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New required reading: We Have Always Fought: Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative by @KameronHurley http://t.co/xZW1YWnykB 2 hours ago
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Set up a git server on our local network yesterday. There are many ways to shave a yak. 3 hours ago
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Tag Archives: rant
Can we start descriminating againts people bad at statistics?
So it’s been a great year so far, full of exciting silence and lack of activity. The lack of any audible complaints is simultaneously reassuring and pressure-inducing. But today I bring you another example of someone making possibly the most … Continue reading
A Treatise on How Digg 4.0 Ruined Itself
I am, perhaps, a bit odd. What I want from a social bookmarking site (or whatever the kinds are calling them these days) are articles which I did not know I wanted to read. For everything else, there’s RSS. I … Continue reading
Science, “Framing,” and Self-Image
I sometimes get a little shock when I start to wax nostalgic and notice how much I have personally changed over time. Particularly, my idea of what it means to be a scientist has been repeatedly perturbed into new and … Continue reading
Does anyone find pointless math convincing?
So with time I’m developing a folder in my RSS catcher of blogs and websites that I can count on to spout nonsense which is relevant to my interests. As of last night Salvador Cordova’s Young Cosmos has earned its … Continue reading
Religion’s Stranglehold
I’m not on top of things lately. I blame the impending final exams looming on my horizon. But Pharyngula and Orac have both discussed another death of a Jehovah’s Witness through refusal of a blood transfusion. I think everyone else … Continue reading
Food Physics
This is one of the coolest science articles I’ve seen in some time: Nestle and the University of California team up to explain the interaction of water and lipids in food. I wish I could explain exactly what it is … Continue reading