2011
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Sorry to be a downer, but…
I want to be real clear about something at the beginning of this post. I’m opposed to the death penalty in any and all cases. Name history’s greatest criminals and I’m fine with allowing them to live the rest of…
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Science Saturday
Great photos from the NASA probe Dawn of the asteroid Vesta. Kepler spotted a planet orbiting two suns. UK researchers are attempting to recreate the effects of volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere as part of an attempt to limit the…
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Saturday Morning Links
Two months ago, the day I pulled into Des Moines, the temperature was over a hundred degrees. Yesterday there was a low of 37. This is going to take some adjustment. It’s Constitution Day. Who knew? Florida is being invaded…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Questions, questions, questions. Is it that much of a surprise that major social networks are stealing other peoples’ ideas? So when will we be able to control computers with our minds? And is the iPhone 5 coming soon? Should lying…
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Poetry Can Save Us
The Trouble Ball witnesses the darker parts of history and celebrates resistance to the forces that created those.
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Hooray for Katy Henriksen!
Rumpus Music editor Katy Henriksen will join KUAF 91.3 FM Public Radio in October as the station’s classical music and arts producer. In addition to shaping an hour long daily classical music program, she’ll be contributing arts and culture stories…