December 28, 2015
factory farming: the plants are fed by fish poo alone
GrowUp: the future of food - "The new concept of commercial aquaponics, argue Hofman and Webster, has a much-reduced environmental impact. Companion farming fish and crops dates back to the Aztecs, but it took until the 2010s, in Chicago, to move it indoors at any scale. In the UK, only eco-smallholdings have so far attempted it, and the only European aquaponics farms of note use purpose-built greenhouses. GrowUp's model, by contrast, is to fit out empty urban buildings, use no chemicals, employ LED lights, source 100 per cent renewable energy and, crucially, be based within five miles of its customer base in a dense urban area."
just the sounds of buzzing flies and sobbing
The art of tour guiding
When you’re driving a bus full of tourists through the Australian outback,
a packet of chewing gum may be your only hope.
Coffee's for closers.
Killed by Death
RIP Lemmy Kilmister Jimi Hendrix Experience roadie, Hawkwind bass player and Motörhead frontman Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister passed away today at age 70.
This man is a force of nature. Look at the footwork!
FiveThirtyEight takes on the challenge:
It’s a debate as old as time — or, at least as old as 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas Special.” Of the many revelers throwing down sick moves to “Linus & Lucy” by The Vince Guaraldi Trio, who would you most like to party with?
Because Silence is Not an Option: Naji Jerf, RIP.
"Syrian journalists who have fled to Turkey for their safety are not safe at all.": Naji Jerf was the editor-in-chief of the Syrian independent monthly Hentah and a documentary maker who worked with the collective Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS). Jerf also trained citizen journalists as part of his work with RBSS. [more inside]
It's Reality Show Clip Time!
After 22 years, E! ended The Soup on December 18. Last (and mostly) hosted by Joel McHale, The Soup was a reboot of Talk Soup and skewered pop culture. There were many and strange recurring characters, most important of whom was Lou.
“Ten people either quit or were fired during filming,”
The Revenant Official Trailer [YouTube]
The Revenant is a 2015 American epic western film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu set in 1823 Montana and South Dakota, which was inspired by the experiences of frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass. The screenplay was written by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu, based in part on Michael Punke's The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and Domhnall Gleeson.[more inside]
Of Paris, of Love, of Art, of Cats and Poetry and of Death.
NSFW - Lucie Badoud, model and muse a well off orphan was inspired by Guillaume Apollinaire's novel La Femme Assise and went to Paris. In 1924 now known as Youki - snow rose, she received on her 21st birthday from Foujita, the japanese painter,
a big, yellow Ballot with a Basque chauffeur.
The car's body was by Saoutchik and the radiator was capped with a bronze by Rodin; The Man With a Broken Nose. [more inside]
The car's body was by Saoutchik and the radiator was capped with a bronze by Rodin; The Man With a Broken Nose. [more inside]
Whatever happened to Eddy Crane?
On the night of September 10, 1987, my father vanished from this place. He called my mother to say he was on his way home; he never showed up. From the start, our family was sure that his business partner, Augie, had him murdered after my father accused him of embezzlement — all vehemently denied by Augie. Detectives at Baltimore City Homicide have said they had similar suspicions, but no charges were ever brought. Over the years the case first grew cold and then became the stuff of cop campfire lore. David Simon based an episode of Homicide on it in 1997 and later mentioned my father by name in The Wire. In 2008, Sergeant Roger Nolan, then head of the cold case unit, told me, “We sit around this office sometimes and wonder, Whatever happened to Eddy Crane?”
Black Culinary History Year in Review 2015
"From culinary scholarship to crowd sourced culinary brands emerging, 2015 has given us so much to be proud of. The following is a year in review that highlights some of the best parts of the sea change we’ve seen in the world of black foodways." Chef Therese Nelson presents "Black Culinary History Year in Review 2015." Via Michael Twitty.
Go Ahead and Judge These Book Covers
A regular feature on this site used to be the mocking of the latest covers from Tutis, clueless pumpers-out of public domain books with wildly inappropriate covers [...] But, sadly, their utter incompetence seems to have contributed to them going out of business, and for a long time the world of book design was a colder, darker, less colourful place. But this morning my attention was drawn towards a new land of delights: the catalogue of Read Monkey, via this delightful cover, which suggests Dostoyevsky's grim classic is the tale of a couple of knockabout, clean-cut Irish lads getting up to a few harmless japes.
Aww, bless.
You might think this is as off-key as a cover could get. You would be wrong. Behold, Read Monkey's finest...
A rain of data
The Seattle Natural Hazard Explorer lets you explore where different parts of the city of Seattle, Washington are most vulnerable to potentially catastrophic geological events like earthquakes (previously) and volcanoes. It is one of many visualizations or choropleths that connect ever-changing data with explorable geographic locations, such as an Atlas for a Changing Planet and Syria: Epicenter of a Deepening Refugee Crisis
Finished? We're just beginning.
"It's really hard to mess up a Yorkshire Pudding"
There's a lot of folk wisdom and myths surrounding baking Yorkshire puddings, so J. Kenji López-Alt decided to test them all and figure out which (if any) are true.. Previous perfect puddings post.
Best Rap, 2015
Powering empowerment through the power of brands
jane st. is an advertising agency that specializes in creating unique, authentic female empowerment messaging for any brand. -- Jane st.
An Example: Terry's work[more inside]
Apparently, Presidential Slashfic Is A Thing
With the discovery of a bit of Ted Cruz holiday erotica (NSFW, NSFB, NSFA) put out as a form of revenge fiction, Slate writer Christina Cauterucci delves into the history of Presidential erotica - both that written by others and written by the politicians themselves.
Ellsworth Kelly, 1923 - 2015
Ellsworth Kelly,, an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and photographer, died Sunday at the age of 92. [more inside]
Best Philosophical Blogging of 2015
3QD has announced its top picks for philosophy blogging:
1. Top Quark: Vidar Halgunset, Slow Corruption
2. Strange Quark: Daniel Silvermint, On How We Talk About Passing
3. Charm Quark: Lisa Herzog, (One of) Effective Altruism’s blind spot(s) [more inside]
1. Top Quark: Vidar Halgunset, Slow Corruption
2. Strange Quark: Daniel Silvermint, On How We Talk About Passing
3. Charm Quark: Lisa Herzog, (One of) Effective Altruism’s blind spot(s) [more inside]
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"Those who choose to exist and identify outside of the binary"
Meg Allen's photo documentary project BUTCH 'attempts to explore the butch identity and aesthetic through a series of personal portraits'. This Buzzfeed article selects a few pictures and has some quotes from the artist.
RIP Meadowlark Lemon, 1932-2015
Harlem Globetrotter superstar Meadowlark Lemon, the Clown Prince of Basketball, has died at the age of 83. [more inside]
Yakitate!! Japan, an informative manga/anime series about bread baking
From the beginning of the first episode, you can see that Yakitate!! Japan is a silly show about bread. The title, which translates to Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan, alone is enough to warn you that it's full of puns ("pan" is Japanese for bread). If you're inspired by the show or manga, here are a ton of recipes, beyond the rice cooker bread recipe from the show, which was converted to US units for the English manga translation. [more inside]
The Pirate Book
It's The Reality Of Being A Woman In Our World
There's this thing that happens whenever I speak about or write about women's issues. Things like dress codes, rape culture and sexism. I get the comments: Aren't there more important things to worry about? Is this really that big of a deal? Aren't you being overly sensitive? Are you sure you're being rational about this? Every. Single. Time. And every single time I get frustrated. Why don't they get it? I think I've figured out why. They don't know. They don't know about de-escalation. Minimizing. Quietly acquiescing. [slhuffpo]
How to build an aeroplane in your backyard (or speak Vietnamese or...)
Participation in our own surveillance was the price of entry into heaven
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