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Bird’s Eye View Of The 1,954 Mile US-Mexico Border


(via) With the 2016 US Presidential Election race tightening (thanks Comey, you jerk) we found this video especially poignant. Best Of Luck With The Wall is a Josh Begley production that stitches together some 200,000 satellite images to put into perspective the utter ridiculousness of Donald Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall on the US border with Mexico (a total of 1,954 miles). There’s a fascinating companion interview with Begley here

I think that there’s a way in which with the rise of the Donald [Trump] that space is not even geography anymore. That space has been reduced to metaphor, so the simplicity of the gesture is about insisting on that geography and simply looking at this vast landscape that gets reduced to this sound bite about building a wall. And if you think about a wall, a wall is just a border brought into 3D relief. So tracing that entire space, as a viewer, allowed me to think in a little more detail about what that actually means.

…but for now just press play and wish you could cast a vote yourself. Crossed fingers. Nine days to go…

We Want to Play Japan’s Dangerous Game of Bo-Taoshi

Played on sports days in Japanese schools, the brutal game of Bo-Taoshi was originated by cadets in the Second World War.

Brave Birder on an E-Scooter Chases Down Dastardly Bike Thief

This bike thief had no idea what he was up against when he crossed paths with a guy looking for young family of crows.

Short Film Teases Reopening of Characteristically Noisy New York City

As case counts drop and vaccination numbers rise, the loud but comforting crush of urban life is coming back.

What Would Happen If an American President Authorized a Nuclear Missile Attack

Complex 571-7 is all that remains of the 54 Titan II missile sites that were on alert across the United States from 1963 to 1987.