More Things! From the Internet!
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thanate(also known as I really need to restart my browser, so have some open tabs:)
*Perpetual Ocean (animation of global surface currents from NASA-- very cool!)
*BBC radio does Witch Week, which is in fact why I need to restart the browser, because this isn't playing properly.
*The Danger of a Single Story. This is a bit long-- it's a TED talk, just shy of 20 minutes-- but an interesting set of observations on the dangers of trusting other people's viewpoints.
*This one turned up tangentially from the master naturalist readings: (one version of) Chief Seattle's famous speach which I don't remember having read before. (or perhaps I just read a wildly different version) I don't entirely see the connection the reading was trying to make to it being about modern ecological sensibilities, but I found the bit at the end about cultural succession fascinating.
*Ok, I am kind of late on this one, since the lady won the Nobel Peace Prize for it, but: Where are all the angry American women? on two counts: first, she's rather got a point about us here; and second, they totally organized a Lysistrata, and it worked!
*Nerdy Day Trips. (The map seems to load centered on the UK, but it's got stuff near where you are, too.)
*Misconceptions about Evolution... just scroll down past the TOC section & read something. It's well-written, and you'll probably learn stuff. (I did.)
*Also on the subject of learning stuff: How pregnancy and hormonal birth control actually work. (and why Plan B is not an abortifacient.) Science up front, stupid politics at the end where you can skip if you choose.
*How Batman would have foiled the Art Gallery Scheme... I'm not even quite sure what to say about this. We begin with the description of an extremely bizarre pick-up scheme, and end with Batman. Some... interesting mental profiles for the "what will they think of next" department. Apparently sane commentator.
*Crazy abandoned soviet building, with snow.
*Another take on how to write fight scenes.
*Perpetual Ocean (animation of global surface currents from NASA-- very cool!)
*BBC radio does Witch Week, which is in fact why I need to restart the browser, because this isn't playing properly.
*The Danger of a Single Story. This is a bit long-- it's a TED talk, just shy of 20 minutes-- but an interesting set of observations on the dangers of trusting other people's viewpoints.
*This one turned up tangentially from the master naturalist readings: (one version of) Chief Seattle's famous speach which I don't remember having read before. (or perhaps I just read a wildly different version) I don't entirely see the connection the reading was trying to make to it being about modern ecological sensibilities, but I found the bit at the end about cultural succession fascinating.
*Ok, I am kind of late on this one, since the lady won the Nobel Peace Prize for it, but: Where are all the angry American women? on two counts: first, she's rather got a point about us here; and second, they totally organized a Lysistrata, and it worked!
*Nerdy Day Trips. (The map seems to load centered on the UK, but it's got stuff near where you are, too.)
*Misconceptions about Evolution... just scroll down past the TOC section & read something. It's well-written, and you'll probably learn stuff. (I did.)
*Also on the subject of learning stuff: How pregnancy and hormonal birth control actually work. (and why Plan B is not an abortifacient.) Science up front, stupid politics at the end where you can skip if you choose.
*How Batman would have foiled the Art Gallery Scheme... I'm not even quite sure what to say about this. We begin with the description of an extremely bizarre pick-up scheme, and end with Batman. Some... interesting mental profiles for the "what will they think of next" department. Apparently sane commentator.
*Crazy abandoned soviet building, with snow.
*Another take on how to write fight scenes.
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