The scene is said to have been painted by a person with a rare mental disorder. One psychiatry professor discovered a feature in this eerie painting that reveals the patient's disorder, but today we are not sure what feature holds the key to solving the mystery.
The Official Russian Mystery Card Appreciation Page
When considering a problem as vast as global warming, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. But we need to resist that response, because this crisis will get resolved only if we as individuals take responsibility. By educating ourselves and others, by doing our part to minimize our use and waste of resources, by becoming more politically active and demanding change — in these ways and many others, each of us can make a difference.
Below you’ll find a range of practical steps anyone can take to reduce the stress our high-tech lives exert on the natural world. As we incorporate these ideas into our lives, we may find that not only are we contributing to a global solution, we are also making our lives better. Using less electricity and fuel, for example, saves money. More walking and biking improve our health; eating locally grown produce brings enhanced taste and nutrition; breathing cleaner air is energizing and healing; and creating a world of restored natural balance ensures a future for our children and grandchildren.
What You Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis
"On Sept. 25 [2006], 75-year old boatsman Hu Zeshen piloted the dual-use amphibious vehicle that he invented. Mr. Hu lives in Loudi city, Hunan Province, in southern China, and has spent his life working on ships plying China's rivers and canals. He calls his invention "the Happy Boat." The vehicle has a 5 horsepower diesel engine and a 1 horsepower electric engine. He and his wife plan to take the vehicle on holiday during China's National Day vacation, to explore scenic waterways in other parts of his province. Mr. Hu will apply for a patent for his vehicle, too."Kevin Kelly -- Street Use: Like a Peking Duck in the Water
An independent documentary called "Pretty Dyana" captures the story of how Roma (gypsies) in Belgrade find old Citroen Dyana cars and modify them into mini-trucks that haul recycled cardboard.
Kevin Kelly -- Street Use: Recycling Vehicles for Recycling
Swarming Car Video: The 1K Project II
Via Octopus Dropkick and Pixelsumo:
"The 1K Project II is created by an artist called Blackshark... using the physics based driving game Track Mania. 1000 replays were recorded, then played back merged together using the reply editor. The result is a polished video of flocking swarming cars."I found this yesterday afternoon and watched it enough times to have had a dream about it last night. It reminded me of being stuck in the backseat of the family Oldsmobile as a child, with the only escape offered by imagining a physics-defying car speeding alongside us, jumping trash cans, executing controlled skids, and doing flips in the air with hypnotic fluidity and grace. This is a bit like that same mental escape -- copied and pasted into the same part of your brain 1000 times over.
[Stream video] (high quality)
[Download 28 MB video](kind of bit-mappy, but will suffice if the streaming link goes dead)
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"The Huexotzinco Codex was written on amatl paper in 1531 by Nahua Aztec people from just south of Mexico City.
The 8 page manuscript formed part of a submission in a legal suit against representatives of the Spanish colonial government. They had been forcing the Nahua people to make onerous payments of goods and services while Hernando Cortés (who had rights over the Huexotzinco estates) was out of the country.
Cortés joined the Nahua people in challenging the abuses of the administrators when he returned to Mexico. They were successful in their legal case both in Mexico and later in Spain where the King ordered that the majority of the taxed material be returned."
BibliOdyssey: Huexotzinco Codex
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