Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Atheists Used to Take the Idea of God Seriously. That’s Why They Mattered.
Nick Spencer begins his spirited history of atheism with a fairy tale. Once upon a time, people lived in ignorant superstition, offering sacrifices to monsters in the sky. Then some clever folks used special weapons called “science” and “reason” to… Continue reading
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How to Repurpose the First Amendment as Corporate Weapon
Originally—and up until fairly recently—the First Amendment was understood to be a shield protecting individual liberty. But the Roberts Court seems increasingly intent on turning the First Amendment into a weapon against the American people, not to mention basic fairness… Continue reading
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The Week in ‘Star Wars’: Fake Leaked Footage and Kevin Smith’s Millennium Falcon Freak-Out
A trio of things to get you excited about the new Star Wars movie including a fan video and Kevin Smith’s report from the setSource: www.yahoo.com Continue reading
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‘Arrest us all’: the 200 women who killed a rapist
When hundreds of women descended on Nagpur district court armed with knives, stones and chilli powder, within minutes the man who raped them lay dead. Raekha Prasad reports.Source: www.theguardian.comWhen the dominators are favored by the legal system, Justice May have… Continue reading
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Teachers must Care; Students must Attend
That is, mentors must be engaged with mentoring people, seeing the student as an Existenz, with all of the possibility that this entails. And learners must attend, being fully now/here wherever they are, focused on this happening with the mentor. It… Continue reading
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Researchers May Have Discovered The Consciousness On/Off Switch | IFLScience
Researchers from the George Washington University have managed to switch consciousness on and off in an epileptic woman by stimulating a single region of the brain with electrical impulses. While this is a single case study, it provides an exciting… Continue reading
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9 Amazing Benefits of Coffee – Lifespan
Coffee has become the subject of thousands of surveys in the past few years. Known as a simple stimulant it also has many other properties. Here are some of the most interesting statistics we could put together for proponents of… Continue reading
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Why Heterosexuality Didn’t Really Exist Until the 19th Century | Alternet
Very enlightening interview with author Hanne Blank. “Heterosexual” was actually coined in a letter at the same time as the word “homosexual,” [in the mid-19thcentury], by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny. He created these words as part of… Continue reading
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Adaptive Nature: The Coywolf
While the parks department has denied their existence, PBS has produced this hour-long documentary on the animals. Were excited about Coywolves and covering them not because we want to scare you, but because were fascinated with natures ability to adapt.… Continue reading
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Toby Froud’s Lessons Learned: No CGI whenever Possible
In case you missed it last week, Toby Froud, the baby in the striped PJs from the movie Labyrinth, grew up, moved to Portland for a job at LAIKA, and premiered his own fantasy puppet film on Saturday in collaboration… Continue reading
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A Few Thoughts on Power
Business has defeated everything in its path. Its last enemies are the oldest: it is still defied by the ancient Gods of blood revenge, territorial tr…Source: symbolreader.netAs a society, we may be conditioned by the historical root of the word… Continue reading
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The Gnosis Archive: Resources on Gnosticism and Gnostic Tradition
A vast collection of materials and audio lectures dealing with Gnosis and Gnosticism, both ancient and modern.Source: gnosis.orgFor my friends who are begining–or even well underway–a spiritual journey beyond the confines of what you have heretofore known. Continue reading
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Magic mushrooms expand your mind and amplify your brain’s dreaming areas – here’s how | IFLScience
Psychedelic drugs alter consciousness is a profound and novel way that increases the breadth and fluency of cognition. However, until recently, we were unable to offer an explanation for how the brain was altered to account for these effects.Source: www.iflscience.com Continue reading
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About – A Film About Coffee
Source: afilmaboutcoffee.comA love letter to, and meditation on, specialty coffee. It examines what it takes, and what it means, for coffee to be defined as “specialty.” Continue reading
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Hobby Lobby Decision Begins To Contort Under Its Own Logic
Religious groups can object to a regulation, but can they also determine whether it presents an undue burden on them?Source: www.forbes.comIf anything shows the growing incompetence of the Roberts’ court, it must be the overly broad language and too predictable… Continue reading
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The NSA may have another leaker on its hands
Edward Snowden has done a lot of damage to the National Security Agency by disclosing dozens of its most sensitive internet surveillance programs—but there may be a lot more to come from someone following in his footsteps. German public broadcaster Das Erste revealed yesterday the… Continue reading
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The frothiest segment of the US beer market: Kegs and barrels
The US beer business is booming, thanks to a growing number of craft beer bars. And they’re helping sell a lot of drinks packaged in barrels or kegs. Those beer shipments jumped 88% to $2.4 billion from 2007 to 2012, almost three times… Continue reading
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Frank Zappa, John Cage, Patti Smith & others celebrate William S. Burroughs at the Nova Convention
In 1978, after many years of living…Source: dangerousminds.netIn 1978, after many years of living in London and Tangiers, William S. Burroughs decided to return to his home country. For a small group of artistic weirdos, this was a significant… Continue reading
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