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Even Conservative Judges Can’t Deny the Constitutional Logic of Same-Sex Marriage – The Daily Beast
Who would have thought, just a few years ago, that the states on the vanguard of marriage equality would be the deepest red states? But here we are: From December’s decision in Utah to the past two weeks in Arkansas… Continue reading
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Mutants and Mystics
Cool book… Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal Jeffrey J. Kripal Offers a brilliantly insightful account of how comic book heroes have helped their creators and fans alike explore and express a wealth of paranormal experiences… Continue reading
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Injecting Computation Everywhere
At this year’s SXSW Conference, Stephen Wolfram introduced Wolfram Language. Now, video of his presentation shows some of the profound implications of this new technology. Continue reading
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Voids & Supervoids in the Universe
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Cosmic voids, and supervoids, are large volumes of space that are devoid of matter. This includes normal matter, in the form of galaxies, and dark matter. Initially, astronomers were not sure if the voids… Continue reading
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Salon Takes Aim at Patton Oswalt Again, Is Once Again Publicly Embarrassed
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions As soon as Patton Oswalt began cleverly trolling Twitter last Wednesday afternoon, it was only a matter of time before Salon had a comment about it. Turns out it took all of a few… Continue reading
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Operation American Spring Was Every Bit the Massive Success You Knew It Would Be
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions ‘It’s a very dismal turnout,’ lamented 61 year old Jackie Milton of Jacksboro, Texas. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: less than 100 showed up! See on thedailybanter.com Continue reading
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Recommended Anime, Manga, Prose and Live Action Cinema
Great resource. I avoid using popularity in making my choices. Instead I look at story quality, the level of cultural details and other creative elements. For this reason I have many titles which newer fans have never heard of, all… Continue reading
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A Nasty Piece of Cornbread: Chait, Coates, and White Progressivism
Originally posted on tressiemc: I once set out to write a book of southern aphorisms. It was going to be a serious treatment of (mostly) black (uniquely) southern “mother wit” as philosophy. Then, grad school and so on and so… Continue reading
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Inequality and Technology Syllabus
Originally posted on tressiemc: I am fascinated with U.S. sociology’s casual and sporadic engagement with digital spaces, technologies and trends. This year, the federal government enacted one of the most sweeping public policy initiatives we’ve seen since the Great Society… Continue reading
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“Industrial Pictures Are Not Art”: Legendary Cult Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky on New Film ‘The Dance of Reality’ and How Hollywood Is Killing Cinema
A wonderful new piece from Flavorwire on Jador “…A potent blend of European art house theatrics, cult cinema madness, baroque violence, Eastern philosophy, Jungian tokens, and alluring depravity, the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky have amassed a fervent following…” Continue reading
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