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Readers Report Back From… The Gift
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “The Gift.” Edited by Susan Clements:
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We are glad to report that the Yakuza is doing their part. I’ll be honest with you, I rarely know what is going on at But Does It Float, but I do understand Spanish graphic design. Scientists: you are not…
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Grid Growth
“In 1811, John Randel created a proposed street grid of Manhattan.” Now, thanks to a fun interactive map from the New York Times, you can compare Randel’s map “along with other historic information,” to the Manhattan we know today.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #79
MOUNT RUSHMORE ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Mount Rushmore.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
All of these things are about outer space. The space race was totally intense. Maybe this is a good time to talk about space junk. I don’t know if you guys knew this, but there is something called the Serpent…
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Practice SelfControl
Instead of writing poetry or posts for The Rumpus, I was checking Facebook, e-mail, some message boards I belong to, and then refreshing Facebook again, and again. Perhaps if I downloaded this SelfControl app, I’d be a more productive person:…
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Japan’s libraries
Continuing with the library theme, from the most beautiful to what happens when libraries die, here are some images from earthquake-damaged libraries in Japan. (Link is translated by Google). (via The Book Bench)
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An App To Cure The Gay
Apple has approved an iPhone app that encourages LGBT people to take part in “conversion therapy,” a practice that has been scientifically disproved and that can be quite dangerous to LGBT people, particularly young LGBT people, who are at high…
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The News from Libya
A coalition including the US, France, the UK, and Italy has begun air and missile strikes in Libya. President Obama authorized limited military action by US forces, but also said that the US will not send ground troops in. Secretary…
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A New Frontier in Copyright Infringement
According to Discover magazine, last year, Craig Venter and his colleagues inscribed a passage from James Joyce into the genome of a synthetic microbe. Apparently, after the microbe hit, the Joyce estate sent Venter a cease and desist letter, claiming…
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Science Saturday
Very faint traces of radiation from Japan have been detected in Sacramento. If you’re still not sure just how a nuclear reactor works or exactly what’s going on in Japan, Wired Science has a good, basic rundown for you. National…