via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Washington, D.C., circa 1929
“Paulina Longworth with mother”
Mumsy being the former Alice Roosevelt, oldest daughter of Teddy and wife of House Speaker Nicholas Longworth. Paulina’s short life ended with an overdose in 1957, when she was 31.
Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative
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Immoral philosophy
OUP Blog by Fiona Woollard
I call myself a moral philosopher. However, I sometimes worry that I might actually be an immoral philosopher. I worry that there might be something morally wrong with making the arguments I make. Let me explain.
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via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Social scientists and social change
When, in 1967, Noam Chomsky said the responsibility of intellectuals was to “expose the lies of governments”, it was a minority view. Now it’s de rigueur… more
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June Jordan: Fear of Telling the Truth is the Most Painful Sensation
via Big Think by Big Think editors
June Jordan (1936 - 2002) was a prolific Caribbean-American writer and bisexual political activist who tackled issues of race, gender, and sexuality in her work. Jordan published 27 books during her lifetime and was a beloved professor at universities spanning the United States. When she died of breast cancer in 2002, Jordan’s UC Berkeley obituary deemed her “the poet of the people”.
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The Battle of Waterloo; a brief summary
via FindMyPast by Jim Shaughnessy
The Battle of Waterloo was one of the defining moments in European history. To help everyone understand the importance of the event, we’ve summarised the Waterloo story.
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Obviously designed to lead you into joining FMP which is personal preference for genealogy searching. But you can read this as an easy and short essay about Waterloo.
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via Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Humans and human evolution
Humans are changing the planet, maybe changing evolution as well. That notion is fascinating, far-reaching, and almost certainly nonsense… more
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“Sorry mate, I didn't see you”: perceptual errors and inattentional blindness
via OUP Blog by Paul Greig
“Sorry mate, I didn’t see you”. It’s a common refrain heard after many a road-traffic collision. So common, in fact, that if you say “SMIDSY” to a UK motorcyclist, they’ll most likely wince and offer a story of how they or a colleague came to grief. Perhaps you’ve had SMIDSY said to you, or even had to utter those words yourself.
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It’s In Our Nature To Need Rules
via Big Think by Jag Bhalla
It is in our nature to need rules. By improving social productivity rules beats no rules. Hence evolution endowed us with rule-following traits. Comparing languages and tools illuminates our biological rule dependence. As can noticing that we are apt to ape more than apes.
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Music and perception of time
Ever lost yourself sublimely in a work of music? Schubert understood this effect two centuries before science caught up…more
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Crypto puzzles and games for kids
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Dev Gualtieri's newly published Secret Codes & Number Games: Cryptographic Projects & Number Games for Children Ages 5-16 is a thoughtfully designed introduction to crypto for kids.
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