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The unit of survival is organism plus environment. We are learning by bitter experience that the organism which destroys its environment destroys itself.
– Gregory Bateson

Links for 11/19/23

Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster

140-year-old ocean heat tech could supply islands with limitless energy

How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms

Winold Reiss and the Congo Room— 1st Tiki Bar ? A Tiki Bar before they were called that

Elon Musk Unmasked: Shaping the Future (Part 4)

What can a software developer do about climate change?

The climate threat to California’s stored nuclear waste

Brave Kiwi woman’s morning swim with curious orcas

For Sale! Kitschy Time Capsule Pad, Perfect for Drinking Martinis All Day Long

‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise

Indigenous nation in US seeks to block billion-dollar port project in Canada

Two Fed Up Redditors Launched a Site to Anonymously Rate Your Landlord

Dark City. The Real Los Angeles Noir

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Links for 5/10/23

The Real History of the Luddites (Audio)

They ride exact replicas of Tom Blake’s 1920s wood surfboards

The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room

A Warning On the Future of Music: with Author Ted Gioia

Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact

Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on

Signs directing public access to Malibu beach only last eight days

Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century

Meet the Surfing Girls of Iran

Nan Madol

Exxon just made record profits, also knew even more about climate change than we realized

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Links for 10/1/23

Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors Around the World

Forever chemicals at former Nasa lab are leaking into LA River, say watchdogs

The State of Berlin After Hitler

Scientists still unable to identify bizarre golden egg found at the bottom of the ocean

Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate

The Cognitive Dissonance Of Climate Collapse

Murder Offsets (permalink)

A shocking number of birds are in trouble

Stars could be invisible within 20 years as light pollution brightens night skies

Recycling can release huge quantities of microplastics, study finds

The Real Life of Your Selfie

Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing

See amazing Northwest Coast Native artwork from Canada

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Steve Alba’s True Grit at 60

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Think Bing – 60 Years of Bing Surfboards (Video)

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Links for 9/18/23

Life Doesn’t Have to Zuck

Earth now way outside “safe operating space for humanity,” says new report

Even Dimming The Sun Wouldn’t Save Antarctica’s Ice Now, Scientists Say

The history of rock and roll poster art

Werner Voss’s Rock’n’Roll Museum

Joyce Carol Vincent: How could this young woman lie dead and undiscovered for almost three years?

Manus Island and Nauru: previously unseen testimony and AI imagery reveal ‘unimaginable’ part of Australian history

Column: Is the reign of the surf thugs at Lunada Bay finally coming to an end? Looks like it

Snoop Asks in @hypebot: “How can you get a billion streams and not get a million dollars?”

How to Responsibly Dispose of Your Electronics

Insurer cites “growing catastrophe exposure” as it stops new sales in California

Insurance giant halts sale of new home policies in California due to wildfires

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Video: Oldschool Chicano Barrios

Always great Doo-Wop coming with these Oldschool Chicano Barrios

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Laissez-Faire Surf at Malibu

Libertarians discovered surfing? We’re fucked!

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Links for 6/25/23

Manhattan Beach, California, 1950s

The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

Vicious Accelerating Feedbacks Between Far Right Politics and Climate Catastrophe

Rich people must allow access to a public beach

George Monbiot’s Regenesis — you won’t think about dinner the same way again

D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas

What Happens When You Tax Billionaires at 90 Percent?

‘High amounts’ of flesh-eating bacteria and ocean plastics create ‘perfect pathogen storm’ in Florida seaweed

Why The IndieWeb?

Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says

Decolonization or Extinction: Indigenous Red Deal Lays Out Plan to Save the Earth

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore – “Superthunderstingcar”

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Links for 6/24/23

Ocean heat is off the charts – here’s what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world

A Deep Dive Into Polarizer Skateboards

‘Unheard of’ marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat

Chris Isaak’s Former Beach Property Becoming a Public Park

Desire to Kill the Streetcar

Rapid changes in cryosphere demand urgent, coordinated action

Rising seas challenge modern notions of property lines

Ever Wondered Why Americans of the 1930s and 40s Spoke with an Accent?

The Crumbling Village of Temples Lost to the Myanmar Jungle

Dear Electric Vehicle Owners: You Don’t Need That Giant Battery

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Events
November 23rd: ‘Kua marara hoki ng? mana o t?na kaha ki runga i te katoa’ 4 August 2025 – 23 November 2025 February 19th: World Surfing Conservation Conference on the Gold Coast March 1st: Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity January 31st: Surf! 100 Years of Waveriding in Cornwall