Inspirations & Distractions #10

Here’s a thing I may or may not keep on doing
Curating My Procrastination
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I (and a lot of other people) have been waiting for more videos by Bill Wurtz and boy did he deliver:

 

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Shark babe no. 3 for #mermay 🦈❤️

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Volcanoes are exhilarating to photograph, but challenging places to expose your gear–and yourself. The caustic fumes in the air corrode cameras and lungs alike, and turn rain into diluted battery acid. At the edge of an advancing lava flow, the heat was so intense that I could only expose a few frames at a time before I had to back off again. Modern-day Hawaii with its beaches and tourists was not that far away, but I was witnessing another era. When tongues of molten lava began to spill down a slope and covered solid ground with a new layer of liquid rock, I quickly moved into position to frame the image I was after–a vision of the world the way it was four billion years ago, when the surface of the Earth was still just taking shape. For more images of volcanoes and other scenes from early earth, follow me @FransLanting. @natgeo @natgeotravel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #Volcano #Kilauea #BigIsland #Lava #Adventure

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Nike’s Quest to Beat the Two-Hour Marathon – Ed Caesar

I’ve become super intrigued by this ‘quest’/branding experiment, I think what blew my mind the most is the video showing average people run at the required speed, most people couldn’t do it for a minute…these guys needed to sustain it for two hours

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Fenghua Art

Fengua’s Insta

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This isn’t a new video, but I re-encountered it and damn is it awesome
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“Communication that appeals to values, not just intellect, research shows, can be far more effective.”
Scientists, Stop Thinking Explaining Science Will Fix Things – Tim Requarth

 

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Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? – Brook Larmer

China scares the crap out of me, but it is amazing
“Even as China’s boom slows down, its most ambitious scheme is still ramping up: With the “One Belt, One Road” initiative — its name a reference to trade routes — President Xi Jinping has spoken of putting $1.6 trillion over the next decade into infrastructure and development throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The scheme would dwarf the United States’ post-World War II Marshall Plan for Europe.”