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pleoros: Tim Gage

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:25 -0400

Tim Gage

climateadaptation: After reading Adam Welz’s take down,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:51 -0400

After reading Adam Welz’s take down, “Bloodthirsty “factual” TV shows demonize wildlife,” of the Discovery Planet’s animal killing TV show, Yukon Men, I did a little bit of research. The City of Tanana, where the show is filmed, is absolutely not the secluded, dangerous place as the Discovery Channel advertizes. The town has never been “attacked” by bears, wolves, wolverines, lynx, etc., as the show will have you believe. Still, each type of these animals is gunned down for your viewing pleasure.

The City of Tanana (above) is small, no doubt. But it is not a remote outback full of danger.

Above, a TV show character uses an AR-15 semi-automatic (rather than a hunting rifle) to kill a wolf.

Local Alaskans posting in various wilderness and hunting forums are calling Discovery’s ‘Yukon Men’ a joke, full of lies and exploitation. They even make fun of the choices of guns that the characters in the show use (no local hunter, they say, uses an AR-15 to shoot animals in Alaska).

One man wrote that, unlike actual remote villages, the City of Tanana has a burger joint, functioning utilities, and cell phone, internet, and satellite services, making it far from “remote” and hardly dangerous.

I dug around and found other interesting facts that belie the Discovery Channel’s claim that the town is a dangerous remote outback. Tanana has schools, an agricultural extension of the University of Fairbanks, annual foot and dog-sled races, and even family and emergency services provided by the Tanana Chiefs Council (this is in addition to services provided by the State of Alaska).

Indeed, Tanana even has its own airport, with over 3,000 flights per year (see #516). The airport has a webcam, radio towers, and weather stations. This is not remote. Nor are provisions hard to obtain - twice daily a plane lands with food, fuel, mail, visitors, and materials.

Learning from and enjoying the wilderness is one of the greatest privileges we Americans enjoy. Creating a false myth that nature is scary is not what we need, especially now with so many people unhealthy from increasingly sedentary lifestyles. In my opinion, Discovery needs to set the record straight. They need to refocus on educating viewers of the deep importance of our dwindling natural resources. They need to do this rather than exploiting animals and creating fear all for a quick buck.

popavocado: Favorite aerial shots. These were taken flying...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:57 -0400

popavocado:

Favorite aerial shots. These were taken flying from San Francisco to New York.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 15:39:09 -0400

heya, thanks for following two of my blogs today. i feel pretty cool rn :3

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:56 -0400

Well no problem! You have some great blogs so definitely worth following! :D

atavus: Abelardo Morell - Camera Obscura: 5:04 AM Sunrise Over...

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:37:22 -0400

atavus:

Abelardo Morell - Camera Obscura: 5:04 AM Sunrise Over the Atlantic Ocean. Rockport, Massachusetts, June 17th, 2009, 2009

Via [This Isn’t Happiness]

ryandonato: Ivan Navarro

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:55:26 -0400

ryandonato:

Ivan Navarro

jamiew: Lichtenberg Figures: The Fractal Patterns of Lightning...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:25:58 -0400

jamiew:

Lichtenberg Figures: The Fractal Patterns of Lightning Strike Scars

urhajos: Fabergé Fractals made with 3D fractal creator by Tom...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:21:37 -0400

urhajos:

Fabergé Fractals made with 3D fractal creator by Tom Beddard

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Sat, 18 May 2013 00:17:13 -0400

stallio: scrambled tv vs glitch color tables #1-#3

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:45:08 -0400

stallio:

scrambled tv vs glitch color tables #1-#3

iheartmyart: kidmograph: PORTR∆IT

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:07 -0400

iheartmyart:

kidmograph: PORTR∆IT

astro-stoner: slobohamon: 9th-wonderr: how much $20 will buy...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:22 -0400

astro-stoner:

slobohamon:

9th-wonderr:

how much $20 will buy you in each country

moving to the Netherlands💃

Where da fuq do you get 1.8 grams for $20??

In Colorado, it’s 2.5g

dansecondchannel: “What are you doing this weekend?” “What are you doing this summer?” “What are...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:11:33 -0400

dansecondchannel:

“What are you doing this weekend?”

“What are you doing this summer?”

“What are you doing with your life?”

danieldempsey: My dude straight loving him some nsync.

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:33 -0400

danieldempsey:

My dude straight loving him some nsync.

anus: is this what a tumblr meetup looks like

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:18 -0400

anus:

is this what a tumblr meetup looks like

iamlikethemoon: STRØK in Porsgrunn, Norway via

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:38:00 -0400

iamlikethemoon:

STRØK in Porsgrunn, Norway

via

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:08:33 -0400

malformalady: Desert Rose Mineral Specimen skull carving....

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:21 -0400

malformalady:

Desert Rose Mineral Specimen skull carving. Desert rose is the colloquial name given to rosette formations of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte. The ‘petals’ are crystals flattened on the c crystallographic axis, fanning open in radiating flattened crystal clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions

nbcnews: Oldest water on Earth found deep...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:46 -0400

nbcnews:

Oldest water on Earth found deep underground

(Photo: B. Sherwood Lollar et al.)

A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old — the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life — has now been discovered in a mine 2 miles below the Earth’s surface.

Read the complete story.