VIA BBC.com by Kara Segedin An inside look at one of the most isolated and beautiful corners of Earth in the most unique way imaginable. It has to be the most unusual job in all of the military: Arctic dog sled patrol. After the long Arctic winter, it’s incredible to see the sun (Credit: Morten Hilmer) “Surprised […]
VIA Business Insider by Tony Manfred Milwaukee Bucks forward Larry Sanders has walked away from basketball after five years in the league, agreeing to a buyout with the team after the trade deadline. Sanders had three years remaining on a $44 million contract. He left around $21 million on the table in the buyout. Sanders, age […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org” The Mind Unleashed Doubt a crow’s intelligence? You won’t after seeing this sneak peek for a new “Inside the Animal Mind” BBC special.. There has long been speculation about the intelligence of animals, and birds in-particular. Birds have demonstrated an ability for advanced strategy for things like feeding, nest-building and scavenging. This, however, […]
VIA “trueactivist.com” by Sophie McAdam Lasqueti is a secret Canadian island where the vast majority of residents are completely off-grid. Lasqueti is a small island between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, twelve miles long and three miles wide. It is home to a little known community of off-gridders who take pride in their isolation from both mainstream culture […]
VIA The Spirit Science by Kasim Khan Tibetan Buddhist monks have created sand mandalas for over 2,500 years, as it remains one of the religion’s most beautiful and symbolic traditions. Each mandala has a center point that is surrounded by a circle, a perfectly symmetrical design of specific meaning, and an accompaniment of various religious deities […]
VIA UPWORTHY by Rajiv Narayan Folks have a lot of preconceptions about how people become addicted to hard substances. A lot of these notions are based on the media and the way drugs are portrayed on TV and in the movies. See the story below — how closely does it match your expectations of what drug […]
VIA The Anti Media by Carey Wedler In 2015, the iron fist of power clamped down on humanity, from warfare to terrorism (I repeat myself) to surveillance, police brutality, and corporate hegemony. The environment was repeatedly decimated, the health of citizens was constantly put at risk, and the justice system and media alike were perverted […]
VIA Spirit Science by Andrea S Yet again, another year passes and we all think (at least a little bit) about what the new year will bring. While losing weight, eating healthy, and quitting smoking are all fantastic resolutions to have, there is one thing that you could do that would make ALL of your […]
VIA Spirit Science by Kasim Khan Tabernanthe iboga or simply iboga is a small tree that is indigenous to central western Africa. In Gabon, this tree is used by the people there to understand Life itself. Its active chemical ‘Ibogaine’ is said by those who’ve used it to unlock a “ruthless inner voice of truth”. Likened to […]
VIA PULPTASTIC Patrick Schmidt was unemployed and living in California when he decided to turn his life into one big road trip with the help of an old school bus (and his dad). Patrick, aka Skoolielove, bought this disused 1990s school bus for $4,500. Imgur He spent $9,000 and three months transforming the bus into a […]
