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Brian Spears
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Science Saturday
The first Marstronauts (I just made that word up) are about to return from their 520-day mission. Sort of. David Biello argues that eliminating Daylight Savings Time would be better for our health. Three new elements now have names. Really…
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Saturday Morning Links
So if you’re going to the AWP conference in Chicago next February-March, you should keep that Thursday evening free so you can come hang with The Rumpus as we host a reading to benefit 826 Chicago. Details are still being…
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
The big stories surrounding the Occupy Wall Street movement seem to center around police brutality, but in a lot of cities, occupiers and police are working together peacefully. Much of the pushback against the Occupy movement has come in the…
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Science Saturday
Interesting piece on how psychology affects performance in the world of sports. Birds may be using a sophisticated grammar to communicate. Great space images via National Geographic. Edward Tenner on why the Webb Telescope is worth it, even if it…
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Saturday Morning Links
Some mornings I wish I had an automatic coffee dispenser right next to my desk. Most mornings, actually. Over at Slate, Ron Rosenbaum takes apart Anonymous, the new Shakespeare conspiracy theory movie, beautifully. How big a role does expectation play…
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Dahlia Lithwick says one of the best things about #OWS is the way it confuses the media and pundit class. KJ Dell’Antonia asks if Occupy Wall Street is a teachable moment? Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was in…
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Conquering Hero
That’s (part of) the title of this piece on the PEN Center website by Rumpus Poetry Book Club Board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi. It’s absolutely beautiful. Here’s a short sample: “I’m really glad I had that lousy job because I know…
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Make sure you check out Seth Fischer’s excellent Occupy Oakland roundup from earlier today. One update to that story–Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran who was shot in the head with a “police projectile” is in the hospital in critical…
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Oakland police cleared the Occupy Oakland camp early this morning, arresting 85, and firing “two or three nonlethal projectiles from a shotgun” as well as lobbing “tear gas at the encampment.” An Open Salon blogger offers this first-hand report of…
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Some Tea Party activists are pushing back on the idea that they have anything in common with Occupy Wall Street. I’ll give them this much–the Tea Party is much better at coming up with sexually explicit nicknames for themselves. Oakland’s…
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Science Saturday
A planet is born, and the baby pictures are pretty cool. If you use a webmail system, you don’t have privacy from the authorities because the law governing email is 25 years old. You try looking at the Cyclops Shark…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’m missing a pair of cozy pants. Anyone seen them? A new census brief discusses poverty in the US, and if you look at the map in the actual report, you’ll notice a fairly stark divide. Is seafood from the…