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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…
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THE LONELY VOICE #9: We Don’t Have to Live Great Lives
I spent most of today re-reading Andre Dubus’s “Voices From the Moon”.[1] It is one of those stories. When you finish it you concentrate a little harder on your own breathing because you feel a little more alive. Because you’re reminded…
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Saturday Morning Links
Tonight, Supermoon! I would like to note for the record that I am excited for this because of how cool it will look, and not for any astrological reasons. About that NY Times paywall, this doesn’t seem like the most…
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Egyptian Books Thrive at Abu Dhabi Book Fair
Despite concerns that upheavals in the Arab world would interfere with Abu Dhabi’s International Book Fair, the fair so far has been successful and relatively problem-free. In fact, more books and more publishers from Egypt are participating in the fair…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Self-promotion alert day 7: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help? Are you guys excited for the biggest full moon? It…
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Kobayashi Maru
Stirring but brief portrait of the 50 Japanese nuclear plant workers crawling in the darkness, exposing themselves to radiation, in desperate attempt to stave of nuclear meltdown.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Self-promotion alert day 6: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help? You know who didn’t like early 20th century avant-garde art?…
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Nuclear Power Roundup
I started this as a Japan roundup, but most of the articles are about nuclear power on the whole. The situation in Japan is bad, as you’ll see from the links, but the debate over the future of nuclear power…
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On Thoughts, Facts, and Slogans
Noah Cicero discusses the three kinds of language, why Nietzsche never resolved anything, and why it’s good to debate slowly. Very slowly.
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Police Poetry
Police reports are supposed to be the dry recounting of facts, neutral, admissible as evidence. They are not often considered great literature. But Sergeant Martinez of the LAPD has captured at least one writer’s attention. “How can I identify Martinez…
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Where are Your Footnotes, Minister?
Protesters in Germany are dominating the news and taking their outrage to Facebook. Unlike protesters in other parts of the world, these angry citizens aren’t hoping to overthrow their government — they are calling on it to exercise more intellectual…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Self-promotion alert day 5: even though we’ve reached our stated goal, we are still a few dollars away from finishing recording our second album. maybe you would like to help? Coming soon: three parented babies! Let’s take a moment to…