Daily Archives: November 18, 2012

Add your thoughts here… (optional) Why Evolution Is True I have it on reliable authority that Steve Pinker’s next book will be on modern grammar and usage: a Pinkerian update of Strunk and White’s famous The Elements of Style(a book … Continue reading

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Letters of Note: Wretched woman!

Letters of Note: Wretched woman!.

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How The Tragic Death Of A Woman Denied An Abortion In Ireland Could Become The Norm In America | ThinkProgress

How The Tragic Death Of A Woman Denied An Abortion In Ireland Could Become The Norm In America | ThinkProgress.

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Concert Crowd (Osheaga 2009) – 30000 waiting for Coldplay (Photo credit: Anirudh Koul) Continues from this post. Association and collective bargaining are both strongly collectivist values … or are they? Hofstede’s third index of…

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A Wandering “Homeless” Planet is Spotted in Deep Space | Surprising Science

A Wandering “Homeless” Planet is Spotted in Deep Space | Surprising Science.

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Kurt Vonnegut: You’re Allowed To Be In Love Three Times In Your Life | Brain Pickings

Kurt Vonnegut: You’re Allowed To Be In Love Three Times In Your Life | Brain Pickings.

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Corn Flour Fireball

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What Makes a Great City: A General Theory of Walkability | Brain Pickings

What Makes a Great City: A General Theory of Walkability | Brain Pickings.

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Eleanor Roosevelt on Happiness, Conformity, and Integrity | Brain Pickings

Eleanor Roosevelt on Happiness, Conformity, and Integrity | Brain Pickings.

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Add your thoughts here… (optional) Why Evolution Is True Jerry DeWitt is a former Pentecostal minister turned heathen, a graduate of Dennett and LaScola’s “Clergy Project,” and now director of the organization “Recovering From Religion“.  You may remember the moving … Continue reading

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Add your thoughts here… (optional) Why Evolution Is True Alert reader Michael called my attention to an article and video about the world’s leggiest animal. The species is a millipede found in Northern California, lllacme plenipes, and was first described in … Continue reading

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Meet Cape Town’s volunteer ‘toad shepherds’

Meet Cape Town’s volunteer ‘toad shepherds’.

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Expert: Guys don’t want casual sex! – Salon.com

Expert: Guys don’t want casual sex! – Salon.com.

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Abayomi, Oyinkan (née Ajasa, 1897–1990), founder of the Nigerian Women’s Party and advocate of woman suffrage. Abayomi was born to Sir Kitoyi Ajasa, a lawyer and newspaper founder, knighted in 1929, and Lady Lucretia Cornelia Olayinka Ajasa. Abayomi’s early education … Continue reading

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