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Ice cream shooting out of a man's jeans - hm, pretty weird!
Organ donation remains a contentious and emotionally charged issue. What do you think of this new initiative out of Germany, which provides a free tattoo for those wishing to be organ donors? As well as attracting attention and sparking conversation / awareness, the inking makes the wearer's wishes visible in situations where a relative's authorisation might otherwise be necessary. According to its creators, Germany has one of the l... Read More
Every single day, 1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries. In this arresting footage, titled 'Downing St Disaster', environmental organisation Greenpeace asks and answers the question: What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street? Located in the City of Westminster in London - hence the 'Wasteminster' parody tag - Downing St houses the official residences an... Read More
If you're one of the 222 million Netflix subscribers, you may already be aware of this documentary on psychedelics and also agree that the streaming service has been exploring some interesting areas with their home-grown content. As Netflix says of this trailer for the 'How To Change Your Mind' documentary: "Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and New York Times best-selling a... Read More
The countries around the Mediterranean Sea attract hundreds of millions of tourists annually, beguiling many into repeat visits year after year. MedPAN, the organisation of managers of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are behind this campaign, designed to blend the ongoing trend for tattoos with an appealing form of 'activism'. MPAs are "slices of sea and coast placed under protection and managed because of... Read More
London's 163-year-old gin-maker Beefeater re-works Jay Kay's 1992 track 'Virtual Insanity' to showcase its non-alcoholic option, in line with the growing trend for no/low beverages among an increasingly health-conscious segment. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the song's 1996 video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, Beefeater collaborated with funk / acid jazz group Jamiroquai's Jay Kay, return... Read More
Due for release in August, 'American Doctor' follows three US physicians - Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian - united by a single oath to save lives. According to the film-maker: "After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress". Watermelon Pictures self-de... Read More
As the United States celebrated 250 years of independence from Britain this Fourth of July with all manner of festivities, the Secretary of Health & Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, delivered this message stressing that a healthy nation is a strong nation, "and a strong nation is the foundation of freedom". Lawyer RFK Jr, whose father Robert F Kennedy and uncle President John F Kennedy were both assassinated, ha... Read More
