Category Archives: General

Spray-Painting Graffiti Drone Not Nearly as Effective as You’d Think

Originally posted on orbital pictures:
Robots may be taking our jobs throughout agriculture and industry, but the the duty of defacing architecture is likely to remain in the hands of humans for the immediate future if this semi-autonomous spray-paint drone…

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Andy’s Photos of the Cottenham Lane area

Originally posted on We Walk around Salford and we take photos. :
Bridge Panorama On the Bridge Welcome! Mill panorama Old Mill Lorries We had a wander around these backstreets of Salford. Every city needs it’s scruffy, dirty industrial areas and…

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Meals that fed the globe’s heroes: Tuck into a breakfast that helped change the world

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Engels, Marx and Manchester Sanitation

Originally posted on Pootle Round The UK:
Manchester, now a large city, dates back many centuries. It was, in AD79, established as a Roman fort (Mamucium), and remained a small town until the 18th century, when the industrial revolution led…

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Manifesto against the military occupation of the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Originally posted on Maré Vive:
Written by a group of local residents We publicly express our total refusal of the military occupation of the favelas of Maré. We wish to express are serious concern, regarding our lives, the lives of our…

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Candomblé, Macumba Ritual and Jaré in Brazil

Originally posted on Perspectives in Anthropology:
One Sunday in February, 2008 when my wife and I were living in the bairro of Itapuã which is situated near the airport of Salvador, I was home alone. My wife left out early…

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MaracaTALL!

Originally posted on Hala on Stilts Entertainment:
MaracaTALL is Toronto’s new high energy, high impact stilt-walking drum core that can be seen and heard over 100 meters away, guaranteed to bring joy and amazement to any event. With colourful costumes,…

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La Mouche

Originally posted on “..it’s like a finger pointing away to the moon..” :
La Mouche – ‘The Fly’ in French…from his Blue period

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Curitiba – the German city

Originally posted on La puce, die Welt and everything else:
Curitibanas and Curitibanos like to boast that their city is a German city. While this also includes the German immigrants from the 19th and 20th century, it mainly refers to…

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Measure Yourself by the Standard of the Capybara | Roots of Unity, Scientific American Blog Network

Originally posted on Dobby the Capybara:
Odd but somehow satisfying article wherein capybaras are correctly acknowledged to be the center of the universe. It also includes a poem that would be fabulous but for the references to, well, you’ll see.…

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