Author Archives: Stan Flouride

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About Stan Flouride

THIS BLOG IS ALWAYS AD-FREE I make stuff and do things.

Another Gem on Haight Street

Parked in front of what was originally the German American Savings Bank. Until 1915 when, in the wave of anti-German sentiment became part of the Bank of California. That xenophobia also tuned ‘morgen brot’ (morning bread) and sauerkraut into French … Continue reading

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The Ibex Code: Deciphering Iran’s Ancient Rock Art  کد بز کوهی: رمزگشایی باستان راک هنر ایران

KHOMEIN, IRAN.- An Iranian archaeologist has spent years in an almost single-handed quest across the country’s hills and desert plains to uncover ancient rock art that could be among the oldest in the world. (.خواندن این پست به زبان فارسی … Continue reading

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Pumpkin (or Sweet Potato) Molasses Bread

I find that many of the recipes I find online have far too much sugar for my taste and the sweetness overwhelms the flavor of everything else. It has taken me a few tries to adapt this until I was … Continue reading

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5 New Tactics In Civil Disobedience, Taught By Standing Rock | Cracked.com

Once again Cracked.com takes on a serious subject and hits it out of the park. To combat the steadily increasing militarization of local and state police forces new tactics and strategies are desperately needed. Standing Rock’s Water Protectors show how … Continue reading

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El Toro y La Rana, Picasso and Rivera 

Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time at Los Angeles County Museum of Art   LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, presents Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time … Continue reading

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Faces of the Oakland Fire| The Guardian

WARNING: These pictures and the connected article are pretty hard to look at.   Just a small group of some of the victims of the Ghost Ship fire with pictures and short bios. Lovely and bright, all with great promise, and struck … Continue reading

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Discovering the Higgs Bison (sic)

Ancient DNA research has revealed that Ice Age cave artists recorded a previously unknown hybrid species of bison and cattle in great detail on cave walls more than 15,000 years ago. The mystery species, known affectionately by the researchers as … Continue reading

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Your Media Whore Host

I was interviewed at the corner of Haight & Ashbury a few days before the travesty of pseudo-democracy that was our last election. They were looking to interview Millennials about current events but they liked my fuck Trump hat:  

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Dam! That’s High!!

That’s atop the 200m high Kölnbrein Dam in Austria, on a metal railing that’s about 10cm wide on a cold windy day. What could possibly have gone wrong? I could not manage to watch that video straight through in one … Continue reading

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Austria’s race against time to save anti-Nazi film

VIENNA (AFP).- One of Austria’s most important anti-Nazi films was thought lost for decades, until it was uncovered by chance last year. Now experts must race to keep from losing Die Stadt Ohne Juden/The City Without Jews again — this … Continue reading

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