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Metafilter tags: BeachFrontProperty, ClimateChange, CoastalErosion, Geology, Pontins, SandDunes, SeaLevelRise, Storms, Tides
Author: BobTheScientist

The village of Hemsby has been on the East coast of England since Hemer the Viking started farming there over 1,000 years ago. Two weeks ago, a rather modest storm, which didn't even merit a name, carried away the road [BBC] which services a number of houses which used to be (safe) behind the dunes. Context below the fold.

In September the Guardian ran a sad story of one pre-emptive eviction & demolition. Drone footage before 24/11 storm [2½m], clearly showing the road along the cliff edge. Local people ask Why are we not worth saving? [80s]. 5½ years ago, several houses fell off the edge but you can see houses [BBC] on both sides of the road. Government taken to court [Guardian] to protect its citizens and their property rights. Earnest documentary by Faultline [22m] on realpolitik, Brandon Lewis MP, utilitarian decisions, value of tourism to the economy, Netherlands %GDP comparison, "they're not real homes because they are built on sand" etc. Meanwhile 180km NW a WWII pillbox slumps off cliff in Yorkshire [3m drone footage].

Grady of Practical Engineering explains coastal erosion. [8m] . . . and how to chop his sponsor's onions [2m]. MetaPrev on Australian solutions. Nearer to me: Lal and Willy Pierce from Co Wexford, Ireland reflect on the steady diminution [RTE] of their family farm.



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Metafilter tags: BFI, Cinema, CultFilms, Film, Movies, SightAndSound, WorldCinema
Author: oulipian

BFI: 101 Hidden Gems: The Greatest Films You've Never Seen. "Hailing from every continent but Antarctica and spanning more than 120 years, this selection is, in its way, as representative of the riches of cinema history as that other list we released at the end of last year. Fiction rubs shoulders with nonfiction, films made by collectives sit alongside hand-crafted animation, and a healthy dose of comedy sidles up to heartbreaking drama – and then there are the films that defy all categorisation."

I tracked down a few of these on YouTube and other places:



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Metafilter tags: GayArt, GayPainting, KenGunMin
Author: mittens

"Ken Gun Min is a daydreamer. 'I have one foot in reality and the other in fantasy,' the painter says as he sits on the floor of his Koreatown studio and sews beads onto a finished canvas. 'I have a fantasy-oriented brain. I am constantly daydreaming and creating stories'" The LA Times presents a story on the artist and his big, gorgeous, sumptuously gay paintings/collages/beadwork. But also, because I cannot get enough: Ken Gun Min's Vision of Gay Utopia (Hyperallergic). And from his 2022 show (ArtNet).