Keith “Maggie” Brown
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The Irony of Right-Wing Secessionist Fantasies | The Nation
In the wake of Obama’s victory, citizens in several states submitted petitions to secede from the United States. It is something of an irony that the very states seeking secession from “big government”—like Louisiana and Alabama—have been among the top… Continue reading
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Say No to Fracking | The Nation
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The early evidence from heavily fracked regions suggests that drilling and fracking operations represent a severe threat to the nation’s food security. See on www.thenation.com Continue reading
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ARTSblog » Blog Archive » STEM Promotes Science Instruction at the Expense of Humanities
My good sister & colleague Kelli Barr responded to the ARTSblog piece to which I posted a link the other day. Besides a response here at Reason & Existenz, she also wrote a longer reaction at ARTSblog. She goes into… Continue reading
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Demographic Maps @ Patchwork Nation
Super nice demographic maps on this site. Very well worth the time & effort to study them. As the votes from the 2012 election have trickled in, the size of President Obama’s victory has grown – it’s now more than… Continue reading
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Dr Rupert Sheldrake: Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion
In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. My concern here is with the bigger picture. I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard.… Continue reading
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Language Learning Service Verbling Launches Google Hangouts-Powered Classes, Adds Support For 9 New Tongues
Always good to have access to cheap ways to learn languages. Continue reading
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Textimony 20121127
Accomplishing anything & doing something are two distinct, though not always independent, enterprises. Pay heed to which process you have given yourself over. Continue reading
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Originally posted on Notes On Liberty: Recently the UN voted to make the Palestinian territories as a “non-member observer state,” rather than a “non-member observer entity.” The vote was 73% to 5% with 22% abstaining. As I’ve previously noted, I… Continue reading
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The Constantly Rebooting Control-Jellyfish
The Society of Control operates through constantly modulating networks which are interconnected by countless channels & circuits. A nice metaphor for the quasi-living structure that generates the Book of Life would be squids and jellyfish. …Perhaps the Economist should have… Continue reading
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Survival of the biggest | The Economist
Interesting cover for this week’s Economist. Survival of the biggest | The Economist. Continue reading
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The subscriptionization of everything >> Pandodaily
This brings up an interesting point: why do we need to expend resources printing & distributing things that are outdated very quickly? One factor is that people are becoming more comfortable with the idea of not owning something as long… Continue reading
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Following up on a Pandodaily reblog I did last week. Paul Carr is totally right: The founder of MailChimp did send a response that should be the template for other founders/CEOs who deal with real critiques of their business. Continue reading
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About Us | Open Culture
I cannot sing the praises of this site enough. Go there and look around good friend of the Ether. What is Open Culture’s Mission? Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web… Continue reading
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Adoration, Anniversary >> Becoming Integral
Congrats to Sam over at Becoming Integral on his blog’s one year anniversary. I have known Sam for a decade. His posts on his blog have been real highlight’s for me this year. Keep up the Loving Struggle good brother!… Continue reading
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“STEM without flowers is just a bare stem…”
…which sometimes can have some BIG thorns… We need more engineers and scientists. That has become the mantra of promoters of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in education. There is nothing wrong with such a rallying cry, except that… Continue reading
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NYC fast-food workers walk out – Salon.com
…New York Communities for Change organizing director Jonathan Westin told Salon the current effort is “the biggest organizing campaign that’s happened in the fast food industry.” A team of 40 NYCC organizers have been meeting with workers for months, spearheading… Continue reading
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The Rise of Democratic Schools and ‘Solutionaries’…
Twenty years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, a 12-year-old girl from Canada, “silenced the world for six minutes” with her raw and powerful oration lambasting adults for dumping the problems they created onto the… Continue reading
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