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  • Adaptive Nature: The Coywolf

    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. No matter how much habitat we destroy, no matter how…

  • Toby Froud’s Lessons Learned: No CGI whenever Possible

    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 with Jim Henson’s daughter, Heather. He might not have been…

  • 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 power, though, which, as Hillman explains, is poti, i.e. “husband, lord,…

  • 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. 

  • 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

  • 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.”

  • 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 consequences of the Hobby Lobby decision with Alito writing for…

  • 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 existence of a previously undisclosed NSA program called XKeyscore, which automatically…

  • 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 the rate of total beer growth, the US Census Bureau reported.…

  • 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 event, and a convention was held in his honor at…

  • 25 Free Apps That Are Making The World A Better Place

    Change the world with just one click.Source: www.buzzfeed.comIn the majority of cases, doing some good for others actually only takes a bit of your time. Nobody is too busy. Be the change you want to see in the world. If that is getting off of electronic devices, and actually helping…

  • Coffee-Rubbed Cheeseburgers with Texas Barbecue Sauce Recipe | Epicurious.com

    Find the recipe for Coffee-Rubbed Cheeseburgers with Texas Barbecue Sauce and other ground beef recipes at Epicurious.comSource: www.epicurious.com

  • Smoked Pineapple-Braised St. Louis Spareribs with Blackberry Barbecue Sauce | James Beard Foundation

    Source: www.jamesbeard.orgFor the perfect summer meal, start with impeccable ingredients and just add fire.

  • Coffee Grounds Perk Up Compost Pile With Nitrogen

    Coffee grounds can be an excellent addition to a compost pile. The grounds are relatively rich in nitrogen, providing bacteria the energy they need to turn organic matter into compost. About 2 percent nitrogen by volume, used coffee grounds can be a safe substitute for nitrogen-rich manure in the compost…

  • Police Departments Ignore Rampant Sexual Assault by Officers

    No institutional or nongovernmental organization keeps data about the number of victims of police-perpetrated sexual violence, but advocates say it happens more commonly than many realize.Source: www.truth-out.orgIn the 20 years that Smith’s rapist has been in prison, news accounts of sexual violence at the hands of police officers have only…

  • Intimate Curves of Earthly Existence

    Geography and the Earth sciences, if they are to truly account for Earth, must study intimacy.  I would argue that intimacy has something to do with roundness….curves. What is needed is geography…Source: becomingintegral.com

  • Ted Peckham’s ‘Gentlemen For Rent’

    In the nineteen-thirties, what was a single girl to do when the best tables were behind closed doors?Source: www.newyorker.com

  • Night Vigil 20140702

    Night Vigil 20140702

    We are all hunting. Some for yesterday (redemption), some for tomorrow (expectation). But those who hunt for today (detachment) capture neither debt nor anxiety. Let-go!