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How the US Became an Oligarchy
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Source: www.truth-out.org Democracy schmocracy Continue reading
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O, Chicago …
Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: This is a difference between the passive be and the active being…. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House The… Continue reading
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in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore
Originally posted on johnpoetflanagan: may 1992 Here a month in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore and i’m enjoying it. If i looked for a starker contrast to the bustle of Bangkok i couldn’t find a better one… Continue reading
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Ellinor, The Year of the Goat, and Quantum Entanglement
Originally posted on Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy: From the moment I awake, I lie silently and listen to the calling of the universe to determine the type of day ahead, because every day has its own personality. Some mornings… Continue reading
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Dreaming, Fearing, and Second Chances
These are the two Americas that [Anand] Giridharadas sees in this story: “An America that still dreams, strives, imagines that tomorrow can build on today — and an America that has resigned to fate, buckled under stress and chaos, lowered… Continue reading
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Everything Begins with Now
Originally posted on All About Being Human (award-free zone): Oh joy joy joy joy joy! “Why are you joyful?” You ask. “That is an excellent question!” I respond. Is it because I’m finally hugging Old Man Winter good bye for… Continue reading
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Is that so? Maybe.
Zen Master Hakuin (1686-1769) travelled extensively to learn from other masters. When he was 32 years old, he returned to the Shoin-ji, the temple in his home town of Hara, in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture. Here he devoted himself to teaching… Continue reading
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Atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel Experiment: Helium atoms put in same quantum state, start appearing in same place
Quantum mechanics has so many counterintuitive features that it seems possible to learn a new one every month. Today’s lesson involves particles that are set into the same quantum state and effectively become indistinguishable. Once they are indistinguishable, they start… Continue reading
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New instrument dates old skeleton before ‘Lucy’; ‘Little Foot’ 3.67 million years old
A skeleton named Little Foot is among the oldest hominid skeletons ever dated at 3.67 million years old, according to an advanced dating method. Little Foot is a rare, nearly complete skeleton of Australopithecus first discovered 21 years ago in… Continue reading
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Trappist Monks Are Trying to Save Venezuela’s Dying Coffee Industry
Up until the ban on coffee exports, Monasterio Trapense used to ship 150 kilos of coffee per week to be sold in the US—and even got away with it for a while after the ban, but it was short-lived. After… Continue reading
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