via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Florida circa 1905
“Surf bathing at Palm Beach”
No ocean was ever a prettier shade of gray
8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company
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Seaweed: In a World Hungry for Protein, It's the Kale of Meat
via Big Think by Orion Jones
Meat consumption is increasingly seen as a health risk, an environmental risk, and a misuse of precious land and water resources. Meat substitutes, however, have so far proven unsuccessful. Fake meat grown in a lab has proven costly and is widely mocked; eating bugs, which are rich in protein and nutrients, is simply unpalatable; substitutes such as (soy) beans still require much land and water for farming.
Enter seaweed...
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
On Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, drama queen. Rejected in love, he threatened to burn his hand. When broke, he cajoled and guilt-tripped his brother for money… more
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The Ridiculously Long Flowchart To Help You Choose A Video Game
via MakeUseOf by Dave LeClair
Have you ever decided that you wanted to play a video game, but couldn’t decide which one to play? There’s a lot of fantastic games out there, whether you fancy getting your hands on a strategy game, or you want to play an MMO like World of Warcraft, it’s never easy to decide.
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Friday Fun: Little-Known Punctuation Marks
via Stephen’s Lighthouse by Stephen Abram
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
History of lying
Here’s the thing about lying: We all do it – three times in every 10 minutes of conversation – while finding it the most blameworthy of acts… more
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Pigs on Trial
via Boing Boing by Futility Closet
For 500 years of European history, animals were given criminal trials: Bulls, horses, dogs, and sheep were arrested, jailed, given lawyers, tried, and punished at community expense. In the latest Futility Closet podcast we’ll explore this strange practice and try to understand its significance to the people of the time.
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The Shocking State Of Humanity: Our World With Just One Hundred People
via Lifehack
I’ve seen this inforgraphic before but it never fails to shock me.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Houellebecq’s francophobic satire
Michel Houellebecq is not a polemicist but a satirist. And his target is not Islam but spineless French intellectuals… more
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High winds blow waterfall back up
via Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza
The River Kinder, in England's peak district, meets such high winds the flow is blasted back into the plateau. On better days, the Kinder Downfall drops 80 ft.
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