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  1. landpirate

    News & Blogs 2 friends walk from Mexico to Canada picking up rubbish

    I've been doing more and more of this when I'm out with my dog or wherever I park my van up. It's mad how lazy people are with their rubbish. These guys are next level hardcore though. Carrying a mattress a hundred miles...
  2. K

    Anti-Fascist squatters occupy London mansion

    @Matt Derrick is on mobile and wanted to share this artical: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2719311/anti-fascist-squatters-take-over-russian-billionaires-15million-mansion-in-one-of-britains-most-exclusive-streets Inside the £15million Belgravia mansion owned by a Russian billionaire that...
  3. MolotovMocktail

    News & Blogs The Long History of "Nazi Punching"

    An article about historical clashes between Antifas and nazis. I'd be interested to hear what folks think of the role of violence in political activism. The Long History of "Nazi Punching" Video of an assault on a white nationalist marks the return of an age-old conflict. WES ENZINNA JAN. 26...
  4. iamwhatiam

    News & Blogs This Island Is Offering A House And A Job To Anyone Who Has The Balls To Move There

    Mods: Not sure where this best belongs? News? Destinations? Making a Living? Damn, if I didn't have shit going on here I'd jump on this. http://thechive.com/2017/01/21/free-island-to-good-home-tasmania/?utm_source=facebook_chive&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral The...
  5. D

    News & Blogs Activists arrested for feeding the homeless—again

    Way to go, Tampa P.D. http://www.cltampa.com/news-views/local-news/article/20848403/tampa-activists-arrested-for-feeding-the-homeless Video (if it is still public): After reading that article, it was easy to see how lawmakers (not the police, can't blame them) can get in the way of ruining...
  6. K

    Stealth Camping Tips

    This video is a little long, but pretty thorough. Plenty of useful tidbits for beginner through advanced campers. Happy camping!
  7. landpirate

    The anarchist squatters of Manchester

    https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/the-anarchist-squatters-housing-manchesters-most-vulnerable-homeless-people HOUSING The Anarchist Squatters Housing Manchester’s Most Vulnerable Homeless People MB MATT BROOMFIELD Dec 21 2016, 11:56am We hung out with the Manchester Activist Network, which...
  8. landpirate

    News & Blogs Radio garden - radio streams from around the world

    I'm totally loving on this at the moment. You can zoom around the globe listening to live radio from all over the place. http://radio.garden/ Here's a article explaining it a bit more...
  9. K

    News & Blogs Overdosing, heroin, smack, tar, horse, junk needles and getting high fyi

    I'm sure most users already know that fentanyl is winding up in their dope. Nine people died from fentanyl overdose in Vancouver, BC last Thursday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fentanyl-bc-deaths-november-tally-622-so-far-2016-1.3901731 Fentanyl crisis: November death...
  10. D

    The Transgender Members of the Ghostship

    In wake of the Ghostship Fire of Oakland, CA the community is faced with the hardship issues of what befalls most transpeople when they die - dead naming, and the biological family's denial of their trans identity. The Gayskull Armory of Minneapolis, MN sends love to the queer members of the...
  11. K

    News & Blogs Five trimmers suspected of killing pot farmer

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marijuana-trimmers-suspected-killing-california-bay-area-man/ Marijuana trimmers suspected in killing of California Bay Area man Zachary Wuester, Amanda Wiest, Frederick Gaestel are wanted in the death of a Bay Area man in Laytonville, California LAYTONVILLE...
  12. K

    News & Blogs Standing Rock Water Protectors ordered to leave #NoDAPL

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/standing-rock-pipeline-protest-north-dakota.html?_r=0 Standing Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In Protesters facing off with the police on Friday outside the Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota. The authorities have ordered the protesters to...
  13. autumn

    Oakland, CA: Nine confirmed, 40 feared dead after massive fire during rave

    Seemed to be the most appropriate subforum for it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/03/nine-dead-25-unaccounted-massive-fire-rave-oakland-california/ Up to 40 people are feared dead after a massive fire broke out during a rave at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California. The blaze...
  14. Mankini

    News & Blogs fart ignites laser during operation

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3890202/Patient-seriously-burned-breaks-wind-operation-surgeon-s-laser-ignites-gas-Tokyo-hospital.html?ito=social-facebook_Australia Patient is seriously burned when she breaks wind during operation and surgeon's laser ignites the gas at Tokyo hospital...
  15. Coywolf

    News & Blogs "Punk spends six months mocking the Appalachian trail"

    http://thehardtimes.net/2016/10/29/punk-spends-six-months-mocking-appalachian-trail/ Punk Spends Six Months Mocking the Appalachian Trail ST. LOUIS — Local punk and all-around malcontent Shaun Malone completed his hike of the 2,200-mile long Appalachian Trail earlier this week, insulting...
  16. landpirate

    Squatters occupy old nightclub, UK

    I posted in an earlier thread about a squatted prison in the UK https://squattheplanet.com/threads/squatted-prison-uk.29364/ Well it seems, Darren Davies who broke that squat is fairly infamous in the Essex area. I found this other interesting article about him and a friend squatting an old...
  17. landpirate

    Squatted prison, UK

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/southend-bullwood-hall-prison-squat-homelessness?utm_source I Turned a Shuttered Women’s Prison Into a Protest Squat By Alex King; Photos: Theo McInnes October 27, 2016 We're driving down a single track road in the Essex countryside. As the houses peter out...
  18. landpirate

    From the Magpie to Demolition Diner: Memories of Bristol’s Best-Loved Squats

    http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/bristol-squats-magpie-telegraphic-heights-riots-demolition-diner?utm_source From the Magpie to Demolition Diner: Memories of Bristol’s Best-Loved Squats By Jessica Bateman October 15, 2016 People at Bristol's recently auctioned Mapgie squat (Photo courtesy of...
  19. bystander

    News & Blogs MPD: Homeless man arrested for beating another homeless man with guitar

    MPD: Homeless man arrested for beating another homeless man with guitar Skyler S. Goldsmith Posted: Wed 12:23 PM, Oct 05, 2016 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -- A 24-year-old homeless man was arrested after he admitted to beating another homeless man with a guitar. Madison Police arrested Skyler...
  20. L

    News & Blogs Anonymous: Obama

    http://www.anonews.co/anonymous-message-obama/ Anonymous has published a video, this time aimed at President Barack Obama. As one commenter wrote, “You want to know who truly runs this country and who truly has us by the balls then all you need to do is follow the money. This country is not a...
  21. landpirate

    man survives two bear attacks

    Having had my first encounter with any sort of unusual wildlife this week (a grass snake, and yes I know thats lame but I'm in England and we only have lame wildlife :eek:) Seeing this video and report from a man who survived two bear attacks makes me realise that I'm lucky to be somewhere...
  22. landpirate

    News & Blogs Home is where the parking lot is

    I watched this nice short earlier about a group of aviation employees who live in vans and trailers in an airport car park. Although, its a closed shop in terms of any of us parking up there, I identify with some of their feelings towards van life. i've tried repeatedly to get the video to...
  23. MolotovMocktail

    News & Blogs Is He The One, Or An Old-Timey Railway Scamp Looking For a Place to Stay?

    This quiz explains why it's so tough for some of us to get a date. :p http://reductress.com/post/is-he-the-one-or-an-old-timey-railway-scamp-looking-for-a-place-to-stay/ New relationships are fun and exciting, but they bring with them a whole new set of questions. Even when things are going...
  24. wizehop

    News & Blogs Train-hopper gunned down in city he called home

    Anyone know this dude? http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/09/train-hopper_jack-of-all-trade.htm Nathan Tinglof, 30 Killed Sept. 23 'All he wanted to do was see the country' Early last week, Nathan Tinglof started feeling the itch to hop another train. So he phoned his mother in South...
  25. Guy Chouinard

    News & Blogs No Name Free Hostel Goa

    Hello, thought some of you may find this of interest. I would like to go to GOA some day. Map -> http://bit.ly/2cKtFeM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello world.. We are a team of...
  26. Brother X

    Small Canadian town will give land, a job to anyone willing to move

    With a few catches, of course. IMAGE 1 OF 59 The Farmer's Daughter Country Market is offering land and a job to anyone willing to relocate. Of course, there are a few catches, but the near-paradise location might be worth it. >>KEEP CLICKING TO SEE MORE ... more Cape Breton is a small...
  27. K

    News & Blogs Chinese discover Four Loko, heralding the end of a civilization

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37349712 Four Loko: 'Lose virginity' drink in China sparks debate Four Loko is being advertised on online retailers in China An infamous drink, known as "blackout in a can" in the US, has made its way to China. Four Loko, a fruit-flavoured alcoholic...
  28. Brother X

    News & Blogs Dozens of LAX employees call an airport parking lot home

    Original article: http://la.curbed.com/2016/9/7/12838504/lax-parking-lot-employees-rv-community For over a decade now, a collection of vagabond airline workers has made a parking lot near LAX their home between long stretches of travel. Years ago, LAX officials noticed employees were camping...
  29. Slingshot Collective

    No Trespassing! by Anders Corr

    http://archiv.squat.net/notrespassing/1.html C H A P T E R 1 Homes Not Jails The Secret Success of a Squatting Movement to House the Homeless Two strangers arrived early at the Homes Not Jails meeting. One had been beaten by his spouse and was looking for a place to stay. The police had...
  30. Dmac

    News & Blogs Hooligans attack luxury camps at Burning Man!

    Check this out, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/revolution-against-rich-parasites-at-utopian-burning-man-festiva/ Revolution against 'rich parasites' at utopian Burning Man Festival as 'hooligans' attack luxury camp An aerial view of the Burning Man festival 6 SEPTEMBER 2016 It is...
  31. Guy Chouinard

    Reddit Thread On Squatting Homes, Interesting Read.

    Has anyone successfully squatted a home?
  32. K

    News & Blogs Maine Governor Paul LePage makes racist remarks

    Career ending story in 3...2...1.... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37204837 Maine Governor Paul LePage criticised for 'racist' remarks Governor LePage held up mugshots he said showed that most men arrested in Maine on drug charges were black The governor of Maine has said that...
  33. Rhubarb Dwyer

    News & Blogs Lemmy Statue Unveiled

    http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-rainbow-is-now-a-rock-and-roll-church-lemmy-statue-unveiled-7303380 "Lemmy! Lemmy! Lemmy!" chants broke out repeatedly. Jack Daniel's and Cokes (now referred to by drinkers as "the Lemmy") were raised and guzzled. Motörhead songs were sung at the top of many...
  34. K

    News & Blogs Norway man rescued after climbing into public toilet

    I've got to admire this gentleman's willingness to go out of his way for his friend http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37196629 Cato Berntsen Larsen was unable to climb out of the toilet Firefighters in Norway have pulled a man from the inside of a toilet after he lowered himself in to...
  35. Brother X

    As Homeless Find Refuge in Forests, ‘Anger Is Palpable’ in Nearby Towns

    Mr. Wendlandt serves lunch and hands out socks to needy campers every Thursday. But he has stopped provisioning people with blankets and sleeping bags, worried that what seemed like compassion could be exacerbating a problem. Darcee and Gerald Babbitt at their campsite outside Nederland. “Yes...
  36. MilkaNoobie

    News & Blogs Van build plans

    http://www.glen-l.com/campers/van-long.html Van Conversion Plans for use with any panel-type van, delivery van, station wagon van, or bus-type conversion Van Conversion Plans: $22.00 Now you can convert any van or similar vehicle into a recreational vehicle by using our VAN CONVERSION...
  37. Rhubarb Dwyer

    News & Blogs California Wildfire Road Closures

    Here is the latest on road closures due to fires around the state. http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/?page=1 The largest, Soberanes, is on the 2nd page. Highway 1 has been closed and reopened on stretches of Big Sur.
  38. Rhubarb Dwyer

    Pacifica, CA - Evacuated apt buildings

    Seaside squatters. Try this on... I got a ride today from San Fran heading south. My driver insisted we check out the apartments falling into the sea. Duh. Turns out, Pacifica, CA is facing massive amounts of erosion and damage from El Nino and other factors. This article sums up the...
  39. Dmac

    News & Blogs Rail Car derails into bar named Derailed

    What are the chances? https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-train-car-derails-iowa-hits-bar-called-142804203.html?nhp=1 View photos A freight train car that derailed in Charles City, in northern Iowa, derailed into and damaged a trackside tavern called DeRailed early Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016...
  40. K

    DIY Island Offshore and Off the Grid

    Came across this and wasn't sure if it had been posted on here before or not. Here's a short video of it along with an article. http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2015/05/12/diy-island-living-offshore-off-the-grid/ It’s sorta like a moored houseboat, but bigger: a Canadian family built an...
  41. K

    News & Blogs Suspected Fake Weed OD's in Brooklyn

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/nyregion/k2-synthetic-marijuana-overdose-in-brooklyn.html?_r=1 33 Suspected of Overdosing on Synthetic Marijuana in Brooklyn By ELI ROSENBERG and NATE SCHWEBERJULY 12, 2016 A no smoking sign hangs outside of a green space to warn users to stay...
  42. K

    News & Blogs Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) entrap "terrorists"

    It makes me wonder how often stuff like this really happens. I've got this sense of justice that says that the cops involved in shit like this should acquire the charges they tried to pin on somebody else (as a minimum). On any offense resulting in arrest, they get human rights...
  43. Matt Derrick

    In Central Park, Finding a Bed Among the Trees

    @Buffalo linked to this article that was pretty interesting, so i thought I'd repost it here for the rest of the community. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/nyregion/13trees.html?_r=1 In Central Park, Finding a Bed Among the Trees Cory and Dana Foht, 25-year-old twins from Florida, have...