In too deep: why the seabed should be off-limits to mining companies

Reyn Spooner: Behind the Brand and its Iconic Hawaiian Shirts

Ice sheet collapse: The greatest unknown in climate science

Anti-Nazi youth movements in World War II

Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths of the Arctic on Fire

The Sound of Success, Mobile Food Truck Edition

Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it’s gone

Weird ‘Plasticrust’ Caused by Pollution Forms on Portuguese Island

How Culture Works: Adapt, Teach, Learn.

Sea levels, and heads in the sand

Seafood Without The Sea: Will Lab-Grown Fish Hook Consumers?

For the sake of our health, we need to kick the indoor habit

Psychedelic Vinyl – Vinyl Records LP’s For Sale

Retro wheels: Fiat 500 Jolly Icon-e by Garage Italia

Tiki-style, Hawaiian dress was the all the talk in the 1960s

How were vinyl records made in the 1950s?

What to Know About JFK’s Wild 1960s Bar-Packed Hotel, Opening Today

The Inverted World Map – Variations on a Blue Marble

A man spear fishing at night in Hawaii, 1940s

The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging

Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around: study

Hans Hass – Unternehmen Xarifa

From prudish Victorians to arrows in the eye – 10 things from history everyone gets wrong

Mexico’s Most Celebrated Pachuco: Tin Tan

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How Neolithic farming sowed the seeds of modern inequality 10,000 years ago

The plastic tide is a symptom of a sickness in society: Surfers Agains – Gather Outdoors

Randy Nauert of The Challengers uploaded this footage from the 40s.

Pachucos and Teddy Boys: How Generations of Youth in the U.S. and U.K. Borrowed From Each Other

Benjamin Munday the Sheer Joy of Moondog

Sad 7-Foot Tall Clown Sings “Pinball Wizard” in the Style of Johnny Cash, and Other Hits by Roy Orbison, Cheap Trick & More

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Help Beat Arctic Oil In Court!

A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet melt, say scientists.

Source: Nasa forecast: Which cities will flood as ice melts? – BBC News

Living in a parking lot amid Santa Barbara’s wealth is a kind of middle-class homelessness

Pachucos: Not Just Mexican-American Males or Juvenile Delinquents

A Beautiful Pandemonium

Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem

This Seaweed-Based Edible Packaging Could Help Save Our Seas

The never before seen images were taken by photographer Hugh Holland, and are being run in a Hollywood gallery as part of an exhibition called Silver. Skate. Seventies.

Source: California skateboarding revolution captured in photos | Daily Mail Online

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Ignored By Big Telecom, Detroit’s Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet – Motherboard

It’s Not Climate Change ?- ?It’s Everything Change

George Takei: “They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims.” / Boing Boing

Grasberg mine in the Indonesian region has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression

Source: The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are counting the cost | Susan Schulman | Global development | The Guardian

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Video: Maybe Tomorrow

Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events

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Researchers used bone collagen (protein) sequences to determine the species of 20 previously unidentifiable bone fragments

Quelle: Britain’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Discovered Using Breakthrough Analysis of Bone Fragments | Lab Manager

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A short film documents the streets of Bunker Hill, a corner of downtown that holds a special place in city lore.

Source: A Split-Screen Tour of Los Angeles, Seventy Years Ago and Today – The New Yorker

A Tiny Spock Leaning on a 1964 Buick Riviera Is the Best Hot Wheels Car Ever

Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger. Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest. Using exclusive photographs and new data, a Guardian special report investigates how the reef has been devastated – and what can be done to save it

Source: The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare | Environment | The Guardian

World’s first grid-connected tidal array almost complete

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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: N? Hulu Ali‘i | LACMA

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This short Cinesound documentary from Ken G Hall boasts beautifully filmed visuals, with surfers seen in silhouette and sunlight bouncing off the water. (Video excerpt 3.14 minutesalso has educational notes. This clip chosen to be PG)

Source: Thrill of the Surf (1949) clip 1 on ASO – Australia’s audio and visual heritage online

While everyone buys the latest cars in the market, there are group of people in Hyderabad who’ve gone in the opposite direction – they look for vintage The 47-year-old IT professional is the proud owner of two vintage cars ‘Premier President 1972’ & ‘Premier Padmini Deluxe BE’ which was gifted to him in 1983 when India won the first world cup. He also owns a ambassador of 1970 model.

Source: Vintage is evergreen: Meet Hyderabad’s car lovers | The News Minute

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Photographer Dave Sandford witnesses the sheer raw power and force of waves breaking in stormy conditions on one of Canada’s Great Lakes – Lake Erie.

Source: Lake Erie’s wild waves caught on camera by Dave Sandford

Source: Retro To Go: Modern-day Dansette: 1960s-style GPO Retro Bermuda record player with legs

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