Links for 5/20/23

Time-lapse map of the colonization (and decolonization) of Africa

How the Parking Garage Conquered the City

Ocean Ramsey on what to do in a shark attack

Hawaii’s beaches are disappearing due to climate change

Mexico celebrated through the eyes of designers – in pictures

Could Niche Web Communities Come Back?

The Oceans Are Missing Their Rivers

@theblakemorgan on AI Bros

America’s Prehistoric High Rise Apartment Complex

Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay

The Oldest Surviving Los Angeles Restaurants

When an oil spill hits an island – in pictures

Tales of the Rat Fink

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

How to make swimwear sustainable: check the material, wash smart, and make it last

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Links for 5/2/23

Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists

Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption

It’s not just you: The planet wants a 4-day workweek, too

Little Richard documentary looks at the life and career of the Black queer rock ‘n’ roll icon

The Dangers Of Highly Centralized AI – Clive Thompson – Medium

Native Tribes of North America, Central America and the Caribbean by Michael Mcardle-Nakoma.

What is Ecological Overshoot and Can Capitalism Correct It?

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world

The Beach Mini is back thanks to one German firm

Indigenous Mexicans Risk Their Lives To Defend the Environment From Organized Crime and ‘insatiable, Predatory’ Transnational Corporations

Extreme heat could put 40% of land vertebrates in peril by end of century

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Visit to Los Angeles 1960s (60fps, added sound w/ color remaster)

Returning the Gift

Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price.

Links for 3/11/23

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)

Links for 1/8/23

Project Moon Base: The Kirchin Experience (Podcast)

Das Meer und der Müll – Treibgut in der Tiefsee – Dagmar Röhrlich (2008)

Jim ‘The Genius’ Phillips

What’s gone wrong with England’s water?

Must See Documentary: The Way the Music Died: Why You Should #DitchSpotify

The History Of The Polynesian Panthers: A Fight For Social Justice In New Zealand

Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out

A 1959 Cadillac bicycle

The Lost Surfers of the Black Sea

Seeking proof of China’s ancient trade with Africa

Links for 31/12/22

Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A.

‘Seas are becoming landfills’: the Senegalese surfer saving a beach – and a way of life – from plastic

Mass of Microplastics Raining on Auckland Weighs as Much as 3 Million Plastic Bottles Yearly, Study Finds

Man Who Drew Bug Eyed Monsters at archive.org

John Oliver points out some problems with tech monopolies

With Love…The James Hunter Six

Travel By Air, The Golden Years: 1920s-1960s

Summertime – The Royals

Links for 12/25/22

This solar oven is an outdoorsy person’s dream

New York teens have started their own anti-smart phone Luddite movement

Cory Doctorow interviewed about cyberpunk and surveillance capitalism in The New Yorker

Dimming the Sun To Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, yet We’re Inching Toward It

Torren Martyn & needessentials bring us a Real Surf Movie

Did you know? The term “goofyfoot” sprung from Walt Disney’s character Goofy!

Capitalism is killing the planet – it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction | George Monbiot

Wayne Lynch: “And now it’s gas.”

Boardroom Interview – Matt Calvani Part 1

The Earth Is Humming—Here’s What It Means

A map of the world for fish

A Beautiful Pandemonium

There are only two US states where it’s legal to own the ocean

How Doggerland Sank Beneath The Waves (500,000-4000 BC) // Prehistoric Europe Documentary