Could a Ming dynasty Buddha found near an Australian beach rewrite history?

High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN

Fantastic Nantasket: 1905

The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret

A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds

“I Don’t Come Onstage To Pose and Play Some Pyrotechnic Scales. It’s To Kick Some Serious Ass”: Dick Dale Talks Gigs and Gear

Yap: How Did You Know We’d Like TV? (1981)

The Limits to Growth at 50: From Scenarios to Unfolding Reality

Hawaiian leis and aloha at Martin Luther King Jr. march on “Bloody Sunday” in the Deep South, 1965

Inside L.A.’s Lowrider Car Clubs

The sad story of Astrud Gilberto, the face of bossa nova

The Battle to Save Waikiki Beach

In 1962, Chubby Checker’s sold-out Twist Party was quite the show

Little Pattie – He’s My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy [Sing, Sing, Sing 1963]

Ceibita en Verano

The Dick Dale Virtual Museum

The wave pool backlash

A proud Aboriginal man and his son, from near the Kimberley Coast in North Western Australia, 1890-1910. They both carry boomerangs and the man has a woomera spear strapped to his back.

When did scientists first warn humanity about climate change?

California 1940’s, Newport Beach in color

Lou Ottens, inventor of the cassette tape, RIP

Climate change and COVID-19: The denial playbook is the same

Preston Epps

Dick Dale

Has Streaming Killed the Radio Star?

Plunder of the commons: compensate the commoners!

davidplattsurfboardrestorations

One minute with JJ Wessels

Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy

Concert and paddle-out for Dick Dale – surf rocker remembered at Orange County

Cyclone! Gallic Guitars A-Go-Go 1962-66

Their Islands Are Being Eroded. So Are Their Human Rights, They Say

Indigenous Australians File Landmark Human Rights Claim With UN Over Government’s Inaction on Climate Crisis

Remains of L.A.

Climate crisis: flooding threat ‘may force UK towns to be abandoned’

The European Union: More Than Ever, Indispensable

Climate change is the deadliest legacy we will leave the young | John Lanchester

Climate Denial: A Measured Response

R.I.P. Dick Dale, surf rock pioneer dead at 81

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Source: The Impossible Hamster

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

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Dick Dale: The Father of Surf Music | Fender Stratocaster

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Species Are on the Move and Northward Bound—Then What?

Dewey Weber auf Vimeo

Bali’s First Surfers

Dick Dale, 78, Currently Tours Despite Having Rectal Cancer, Renal Failure, Diabetes, and Massive Vertebrae Damage

Nat Young, teenaged Animal auf Vimeo

Royal Daiquiri

Coastal Capers: 1925

At 78 and with myriad health issues, surf-rock legend Dick Dale plays through the pain

Hai und Mensch – wer gefährdet wen?

A Compendium of Vintage Postcards from the Great American Road Trip