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Thursday, 25 April 2024

Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death

quote [ During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating ]

Guidance guidance through a cult

[SFW] [people] [+3 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:04amGMT] [1 comment]

Monday, 22 April 2024

Can Volunteering With WWOOF Change Organic Farming?

quote [ The nonprofit turns organic farms into vacation spots with the goal of teaching people about sustainability ]

Things ain't working out down at the farm
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Monday, 15 April 2024

One Man's Quest to Transform the West Texas Desert

quote [ An urban dweller ventures to far West Texas with a dream to transform a barren desert into a lush forest ]

Green and lush the forest glows
[SFW] [people] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:03amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Claude Ruggieri: Master of Pyrotechnic Brilliance

quote [ Fireworks have accompanied celebrations and festivities for at least a thousand years. They were first used in China during the Song dynasty (960?1279), and from there the knowledge of these explosive displays spread to the Middle East and Europe, where it became very popular among the royalty and the upper classes. ]

Leave the pyrotechnics to the pros
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 6 April 2024

Surveilling Alone

quote [ The rise of public digital surveillance is both a symptom of and an attempt to address a larger problem: that our own neighbors may be strangers to us. ]

Interesting musings on control and belonging and stuff.

[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@7:18amGMT] [0 comments]

?To the train lady with dark brown hair ? ?: extraordinary stories of four couples who found love via small ads

quote [ What are the chances of real romance via a ?missed connection?? And has the internet turned these interactions from the stuff of romcoms to just a bit creepy? ]

I hope you read the personal ads
[SFW] [people] [+1 Underrated]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:33amGMT] [0 comments]

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media

quote [ By embedding an RSS/Atom feed URL in a vCard, it becomes a single file that has all the information needed to identify a person and follow their updates. Since it's a single file, it's easy to share it with others as well as store the vCards for all your connections locally. ]

that sounds a bit like finger to me.

Thumb is Moroccan threads at New Old Stock.
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@8:51pmGMT] [0 comments]

Friday, 22 March 2024

The Pirate Book

quote [ EDITED BY Nicolas Maigret & Maria Roszkowska ]

Cool project from 2015 you can either print on demand, read as PDF or click through the essays. Thumb is Saharan cellphone music sharing.
[SFW] [people] [+1 Interesting]
[by Paracetamol@8:12amGMT] [6 comments]

Sunday, 17 March 2024

It's Been 10 Years Since #AlexFromTarget. What Have We Learned About Filming Strangers in Public?

quote [ In 2014, Frisco teen Alex Lee made national headlines after being photographed in public without his consent, becoming an unwitting internet celebrity. In 2024, this kind of thing happens all the time. ]

You already know we on that fuck Target shit you know what I'm sayin
[SFW] [people] [+4 Insightful]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

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