Quels pornos regarde le Vatican ?

Le Vatican, un pirate comme les autres ? Le blog anglo-saxon TorrentFreak, repéré notamment par BigBrowser, s’est amusé à fouiller un peu et à regarder ce que les fichiers torrent révèlent de la consommation culturelle des habitants du plus petit pays du monde. Et s’ils s'intéressent à quelques films Hollywoodiens comme Love Actually et à des séries, les Vaticanais ne dédaignent pas non plus la pornographie.

 
-Libération

101 Most Beautiful Places To Visit Before You Die!

Whitehaven Beach, Australia.

-99Traveltips

Behind the Scenes With the Sumo Wrestlers of Japan

The stables where sumo wrestlers practice their sport in Japan are places where tradition reigns and only glimpses of the modern world creep in.

-Slate

Perfectly-Timed Photos of Animals About to Become Dinner

Call it survival of the fittest or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

-My Modern Met

After 27 years of burglaries, 'North Pond Hermit' is arrested

He built a hut on a slope in the woods, where he spent his days reading books and meditating.

-Morning Sentinel

How to delete your digital life

Wiping away your digital life means getting rid of the traces you've left – the mistakes you made, the embarrassing photos, the unwise comments, the flawed social media profiles where you've left too much visible. But how easy is that? The following steps provide a start to reducing your digital footprint and taking back control of your online life.

-The Guardian

De la passion et du sexe au Japon : « On ne dit pas l’amour, on le fait »

« L’amour au sens occidental voire chrétien du terme n’existe pas dans notre pays. » « Chez vous, il y a l’amour, chez nous, il y a le koi. Et s’il fallait définir le koi, je dirais qu’il s’agit d’un “moment d’intimité instantané”, un peu comme de la soupe instantanée. C’est un instant à peine prolongé, semblable à un feu qui s’éteint presque immédiatement. »

-Rue89

Orthodox Jewish man photographed covering himself in plastic bag during flight because faith forbids him to fly over cemeteries

An Orthodox Jewish plane passenger was seen wrapped in a plastic bag during a flight. It was believed the man is a Kohein, a religious descendant of the priests of ancient Israel, who are banned from flying over cemeteries. Fellow passengers strained to see the unusual sight and took pictures.

-Daily Mail

Underwater Photo Exhibition at Artificial Reef in Florida Keys

Austrian artist Andreas Franke, an avid diver and professional photographer, has put up a photo exhibition at a depth of 93 feet on the Vandenberg shipwreck off Key West. 
Franke explored the Vandenberg – a 523-foot former military ship – last year, and took several photos of the wreck. When he returned to Austria and examined his photos, Franke wanted to add life to what he saw as a dead ship, which was sunk as an artificial reef.

-Amusing Planet

Chilling images from inside the mass indoctrination ceremonies where communist 'cult' leaders brainwash North Korea's children

They are barely seven years old, but these glum-looking children are already being drafted into a tyrannical regime hellbent on waging nuclear war with the world. Standing in arrow-straight rows, their faces are hardly the picture of happiness as they are forced to pledge their allegiance to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and call him 'father'.

-Mail Online

Dix choses que vous ignorez (sans doute) sur la Corée du Nord

Kim Jong-un, troisième du nom à la tête du régime communiste dynastique nord-coréen, affole la planète avec ses menaces de frappes nucléaires contre les Etats-Unis et leurs alliés en Asie. Ces menaces ne sont pas totalement prises au sérieux, même si chacun se méfie des engrenages fatals ou du caractère irrationnel du régime de Pyongyang.

-Rue89

11 Ways the World Drinks Coffee

For many people, a morning cup of coffee is a deeply-ingrained ritual that can’t be budged. This holds true for many cultures around the world, in which coffee plays a role not only in the day-to-day lifestyle but also in historic tradition. Every country has some sort of coffee culture, but no two are the same. The following 11 ways the world drinks coffee show you different takes on the morning “cup of joe.”

-ecosalon

Not Even Bugs in Booze Can Diminish ‘The Drunken Botanist’s’ Charm and Wit

What’s your favorite cocktail? Or perhaps more importantly, at least for Amy Stewart author of The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World’s Great Drinks, what’s in your favorite cocktail? And Stewart doesn’t simply mean vodka, rum, or gin. She’s talking about things like honey, saffron, nutmeg, juniper, jalapeño, or sorghum. Stewart is quick to point out “Around the world, it seems, there is not a tree or shrub or delicate wildflower that has not been harvested, brewed, and bottled”.

-PopMatters

The White Towns of Andalusia

In southern Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, between the Atlantic in the west and the Mediterranean in the east, lies some of the prettiest towns in Spain – perfectly whitewashed with red and brown tiled roofs, narrow, winding, cobblestone streets, and ornate churches atop cliffs and river gorges, and all offering rolling views of the hills below. These are the famous ‘White Towns of Andalusia’, or Pueblos Blancos.

-Amusing Planet

Infographie : le Mommy Porn dans la réalité des Françaises

Basée sur une étude réalisée par l’IFOP fin 2012, cette infographie a été réalisée par un site de rencontre.

-Rue89

The Bad-Boy Brand, The Vice guide to the world.

The Williamsburg headquarters of Vice Media, which calls itself “the Time Warner of the streets.” Its C.E.O., Shane Smith says, “The over-all goal is to be the largest network for young people in the world.

-The New Yorker

Trainspotting 2, 20 ans après l'original

Alors que Trance s'apprête à prendre l'affiche (le 12 avril au Québec), le cinéaste Danny Boyle a révélé à La Presse quelques détails à propos de Trainspotting 2, un film qu'il compte sortir en 2016, soit 20 ans après la sortie du premier volet.

-La Presse

When Simplicity Is the Solution

At the beginning of "Walden," Henry David Thoreau makes a concise case against the complexity of modern life. "Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" he writes. "[L]et your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail....Simplify, simplify."

-WSJ