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Brazilian Rebel Beer For Change

Originally posted on Rebel Voice:
Here we have a novel form of protest against a corrupt and immoral Brazilian government. The people have created a beer to highlight the political imposition that is US Establishment installed puppet, Temer. I’ll have…

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Cinco de Mayo flamingos ~

Originally posted on Maverick Mist:
“Bernal Diaz del Castillo, the soldier who wrote an eyewitness account of Hernan Cortes’ campaign to conquer Mexico in 1519-1521, reported seeing flamingos in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan where they were kept in an aviary…

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Little Bums in Beijing 

Originally posted on autumnaldous:
The Chinese in Beijing find Westeners fascinating, when you travel there expect to have your photo taken over and over again. Sometimes they will ask for your permission and sometimes they will aim their phone /camera…

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Paintings You Should Know: ‘Nighthawks’ by Edward Hopper (1942)

Originally posted on The Culture Project:
The hour is late. The streets are deserted. In a downtown diner two men and a woman pass the time over coffee. No-one speaks. No-one makes eye contact. Even the pair seated close enough to touch…

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“Names Have Power”: Five Essays on Names and Identity

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Fresh evidence of the power of fig trees to sustain wildlife and restore lost forests

Originally posted on Under The Banyan:
“Who eats figs? Everybody,” wrote tropical biological Daniel Janzen in 1979. He meant that in tropical rainforests most, if not all, fruit-eating animals will consume figs — the false-fruit of the 750+ Ficus species…

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Street art…

Originally posted on Rethinking Life:
Pinterest Street Art by Art-Takano Mexico twitter.com

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Lieb Sein – Be Nice

Be Kitschig Be nice. Be green. Be kitschig. Would’ve translated into Lieb sein. Grün sein. Kitschig sein. Absolutely wonderfully. Unfortunately, it already seems to be taken, so I might have to attribute this bit of street art possibly to Jérome … Continue reading

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The Manchester Diaries Pt. 2

Originally posted on The Snowflake Collective:
The I’ve had a bit more of a chance to get acquainted with this lovely city, having had a couple of friends up to visit. It’s such a perfect excuse to act like a…

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Mayday 2017

Originally posted on Six Pixx:
Posts are pretty random at the moment as we have had a disjointed house move that saw us sell one without having secured another and therefore spending a couple of months in temporary accommodation. However,…

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