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Chernobyl — Discover

On Chernobyl: “These babushkas survived Stalin and the Nazis…How can they be expected to fear something neither male nor foreign, that does not even have feral teeth, but whose only crime is that it breathes and disappears into the same air.” … Continue reading

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Baozha! (2016)

Originally posted on AqueouS Studio:
An animated short film from NTU Singapore, showcasing a very well-executed concept inspired by Chinese mythology and some Singaporean flavour! Excellent fluid animation and deserves a silver award at Digicon6 Singapore 2017!

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Rare Close-Up Video of a Brazilian Urutau

Originally posted on The Viral Planet:
Check out a rare close-up Video of the Brazilian Urutau in Camaflouge The Potoos (Brazilian Ututau) are a group of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones,…

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Money-less Japanese diner offered chance to pay later, phones police himself

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Why “Warning to Humanity” gets the socio-ecological crisis (and its solutions) wrong

Originally posted on ENTITLE blog – a collaborative writing project on Political Ecology:
by Salvatore De Rosa and Jevgeniy Bluwstein The “Warning to Humanity” signed by more than 15.000 scientists calls for action to save the planet proposing elitist environmentalism…

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Greater Manchester comes together to offer hundreds of rough sleepers homes

Originally posted on MCR HOMELESS HELP:
Manchester City Centre Doorway by Dylan Mitchell The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced a new scheme to combat homelessness across the region. As part of a £1.8 million scheme, over 200 of…

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Mural by Multicolored Dreams at Myyrmäki

Originally posted on From My Horizon:
Visiting Helsinki in Finland in November 2016 I visited Myyrmäki railway station that is painted both on the inside and on the outside covering 600 square feet of wall space painted by the ten-person…

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A Season of Sparkle is coming to Lowry Outlet

Originally posted on MANCHESTER PULSE:
Featuring a magical Elf Enchanted Christmas Market Shoppers are invited to experience the magic of Christmas being brought to life as Lowry Outlet’s Season of Sparkle brings an Elf Enchanted Christmas Market plus magical family…

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Engineering campus development

Originally posted on Being 42:
Thursday 23rd November 2017, 2.40pm (day 2,282) OK, I know, I know, Manchester, building site…. But, at least, a well-lit one. With piles of red things that look like some big kid’s construction set. In the…

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Winner of Manchester’s Busker Talent Revealed!

Originally posted on MANCHESTER PULSE:
Manchester’s Best Busker was officially crowned at the live final of Manchester’s Got Busker Talent, which was held at The Printworks on Sunday 19th November. The inaugural event, organised by Survivors Manchester, a charity that supports…

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