‘Invasion of Monkeys This Morning’
Where is this?Banani DOHS, adjacent to Kurmitola golf course (Dhaka).Omg…Playing golf?Where is it? So many?See how discipline they are!Well, they live among the colonels and generals.😊All are very healthy. Must
If We Can Keep it: Is the U.S. a Democracy or a Republic?
Tim Sommers at 3 Quarks Daily: The website of the Connecticut General Assembly, for some obscure reason, stipulates that “By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that
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Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024
Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…
Wednesday Poem: “Give-and-Take Ghazal”
I would like to give more than I takein this world of takers. I forgive others for being snippy or falling short,then blame myself when I mistake tolerance for interest.
Future of Food: Four Myths About Vertical Farming Debunked by an Expert
by Zoe Harris at Singularity Hub: Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise is simple—plants are grown without soil, with their roots in a solution containing nutrients. This
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A Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door.
by Emily Yoffe at The Free Press: Eithan Haim, 34, is at the beginning of his career as a surgeon. He and his wife are expecting their first child in
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Do Plants Have Minds?
by Rachael Petersen at Aeon: Gustav Theodor Fechner championed the idea that plants have souls – something we might call ‘consciousness’ today. I first learned of him in an interdisciplinary
What We Can Learn From the Decadent Movement
by Kate Hext at Aeon: At its most extreme, Decadence is a reckless pursuit of intense sensations: one that often teeters on the brink of scandal and sometimes topples over.
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Tolstoy’s Grave
By Stefan Zweig at Poetic Outlaws: For I saw nothing more magnificent, nothing more moving in Russia than Tolstoy’s grave. Away from the road and lonely, this noble shrine lies
The Conviction Effect: National Polls Show Slight Shift Toward Joe Biden
by Liz Wolfe at Reason: In the roughly week and a half since former president (and presumptive Republican presidential nominee) Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies related to falsifying
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Tuesday Poem: Glass Half Empty
Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me?Why Do You Always Have To Think So Negatively?Why Do You Always Look At The Glass Half Empty?Instead Of Looking What We Have,I
Bizarre Bacteria Defy Textbooks by Writing New Genes
Ewen Callaway in Nature: Genetic information usually travels down a one-way street: genes written in DNA serve as the template for making RNA molecules, which are then translated into proteins. That
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