Links for 5/26/24

Surf music has been infiltrated by artificial intelligence, and it’s probaby going to get worse.

Tech’s Plan to ‘Ethnically Cleanse’ San Francisco w/ Gil Duran

The Strange World Of… Joe Meek

Here’s what record-breaking temperatures looked like around the globe

CLASSIC? Neil Blender, Jason Jessee, Jay Adams, Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero Mini Ramp sesh

1970s skateboarding London-style. Hot Wheels

Scientist identify the phonetic alphabet of whales

Skateboarding History Podcast

How Not to Act in an Emergency

Interview: Why global support for climate action is ‘systematically underestimated’ – Carbon Brief

Epic 4-hour documentary about YouTube plagiarists sends them scurrying desperately away

Sun, sea and rock’n’roll: how Torremolinos got its groove back

Links for 2/24/24

Meet The Billionaires Buying Up Hawai

Trawling the bottom of the ocean is kicking up tons of carbon dioxide

‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers

How the Oil Industry Indefinitely Delays Cleaning Up Oil and Gas Wells in California

Climate misinformation is mutating on YouTube – and the platform is profiting

For Surfers – polyola

California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception

Breakthrough in understanding whale language

These Aviation Geeks painstakingly Re-Created a 1970s Pan Am Flight

Links for 1/14/24

How I watched the oligarchy shrink America’s middle class

How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change

The ex-shark fishermen teaching schoolkids how to protect the environment

Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

A Pocket Guide for Scientists: Handling Political Harassment and Legal Intimidation

Department of Defense, Tidal Power: A New Source of Energy (1959)

Rarely in the Field of Human Endeavour Has One Rather Small Profession Caused So Much Harm to Humankind as Neoclassical Economists Do Now

Links for 12/3/23

COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100

The end of Elon Musk

American Big Tech Has Enslaved Us | Aaron Bastani Meets Yanis Varoufakis

Climate conspiracy theories flourish ahead of COP28

Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists

Gulf Stream weakening now 99% certain, and ramifications will be global

Solomon Islands prime minister says US must respect Pacific leaders

Topic: Economics You Can’t Put a Price on Nature

Fiji prime minister warns against US and China attempts to ‘polarise’ Pacific

CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless

The amazing Hook Island sea monster photos

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

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