September 18, 2016
I can't keep all these cervids straight
I feel like people need to know the Great Moose Truths. [non-tumblr-logged in readers can view here]
The Opposite of a Muse
In the course of two decades, a medical secretary in Paris persuaded scores of renowned photographers to take her picture.
A clip from the short art film “I (comme Isabelle)” about Mège’s work. [Nudity]
a tumblr post beginning "As a rodent biologist…"
A Neil Gaiman tweet prompts debate on Tumblr: what is the species of the hyperintelligent rodent publicist running Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter feed?
The Wisdom of Children
Guy asks his daughter about how to overcome fearful things through the use of "Fear Doors".
It's the principle of the thing.
Galactic Socialism at 50
Nicole Colson, writing at the Socialist Worker, takes a look at Star Trek at 50. Compiling secondary-source quotes, she notes Trek's problematic usage of the word and concept of race but on the whole finds the series, at least in the TOS and TNG incarnations, to be powerful visualizations of a future suffused with brotherhood resulting from essential economic security. [more inside]
"All I know is American Airlines loves me."
"Just over halfway through the year, a man named John Weigel spotted a Buller’s shearwater in California on July 16, making him the holder of the record for most bird species seen in North America in a calendar year: 750. But two days later, Olaf Danielson [world record nude birder] of South Dakota saw his 750th bird of 2016, a red-faced cormorant in Alaska. Now the men are in a fierce competition...." (previous bigyears)
A tiny vestibule of literary happiness
Build your very own house for books to plant in your front yard, and become your neighbourhood’s Street Librarian.
Generating social details in games
Mark Johnson is the developer of Ultima Ratio Regum (previously), a roguelike heavily slanted towards social interaction and rich procedurally-generated game-world background and history. He's recently finished a four-part look at procedural generation with Rock, Paper, Shotgun: [more inside]
Oy with the poodles already!
In anticipation of the November Gilmore Girls revival, and assuming you've completed your preparatory rewatch (FanFare), here's a list of all 339 books referenced by the show so you can find a few to add to your reading list and keep you busy until November, or check it out it in check-off list form to see how you stack up.
Dance, Mantis! Dance for Michael's pleasure!
Voice actor and animator C. Martin Croker has died. Known best for his work at Cartoon Network's Williams Street, Croker voiced such classic characters as Zorak, Moltar, Dr. Weird and Steve. [more inside]
A newspaper fit for burning.
Washington Post Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of its own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer).
It slowly sank below the surface.
Is this the most convincing picture of the Loch Ness monster ever taken? There have been five other reported sightings of the monster in 2016 which, including Ian’s latest, is the highest number since 2002.
Nonstop Higher Michael Jackson
It's been a few years since we've seen "nonstop" (Marquese Scott, on YouTube as WHZGUD2) and his incredible dubstep dancing on the blue. Happy fun September! [more inside]
What right has he to speak about things which concern us alone
A large part of our attitude toward things is conditioned by opinions and emotions which we unconsciously absorb as children from our environment. In other words, it is tradition—besides inherited aptitudes and qualities—which makes us what we are. We but rarely reflect how relatively small as compared with the powerful influence of tradition is the influence of our conscious thought upon our conduct and convictions.Albert Einstein, 1946
Elements of humour, intrigue, and parody can be found
Cartoon Abstracts Academic papers summarised in cartoon form.
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