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Eleven Nations “Up in Arms”
The borders of my eleven American nations are reflected in many different types of maps—including maps showing the distribution of linguistic dialects, the spread of cultural artifacts, the prevalence of different religious denominations, and the county-by-county breakdown of voting in… Continue reading
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The best science and technology podcasts – Telegraph
Really nice resource for the curious. The best science and technology podcasts, from astronomy for beginners to consumer advice, selected and updated by Pete Naughton via The best science and technology podcasts – Telegraph. Continue reading
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Sheryl Sandberg: “Men need to do more childcare and housework” – Salon.com
For her new book, “What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?,” veteran journalist Marianne Schnall interviewed high-achieving women about why the highest glass ceiling in the land is still in place. The following is taken from her talk… Continue reading
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The government needs to reform its relationship with technology
…MindMixer works to create a platform to more easily create dialogues between citizens and political figures. Bowden explains it as bringing the “town hall meeting concept online.” At heart, though, is the understanding that the government needs to integrate and… Continue reading
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Are we all screwed if we refuse to stand up and push back?
In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held annually in San Francisco. This year’s conference… Continue reading
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Some Clarifications on “No One is Born Gay”
Originally posted on Social (In)Queery: I wrote this post a while back and had I known how many people would read it and how many excellent questions and comments I’d continue to receive, I would have addressed the subject more exhaustively. … Continue reading
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Meet the Pacific Rim’s new environmental superpower – Quartz
Together, the west coast of the US and Canada boasts a population of 53 million and would form the world’s fifth-largest economy, a Pacific Rim center of technological innovation with a gross domestic product of $2.8 trillion… think of the… Continue reading
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13 Staircases Worth the Climb (Photos) | The Daily Beast
First it was guns, germs and steel, then it was salt—now, it’s the invention of stairs that changed the history of mankind. In a new book, Staircases (published by Vendome Press this month), co-authors Oscar Tusquets Blanca, Martine Diot, Adelaïde de Savray,… Continue reading
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tilting between dusk and dawn
groggy from napping rainy yet warm Texas dusk feeling out of place The weather has been out of sorts in Denton lately. Tomorrow is Halloween and we have yet to have a real cold snap. The weather has been humid… Continue reading
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Modern Eco-Friendly Homes Set Amongst the Trees
Modern Eco-Friendly Homes Set Amongst the Trees http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/konrad-wojcik-primeval-symbiosis-single-pole-house Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Opening up films
The opening scene of Orson Welles‘ Touch of Evil. The opening scene of Roman Polanski‘s The Tenant. The opening scene to Harvey Fierstein‘s Torch Song Trilogy. The opening scene to Robert Altman‘s The Player. The opening scene to Marry Harron’s American Psycho. Related… Continue reading
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Article: Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Fascinating http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Birth of conservative delusion: Roger Ailes takes his revenge – Salon.com
Under Reagan, Republican appointees on the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine, the obligation for broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues. This led to an explosion of opinionated propagandists on the air waves relentlessly attacking “liberal” media. It continues… Continue reading
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The Ghost of Authoritarianism in the Age of the Shutdown
…The American political, cultural, and economic landscape is inhabited by the renewed return of authoritarianism evident in the ideologies of religious and secular certainty that legitimate the reign of economic Darwinism, the unchecked power of capital, the culture of fear… Continue reading
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▶ Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – BBC Documentary – YouTube
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and Islam: A History written by Ehsan Masood. Episodes: Part 1:… Continue reading
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Dwindling Ignorance
Conservation of energy does not mean preservation of energy. See the latter as opposite to entropy while the former is middle ground betwixt the two. The struggle of conservation we call life; our way through it, love; our outcome, belief.… Continue reading
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