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You’ve Been Making Paella All Wrong
Chefs around the world have been putting their own spin on paella for years, adding everything from avocado to chorizo to grated cheese to the mix. This gives Guillermo Navarro indigestion. Not literally. But figuratively. Navarro isn’t OK with anyone … Continue reading
World street art tour. Cont’d. — Equinoxio
Paris, métro Nationale. 13th arrondissement. 2019. Many buildings have been painted over. A unique display of immense street art. A great initiative from City Hall. Just noticed the artist’s name. Inti is a Chilean artist born in Valparaiso whose work … Continue reading
Vivid Photographs by Trung Huy Pham Capture Annual Water Lily Harvest in Vietnam
Each year as the Mekong Delta floods, locals gather hordes of long-stemmed lilies from the water-covered rice fields. Photographer Trung Huy Pham recently captured the annual harvest in a vivid series taken in the Long An and An Giang provinces … Continue reading
HELIN
If an aesthetic object is created without any human purpose, do we witness an accidental product of nature or do we perceive new forms of artificial intentions? The sculpture Helin embodies an organic data mirror emerging from our collective historical … Continue reading
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Has confinement turned us all into hikikomori? – ScienceBlog.com
After two months of lockdown, have we become like the hikikomori – the Japanese youngsters who choose to live in isolation, shunning the outside world? Natacha Vellut, a psychosociologist at the CERMES3 laboratory and co-author of a book on the … Continue reading
The Felling of Colston
Chronicling the felling of the statue of Edward Colston–a 17th Century slave trader–during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England, and how this act of rebellion made waves across the UK and the World. June 7th 2020. Sparked by … Continue reading
Sci-Fi Short Film: “The Atlas of False Desires” | DUST
In Fashion, forecasting the next big trend is everything. In the wild territory of the internet, companies harvest social networks for valuable patterns and trends spread like viruses through dataspace, shifting infrastructure and translating dreams into economies.
An Aerial Timelapse Captures One Million Begonias as They’re Woven Into an Ephemeral Tapestry
Every other August, dozens of volunteers gather near the Grand Place in Brussels to compose a 19,000-square-foot, floral rug that blankets the central square. The massive installation is woven with one million begonias—a hearty flower that Belgium is the largest producer … Continue reading
Now Is the Time
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter … Continue reading
Woman Finds A Baby House Finch Bird On Her Porch | The Dodo Little But Fierce
Woman finds a baby bird on her porch and raises him until he is old enough to be on his own. Special thanks to Susan for sharing this story with us! If you’d like to share your awesome animal videos … Continue reading
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