According to The Guardian, Greenland Energy, an American oil company linked to Trump, has landed supplies and equipment on Greenland without permission from Greenland or Denmark and plans to start drilling exploratory wells in a conservation area.
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This video shows the European goldfinch settling in for the night it’s called roosting. They stay together in large groups called a charm hundreds up to 1000 birds
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| “Thunder of Hooves” by Kah-Wai Lin, United States At sunset in Cappadocia, Yilki horses surge across the dusty plateau. Raised by villagers and released to roam free, they embody resilience and tradition, moving like a river of fire beneath the fading Anatolian sky. |
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| “Harvesting Red Chilies” by Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladesh Thousands of bright red chilli peppers are harvested in the hot sun before being sorted ready to be delivered to spice companies in the Sariakandi, Bogura, Bangladesh. More than 2,000 people work in almost 100 chilli farms in Bogura. |
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| “Tumbling White Horse” by Fabio Pappalettera, Italy “I was riding in North East Italy and catching some stills of a wonderful white horse, when suddenly he rolled over to scratch his back, raising the dust—and I froze this epic moment forever!” |
Gary Indiana’s population dropped from a peak of over 178,000 in 1960 down to under 70,000 today due to the collapse of the domestic steel industry and roughly a third of homes and commercial buildings have been abandoned. It has gone from being called the "City of the Century" to being a cautionary example.
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (above) will open its doors on December 11, 2026. It was designed by the late Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Frank Gehry. It joins a growing community of museums and cultural institutions in Saadiyat Cultural District, including Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, and teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, positioning the district as one of the world’s most significant concentrations of cultural institutions. (Read More)
You never know when this elemental chart might come in handy: Can I Lick It? Via Memo Of The Air
Neil was born on the Tasman Peninsula in 2020 and has been returning to the region to moult and rest ever since. Managing his twice-yearly visits is costing tens of thousands of dollars. Link
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people (including children) never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever. Link
Do you remember Blockbuster video stores? Bingebuster is kind of like that only you don’t have to drag your ass off the sofa and drive there. (Via Webcurios)
The Four Rarest Trees in the WorldI’ve always wanted to visit Les ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine, an archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Seeing the The Magdalen House by Atelier L’Abri has rekindled my interest.
A quiz to decide if each email address is valid or not! (Mefi)
The Lightfoot is a cute little sunpowered cargo scooter.
Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist in the Netherlands, built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster’s wheel, to log Mollie’s nightly runs with distance, pace, and time.
Europa or Frying Pan? Via Memo Of the Air
A vagrant bunting charmed Shanghai before flying into a glass wall, igniting debate over how urban greening efforts can prevent fatal bird-window collisions. Link