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Australian pro surfer Mikey Wright saves woman struggling in Hawaii surf – video

Mikey Wright has been filmed saving a beachgoer who was struggling against a current at a beach on Oahu’s north shore. The Australian surfer, who was in Hawaii for the Pipeline Masters event, posted footage of the rescue on Instagram with the caption: “hold my beer”. Although other beachgoers could be seen trying to help and reach the struggling swimmer, the current was too strong until Wright stepped in. Continue reading...
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New Year's dawn.

7:33:  7:40:    7:46:  Open thread in the comments. Write about whatever you want. [Author: [email protected] (Ann Althouse)]
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'This Is Us' star Justin Hartley, Sofia Pernas are Instagram official with New Year's selfies

'This Is Us' star Justin Hartley and Sofia Pernas made their romance Instagram official on New Year's Eve, ringing in 2021 from 'our quarantine den.'          [Author: USA TODAY]
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19th century sea creatures made from blown glass

Back in the late 19th century German glassblowers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka created these incredibly lifelike models of sea creatures, sending them around the world for schools to use as teaching aids. The photographer Guido Mocafico spent years hunting down the models and taking fantastic photos of them. — Read the rest
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Luke McGarry's hilarious gag comics got me through 2020

Every time I contemplate ditching social media, I remember all of the great artists I've stumbled across that I may not have found otherwise and resign myself to a life of endless scrolling. Cartoonist Luke McGarry's Instagram account has to be my favorite such discovery over this past year. — Read the rest
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NASA's shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion Nebula looks like a rainbow canvas peppered with dots of light.

A composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI NASA's final "Image of the Day" for 2020 depicts the Orion Nebula, located 1,500 light-years from Earth. The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes captured the stunning, colorful image. Nebulae are giant clouds of gas and dust where new stars are born. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. NASA decided to share some interstellar fireworks to end a...
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NASA shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion Nebula looks like a rainbow canvas peppered with dots of light.

A composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI NASA's final "Image of the Day" for 2020 depicts the Orion Nebula, located 1,500 light-years from Earth. The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes captured the stunning, colorful image. Nebulae are giant clouds of gas and dust where new stars are born. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. NASA decided to share some interstellar fireworks to end a...
Tags: Photos, Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Orion, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Orion Nebula, NASA JPL Caltech, Hubble Space, Nebulas, Aylin Woodward, Spitzer Space Telescopes

Justin Hartley and girlfriend Sofia Pernas are Instagram official

He was previously married to Chrishell Stause.
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No roses or floats or bands on Pasadena’s Colorado Boulevard this morning – but there’s hope

It’s Jan. 1, 2021, on Colorado Boulevard, and the ghosts of Rose Parades past are beckoning on a cold, crisp Friday morning. Close your eyes. Listen close, and there’s the faint echo of Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards talking it up. The thunder of the Los Angeles Unified School District All District School Honor Band. The clip-clop strut of the Budweiser Clydesdales on the cold Pasadena asphalt. Eyes open. Reality: For the first time since World War II, there’s no Tournament of Roses Parade. ...
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Ruth Langsford breaks tradition with home transformation

Ruth Langsford took to Instagram to reveal that, along with her husband Eamonn Holmes,...
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Inside the outbreak: photographing England during Covid pandemic

Guardian photographer Chris Thomond lives in Manchester and spent most of the year under strict lockdown measures while travelling on assignment around the north of England’s coronavirus hotspots photographing life during the pandemic. He looks back on his yearEarly on during the pandemic I’d seen a short film from the Philippines and read an extended blog from northern Italy, both featuring photographers dressed in hazmat suits, toting cameras housed beneath protective covers. Embedded with par...
Tags: Photography, England, New York, Science, US, UK News, Philippines, News photography, Paris, Italy, Manchester, North Of England, Peter Turnley, Turnley, Coronavirus, Chris Thomond

Calls for release of man arrested photographing transfer of Rohingyas

Bangladesh authorities under pressure from rights activists including Bianca Jagger over detention of Abul KaramBangladesh authorities are facing calls to release a Rohingya man arrested while photographing the transfer of refugees to a controversial island camp this week.Abul Kalam, 35, has been held since Monday morning when he was reportedly beaten before being taken to police barracks near the Kutupalong refugee camp, where he has lived since leaving Myanmar as a child refugee in the early 1...
Tags: Photography, Human Rights, World news, South and Central Asia, Refugees, Global development, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Rohingya, Bianca Jagger, KUTUPALONG, Abul Kalam, Abul KaramBangladesh