Glass Wings Blog: September 2016
Cat Pictures Please
Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:09:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/
"2015 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story, 2016 Locus Awards Winner for
Best Short Story, 2016 Hugo Award Winner for Best Short Story"
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Best of ELECTRO SWING Mix August 2016 ◄ ~(￣▽￣)~
Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:14:52 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnj9btzcm8
Trackslist:
00:00 - Wolfgang Lohr & Louie Prima - Black Coffee
06:16 - Jamie Berry Feat. Octavia Rose - Lost In the Rhythm
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Giant Starling Mural In Berlin Filled With Tons Of Tiny Surprises
Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:18:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.boredpanda.com/giant-starling-mural-street-art-collin-van-der-sluijs-super-a-berlin/>
"Earlier this year, Netherlands-based artists Super A and Collin van der Sluijs
teamed up to create a stunning 137-foot tall mural on the side of a building in
Berlin. Titled ‘Starling’, the mural shows a massive blue and purple bird
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Whitesplaining whitesplained by First Dog on the Moon
Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:19:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/whitesplaining-whitesplained-by-first-dog-on-the-moon>
"Tonight, at the Bitter Frightened Angry Old White Man Show: Aboriginal
Australians and whose fault it is, with News Corp columnists and a senator"
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Best of GLITCH SWING/FUNK Mix June 2016◄ \( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/
Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:01:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4mxG1RoOI
Another genre I enjoy! Via Mz Maau.
Best of Oriental Folk Electronic January 2016◄ ~(￣▽￣~)
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The GIF Is Dead. Long Live the GIF.
Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:02:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21457/the-gif-is-dead-long-live-the-gif/>
"Inside the internet's long, doomed quest to replace its most iconic
and flawed filetype."
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How the New York Public Library made ebooks open, and thus one trillion times better
Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:03:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2016/08/21/how-the-new-york-public-librar.html
"Leonard Richardson isn't just the author of
Constellation Games, one
of the best debut novels I ever read and certainly one of the best books
I read in 2013; he's also an extremely talented free/open source
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Chimpanzees choose cooperation over competition
Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:04:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822155920.htm
"Tasks that require chimpanzees to work together preferred five-fold,
despite opportunities for competition, aggression and freeloading."
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Christine Turel on kindness
Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:04:37 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.facebook.com/christine.turel/posts/10206469460724769
“It’s important to be kind. You can’t know all the times that you’ve
hurt people in tiny, significant ways. It’s easy to be cruel without
meaning to be. There’s nothing you can do about that. But you can choose
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How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet
Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:05:59 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://time.com/4457110/internet-trolls/
"They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence.
What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse"
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Inside the "sweatshop" terminally ill Britons must call to get benefits
Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:06:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2016/08/22/inside-the-sweatshop-termi.html
"An anonymous phone-bank worker at Britain's Department of Work and
Pensions describes the cruel system under which call are handled,
designed to purge the faintest hint of sympathy and to likewise deny
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Is the Oil Industry Dying?
Sat, 3 Sep 2016 17:11:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://psmag.com/is-the-oil-industry-dying-49841d0f6641
"The peak oil controversy stages a comeback as the industry confronts a
future of higher costs — and low prices."
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Please Enjoy These Really Clever Jokes
Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:29:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/22-jokes-that-are-just-really-fucking-clever>
“What idiot called it ‘insomnia’ and not ‘resisting a rest?’”
Some short jokes. "What do you get when you cross a joke with a
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New Uses for Old Digs: Excavating & Adapting Underground Architecture
Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:30:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://99percentinvisible.org/article/new-uses-old-digs-excavating-adapting-underground-architecture/>
"In the face of these limitations, some designers have pitched unusual
but provocative ways to densify the city without building skyscrapers."
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20% of scientific papers on genes contain gene name conversion errors caused by Excel
Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:32:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.winbeta.org/news/20-of-scientific-papers-on-genes-contain-gene-name-conversion-errors-caused-by-excel>
"According to three scientists, Mark Ziemann, Yotam Eren, and Assam
El-Osta, Microsoft Excel has trouble converting gene names."
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‘Milo Murphy’s Law’ proves Weird Al is still pop culture’s greatest man-child
Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:32:55 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://zap2it.com/2016/08/milo-murphys-law-weird-al-yankovic-pop-culture-man-child/>
"When you think about why you really love “Stranger Things,” “The Force
Awakens,” “Steven Universe” or a dozen other geek-friendly projects, it
often isn’t because of the talent or skill upon which the work was
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Heidi C. Vlach
Mon, 5 Sep 2016 12:00:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/heidicvlach
'Heidi C. Vlach is a chef training graduate from Ontario, Canada. Since she was
a teenager, she has been working on fantasy worlds populated by non-humans,
believing that this niche is capable of more than just "talking animals".'
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Vulpine: Be a Fox with a Sword
Mon, 5 Sep 2016 12:01:49 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1544199144/vulpine-be-a-fox-with-a-sword>
"Vulpine is a charming open-world game where you survive as ridiculously
well-armed animals."
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What It Looks Like When The Terrorists Win: The JFK Stampede Over Fans Cheering For Usain Bolt
Mon, 5 Sep 2016 12:05:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160822/09082135304/what-it-looks-like-when-terrorists-win-jfk-stampede-over-fans-cheering-usain-bolt.shtml>
"Far from accomplishing anything having to do with actually keeping anyone
safe, those in charge of our airports have instead decided to engage in the
warm fuzzies, attempting to calm an easily-spooked traveling public through
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All your memes are belong to us
Mon, 5 Sep 2016 12:06:15 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/thewashingtonpost/all-your-memes-are-belong-to-us-bf639e85d3f5>
"The top 25 memes of the web’s first 25 years"
A fun retrospective. Internet culture is popular culture too.
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‘I wasn’t crazy’: Homeless woman proves the U.S. government owes her $100,000
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:01:35 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/i-wasnt-crazy-homeless-woman-proves-the-u-s-government-owes-her-100000>
"More than a dozen years passed before Witter finally met someone who didn’t
think she was a nut job, who finally believed her – a social worker named Julie
Turner."
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The Secret Furry Patrons Keeping Indie Artists Afloat
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:02:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/08/the-secret-furry-patrons-keeping-indie-artists-afloat.html>
"But there is still at least one online community that treats artists with
respect and pays fair prices for original work — one community that artists can
rely on when editors, publishers, and social networks make it more and more
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25 Years of Linux — so far
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:04:13 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://lwn.net/Articles/698042/
"Twenty-five years later, it is fair to say that none of us foresaw where Linux
would go — a lesson that should be taken to heart when trying to imagine where
it might go from here."
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I Painted A New Species I Wish Existed – Meet The Mouserflies
Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:05:20 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.boredpanda.com/acrylic-paintings-new-animal-species-mouserflies-lisa-ericson/>
"I’m fascinated with the idea of hybrid species, and I love imagining an animal
that exists completely unbeknownst to us, fluttering around in the dark and
unseen by human eyes, but all around us. Perhaps they are gathering up tiny
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Why you STILL can’t trust password strength meters
Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:52:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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What Not to Say to a Stressed-Out Colleague
Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:53:20 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://hbr.org/2016/08/823-yyt-series-how-to-help-a-stressed-out-colleague>
"I have never known a stressed-out person who was helped by the suggestion:
“You shouldn’t stress out.” Helping someone think differently about a stressful
situation is likely to work better. In truth, some help is simply more helpful
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Visiting the New Jersey State Museum: Dryptosaurus gets a Mount (FINALLY)
Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:55:10 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/visiting-new-jersey-state-museum.html>
"It seemed that
Dryptosaurus would never get a skeletal mount for people to
really see and appreciate the true majesty of this amazing beast...until now.
The New Jersey State Museum <
http://www.nj.gov/state/museum/index.html> in
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Move over, Merlion
Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:56:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21705834-return-long-absent-otters-sign-citys-greening-move-over-merlion>
"When Australia’s prime minister came to visit Singapore last year, his local
counterpart took him to visit not the Merlion, a statue of a mythical creature
adopted decades ago as a national mascot, but the Bishan Ten—a photogenic
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Why scientists believe dogs are smarter than we give them credit for
Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:34:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8360143/dogs-intelligence-science
"Over the past decade, research into canine behavior and intelligence has been
blossoming, and a range of experiments have suggested that dogs are capable of
surprisingly complex feats of social intelligence and emotional sensitivity. On
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It's salmon season on this live Alaskan bear cam
Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:35:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/25/its-salmon-season-on-this-li.html
"Explore.org has a very relaxing live feed of bears feeding on salmon at Brooks
Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska. At night, they run a highlight reel.
Great for having on as you work."
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Universal basic income wouldn’t make people lazy–it would change the nature of work
Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:36:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://qz.com/765902/ubi-wouldnt-mean-everyone-quits-working/
"Americans believe in the importance of a good day’s work. And so it’s
understandable that the prospect of a universal basic income (UBI), in which
the government would issue checks to cover the basic costs of living, rubs some
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How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi’s Sad Puppies,at their Own Game
Thu, 8 Sep 2016 13:13:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://lithub.com/how-a-self-published-writer-of-gay-erotica-beat-sci-fis-sad-puppiesat-their-own-game/>
"Question: If you could pick a single writer to make an effective,
compassionate statement about identity politics to a divided literary
community, who would you pick? Would it be a schizophrenic, autistic person
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Kids Practice Reading to Shy Shelter Dogs at Missouri Humane Society
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 16:59:57 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://abcnews.go.com/US/kids-practice-reading-shy-shelter-dogs-missouri-humane/story?id=37191962>
"In the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, kids can read to a completely
non-judgmental audience and also help acclimatize often timid or anxious
shelter dogs to the presence of humans."
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The Superman Crossover That Perfectly Explained White Privilege Decades Ago
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:01:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-superman-crossover-that-perfectly-explained-white-p-1785744977>
"An alien ship lands on Earth. Its occupant gets raised as human, hiding
special abilities for fear of reprisal. But when the superpowered
extraterrestrial becomes an adult, Truth, Justice and the American Way
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Ghosts of White People Past: Witnessing White Flight From an Asian Ethnoburb
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:01:57 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://psmag.com/ghosts-of-white-people-past-witnessing-white-flight-from-an-asian-ethnoburb-b550ba986cdb>
"If diversity is so important to liberal whites, why do they keep
fleeing ethnically diverse suburbia?"
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Going with the Flow: Looking beyond lithium batteries
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:02:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.solarnovus.com/going-with-the-flow-looking-beyond-lithium-batteries_N10204.html>
"After embracing photovoltaic solar panels to generate their own power,
householders globally are now looking to take the next step by using
batteries to store that energy for when it’s needed."
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Sci-Hub is providing science publishers with their Napster moment
Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:37:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/29/sci-hub-is-providing-science-publishers-with-their-napster-moment/>
"A report from
Science shows that academic paper piracy site Sci-Hub
is not a niche product catering to cheapskates and isolated mad
scientists: It’s as popular as it is illegal, and its millions of users
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The Greatest Divide of All
Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:38:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://extranewsfeed.com/the-greatest-divide-of-all-825b855ca7e5
"The widest divide in America today is not along lines of race, politics
or education. It’s not geographic. It’s class."
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How Nextdoor reduced racist posts by 75%
Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:39:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://fusion.net/story/340171/how-nextdoor-reduced-racial-profiling/
"Erasing racism through technology alone is impossible, but Nextdoor
found that a few changes to its interface actually did significantly
discourage racial profiling by its users."
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PHOTO TOUR: Orlando's New Steampunk Chocolate Factory!
Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:40:35 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.epbot.com/2016/08/photo-tour-orlandos-new-steampunk.html
"On Thursday John and I trekked out to Universal in the hopes of eating
at the new Toothsome Chocolate Emporium, a steampunk-themed dreamland
that serves as restaurant, gift shop, and take-out dessert bar."
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In Rehab Clinics, a Possible New Role for Brain-Computer Interfaces
Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:48:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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An open letter to the Prime Minister on the climate crisis, from 154 scientists
Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:48:58 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister-on-the-climate-crisis-from-154-scientists-64357>
"The following is an open letter signed by 154 Australian atmospheric,
marine, environmental, biological and medical scientists, including
several leading climatologists, for your and your government’s attention."
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How Two Indigenous Solar Engineers Changed Their Village in Chile
Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:49:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/08/27/this-is-how-two-indigenous-solar-engineers-changed-their-village-in-chile/>
"Liliana and Luisa Terán are two indigenous women from northern Chile
who traveled to India for training in installing solar panels. Together,
they have not only changed their future, but that of their remote
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Writer, Interrupted
Sun, 11 Sep 2016 19:50:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2016/08/writer-interrupted.html>
"Some people thrive on office chatter, conversations, and meetings. In
contrast, while I'm working, I can't stand that stuff."
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Is the Library of Things an answer to our peak stuff problem?
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:14:05 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/aug/23/library-of-things-peak-stuff-sharing-economy-consumerism-uber>
"New social enterprise lending everything from spades to wetsuits is one of a
new breed of organisations pitched as a democratic alternative to Uber and
Airbnb"
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Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:15:28 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-egyptian-stories-will-be-published-english-first-time-180960244/>
"Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will
present tales few outside of academia have read"
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UChicago's anti-safe spaces letter isn’t about academic freedom. It’s about power.
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:17:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/26/12657684/chicago-safe-spaces-trigger-warnings-letter>
'I’ve been teaching on the college level for 18 years, and I also direct my
university’s Teaching and Learning Center, so I’ve been following the debate
over "trigger warnings," "safe spaces," and the purported scourge of "political
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Sunday Sweets With Character
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:18:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/8/28/sunday-sweets-with-character.html>
"It's been a little while since we looked at some of my favorite character
cakes, right?"
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Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is a Celebration of Slavery
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:15:36 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theintercept.com/2016/08/28/colin-kaepernick-is-righter-than-you-know-the-national-anthem-is-a-celebration-of-slavery/>
"Almost no one seems to be aware that even if the U.S. were a perfect country
today, it would be bizarre to expect African-American players to stand for “The
Star-Spangled Banner.” Why?
Because it literally celebrates the murder of
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'Trade Deals' & Corporate Sovereignty: How Convicted Executives Escape Punishment
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:18:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160828/23312735376/trade-deals-corporate-sovereignty-how-convicted-executives-escape-punishment.shtml>
'You know how we've written about the whole "high court, low court" thing where
those in power and with connections get treated differently in court than those
without? Well, consider the ISDS corporate sovereignty system an international
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Diary of a woman on the edge of a fringe festival opening
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:29:13 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://dailyreview.com.au/diary-woman-edge-fringe-festival-opening/48265/>
"When I wrote the play, a story of a working mother who struggles to fit
everything in and loses her shit in an earth-shattering, time-altering kind of
way, I didn’t restrict myself by considering how it might actually be performed
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This Mom Spent 35 Days In Jail For Bouncing A $29 Check
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:30:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Tories’ failure to halt ivory trade ‘risks extinction of elephants’
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:58:57 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/27/tories-failure-halt-ivory-trade-risks-extinction-of-elephants>
"The UK is putting elephants at risk of extinction through its broken promises
on the ivory trade, according to campaigners. Before the last election, the
Conservative party pledged to shut down the UK’s domestic ivory market: at the
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10 interesting things about ecosystems
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:05:10 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2486/10-interesting-things-about-ecosystems/>
Ecosystems explained in simple terms; share with your kids! Via rasha kamel.
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I Spent 5 Years With Some of Trump's Biggest Fans. Here's What They Won't Tell You.
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:07:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-white-blue-collar-supporters>
"How Donald Trump took a narrative of unfairness and twisted it to his
advantage."
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Practicing Empathy
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:08:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+KimberlyChapman/posts/NXVrfjWb6xt>
"I believe a lot of our societal problems come from a lack of empathy; a
fundamental failure to imagine that the other people we're dealing with have
their own needs, desires, and issues."
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GIY Stick. Let Nature self-water your pots.
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:46:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849992274/giy-stick-let-nature-self-water-your-pots>
"GIY Stick reuses bottles and fabric to make any pot self-watering. No
Apps, no batteries, we simply mimic Nature's capillary action."
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How I Used & Abused My Tesla — What a Tesla looks like after 100,000 Miles, a 48 State Road trip, 500 Uber Rides, 20 Rentals & 2 AirBnB sleepovers.
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:49:37 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@SteveSasman/how-i-used-abused-my-tesla-what-a-tesla-looks-like-after-100-000-miles-a-48-state-road-trip-6b6ae66b3c10>
"So, you ask, how did the Tesla hold up? What’s it actually look like
now? What are the exact operating costs, repair numbers and dollars
spent & earned on this car over the 2 years of ownership?"
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Young people are not after an easy ride, just job security
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:51:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/young-people-are-not-after-an-easy-ride-just-job-security-64494>
"When we look at the world of work, we hear that young people have a
radically different attitude to work than their parents."
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Your dog really does know what you’re saying, and a brain scan shows how
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:52:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/08/30/confirmed-your-dog-really-does-get-you/>
"It had already been established that dogs respond to human voices
better than their wolf brethren, are able to match hundreds of objects
to words and learn elements of grammar, and can be directed by human
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I’m a black UChicago graduate. Safe spaces got me through college.
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:38:58 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12692376/university-chicago-safe-spaces-defense>
"To those unfamiliar with the UChicago’s abysmal campus climate, a strong
stance against echo chambers may seem reasonable. But marginalized students
know that this declaration ignores the real problems on campus: sexual assault,
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This Art Exhibit For Dogs Is Best In Show
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:42:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3063276/this-art-exhibit-for-dogs-is-best-in-show>
"Dog parks? Better than human parks. Doggy bags? Better than dumping your
leftovers in the trash. Dogsledding? Superior to tobogganing, by far. Yes, the
old adage is true. Doing it doggy style makes everything better—even starchy
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Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:43:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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RPG a Day: Gamer nest, Unlimited Budget Edition!
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:45:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://mechanteanemone.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/rpg-a-day-gamer-nest-unlimited-budget-edition/>
"With an unlimited budget, let me add a couple of pieces of furniture: a Sultan
table from Geek Chic and a Toothless couch!"
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Liebreich and McCrone: Electric vehicles – It’s not just about the car
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:34:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-mccrone-electric-vehicles-not-just-car/>
"One of the key characteristics of complex systems, such as the world’s energy
and transport sectors, is that when they change it tends not to be a linear
process. They flip from one state to another in a way strongly analogous to a
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Australia's banks are too big for the nation's good
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:36:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/janda-aus-banks-are-too-big/7789830>
"Bank bashing is something of an Australian national pastime but, far from
being driven solely by envy at their success, there are sound economic reasons
to think the big four make way too much money."
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Messages sent to artists wanting them to work for free
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:38:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://boingboing.net/2016/08/31/messages-sent-to-artists-wanti.html>
"An enraging gallery features more than 50 screenshots and messages showing
people asking artists to do free work and sometimes getting angry and nasty
when denied."
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'Our living dinosaurs'
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:40:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/31/africa/great-elephant-census/index.html>
"There are far fewer African elephants than we thought, study shows"
:(
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The lost infrastructure of social media
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:02:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@anildash/the-lost-infrastructure-of-social-media-d2b95662ccd3>
"More than a decade ago, the earliest era of blogging provided a set of
separate but related technologies that helped the nascent form thrive.
Today, most have faded away and been forgotten, but new incarnations of
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Study shows one way that scientific progress is broken
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:04:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/its-almost-impossible-to-correct-scientific-papers-once-they-are-published/>
'The classic model of scientific progress is that the field advances
when new findings contradict or supersede old ones. But a new study
reveals that this process isn't working today—at least, not in
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Someone just dropped the mic on the burkini ban in the most British way possible
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:05:20 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/burkini-guardian-letter/
"In a (very polite) letter to the editor, Henry Stewart of London told
The Guardian that suits should be banned instead of burkinis, burqas and
hijabs, because he deems men in suits more dangerous."
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Social determinants – how class and wealth affect our health
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:06:52 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/social-determinants-how-class-and-wealth-affect-our-health-64442>
"Inequities in wealth and income are one of the biggest social, economic
and political challenges of our time. It’s important to address these
inequities for three key reasons."
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Art Captures How Rockets Feel Forces
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:22:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.insidescience.org/news/art-captures-how-rockets-feel-forces>
"Newton’s laws of motion help create spiraling artwork."
Very cool! Via Kam-Yung Soh.
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Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:24:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/stupid-patent-month-elsevier-patents-online-peer-review>
"Elsevier’s patent is another illustration of why we still need fundamental
patent reform."
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BT sues Valve over alleged infringement of four patents covering basic online tech
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:36:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/09/bt-sues-valve-patents-details/>
"BT is taking legal action in the US against games company Valve for allegedly
infringing on four of the UK telecoms giant's patents."
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Australian Professional Photography Awards showcase best photos of 2016
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:40:22 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-01/australian-professional-photography-awards-40th-annual/7803924>
"Melbourne-based photographer Lisa Saad was named top photographer for 2016 for
a unique series of photographs at the award night, which is run by the
Australian Institute of Professional Photography."
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Saving Africa's elephants: 'Can you imagine them no longer existing?'
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:12 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/01/frontline-bloody-battle-save-africa-elephants>
"Across Africa, poaching is on the rise. Progress is being made here and there,
but the battle to save the largest animals on the Earth is far from being won"
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Franklin Frye Died in Custody After Serving 45 Years Over a $20 Necklace
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:20:49 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/20832390/franklin-frye-died-in-custody-after-serving-45-years-over-a-20-necklace>
"If he had pleaded guilty to the petty theft with which he was charged, he may
have spent a few weeks in jail. Unlike inmates who know their sentences, the
criminally insane are admitted indefinitely. And under the law, it doesn’t
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HP builds one desktop PC around a speaker, another in slices
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:21:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Sneak a Peek at the Year's Best Wildlife Photography
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:22:36 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://gizmodo.com/sneak-a-peek-at-the-years-best-wildlife-photography-1786044129>
"The finalists are in for the Natural History Museum’s 2016 Wildlife
Photographer of Year competition. From inquisitive fox cubs and invisible fish
through to termite tossing birds and courting cuttlefish, this year’s crop is
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‘No Man’s Sky,’ Don Draper, and Why My Optimism Has Fists
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:52:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/the-cube/no-mans-sky-don-draper-and-why-my-optimism-has-fists-1d0cbe5cf20c>
"I accidentally liked a game that many hate. Then I started thinking."
I also prefer to be optimistic and give creators time to continue working
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Coral, Explained
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:53:20 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/photo-essay/coral-explained
"A little bit algae, a little bit rock, and a lot animal. If you’ve ever
wondered about the life of a coral, this photo essay will help."
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The Ardabil Carpet
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:56:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-ardabil-carpet
"The Ardabil Carpet is the world's oldest dated carpet and one of the largest,
most beautiful and historically important."
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Bunny Bags From Japan That Turn Your Household Stuff Into Rabbits
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:59:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.boredpanda.com/adorable-bunny-bags-from-japan/
Clever! But is it a fiendish devilbunny plot? Via Cara Evangelista.
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French woman tackles Islamophobia in four steps
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:32:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2016/09/01/french-woman-tackles-islamophobia-four-steps>
"Maeril is an illustrator and video producer of Middle Eastern descent
and this week published a simple, step-by-step guide designed to support
people experiencing Islamophobic harassment."
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Publishers must let online readers pay for news anonymously
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:33:36 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/01/online-publishers-readers-ad-block-surveillance-donate-anonymously>
"Some newspaper and magazine websites are cutting off access to readers
unless they accept being surveilled by advertisers – no thank you!"
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Saving the 78s
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:35:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://blog.archive.org/2016/09/02/saving-the-78s/
"For years we had been getting calls offering 78 collections that we
were unable to accept. But when space and shipping became available
through the Internet Archive, it was now possible to begin preserving
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Some of the finalists in the 2016 Antarctic Photography Exhibition
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:36:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The Politics of Fake Documentaries
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:21:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/08/the_lasting_damage_of_fake_documentaries_like_mermaids_the_body_found.html>
"
Mermaids: The Body Found and its ilk have done long-term damage."
Fake documentaries (as opposed to mockumentaries, for example Christopher Guest
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116 years of stop-motion animation in 3 minutes
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:22:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://boingboing.net/2016/09/02/116-years-of-stop-motion-anima.html
"Vugar Efendi takes viewers through a delightful survey of stop-motion
animation from 1900 to today. How many of the 39 films featured can you name?"
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Another 19th Century Moral Panic: Theater
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:23:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160831/00251535398/another-19th-century-moral-panic-theater.shtml>
"You all know the obvious ones: like comic books and Dungeons & Dragons, but we
like to highlight the truly oddball ones that people these days don't realize
were ever possibly considered a threat to our moral fabric. Things like chess
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Worlds
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:24:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://plus.google.com/+DavidAmerland/posts/UB6azmJt2mV
"The idea that someone would feel threatened by a book seemed surreal, crazy.
The kind of thing that could not be taken seriously."
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The Brand New Testament - Official UK Trailer
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:12:11 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-v-Sw4yzLA
"Directed by Jaco Van Dormael (Cannes sensation and BAFTA-nominee TOTO
THE HERO) comes a poetic, magical, hilarious comedy in which God is
real…and lives in Brussels."
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The incarceration of children in Australia
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:13:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/maurice-blackburn-fair-is-for-all/ng-interactive/2016/aug/29/the-incarceration-of-children-in-australia>
"Detention of children in Australia has come under increasing scrutiny
over time, but what are the actual implications of incarcerating the
young? Here we take a closer look at both juvenile detention and
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The British Wildlife Photography awards 2016 winners - in pictures
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:16:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/sep/05/the-british-wildlife-photography-awards-2016-winners-in-pictures>
"Winning images are chosen from thousands of entries in 15 separate
categories including a special film category for Wildlife in HD Video
and two junior categories to encourage young people to connect with
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Grumpy Cat Party Supplies
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:19:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The Art of Designing With Heart
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:14:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-art-of-designing-with-heart-f5dc4df21697
"How to make useful, friendly software for real people."
Commonsense advice.
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African Elephant Population Declines By 30 Percent
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:15:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/31/492124724/african-elephant-population-declines-by-30-percent>
"The Great Elephant Census shows that savanna elephant populations in 18
countries declined by 30 percent. Most of the animals counted were in
protected areas."
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What's Happening in Standing Rock?
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:16:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.outsideonline.com/2111206/whats-happening-standing-rock
"Two of our country's biggest issues, racism and climate change, have
collided on a North Dakota reservation. This week, I loaded up my
station wagon with water and supplies and drove down for a look at a
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Violence and Civil Disobedience
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:22:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://pubpub.ito.com/pub/violence-and-civil-disobedience
"Thoughts on the effectiveness of nonviolent disobedience and campaigns."
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The Forest Beyond
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:35:20 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/93268250/the-forest-beyond
"Life in the magical forest is filled with experiences and surprises. Meet our
little blue friend, Fenley Mossbury - Fenn to his friends - and join him on a
fun-filled journey created by award winning stop motion animators."
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This Bonobo Starts Fires, Cooks His Own Food, AND Knows 3,000 English Words [Watch]
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:36:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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My Depression Is A Gift
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:39:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://healthcareinamerica.us/my-depression-is-a-gift-5e8c1a978791
"I’ve struggled with depression since high school, a hyper-competitive
all-girls boarding school in Connecticut."
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What Keeps the Rich and Powerful up at Night, and Why They’re Happy You Don’t Care
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:43:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://evonomics.com/keeps-rich-powerful-night-theyre-happy-dont-know/
"The powerful are pleased we find interest rates boring"
An interesting explanation of interest rates and their consequences. Via Emlyn
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Oceana’s first North Sea expedition - in pictures
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:06:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/sep/07/oceanas-first-north-sea-expedition-in-pictures>
"The ocean conservation society last week completed its first-ever expedition
to document the richness of habitats and threats to marine life in waters off
the Netherlands, UK, Norway and Denmark. The results from the two-month, at-sea
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A Pipeline Fight and America’s Dark Past
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:13:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-pipeline-fight-and-americas-dark-past>
"This week, thousands of Native Americans, from more than a hundred tribes,
have camped out on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, which straddles the
border between the Dakotas, along the Missouri River. What began as a slow
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Chief Engineer Kaylee Frye Can Fix All Fandoms
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:18:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://fashionablygeek.com/costumes/chief-engineer-kaylee-frye/
"She has a Sonic too. Of COURSE she has a Sonic."
Cosplay all the fandoms!
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Warning: viewing these baby animals in cute outfits may kill you
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:21:13 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2016/09/06/warning-viewing-these-baby-an.html
"Brace yourself for a level of cuteness that could have lasting effects. Zoo
Portraits by Barcelona-based Yago Partal include interesting information about
each species. That cute otter could grow to 99 pounds, the heaviest of the
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What Reality are Trump People Living In?
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:50:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://jerclifton.com/2016/08/17/what-reality-are-trump-people-living-in/
"If you are anything like me, you don’t quite understand what to make of the
Trump phenomenon. Sure Hillary is winning, but what is more interesting to me
is that over a third of Americans still plan to vote for this guy. Why? I’m
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The myth of low-hanging fruit
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:51:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-myth-of-low-hanging-fruit-443459fe205a
"Be careful when you use the word “easy” to describe other people’s jobs."
Good advice.
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The Story Behind Margaret Atwood's Bonkers New Comic About a Flying Cat-Bird Superhero
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:53:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/09/06/the_story_behind_margaret_atwood_s_graphic_novel_angel_catbird.html>
"Margaret Atwood’s next book isn’t what you’re expecting, unless you’re
expecting a bird conservation superhero comic about a flying man-cat-owl
fighting to save the world from an evil CEO who is secretly a rat."
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Cows Are Extremely Curious Creatures
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:54:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.boredpanda.com/cows-chasing-rc-car-frazer-leal/
"It’s easy to impress cattle: put an RC car in front of them and it becomes a
cow god. This video from New Zealand shows how a simple toy car transforms into
a powerful herd guide using a remote control."
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Commissioner Oettinger is about to turn EU copyright reform into another ACTA
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:14:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://juliareda.eu/2016/08/copyright-reform-another-acta/
"Out of several policy options the Commission considers in the leaked
document, it consistently proposes for implementation ones that put
corporate interests above those of creators, entrepreneurs and users. It
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Federal Agency Busted in Elaborate Scheme to Sell Native American Land to Corporations
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:15:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://usuncut.com/news/federal-agency-busted-elaborate-scheme-sell-native-american-land-corporations>
"The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) exists, in theory, to assist Native
Americans manage the 55 million acres of land that the federal
government holds in trust for its Native owners. However, an In These
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Melbourne's 'Doctor Who' synthesiser EMS Synthi 100 given engineering heritage award
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:16:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-08/melbourne-doctor-who-synth-given-engineering-heritage-award/7820012>
"The sounds it makes are straight out of science fiction, but a rare
synthesiser housed at Melbourne University has been recognised as an
historic piece of engineering heritage."
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The 79-year-old King of Norway just gave the most powerful speech about sexuality and religion
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:17:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/reports/king-of-norway-gave-a-powerful-speech-about-sexuality-and-religion-295131>
"In a world of Donald Trumps and Vladimir Putins, it’s a depressingly
rare occasion when you get to hear a politician / monarch say something
so motivating and inspiring that your eyes well up."
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