This is a wonderful animation from Benjamin Arthur and is narrated by one of my Radiolab favourites, Robert Krulwich. Krulwich's article on this mystery is here on the NPR site.
No doubt (wherever you are in the world) you woud've have seen the news headlines about flash flooding & inland tsunami in Queensland, Australia. 75% of the state has been declared a disaster zone with 9 people dead and 59 missing. So many have lost their homes & all possessions. My own family are faced with the possibility of having to evacuate and find higher, safer ground.
ABC News 24 is streaming footage online here (free of any geo-blocks, so you can watch updates wherever you are in the world) .
To help ease the devastation in this dire, dangerous weather please consider donating to the Flood Relief Appeal. Every little bit helps.
A slow & hot start to Saturday; I spent the morning making bowls of mixed cereal (cheerios & nutrigrain), sifting through records, making a mixtape- old school style (an actual cassette tape. a rarity, a lo-fi relic!) and taking photos...
How do you whittle the weekend away? What are your sloth-like activities of joy?
What a duo! They shall go down in the annals of celluloid history as muse and genius alike. Derek Eads seems to think so too. He created this little piece entitled "Wes Anderson's Bill Murrays". Adorable and accurate.
