Saturday, October 09, 2021

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Have You Heard

  • A Mind at Work: Remembering Mike Rose

    Tweet#122 A Mind at Work: Remembering Mike Rose In this special episode, Have You Heard remembers the extraordinary Mike Rose. Special guests Erika Kitzmiller, Janelle Scott, Chris Buttimer, Michael Moses and Rema Reynolds help us recall...

    2 days ago

  • History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing

    Tweet#121 History Test: the Tangled Roots of Standardized Testing The claim that standardized testing has racist – even eugenicist – roots is oft repeated these days. But is it true? In an episode guaranteed to please no one, friend of...

    15 days ago

  • How Pronouns Became Landmines: The Conservative War on Trans Youth

    TweetThe culture wars found a new target in 2021: trans youth. More than 100 laws were proposed to restrict the rights of trans individuals, especially kids. In this episode of Have You Heard, we’re joined by teacher, trans activist and co-host...

    a month ago

Chicago Boyz

  • Recent Reading

    Four mini-reviews in this batch: —Splendid Solution, by Jeffrey Kluger —Red Plenty, Francis Spufford —Instruments of Darkness, Alfred Price —The Scarlet Thread, Mandy Rice-Davies Splendid Solution is about the development...

    14 hours ago

  • The “Green Agenda” is already killing the energy industry.

    Recently, we have read of energy shortfalls in Germany, the UK and even China. The Chinese energy problems may be contributing to the supply chain issues. What all these stories have in common, with the possible exception of China, is the “Green...

    2 days ago

  • Industrial Distribution Update

    For those not familiar, I own an HVAC distributor, and HVAC distribution is a subset of industrial distribution. Every few months or so during covid I have been putting up a post describing what is going on in my little slice of the world. Time...

    4 days ago

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Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Is This the End of Switzerland’s Chimney Sweep 'Mafia'?

    Imagine opening your front door, still in your pajamas, on a frosty Swiss morning, only to find a man dressed entirely in black staring back at you. Charcoal trousers, top hat, and boots, a little broom and dustpan peeking out of his bag. He waves...

    15 hours ago

  • New to Gastro Obscura? Start Here!

    So you've heard about Gastro Obscura—maybe thanks to our new book—and you're wondering what it's all about. Well, you're in the right place. Gastro Obscura is run by a team within Atlas Obscura of food-obsessed writers, editors, trip...

    15 hours ago

  • Ungurmuiža Manor in Ungurmuiža, Latvia

    Initially, this estate was owned by Baron von Ungern, hence the name Ungurmuiža. Later property rights were bought by Landrat Johann Baltazar von Kampenhausen who ordered to rearrange and built the mansion house that we know today. Works...

    17 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Musical interlude

    Raye & Rudimental - Regardless

    9 hours ago

  • Friday Morning Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Thomas Saunders discusses how COVID-19 transmission through schools is resulting in effectively a separate epidemic among children and parents. Kathy Eagar offers a reminder of the dangers of recklessly...

    20 hours ago

  • Thursday Morning Links

    This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carrie Tait reports on the spate of readmissions of COVID-19 patients to Alberta hospitals, while Zak Vescera points out the large number of Saskatchewan diagnoses happening only in hospital as...

    2 days ago
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