Friday Poem: Pythagoras and Me
I could be up all nightwithout a single line to write;………………………I might be ass-in-chair till 1st lighteyes propped with toothpicks.………………………Open, I might sit with digitspoised over a keyboard………………………like condors on
So, Which Movie Did Your Brain See? Eye Movements Can Create Different Versions of the Same Film in Our Heads
Lisa Dittrich in Phys.Org: Picture two people sitting in a movie theater, both watching the screen: Are they seeing the same thing? Or is the movie playing out differently in each
Bringing More Smart People to America
James Pethokoukis at Faster, Please!: A 2016 economists survey found a whopping zero percent disagreeing with the idea that allowing “many more immigrants with advanced degrees in science and engineering”
Thursday Poem: In Reply
Tell me, Rock, do you thinkmy mother misses feeling gravity’s sly tugas she lifted her hand to brush my cheek?And would that be enough to lure her backto sniff her
The World is a Dangerous Place Right Now
by Jay Solomon at The Front Page: Hardly a day goes by without a reminder of that fact. Yesterday, it was the news out of Ukraine, where two Russian missiles
Why We’re Getting the Immigration Debate All Wrong
Jonathan Portes in The Guardian: In the immediate aftermath of this summer’s riots, what did the British public consider to be the most important issue facing the country? Immigration, the polls said,
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The Contours of Trauma
Mary L Trump at The Good In Us: Since Voices Carry, to one degree or another, Aimee’s music has been in my life ever since. When I first listened to
What is Space Made of? An Astrophysics Expert Explains all the Components – from Radiation to Dark Matter – Found in the Vacuum of Space
Nilakshi Veerabathina at The Conversation: Space, or outer space, is a vast, near-perfect vacuum largely devoid of matter. This vacuum contains very few particles compared with Earth’s atmosphere. However, it’s
Wednesday Poem: Cut Into Two
Cut into twolike a cake andblown away so swiftlyas candles blown. my thoughts though weptwater of wisdomas she wentbut for my heartcut like a cake. by Irshad Salim, circa 1972
The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?
Jennifer Szalai in The NYTimes: One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document. … Continue readingThe Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?
Matt Taibbi, Abigail Shrier, and Andrey Mir on the New Censorship at Home and Overseas
by Oliver Wiseman at The Free Press: X, formerly Twitter, is now banned in Brazil. As of last Friday, the Elon Musk–owned platform is no longer accessible in the largest
Edward Abbey: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Who was Edward Abbey? Edward Abbey was a firebrand of a writer, a renegade desert rat with an anarchist’s heart, a part-time … Continue readingEdward Abbey: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness