Category Archives: General

Endangered tongues

Originally posted on Mother Tongues:
You’ve probably heard of the plight of the orang-utans and cries to “save the whales” but have you heard of Ixcatec or Tharkarri? They’re not cute and cuddly animals you can touch, but they’re still…

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Brazil . . . Sizzling SALVADOR & more

(ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY trotting tani) PREAMBLE If you have been reading my blogs, by now you would have figured that I write mostly about places frequented by ‘fewer people’ . . . places that are perhaps more exotic but … Continue reading

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Textbook Studio

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#LoveLibraries

Originally posted on Helen Milner:
Wow. From the first moment I stepped into Manchester Central Library I was impressed. I visited another English city’s central library recently and they said, with a wistful look in their eyes: “If only we…

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Brazil Announces Exhibition Theme for 2016 Venice Biennale — Archy Naija

Responding to curator Alejandro Aravena’s theme “Reporting from the front,” the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo has selected Washington Fajardo to present an exhibition titled “JUNTOS.” The project for the Brazilian pavilion will highlight stories of people who have fought … Continue reading

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The world’s largest rats are the size of small dogs — Snapzu Science

Forget those silly photos of “huge” rats from playgrounds in the UK. These are the real rodents of unusual size View Full Post More great content like this @ Science & Space Front Page or you can Request Invite via The … Continue reading

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GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: A SYMPHONY

Originally posted on Cosmic Intuition:
In September of last year, Scientists at LIGO came across the discovery of the century: Gravitational Waves. The waves that were detected were produced as a result of a black hole merger 1.3 BILLION years…

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Biggest Bonfire in the World

Last spring break, we ran away to Valencia and arrived coincidentally in time https://carolqpham.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/biggest-bonfire-in-the-world/

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“This is not a slave house! Get blacks out of University of Campinas!”: More racist graffiti demonstrates discomfort with blacks being “out of their place”

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Radioactive boars run wild around Fukushima nuclear reactors

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