Writing is a Monologue With the Self; There is Nothing Between the Person and the Page.
by Rafia Zakaria at Dawn: ONE of the best gifts an artist — in this case, a visual artist — gave me was to show me what she called her
Cartoons: Weekending July 21, 2024
7 select cartoons of interest this week:
Decolonising Psychology
by Rami Gabriel at Aeon Magazine: In recent years, psychology has come under attack as a racist tool of Western thought. No one can deny that it has been used
What Game Theory Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
“Cooperation” is the most unexpected phenomena in nature, the mechanics of the ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ game theory reveals. More in this video:
For Sustainable Food Production on Land, We Might Soon be Looking to the Sea
by Emma Bryce at Anthropocene: Researchers have found that a unique species of marine bacteria is just as effective at fertilizing agricultural soils as mineral fertilizers that are over-applied to
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Frida Kahlo’s Painting ‘The Wounded Table’ Vanished in 1955. The Hunt For it Continues.
by Paulina Olszanka at Air Mail: During her divorce from the artist Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo began work on a masterpiece that gave voice to her anger at the infidelities
Tuesday Poem: On a Squirrel Crossing the Road in Autumn
It is what he does not know,Crossing the road under the elm trees,About the mechanism of my car,About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,About Mozart, India, Arcturus, That wins my praise. I
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Breaking Free from the Cultural Neurosis
By Dr. Alexander Lowen at Poetic Outlaws: We want to be more alive and feel more, but we are afraid of it. Our fear of life is seen in the
Majority Without a Mandate
Richard Seymour in Sidecar: Was ever a country, in this humour, won? A majority without a mandate, and a landslide that isn’t a landslide. Labour won 64% of the seats
Sunday Poem: Great Expectations
If I give you lovewhat will I get in return?will it be acknowledged?or will it be but spurned?If I offer my lovewill you be mine forever?or will you laugh at
Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock)
Habib Khan, Quetta: When I was still working (or at least dragging my feet to the workplace), a picture during a training session caught my attention. It showed a rectangular
Sieving Lithium Out of Salty Waters Get a Boost From a Nature-inspired Membrane
From Anthropocene: Lithium is key to our electric, low-carbon future. The best known rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage rely on the silvery metal. But the supply
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