Friday, December 31, 2021

31 December - iG Tab - 8

 

Chicago Boyz

  • Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

    “We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly...

    3 days ago

  • A Couple of Interesting Posts

    …possibly related Thinking and Feeling:  A study of word usage from 1850 through the present. Burdened by Books:  A professor finds that his students are uncomfortable with the whole reading/writing thing...

    3 days ago

  • Not Humanity’s Last View …

    This is being described as “humanity’s last view of the JWST.” I expect imaging, and even direct viewing, of the James Webb Space Telescope from terrestrial telescopes to become a popular amateur astronomical activity in the summer...

    3 days ago

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The BRAD BLOG

  • Only The Best People: 'BradCast' 12/29/2021

    It's NICOLE SANDLER, back one last time in 2021, guest hosting The BradCast for Brad and Desi. As we approach the end of the year, it's almost required to look back at the year and pass judgment on how it went. So we'll do some of that today. [Audio...

    2 days ago

  • Can We Eradicate COVID and Poverty in 2022? Wishful Thinking: 'BradCast' 12/28/2021

    It's the excruciatingly long final week of the year. Brad and Desi are on vacation. I'm NICOLE SANDLER, holding down the fort and guest hosting The BradCast for a few days. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] I have a busy show...

    3 days ago

  • Saving Our Democracy: 'BradCast' 12/27/2021

    Welcome to that weird week between Christmas and New Years during which not a lot of news is made, and we'd all rather be doing something else! Well, Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen are off doing something else, so you got me again, NICOLE SANDLER...

    4 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

  • Out with the old, in with the new

    8 hours ago

  • Musical offering for the seventh day of Christmas

    Good people all, this Christmastide, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending His beloved Son. With Mary holy we should pray To God with love this Christmas Day; In Bethlehem upon that morn There was a blessed Messiah...

    13 hours ago

  • Find the pigs!

    Three little pigs are not wearing party hats. See if you can find them. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.  

    a day ago

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Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • House of Romeo in Verona, Italy

    Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous tragedies in literary history and is set in the city of Verona, Italy. While the story is just a play written by William Shakespeare, the tourism it generates for the Italian city is very real. One of the...

    9 hours ago

  • Garbh Allt Falls Bridge in Ballater, Scotland

    Deep inside Queen Elizabeth's Balmoral Estate is a beautiful iron bridge arching over the Falls of Garbh Allt. From the rough forest road, there is an easy footpath that leads to the bridge, but there is no path on the far side. Queen Victoria...

    10 hours ago

  • WNB Financial African Safari Exhibit in Winona, Minnesota

    WNB Financial's historic downtown Egyptian Revival building in Winona, Minnesota, was designed by Chicago architect George Washington Maher. The building features incredible Italian marble, Tiffany stained glass windows, and a third...

    12 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Musical interlude

    Riton X Raye - I Don't Want You

    5 hours ago

  • Friday Morning Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Dan Diamond reports on the shortage of health care workers as the fifth wave of COVID crests in the U.S., while Carl O'Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein report on the escalating number of children being hospitalized...

    10 hours ago

  • Thursday Morning Links

    This and that for your Thursday reading.- Patrick Wood and Mary Louise Kelly write that we still need to be managing COVID risk budgets to avoid contributing more to community transmission than necessary. Helen Branswell discusses some lessons...

    a day ago
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