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This Village’s Adorable Christmas Lights Are Designed by Kids | Kottke

In the Scottish village of Newburgh, the Christmas lights hung up around town were designed from drawings done by local schoolchildren. Poppy McKenzie Smith shared some of the displays on Twitter. This is the best,[…] Source: This Village’s Adorable Christmas … Continue reading

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Photographer Captures Tragic Beauty of Venice’s Record-Breaking Floods

By Jessica Stewart on December 17, 2019 “Imagine walking for hours with water high above your knees.” While most of the world watched from afar as record floods washed across Venice, photographer Natalia Elena Massi raced to the scene, camera … Continue reading

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ALIMA – AFRI-CAN

CLIENT : ALIMA AGENCY : SOCIALCLUB socialclub.paris/ DIRECTOR : THEO GOTTLIEB theogottlieb.com/ PRODUCTION : BIRTH birth.tv/ MUSIC : JONATHAN FITAS jonathanfitas.com/ ANIMATION : Gabriel Chagas & Daniel Bruson ANIMATION COMPOSITING – Daniel Bruson ANIMATION DIRECTION : Daniel Bruson vimeo.com/danielbruson

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This ‘Magic Ion’ in Your Tap Water Could Be Making You Happier

Tap water contains traces of lithium, a natural element that’s widely used as a mood-stabilizing treatment. Could this exposure be impacting our moods? » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Sometimes … Continue reading

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The Day I Discovered My Ancestor was a Slave Owner – Byline Times

William Tryon Stephen Colegrave uncovers a family secret and realises how easy it is to whitewash our slavery roots. My family is proud of its history. As a child, my two maiden great aunts mixed up the centuries as they … Continue reading

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Group Urges Atlantic Seafloor be Labeled a Memorial to Slave Trading

BEAUFORT, N.C. – Before deep-sea mining begins on the seafloor in international waters of the Atlantic Basin, a group of scholars is suggesting that a portion of the seabed be marked on maps and charts as a virtual memorial to … Continue reading

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Shaped Using Precisely Cut Maps, Nikki Rosato’s Busts and Portraits Connect Place, Memory, and Identity

Through mesh busts and delicate portraits, Nikki Rosato visualizes the connections between place and identity. The Washington, D.C.-based artist carves out the multi-colored highways and back roads from common maps, leaving the distances and spatial markings intact. She then shapes the … Continue reading

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We the People: Artist Nari Ward | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

Artist Nari Ward works with teens in the ICA’s Teen Arts Council to install his monumental artwork “We the People,” created from thousands of shoelaces.

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Are We Reaching Further To Connect While Missing Out On Life Around Us? Your Mobile Phone: Friend Or Foe?

On Their Own Travel and Documentary Photographer Bharat Patel is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the project ‘Mobile Dependence’. Busy Busy These series of images of people were taken at bus stops as they … Continue reading

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Why There Are NO Flights Between East Asia & South America

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