Editors Note: I never met Tilikum, but i talked a lot about him. In every class that addressed animal rights I said his name, and noted his long suffering at SeaWorld. I wrote a lot about him too — the links at the bottom are all to pieces here…
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The Darkling Thrush Thomas Hardy, 1840 – 1928 I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled pine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires.…
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David Bowie & Bing Crosby Sing “The Little Drummer Boy” (1977) ☮☮☮ Bing and Bowie: An Odd Story of Holiday Harmony ☮☮☮ (19)
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A global map of the ecological value of roadless areas. The index values indicated in blue highlight areas that are especially large and well connected and/or notably rich in biodiversity. The red areas are completely roaded: covered by roads and 1km buffers alongside either sides of the road. Photograph: P…
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. Banquet Speech Banquet speech by Bob Dylan given by the United States Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji, at the Nobel Banquet,…
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KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without…
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Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable climate change at global level The Arctic Resilience Report found that the effects of Arctic warming could be felt as far away as the Indian Ocean, in a stark warning that changes in the region could cause uncontrollable climate change at a global level.…
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The Edelweiss Pirates: A Story of Freedom, Love and Life The very fact that the Pirates had cultivated their own ideology was meaningful enough to spur them to action and strong enough to support them in withstanding the cruelties it entailed, is more than impressive. Perhaps it was because of…
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