in – find out how!
Source: A Plastic Planet – A Plastic Free Aisle
Source: Tribes Spanning the US-Mexico Border – The Decolonial Atlas
Six movie-inspired cocktails (and one TV-inspired hangover cure)
Source: Six movie-inspired cocktails (and one TV-inspired hangover cure) / Boing Boing
Source: Aquarium Drunkard » Mid-Century Sounds :: Deep Cuts from the Desert
Galaxy Magazine : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
The myth of the ‘alpha’ male is actually more complex than people think it is
Source: The Alpha Male Myth | The Art of Manliness
An unbelievably cute solar plant just started delivering power to the grid in Datong, China.
Source: China just built a 250-acre solar farm shaped like a giant panda – Business Insider Deutschland
Letters and Liquor traces the history of cocktail lettering through custom typography and beautiful photographs.
Source: Letters and Liquor
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
If you drop plastic in the ocean, where does it end up?
The love song that dared to proclaim “I may not always love you”
Source: “It is so beautifully written, it sings itself”: The Beach Boys’ sublime “God Only Knows”
How Middle-Class America Got Fleeced
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the nonist, now searching recorded history for some semblance of truth.
Source: Polynesian Stick Charts
The Archivist: The Aquatic Ape | The Surfers Journal
Has Keystone XL Become Obsolete?
Sabine Jessen discusses Trudeau’s plans to increase offshore oil exploration that undermine oceans protection commitments Canada has made.
Source: Canada Undermines Targets for Protecting Oceans by Increasing Oil Exploration
Journey-based charts from the past can help us track the progression of transportation technology.
Source: Atlas Obscura
Mexico markets Trump themed tp, proceeds help migrants
Source: Boing Boing
Yet another white guy cast in a non-white starring role
In another one of our occasional posts on crazy continental architecture here we look at a groovy German coastguard station on the island Rugen in northern Germany. It may look like it’s in the middle of a field but don’t let these photos deceive you – it’s not, it’s by the sea, where it should [&hellip
Source: Space Age German Lifeguard Station – Voices of East Anglia
There are numerous ruins of Tiahuanaco origin which were later occupied by the Incas. These are sacred places for the peoples of the Andes.
Source: The Precursors of the Inca – Top Documentary Films
It started back in the 1950s. Bill Haley and Elvis burst onto the scene. Rock ‘n’ roll was born. The guitar took center stage, and it never left.
Source: The Story of the Guitar: The Complete Three-Part Documentary | Open Culture
Last month, we highlighted for you The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays, a largely-forgotten 1957 educational science film. The production is notable partly because it was shot by Frank Capra, the influential director who had won not one, not two, but three Oscars for best director.
Source: Frank Capra’s Science Film The Unchained Goddess Warns of Climate Change in 1958 | Open Culture
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In his native Detroit, Jack White—White Stripes frontman and one of the most active and influential musicians of the last twenty years—has built a beautiful, efficient, and fully staffed record manufacturing plant. Why? Because records are better.
Source: Welcome to Jack White’s Temple to Vinyl
The perennially popular bar style stays fresh
Source: A primer on tiki culture
The Hukulea’s crew did not use any modern navigational devices, instead relying on the stars, waves, and clouds to guide them
Source: Traditional Polynesian Vessel to Complete Round-the-World Journey | Smart News | Smithsonian
The Shocking Doomsday Maps Of The World And The Billionaire Escape Plans
A place called hope: the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions
How Matchbox cars were made in 1965
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With a forgotten temple city, Myanmar hopes to strike tourism gold
On the Water: 10 Favorite Places on European Rivers, Lakes and Coastlines