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

Links for 6/17/23

Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’

Traditional Development – #6 in the Strong Towns Curbside Chat Video Series

A shocking number of birds are in trouble

Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

America’s Radioactive Secret

Refreshments were once served from a giant owl-shaped building in Long Beach, California

@justinebateman wants to see AI contract terms in actor agreements and music folk should be checking, too

Fish Are Not Insentient Dullards

Mexico Could Lead the World On Solar Energy?—?And Why it Needs To

Carl Sagan: a lovely and powerful new short film and automaton installation about the urgency of environmental action (video)

6 things to know about heat pumps, a climate solution in a box

The Animals on the beach in California – a world away from Newcastle-on-Tyne in Northern England

The Floating Basket Homes of Iraq: A Paradise Almost Lost to Saddam

To Fight Coastal Erosion, Design a Bespoke Artificial Reef

Monsieur Hulot’s Parisian House

We can’t afford to choose adaptation over cutting emissions – suggesting otherwise is dangerous

Déplacer Le Silence With Lola Mignot

Stolen Relations: recovering stories of indigenous enslavement in the Americas

Last Waves Legends

Dancers performing “The Nitty Gritty” from the The Judy Garland Show (1964).

Links for 6/3/23

Australia’s Crackdown on Climate Activists 

The Gym of Life

The future of AI is chilling – humans have to act together to overcome this threat to civilisation

Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’

Wanted: More skills for workers as green jobs grow

Discourses of Climate Delay

Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists

Massive beach restoration project for Orange County coastline approved – CBS | KCAL News

Battery, Baghdad, 250 BCE

The Antidote To Digital Disconnectivity

Journeys Into the Outside with Jarvis Cocker (ep#2)

Links for 5/28/23

A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you

Doug Rushkoff Is Ready to Renounce the Digital Revolution

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Could This Be the Final Frontier for Renewable Energy?

Return to the Water documentary

Are You Using Your Leash Wrong?

@theblakemorgan on AI Bros

Meet the first famous female rock&roll drummer

How to make your wardrobe sustainable

Gov. DeSantis Urged to Veto Radioactive Roads Bill

Grosso Forever: Loveletter To Japan

British Longboard Union highlights reel: Porthmeor Longboard Classic, April 2023

Indigenous peoples caught in the Russia-Ukraine war

Sisters Stacia and Ashley Ahina

Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime?

The Floating Basket Homes of Iraq: A Paradise Almost Lost to Saddam

The Fight to Expose Corporations’ Real Impact on the Climate

Takeshi Terauchi, Japan’s Eleki God

Concern grows over rich nations controlling sunlight

So.. You Can Longboard Dance? 2022 | Memories

The dark side of plastic: understanding the impact on our bodies, ecosystems, and the world

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

The origins of climate crisis

Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

Korean Cowboys of the Old World

Woolight Firewire Sustainable Surfboards

Chokepoint Capitalism: how Big Tech and Big Content captured creative labor markets and how we’ll win them back

When Good Waves Go Rogue

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 5/13/23

Listen to Brian Wilson’s isolated vocals on “Don’t Worry Baby”

See Photos of the Hand-Built Boat That Might Sail from Sausalito to Hawaii

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

The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial

See how a quick-fix climate solution could also trigger war

1960s Queensland – ‘Route One: Highway to the Sun’

How We Met: Poison Ivy and Lux Interior

Uranium Stories: the largest nuclear disaster in US history, 43 years later

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

“The Consequence of Style” – with Robin Falxa, Southern France

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.