This year’s central show, curated by Steven Evans, reveals the effects of social, cultural, ecological and political forces on places and communities.
Slavenka & Obi
Things that made me laugh today, and some that have intrigued me.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Houston’s Fotofest biennial 2024: Critical Geography
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
A silver-washed fritillary butterfly rests on a flower as the sun rises, Patrick Schwarzbach
Don’t Look Up
U.S. Has ‘No Evidence’ of Alien Technology
A new report from the United States Department of Defense found no evidence that the U.S. government has access to any extraterrestrial technology, refuting claims that the Pentagon has hidden recovered alien materials from the public and attempted to re-engineer alien spacecraft.
The Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) delivered the report to Congress last week. The 63-page document reviews government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP.
“AARO has found no evidence that any U.S. government investigation, academic-sponsored research or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology,” Pentagon press secretary Major General Pat Ryder says in a statement.
“All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the result of misidentification.”
Monday, March 11, 2024
Tell-tale signs of image manipulation
But that has backfired spectacularly after the princess was forced to admit she had edited it.
"Oppenheimer" dominated, as expected.
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer has triumphed at this year’s Oscars taking home seven awards including best picture, best actor and best director.
The drama, telling the story of the “father of the atomic bomb”, lost the box office battle to Barbie during last summer’s Barbenheimer showdown but has now won the awards war with Greta Gerwig’s Mattel comedy winning just one Oscar for best original song.
Cillian Murphy was named best actor for his performance, beating out Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright, and Robert Downey Jr was named best supporting actor, up against Robert De Niro and Ryan Gosling.
Emma Stone pulled a surprise, beating out favourite Lily Gladstone to be named best actress for her role in Yorgos Lanthimos’s offbeat period comedy Poor Things. It’s the actor’s second best actress Oscar after previously winning for La La Land.
The film also picked up awards for production design, hairstyling and makeup and costume design.
Jonathan Glazer’s German and Polish-language Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest was named best international feature, the first ever British film to win in this category. The film also won for sound.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Red panda found in luggage of smuggling suspects at Thailand airport
Officers found 87 animals, including monitor lizards, birds and snakes, packaged inside the suspects’ checked luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. They were trying to fly to Mumbai.
If you want to look your best in the morning, it may be worth swapping the ultra-processed pastries for wholemeal toast.
Researchers in France found that people who ate a breakfast rich in refined carbohydrates were rated less attractive than those who started the day with healthier unrefined carbs.
Scientists at the University of Montpellier believe the subtle shift in facial attractiveness may be driven by changes in blood sugar and insulin that can affect skin appearance and have longer-term effects on sex hormones.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Flora and Fauna, Hippie North
Her wood-burning art is incredibly realistic, see more.
Chris Oh's paintings pays homage to the masters of the Northern Renaissance.
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