September 29, 2021
"I have never been a manga artist. What I produce is drama."
The editorial department of manga anthology Big Comic announced the passing of Takao Saito, creator of the long running series Golgo 13, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 84. [more inside]
Strong as titanium, composed of lactic acid molecules strung together.
Bio-absorbable screws are an alternative to metal, used by doctors to connect bones and joints. These screws work well for many types of bone repairs, eliminates a second surgery to remove the metal screws and plates. Though constructed of many lactic acid molecules strung together, they are sometimes called "sugar screws" to give patients an understanding of how they melt over time, as sugar cubes dissolve in tea.
"This is perfect"
The Joy of Parallel Play... for adults "When I think back on some of the happiest moments of my life, there’s often an element of parallel play involved. Being on the lawn with my friends at summer camp, our Crazy Creek chairs in a circle, listening to Jack Johnson on my Walkman. Sitting on the beach in Nantucket with my parents, each of us focused on a different novel. Making bracelets in Manhattan’s Riverside Park with two friends over the Fourth of July weekend, deeply concentrated on the beads. In each memory I feel secure and calm, happy to be in my own world with others nearby. Parallel play isn’t just something toddlers do, it’s what I turn to when I need a gentler way to be with those I love. It’s the comfort I seek when I text a friend asking her to spend the afternoon reading next to me in Central Park."
Contact Tracing On Old Town Road
How scientists say a hit song is like an infectious disease "The most important finding of the study is that we have shown that it makes sense to use a mathematical model of disease spread to study song popularity and that opens the door for all kinds of things that we might be able to learn about song popularity,"
neighbours swore to the donkey’s ‘virtuous’ character
Amia Srinivasan's review of Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love for the London Review of Books is thought-provoking. [Includes the obvious NSFW content, as well as brief descriptions of violence and cruelty to both humans and animals, child abuse, and quoted, ugly comparisons to human sexual orientation.] [more inside]
How Do We Prepare Boys for Healthy Relationships?
"If we care about preparing our boys for healthy relationships, this may be one way to do it—making time and space in school, where so much of their social world exists, to teach them how to name and handle their emotions and solve problems that crop up among friends. Creating a classroom culture where students are expected to think about how other people feel and notice what they need, and to be as earnest about kindness and empathy as they are about academics. Helping them see that while it takes practice to learn how to navigate our inner lives and our social lives, it is something we all can—and should—learn to do." -- an excerpt from "To Raise A Boy" by Emma Brown (the Washington Post reporter who broke the Christine Blasey Ford/Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault story). [more inside]
This shit's gonna kill me but I wont let it.
Lawrence, a New York-based band founded by siblings Clyde and Gracie Lawrence, with an acoustic version of their song Don't Lose Sight. [SLYT]
Spencer Ackerman
Spencer Ackerman who reported on the Chicago Police Black Site in Holman Square in 2015 (Previously) has a new book out: Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump. He went on Seth Myers to talk about Obama era missteps and also to talk about writing with Evan Narcisse a new Suicide Squad comic focusing on Amanda Waller.
The International Miniature Dry Stone Wall competition results are in!
Miniature Walling Festival Brought to you by the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland
Dear English Language
Bear Down, Arlington Bears
The Chicago Bears announced their purchase of the former Arlington International Racecourse with the intention of building a new stadium in the city's northwest suburbs. [more inside]
Stay with me here, ok?
"Every year or two I remember what’s probably the most scarily/stunningly impressive linguistic feat I’ve ever seen. Every time, I think I must be mistaken, then I read the thing, and I just shake my head in disbelief. It’s been twenty years. Let me tell you about it." Author Matt Gemmell takes us into the wild genius inside a Super Metroid Strategy Guide.
Tax Loopholes and Revolving Doors (Occupy K Street)
How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government [ungated] - "Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return." [more inside]
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