Here’s a another longboard surfing video with a music track I used play on my DJ nights in Hamburg.

Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban classic Malaguena here in a wonderful solo rendition by Egypt’s Omar Khorshid.

Why are we still pretending ‘trickle-down’ economics work?

Cowboy Throat Singing

Could you be eating a credit card a week?

BTW, You’re Eating And Breathing In Plastic Too

The Literal Translation of Country Names

Bruce Brown Surf Movie Maker On TV 1965

Smarter people listen to instrumental music: study

Instagram Ruined Travel. A New Generation Of Influencers Is Trying To Fix It.

Where did the Dravidians originate from?

10,000 year old stones found under Lake Michigan. They are arranged in a circle and one even has a mastodon on it.</a

Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database

Exploring Instrumental from the year 1963

In Memory of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium

Scott Walker : Scott Walker (1943-2019)

Trader Vic’s, a bastion of Tiki in Emeryville, started as a one-room beer parlor in Oakland

One Hula Of A Night: All The Best Tiki Bars In London

The New Speakeasy: Cocktails in a Stranger’s Kitchen

Seaweed Sippers

Cruising Down SoCal’s Boulevards: Streets as Spaces for Celebration and Cultural Resistance

The most dangerous climate feedback loop is speeding up

An ocean of evidence on warming is our cue to take action – now

Kelp In the Lineup? Here’s What You Need To Know

Rare Surf Albums

Pop Gear [’60s Pop Dancing suits +] / Matt Monro

The Origins of Surf Music — a first-hand account by Paul Johnson

“Moai are family”: Easter Island people to head to London to request statue back

A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history

The Iceless Arctic

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IF you have a Yahoo account you might want to ditch it after revelations the tech giant created a tool for the US government to scan through people’s private messages. The company had worked with e…

Source: How to delete your Yahoo email account after secret monitoring revelations

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This excellent op-ed piece by ?Ohu Gon  needs to be shared with many. By Sam ‘Ohu Gon September 4, 2016 The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently unveiled a groundbreak…

Source: Indigenous Traditions could be New Resource Management Model – Ka’ahele Hawai’i

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By reconstructing past global warming and the carbon cycle on Earth 56 million years ago, researchers have used computer modeling to estimate the

Source: Warning from the Past: Future Global Warming Could Be Even Warmer | Lab Manager

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David Bald Eagle, who died July 22 at 97, was known for an eclectic mix of passions, especially his work in motion pictures. But he also left a legacy of activism for the Native American community, including his service as the first chief of the United Indigenous Nations of the Americas.

Source: Emma Niles: Truthdigger of the Week: David Bald Eagle, Lakota Chief and Native American Rights Activist – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig

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Biodiversity across much of Earth has recently dropped below safe levels. Here are some of the species we’ve lost just this century.

Source: Animals That Went Extinct In The 21st Century [Infographic]

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Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems.

Source: Vanishing Act: What’s Causing Sharp Decline in Insects and Why It Matters by Christian Schwägerl: Yale Environment 360