In Hokkaido, Japan's second-largest island, fluffy white little birds flitter through the trees. They look like white cotton balls bouncing around and are beloved by the Japanese, who call them “Shima enaga”. In English, they're known as long-tailed tits, though this particular subspecies is only found in Hokkaido. Unlike the Northern long-tailed tits in the rest of Japan, this one doesn’t have brown “eyebrows” – its face is completely white.
recently Sonoma County allowed the idea for fans at the Toyota Save Mart 350 for NASCAR at Sonoma Raceway, no idea on the raw number but it definitely seems like normality is coming back (at least for me)
Being a living fossil, we still watch the News Hour (or the parts we find interesting), anyway there two amusing things: one after a story about Biden's sanctions on Russia, they post a graphic that said "the economy of Russia is the same size as Texas'" - which my daughter described as "flexing" - and Boehner was on promoting his book, I found it kinda sad that for someone who can joyously say "Fuck you, Ted Cruz" - he couldn't denounce QAnnon (claimed not to know what it was) - and resorted to criticizing the "crazies" in both parties.
There are definitely ideologues among the Dems, but all the actual crazies are Repubs.
Latif Nasser is the 2021 Joseph H. Hazen Lecturer in the History of Science.
While a graduate student in the history of science, Latif Nasser started moonlighting as a journalist. Upon graduating, he took the plunge covering science in print for the Boston Globe, through the podcast Radiolab, and in a Netflix docuseries called Connected. In this Hazen lecture, he will tell a bit about this professional left turn, as well as give a few tips about how to tell science stories — past and present — to audiences outside academia. Nasser will be joined in conversation with historians of science Alex Wellerstein and Ingrid Ockert, followed by Q & A with current PhD students and the audience.
Event Speakers
Latif Nasser, Host of Connected and Co-Host of Radiolab
Moderated by Alex Wellerstein, Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology
Special guest Ingrid Ockert, Marketing Communications Coordinator at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Comments by Sarah Pickman, PhD Candidate in History at Yale University
Comments by Sarah Qidwai, PhD Candidate in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto
I read NYT and WaPo, and one unfortunate thing about the Times is instead of "most read" they have "most popular" which would seem to indicate shootings of American are really popular.
DBD 4-16-2021: Long Tail
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Pinot noir
Something your child does/did that makes you proud. If no children, something about a friend.
recently Sonoma County allowed the idea for fans at the Toyota Save Mart 350 for NASCAR at Sonoma Raceway, no idea on the raw number but it definitely seems like normality is coming back (at least for me)
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Being a living fossil, we still watch the News Hour (or the parts we find interesting), anyway there two amusing things: one after a story about Biden's sanctions on Russia, they post a graphic that said "the economy of Russia is the same size as Texas'" - which my daughter described as "flexing" - and Boehner was on promoting his book, I found it kinda sad that for someone who can joyously say "Fuck you, Ted Cruz" - he couldn't denounce QAnnon (claimed not to know what it was) - and resorted to criticizing the "crazies" in both parties.
There are definitely ideologues among the Dems, but all the actual crazies are Repubs.
https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/latif-nasser-how-turn-your-phd-netflix-series
next Friday
Event Description
Latif Nasser is the 2021 Joseph H. Hazen Lecturer in the History of Science.
While a graduate student in the history of science, Latif Nasser started moonlighting as a journalist. Upon graduating, he took the plunge covering science in print for the Boston Globe, through the podcast Radiolab, and in a Netflix docuseries called Connected. In this Hazen lecture, he will tell a bit about this professional left turn, as well as give a few tips about how to tell science stories — past and present — to audiences outside academia. Nasser will be joined in conversation with historians of science Alex Wellerstein and Ingrid Ockert, followed by Q & A with current PhD students and the audience.
Event Speakers
Latif Nasser, Host of Connected and Co-Host of Radiolab
Moderated by Alex Wellerstein, Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology
Special guest Ingrid Ockert, Marketing Communications Coordinator at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Comments by Sarah Pickman, PhD Candidate in History at Yale University
Comments by Sarah Qidwai, PhD Candidate in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto
I read NYT and WaPo, and one unfortunate thing about the Times is instead of "most read" they have "most popular" which would seem to indicate shootings of American are really popular.
Helen McCrory (Harry Potter, the Crown, Peaky Blinders) has died https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1383099980940972059?s=20
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