via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Circa 1910
“Packet steamer Jas. T. Staples”
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company
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20 great books about bullying
via The Telegraph by Rebecca Hawkes
As the TV adaptation of David Walliams’ The Boy in the Dress airs on BBC One, we list 20 powerful books that tackle the subject of bullying.
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This does not appear to be available online at the moment.
Maybe through BBC publications.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Ukulele
From emasculated, irrelevant kitsch to YouTube sensation: The ukulele has its long-overdue moment. Chunk-a-chunk!… more
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Photos of forgotten brains in a mental hospital
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz
In the basement of the University of Texas Mental Hospital, photographer Adam Voorhes stumbled upon hundreds of strange brains in formaldehyde that had been abandoned for decades. Voorhes and journalist Alex Hannaford photographed and researched the specimens, resulting in a fascinating new book titled Malformed: Forgotten Brains of the Texas State Mental Hospital.[link to Amazon.com]
You can see more of the images in this Washington Post photo essay.
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Digital archive unlocks canal secrets
from the Canal & River Trust via Research Buzz by Tara Calishain
“We’ve digitally published over 37,000 archive records and over 22,000 historic images from our archives for the first time ever. The £50,000 project is the first phase of a major project to open up public access to the national waterways collection.”
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Animal with human voice
Montaigne thought that animals could speak but that man was too arrogant to hear them. So if your dog spoke up, what would she say?… more
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Humans and baboons share cumulative culture ability
via 3 Quarks Daily From PhysOrg
Baboon using a touch screen. Credit: Nicolas Claidière
The ability to build up knowledge over generations, called cumulative culture, has given mankind language and technology. While it was thought to be limited to humans until now, researchers from the Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive (CNRS/AMU), working in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh (UK), have recently found that baboons are also capable of cumulative culture.
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Stop Bashing Microsoft: 5 Ways In Which They’re Awesome
via MakeUseOf by Harry Guinness
Microsoft doesn’t always get fair treatment. When it comes down to it, they’re a pretty awesome company. They invest huge amounts in research, create innovative hardware and software, develop great applications while supporting everything that’s come before. There’s been enough Microsoft bashing, now it’s time for some love.
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History of democracy
Democracies lurch from crisis to crisis without ever addressing root causes – but also without collapsing. The result: complacency and drift… more
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WATCH: incredible dark-sky timelapse of Moab Utah
via Boing Boing by Ron Risman
Over the past decade I have visited the Moab, Utah area seven times and have fallen in love with the entire southern Utah landscape. I created this video love letter to let Moab know how much I appreciate the beauty of her landscape and the dark skies above.
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