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SINCERE QUESTION: Did Oedipus blind himself after watching the Oscars? — errolmorris (@errolmorris) February 27, 2012 Flannery O’Connor had Hazel Motes blind himself after reading Robert Fitzgerald’s...
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Colonial marmots. Tricornered hats. — Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012 Hibernation lasts eight months. twitter.com/caseyland/stat… — Casey Cichowicz (@caseyland) March 3, 2012 Foraging peaks...
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Can fish hear? — Jenny Decimal (@JennyDecimal) March 4, 2012 Relatedly, can sharks make noise? — Jenny Decimal (@JennyDecimal) March 4, 2012 Like, roar. Can a shark roar? And then hear itself? Or does...
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Oh lord deliver me from mansplainers. — Jess Zimmerman (@j_zimms) March 7, 2012
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Here is a picture of a Yeti Crab
See also Paul Snelgrove’s TED talk on a census of the ocean.
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MIT students turned the infamous campus Green Building into a giant, playable game of Tetris. This feat has been described as the “Holy Grail” of MIT pranks.
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Frances Stark [THIS IS NOT EXACTLY A CAT VIDEO]
With David Bowie’s “Star Man”. Et cetera. 2007. “I’m David Bowie!” “Yeah! Me, too!” Please do me this one favor and watch all of this and you’ll be glad that you did. Monsters! I’m David Bowie!
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In science today, a genius never works alone The heroic genius was always something of a myth, convenient shorthand to make it easier to make a narrative out of the act of discovery; an exciting tale,...
View ArticleOmega Institute In Your Pants, 2013 edition
It’s that magical time, folks! Once again, as in 2010, my woodland friend Susan has forwarded the In Your Pants edition of the Rhinebeck, NY, Omega Center’s course catalog. Sign up early, if you want a...
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Scarfolk Council
Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science;...
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