Kick-ass birder gets physical
Birders don't like being bullied away from their favorite nesting grounds, at least according to this satirical tale. Turns out it didn't really happen, as much as we would have liked. Continue reading
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Exercise DVDs get bad review
New study out of OSU says those popular exercise DVDs might do more harm than good. Continue reading
Goodbye David Bowie
David Bowie; Memorial I don’t like this one bit, not one bit Mr Bowie. I don’t like this one bit, Mr Bowie, one bit. A father a teacher a sister A brother a lover But death like life like art aren’t about me Unless the me is a you and the you were a we If I had a cathedral I’d carve your face in it. I don’t like this one bit, Mr Bowie, one bit. Continue reading
Tech+Art=Magic at the Hult
Art and tech communities together under one roof
Last night Eugene's art and tech communities came together under one roof at the Hult Center to discuss collaborations. The turnout was great and seemed pretty evenly distributed between tech and art. Public Art Manager Isaac Marquez gave a presentation with slides of past collaborative art projects, done by both Eugene and out-of-state artists. He discussed the "projection bombs" the city has instigated in the past with projection art around the city. Continue reading
Global Warming? Nah, Just Oregon’s Warmest Year in History. NBD.
Climate change? Go ahead, try and deny it. Or pay attention to some of that science-type stuff coming out of OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. – A mild winter, an early spring and warmer-than-average temperatures every season have contributed to a record-breaking year, as 2015 will go down as the warmest in Oregon since state records began in 1895. Oregon’s previous record high average temperature of 49.9 degrees was set in 1934 – the height of the Dust Bowl – when the entire country was plagued by hot, dry weather. Continue reading
Who actually owns Oregon?
A look at the historical context of the milita takeover of public lands in Oregon this week by the vlogbrothers. Continue reading
Tom Hayden on the NRA
Tom Hayden's Democracy Journal has a story and link today (Jan. 5) on a documentary investigating the NRA. Timely in light of Obama's talk on gun safety in the U.S. Continue reading
Oregon Coast in time-lapse videography
The Oregon Coast – A Winter Odyssey from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo. See also https://vimeo.com/117670644 Continue reading
Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and Oregon Wild Speak Out Against Malheur Armed Takeover
It's pretty much once in a blue moon that pro-wolf conservation group Oregon Wild and the Oregon Cattlemen's Association find themselves on the same side of the fence on a public lands issue. But when it comes to the Bundy militia's takeover of a federal building on the Malheur Wildlife Refuge they agree that they are against it. The OCA is against the takeover, but the group does support the Hammonds, the ranchers' whose beef with the BLM (and arson episodes) launched this debacle. Continue reading
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Takeover
The Oregonian and OPB have reporters on the scene of the Bundy occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County Oregon, aka #VanillaISIS (let's note Daesh is more appropriate, but that doesn't hashtag as well).& Continue reading