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People are turning Mitch McConnell’s dig against Elizabeth Warren into a feminist rallying cry
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The election of Donald Trump and wider geopolitical turbulence are so dangerous that the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock have pushed it forward to 2 minutes and 30 seconds before midnight.
The new ‘time’ means experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists believe the earth is closer to imminent peril than at any point in the last 64 years.
Mid-storm capture of the weather that brought waterfalls to Uluru, Australia last week.
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Massive Pen & Ink Drawing Took 3.5 Years To Complete
Japan is an example of a tough nation stronger than its buildings. After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the tsunami that followed, Japan was hurting badly, but almost six years later the country has rebuilt. And Manabu Ikeda, a pen & ink artist, went through a similar process with the just recently finished massive drawing called Rebirth.
Manabu started work on Rebirth back in 2013 and since then he was sinking 10 hours a day, six days a week, to finish this 13×10 foot piece (it took him 3.5 years). It depicts a tree growing out of all the carnage caused by the disasters, surrounded by the tsunami waves crashing into the tree. But that’s only the surface of the image. If you look closer, you’ll see that the drawing consists of a myriad of tiny details which capture thousands of stories that were unfolding during the catastrophic events.
“My goal is to faithfully express my view of the world in my composition, but I don’t intentionally depict detailed images,” he told the Chazen Museum of Art. “Because I see details when I observe things, rather than the whole, I find pen and ink to be the best tools to express how I see them.”
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It’s official ! There are actions happening in all 50 states tomorrow!
Because of the election outcome it is especially critical we show up in numbers and in unity to demand that President Obama and the Army Corps of Engineers reject or require a full Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Check out http://nodapldayofaction.org to find an action near you! See you tomorrow on the streets!
Lots going on in LA!
Unfortunately I can’t make it out tomorrow, but I stand with Standing Rock!
Water is life.
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Caroline - 25 - Currently looking for inspiration & purpose in LA.
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I dig my toes into the sand. The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds, strewn across a blue blanket. I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless. And in this moment I am happy...happy