via Wikimedia, Tanbo art, Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture. Acala from the 2012 work “Hibo Kannon and Acala”. Viewed from village administation building
Wow! Athanassiel posted about rice paddy art — huge and incredibly clear images made by planting different strains of rice seeds.
Les blés by _.Yann Cœuru ._ (cc by)
There's something called "the resource curse," or resource trap ... Eyebrows McGee with a fascinating bit of musing on Russia and Ukraine and the hinterlands and yeoman farmers, and resource extraction, wealth concentration, state benefits, education, and how they are bound together ... and why all this might be more important than usual right now. Confused? You won't be!
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