Purple Lantana, Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum) and Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Lizzie and Arthur have been together since 2008, and on 4 December 2015 they became parents for the first time. Nine-year-old Lizzy gave birth to three sweet female Lion cubs at the Peoria Zoo — via ZooBorns
Rug Dog, Folded Ear and Watching Stuff originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Quite a few people asked, which surprised me s finally, but I’ve Bowied
to pressure and my portrait is now a small memorial print. Up on 78squid.com if anyone wants one. Ships next week — via templesmith
Sergi Pons designed this contemporary apartment inside a 19th century building in Barcelona, Spain — via CONTEMPORIST
New Growth and ACO Sewer Manhole Cover originally uploaded by Red Wolf
In the lead up to the 2013 federal election, amid a fierce political debate between the major parties over the roll out of the National Broadband Network, an ABC editor-journalist was directed by his boss to find any story he could that was critical of the Labor Party’s NBN Plan in order to provide insurance
against attacks on the ABC by the Coalition.
The explosive revelations are contained in a secretly-made recording of a meeting between Nick Ross, the ABC’s former Games and Technology Editor, and Bruce Belsham, the Head of ABC’s Current Affairs division.
Ross has been the subject of growing media interest over the past week, following his resignation from the ABC on January 14. It came amid long-running speculation that Ross had been ‘gagged’ by the national broadcaster from reporting on the NBN.
That claim — that Ross was gagged
— continues to be strongly denied by the ABC — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The names of 57 agencies that are seeking to gain access to telecommunications metadata stored on Australian residents without a warrant have been released under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
The names of four agencies have been redacted, with the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) previously saying that disclosing the names of these agencies would be contrary to the public interest.
The FOI request originally asked for correspondence from organisations seeking to gain access to stored telecommunications metadata. The department denied this request on practical grounds, stating that 2,661 pages spread across 288 documents were related to such a request, and that 45 third parties needed to be consulted before the information could be released.
Eventually, the request was narrowed down to merely a list of agencies looking to be declared as an enforcement agency as defined under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act.
Agencies objected to disclosure on the basis that it would compromise the trust they place in the Commonwealth,
AGD said last week. During consultation, these four agencies clearly indicated that disclosure of this information would damage the relationship between the department and the relevant agencies, and could affect any future cooperation with the department
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Artist Federico Uribe, has created Animal Farm
, a collection of animal sculptures made from a variety of recycled materials — via CONTEMPORIST
— via Vimeo
Red Umbrellas and Sunset Eucalypt originally uploaded by Red Wolf
After 69 years living among us, The Man Who Fell To Earth has returned home to space.
Belgian astronomers have paid tribute to late music legend David Bowie, giving him a seven-star constellation in the shape of the iconic lightning bolt seen across his face on the cover of his Aladdin Sane album.
Bowie died last week aged 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer.
The homage to Bowie, whose hits include Starman, Life on Mars and Space Oddity, sits — appropriately — in the vicinity of Mars — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, it revealed many of the tactics employed by big tobacco to counter anti-cigarette forces
”.
In one of the paper’s most revealing sections, it looks at how to market cigarettes to the mass public: Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.
This revelation piqued the interest of Robert Proctor, a science historian from Stanford University, who started delving into the practices of tobacco firms and how they had spread confusion about whether smoking caused cancer.
Proctor had found that the cigarette industry did not want consumers to know the harms of its product, and it spent billions obscuring the facts of the health effects of smoking. This search led him to create a word for the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance: agnotology.
It comes from agnosis, the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance or not knowing
, and ontology, the branch of metaphysics which deals with the nature of being. Agnotology is the study of wilful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favour — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Himalayan Ash originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Fox and Daffodil originally uploaded by Matt Binstead
Pickles the fox smelling the daffodil, Spring 2010
A three-day-old White Rhinoceros calf with her mother at Taronga Western Plains Zoo — via Youtube
Actor Alan Rickman, known for films including Harry Potter, Die Hard and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has died at the age of 69, his family has said.
The star had been suffering from cancer, a statement said.
He became one of Britain’s best-loved acting stars thanks to roles including Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films and Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling led the tributes, describing him as a magnificent actor and a wonderful man
.
She wrote on Twitter: There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman’s death.
She added: My thoughts are with [Rickman’s wife] Rima and the rest of Alan’s family. We have all lost a great talent. They have lost part of their hearts
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
It’s not just Chinese and Russian hackers that want to take down the power grid. The real cyber enemy lives inside — a true insider threat — and has been attacking national power lines for decades: squirrels. A new Twitter account and accompanying website @cybersquirrel1 is tracking the threat. As of January 5th, the site reports that squirrels have successfully disrupted the power grid 623 times, whereas birds have successfully penetrated it 214 times. These unclassified operations
go back to 1987, or when the site begins its data collection.
Site visitors can choose a month and year to see a map populate with these successful squirrel operations around the country, along with links back to news stories about the subsequent power outages — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Visitors at Germany’s Berlin Zoo are getting their first glimpse of an Ocelot kitten born on 26 October. For the first eight weeks of his life, the baby has been behind the scenes with his mother Sarah. An experienced mother of eight, Sarah has taken excellent care of her little one — via ZooBorns
Rock legend David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after an 18-month-long battle with cancer, according to his son and to his official Facebook page.
David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer,
the statement read.
While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.
His son Duncan Jones tweeted: Very sorry and sad to say it’s true. I’ll be offline for a while. Love to all.
Born David Jones in London in 1947, Bowie enjoyed a string of worldwide hits from the late 1960s onwards.
Known for albums including Heroes, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and Hunky Dory, he established himself as one of music’s most innovative performers.
On Saturday, Bowie marked his 69th birthday with the release of a new album, Blackstar, with critics giving the thumbs up to the latest work in a long and innovative career.
The album features only seven songs, but Britain’s Guardian newspaper called it a spellbinding break
with Bowie’s past.
The singer, songwriter, actor and artist had returned to the music scene after 2013’s chart-topping The Next Day, itself released after a 10-year gap — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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