December 1, 2018
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Memetic Tribes and Culture War 2.0 – Intellectual Explorers Club – Medium
““My friends, this election is about more than who gets what. It is about who we are. It is about what we believe, and what we stand for as Americans. There is a…”
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“Let me describe what I hear as I sit in a coffee shop writing this article. It’s late morning on a Saturday, between the breakfast and lunch rushes. People talk…”
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Criminal Incompetence | Inside Higher Ed
“About a year ago, one of my distant relatives found himself in trouble with the law, and not for the first time. He had allegedly stabbed somebody in the course…”
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Listening While Feminist: In Defense of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” – Persephone Magazine
“Editor’s note: Please enjoy this featured post from our archives. I’m a pretty voracious consumer and critic of American popular culture. I’m one of those 3 rd…”
November 24, 2018
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The Pre-Internet Phenomenon of Boys Hiding Their Porn in the Woods – MEL Magazine
“I grew up in a New Jersey suburb called Basking Ridge , so named, we were told in elementary school, by the British Presbyterians who bought — cough — the land…”
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The Apophenic Machine — Real Life
“Image: Detail from The Test by David Delruelle. Think of a network graph. A simple one with just a few nodes and connecting lines spidering out. It makes…”
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The Most Misread Poem in America
“Everyone knows Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”—and almost everyone gets it wrong. Frost in 1913. From The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem…”
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NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua
“An artist’s concept of interstellar asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) as it passed through the solar system after its discovery in October 2017. Observations of…”
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Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
“Supported by The New Health Care They’re not cures for anything, and standing is not exercise. Standing at a desk may offer some conveniences, but it’s not a…”
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“Introspective is the odd album out from Pet Shop Boys’ fabled “imperial phase”. It’s also, says David Bennun, the best thing they ever did Here’s a thing I…”
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The pop culture references that separate millennials from baby boomers
“Have you heard of Post Malone? If so, you probably aren’t a baby boomer. According to data collected by the polling company YouGov, only 17% of US baby boomers,…”
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In honour of director Nic Roeg who died today at 90.
November 13, 2018
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The Last Word On Nothing | On Food Pills And Legacy
“What if instead of eating three meals each day (plus snacks, if you’re me) we just popped pills and moved along with our lives. Food pills were once a staple of…”
October 31, 2018
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Tracing Modernism’s Roots in Tuberculosis Hospitals
“De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, U.K. Completed in 1935, the dramatic pavilion of concrete, steel, and glass was a “sanatorium by the sea” for ordinary…”
October 18, 2018
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“Play Video 0:48 Watch the trailer for Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old – video T o mark the centenary of the first world war’s end, Peter Jackson has…”
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Create more value than you capture: An oral history of Toronto product development
“Warning: you are now experiencing BetaKit #longform content. TL;DR does not apply. Feature photography: Sanjay Chauhan. CREATE MORE VALUE THAN YOU CAPTURE: AN…”
October 15, 2018
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Here Are 8 Major Questions Still Unanswered About Banksy’s Sotheby’s Prank | artnet News
“We’re having a lot of fun with Banksy ’s viral art shredding prank, which took place exactly one week ago at Sotheby’s London and has had the world atwitter…”
October 13, 2018
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The Perils and Possibilities of Anger
“A slew of new books challenge the notion that rage is a danger to self and to society. Illustration by Golden Cosmos The hatchet came later. Rocks were rare in…”
October 12, 2018
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Critic’s Notebook: The Rise of the TV Auteur? No Thanks
“Courtesy of Netflix Justin Theroux in Netflix’s ‘Maniac.’ I started having worries about the current state of television’s newfound love of auteur directors in…”
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Big Mouth Season 2 Is a Hilarious and Vital Portrait of Puberty
“Missy (Jenny Slate), the Hormone Monstress (Maya Rudolph), and Jessi (Jessi Klein), learning to embrace the female form in an episode of Big Mouth . Photo:…”
October 10, 2018
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“You stupid darkness!” and 29 other Peanuts quotes for everyday use
“On October 2, 1950, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s daily newspaper strip Peanuts debuted with two kids sitting on a curb and remarking, “Here comes ol’ Charlie…”
October 6, 2018
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If we learn from Europe, we can secure the Canada-U.S. border
“A group of migrants who said they were from Djibouti and Somalia walk along a residential street after crossing the Canada-U.S. border in Emerson, Man., March…”
October 5, 2018
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New Life for a 1902 Manual About Color
“Emily Noyes Vanderpoel amassed a large collection of textiles, ceramics and enamels — particularly pieces from Asia and the Near East. Credit Litchfield…”
October 4, 2018
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In their honour, we publish their names – Macleans.ca
“If you hold a paper version of Maclean’s , consider closing this issue for a moment to read the dedication on the cover. You’ll find the name of a Canadian…”
September 28, 2018
September 27, 2018
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How First Capital Realty Curates Retail Communities Through Neighbourhood Acquisitions
“‘ Shops at King Liberty’. Photo: First Capital Realty By Mario Toneguzzi First Capital Realty has strategically made an effort of consolidating real estate…”
September 26, 2018
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What If Reality Isn’t Real? – Member Feature Stories – Medium
“Maybe it’s best to start at the end. “I’m sorry, I’m running a bit short of time,” I say casually on the phone to Robin Hanson before the last question of my…”
September 25, 2018
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Nobody Was Going To Solve These Cold Cases. Then Came The DNA Crime Solvers.
“A woman in a ditch. A baby in a parking lot. The DNA Doe Project has the ability to identify cold case victims — so why don’t they take on every case? Their…”
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The Nasty Feud Over What Killed the Dinosaurs
“Illustrations by Denise Nestor 1. Gerta Keller was waiting for me at the Mumbai airport so we could catch a flight to Hyderabad and go hunt rocks. “You won’t…”
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg, In Good Faith
“Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson/Vulture and Photos by Getty Images and Netflix Raphael Bob-Waksberg is reading me some numbers. As the seasons of BoJack…”