May 31, 2021
Allan Savory - How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change (2013)
Allan Savory on science and peer review
“We are going to kill ourselves because of stupidity.”
May 30, 2021
Púca of Ennistymon
"Clare County Council has confirmed that it has put its recently commissioned ‘Púca of Ennistymon’ sculpture on hold following backlash from locals."
"That's silly; the Púca is no more pagan than the leprechaun."
May 29, 2021
May 28, 2021
On the verge
"Road verges covering 1.2% of Great Britain, an area the size of Dorset, could be used to grow wildflower meadows and create habitat for wildlife, a study says.
"In a report outlining the scale of road verges in England, Scotland and Wales, researchers from the University of Exeter used Google Earth and Google Street View to estimate that verges account for about 1,000 sq miles (2,579 sq km) of the UK’s land."
May 27, 2021
Breakaway (1996)
"While the tarnished ice skater (Tanya Harding) had no acting experience — lines had to be read to her off-camera — 'she had no trouble with the fight scenes,' recalls the director of 'Breakaway,' a low-budget action film."
May 26, 2021
VICE - Underground Street Racers (Smoke Show: EP1)
"In the first episode of Smoke Show, VICE follows a group of organized street racers in the suburbs of Toronto."
May 25, 2021
Watchfinder & Co. - Tudor Black Bay 58 925
"The surprising revelation that Rolex’s junior brand Tudor was to release a new version of the immensely popular Black Bay Fifty-Eight in silver certainly raised a few eyebrows, this being the first time in living memory that a major watch brand made a watch entirely from the precious metal. But whilst many asked the question why, nobody wondered if Tudor even should—until now. So, what is silver, why did Tudor use is—and is it a deadly mistake?"
May 24, 2021
May 18, 2021
Rubin Report - Michael Malice, I Admit I Was Wrong About the Future of NYC
Eating Out - That’s My Man
Eating Out - That's My Man from codyfennell on Vimeo.
May 17, 2021
May 15, 2021
Eye of Horus
"We conducted a literature review by searching the database of PubMed, National Geographic Magazine, medical and anatomical history books, and Google Scholar using the search terms: neuroanatomy, Eye of Horus, and the neuroanatomical basis for the Eye of Horus. We could not find any original articles or attempts revealing the neuroanatomical origins of the Eye of Horus."
Morrissey and David Bowie - Cosmic Dancer (Live at the Inglewood Forum, LA, 6th February 1991)
Thanks to Mr. Percifield.
May 14, 2021
May 09, 2021
Trixie Mattel feat. @Orville Peck - Jackson
Thanks to Mr. Percifield.
May 07, 2021
The Mystery of the Thames Garnets
“There is something magical about picking garnets from the riverside grit,” explains mudlark Anna Borzello. “They are tiny, red and satisfyingly faceted. Best of all, they are such an unlikely find in Central London.”
May 06, 2021
Mtoto
"Archaeologists have identified the oldest known human burial in Africa during field work that uncovered the remains of a child laid carefully to rest in a grave nearly 80,000 years ago.
"The arrangement of the bones shows the three-year-old – named Mtoto after the Swahili word for child – was placed with legs tucked to chest, and perhaps wrapped in a shroud with their head on a pillow, before being gently covered in soil."
May 05, 2021
Lex Fridman Podcast #134 - Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness
May 04, 2021
HMS Tamar
"HMS Tamar has emerged from her recent maintenance period at A&P Falmouth with a new with a ‘dazzle’ paint scheme. This form of warship camouflage dates back to the First World war and makes visual warship recognition more difficult."