All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Cat in London by Neon Artist David Speeduk | STREET ART UTOPIA

Street Artist David Speeduk

By David Speeduk in London, UK. Photos by Vera Mills and A Human Perspective.

David Speeduk: So cats.. Whenever I bump into people in the street, one of the most common comments is about my cats. I’ve painted well over 200 neon paintings, only 8 of those have been cats. One of the reasons I started painting in neon was because it stood out and set my work forward. If the cats are so remembered, there must be something that stands out about them – probably something I should explore more.

Source: Cat in London by Neon Artist David Speeduk | STREET ART UTOPIA

What Time is It Again? | From Behind the Pen

Image Credit: Andrey Grushnikov

This weekend we are one of the lucky states to spring ahead an hour for Daylight Saving time. It seems like we just fell back an hour. UGH! At 2:00a.m. on March 10, 2024, the clock changes, fast forward by one hour, contributing to less sleep. Oh happy, happy, joy, joy! 😝Early to bed, later to rise! Or, later to bed, and much later to rise! 🌞 Either way, have a FANtabulous weekend y’all!

Image Credit: SIAATH/Shutterstock

Source: What Time is It Again? | From Behind the Pen

Faroe Islands launch tidal energy “kite” – Darcy Hitchcock

One thing you can count on is the tides. As long as there’s liquid water on earth and the moon in the sky, tides will ebb and flow. Tidal energy systems grab energy from the tides in the same way that steam flows through turbines. This kite looks like a yellow drone in the water.

Screenshot from video. https://youtu.be/A9aYMGYO_ZA?feature=shared

Dubbed the Dragon 12, the device swims against the current, which turns its rotor and generates about 1.2MW of clean electricity — enough to power a small town of around 1,000 homes…

Source: Faroe Islands launch tidal energy “kite” – Darcy Hitchcock

Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus – Palm Oil Detectives

Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus The Jerdon’s Courser is a rare and captivating nocturnal bird belonging to the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae. They are endemic to India in the Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh. Currently they are only known to live in the Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, where they reside in sparse scrub forest with patches of bare ground and are threatened by palm oil deforestation, help them to survive and

Source: Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus – Palm Oil Detectives

Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Hunger Games #0, by Suzanne Collins | Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Thank you for the fan art in the Featured Image, above, by ConfusedChameleon.  This book is actually a prequel to the original series, The Hunger Games, set sixty-four years before the first book, in which we meet Katniss in book .  We see the hero of this book, or the anti-hero, for most of the story, as the villain from the main series, Snow.   Well before he becomes president, resetting the clock, and destroying the evidence from the 10th Hunger Games.  Very much akin, if different intent to the Holocene Calendar: 10 ADD is year 10 After the Dark Days, also the year of the 10th Hunger Games, with Year 0 ADD being the end of the war/(first) rebellion -I love that she creates a new calendar system, but I cannot seem to find where I initially saw this, as I don’t seem to be able to find it in the book.  And no, when he was president, it did not in fact rain champagne every Tuesday, at least not in any of the Districts.  I read this book several times, and the first time I do not recall liking it, but this time, I loved it.  Must have been the translation.  For Babylon 5 fans, It occurred to me that the young Snow is much like the pre-Eye Londo Mollari (of Babylon 5): both are subjected to trials that will later define their futures by powerful and sadistic forces intent on shaping the world in their images. Both are vulnerable in some way, when found, and then placed in disastrous positions of power, causing tremendous suffering for many years to come. Both even find a sort of redemption, by sharing some level of truth with change-makers who will use it to help win a different future.

Interesting parallels, and interesting how vicious down-on-their-luck narcissists can be, and how they can be directed by ruthless powerful older others.  Not that this excuses either of them, in any case.  Even when guided by horrid examples like this:

“… operated by Avoxes —
tongueless workers made the best workers, or so his grandmother said…”

Source: Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Hunger Games #0, by Suzanne Collins | Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

संगीत / Music – Kaushal Kishore

डांस वीडियो को म्यूट करके
देखने पर ऐसा लगता है,
मानो डांसर पागल हो गया है,
ऐसी ही हो जाती है
हमारी जिंदगी भी,
संगीत की लय
और ताल के बिना…
🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶
When a dance video
is watched on mute,
it seems as if
the dancer has gone crazy,
without the rhythm
and beat of music,
our life becomes the same…

🎶
–Kaushal Kishore 

Source: संगीत / Music – Kaushal Kishore