In My Mind
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Land-grab universities - indigenous land is the foundation of land-grant university system
www.hcn.org Land-grab universities - High Country NewsExpropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.
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The Tyranny Of Time.
www.noemamag.com The Tyranny Of Time | NOEMAThe clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political. It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us.
This is a must read. I know its a 20 min read but its quite condensed.
- www.newyorker.com Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?
As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.
- www.newyorker.com How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?
The Penobscot language was spoken by almost no one when Frank Siebert set about trying to preserve it. The people of Indian Island are still reckoning with his legacy.
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The Massacre That Led to the End of the British Empire
www.nytimes.com Opinion | The Massacre That Led to the End of the British Empire (Published 2019)The events at Jallianwala Bagh, in the Indian city of Amritsar, marked the beginning of the resistance against colonial governance.
beginning of the end of the colonial rule in India
- www.newyorker.com Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
- www.theguardian.com A dog’s inner life: what a robot pet taught me about consciousness
The long read: The creators of the Aibo robot dog say it has ‘real emotions and instinct’. This may seem over the top, but is it? In today’s AI universe, all the eternal questions have become engineering problems
Because I loved her book.
- www.newyorker.com The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids
The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?
- nplusonemag.com Listening to Books
My first audiobook was Flo Gibson’s recording of The Mill on the Floss, which, by the way, is one of the very great audiobooks: the sound is scratchy, but Gibson’s voice is confident and almost conspiratorial, warm and intimate and pleased to be recounting a story she knows you will be glad to have ...
An essay on audiobooks
- pipewrenchmag.com Ghost Acres: Tulare Lake and the Past Future of Food
The Yokuts people have witnessed it all. The land — and its ghost lake — occupies a central place in their culture and memory.
On the history of modern food
- www.theatlantic.com The Search for America’s Atlantis
Did people first come to this continent by land or by sea?
- www.smithsonianmag.com For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga
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Over the last several years, millions of dollars worth of antique rhino horns have been stolen form collections around the world. (2014)
The only thing more unusual than the crimes is the theory about who is responsible: A handful of families from rural Ireland known as the Rathkeale Rovers.
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The Maddening, Twisted Story of the Diplomat Who Became a Troll
www.washingtonian.com The Maddening, Twisted Story of the Diplomat Who Became a Troll - WashingtonianThe email was short, the kind automatically generated when someone shares an article from a website. It landed in James Zogby’s inbox one day in early 2012. The link was to a story from the Washington Free Beacon. “Hi Zogby,” the message began. “Your friend, Patrick Syring, has recommended this arti...
- projects.thestar.com Improbable Cause: The Harrison Family Murders
Three deaths — all in the same house. The first two were written off as a tragic coincidence, until the third shattered doubts. This is how authorities failed the Harrison family.
- www.propublica.org Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
Waste removal is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. On the darkened streets of New York City, it’s a race for survival.
- www.theatlantic.com Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign
An article from 1982, good read.
- www.slate.com The Rise and Incredible Fall of a Vicious Extortion Ring That Preyed on Prominent Gay Men in the 1960s
On a sleepy Sunday morning in late July 1965, Detective 3rd Grade James McDonnell received a call in the upstairs squad room of midtown Manhattan’s...
Be warned, its a 30 min read
- www.militarytimes.com Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp: The U.S. Navy’s sex trafficking scandal in Bahrain
NCIS probes revealed evidence that U.S. sailors were housing prostitutes in their apartments, seizing the women’s passports and taking a cut of their earnings ― profiting from the sex trade that services shipmates in Bahrain.
- www.wired.com The Tricky Ethics of the Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business
When disaster strikes, the private crisis-response firm Global Rescue gets you out alive---if you can afford it.
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Taught to the test: AI software clears high hurdles on IQ tests but still makes dumb mistakes. Can better benchmarks help?
This is an outdated article by now but I can't believe i had never shared this.
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The Future of AI Music
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That Brian Eno quote was bloody brilliant
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The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)
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A lil comedy short film I keep coming back to.
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Short Film “The Dollmaker” | ALTER
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YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUT 10 MINS IF YOUR TIME TO WATCH THIS. Might be the nost beautiful short film I've ever seen. I want a feature film of this asap.
- www.nytimes.com Every Elephant Has Its Own Name, Study Suggests
An analysis of elephant calls using an artificial intelligence tool suggests that the animals may use and respond to individualized rumbles.
- time.com What We Can Learn From the Greening of China's Kubuqi Desert
The land restoration project is being hailed as a model for others to follow.
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"Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees."
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There are some creative content makers/ teachers who really hit the spot. That's mostly bc I love the way they talk about the underlying structures and concepts of artistic ideas rather than shallower techniques (which I'm not trying to knock).
I don't even paint but I love Ian Roberts videos bc he helps give me the creative spark I need to write. The same goes for Ted Forbes older videos. Or a few masterclass videos I've seen.
I like to learn the way different people like to think about art. I love this channel and hope you like it too.
- www.nbcnews.com Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show
After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.
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Genre is Dying (and that's a good thing)
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Puts into words why I've always hated the, what kind of music do you like question.
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Cab Calloway 1933 Cartoon of St. James Infirmary Blues
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come back to this often, love it
- arstechnica.com Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say
Civil rights group sues two counties, says hundreds more have banned visits.
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The Zipf Mystery
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Hey VSauce. One of my favorite old videos of his!