Has everyone turned their clocks back? Has everyone engaged in a philosophical exploration of what it means to have few, if any, clocks that need to be changed manually? In any case, on to the roundup:
Syrian refugees are going very, very hungry. When I read the last lines of that article, I couldn't help but think of Jon Stewart's recent interview with Richard Dawkins. Then again, he's so obsessed with antagonizing Muslims that I doubt he cares about an individual Muslim woman finding comfort in the idea that the child she lost is with god.
On the topic of the Daily Show, check out Al Madrigal's delightful expose of gay acceptance in the Deep South.
Back to the rest of the world, though: Herat has an addiction crisis.
On a lighter but not entirely unrelated note, here's the science behind the wisdom of kicking werewolves in the nads. Not unrelated because this goes back to the problem with the Dawkins MO; scientists are here to explain the world--to conduct and communicate research--not to tell people what to think.
Oarfish are terrible swimmers, but they have neat superpowers, like being able to simply shed their assess when they become too much trouble to lug around.
Look, everyone: the nature of insurance is that we pay for other people's lifestyle choices. Don't want to pay for maternity care because that's not your life? Do I want to pay for lifestyle choices like smoking and eating lots of meat? Just sayin'.
As I was reading Jezebel's compilations of misguided reasons women eschew or qualify identifying as a feminist--mostly because of stigma that has little to do with the actual thing--I had to (1) wonder who benefits from perpetuating said stigma (hint: whoever benefits from the status quo) and (2) how veganism is fraught by a similar stigma.
Syrian refugees are going very, very hungry. When I read the last lines of that article, I couldn't help but think of Jon Stewart's recent interview with Richard Dawkins. Then again, he's so obsessed with antagonizing Muslims that I doubt he cares about an individual Muslim woman finding comfort in the idea that the child she lost is with god.
On the topic of the Daily Show, check out Al Madrigal's delightful expose of gay acceptance in the Deep South.
Back to the rest of the world, though: Herat has an addiction crisis.
On a lighter but not entirely unrelated note, here's the science behind the wisdom of kicking werewolves in the nads. Not unrelated because this goes back to the problem with the Dawkins MO; scientists are here to explain the world--to conduct and communicate research--not to tell people what to think.
Oarfish are terrible swimmers, but they have neat superpowers, like being able to simply shed their assess when they become too much trouble to lug around.
Look, everyone: the nature of insurance is that we pay for other people's lifestyle choices. Don't want to pay for maternity care because that's not your life? Do I want to pay for lifestyle choices like smoking and eating lots of meat? Just sayin'.
As I was reading Jezebel's compilations of misguided reasons women eschew or qualify identifying as a feminist--mostly because of stigma that has little to do with the actual thing--I had to (1) wonder who benefits from perpetuating said stigma (hint: whoever benefits from the status quo) and (2) how veganism is fraught by a similar stigma.
Lots to talk about in this piece on marketing broccoli, including the figures on how much corn goes to feed:
Only a bad yoga teacher will tell you to push through the pain. Any
teacher I've ever had--including the merely mediocre ones--have said, "listen to your body."Two of the corn industry’s biggest customers — livestock and dairy — have annual marketing budgets that add up to some $300 million, which has spawned a series of campaigns, with help from some of the biggest ad firms in the country, that continue to shape much of our diet: “Got Milk?” for dairy farmers; “Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner” for cattlemen; as well as partnerships with Domino’s and other restaurant chains that have helped triple our consumption of cheese.
Oh, if you do want to visit that debate about the humanities, check out this video. And these Slate pieces questioning the research on whether reading makes you more empathetic. But also note that admissions officers are looking to weed out "linear, mechanical" thinkers, and I will personally continue to argue that reading literature challenges that kind of thinking.
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