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There was once an angry white guy who felt that some Other was doing less reputable academic work and decided to hoax a publication that did not practice rigorous peer-review. The problem occurred when RW politicians normalized it as a cause célèbre to...
by annieli
on Wed Oct 03, 2018 at 12:45 AM PDT
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The words of Muslim reverence were unseen for so long because they appeared in complicated geometric patterns.
So all the white supremacists have left is pasty skin color, since DNA testing is making them all...
by annieli
on Sun Oct 15, 2017 at 12:11 AM PDT
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University of Chicago’s Richard H. Thaler (PhD University of Rochester) is the winner … always amusing when the winner gets woken up early in the morning and has to answer press questions.
Richard H. Thaler (/ˈθeɪlər/; born September 12, 1945)...
by annieli
on Mon Oct 09, 2017 at 02:38 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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How can we constitute safe spaces if there is no collective negotiation about their contingency and reflexivity. It is more than designating places, rather it is about community discourse.
If the campus is not safe, then there cannot be “safe...
by annieli
on Sat Jan 07, 2017 at 08:41 AM PST
with 5 Recommends
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There are many information problems that are both economic and communicative in terms of coordination and even in the most basic cooperation or non-cooperation. Tom Schelling gave us an early step on that evolutionary path. He has as most hope for,...
by annieli
on Tue Dec 13, 2016 at 03:54 PM PST
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This seems to be an interesting article in terms of developing one’s role as a public intellectual. The ethics of speaking truth in the age of post-truth has never been more important.
Hierarchy of Levels of Public Intellectual
Let me now...
by annieli
on Tue Dec 06, 2016 at 04:03 PM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Drive-By knifing treated as active shooter in the case of The Ohio State Somali migrant ... shot dead by OSU campus police today
An Ohio State University student plowed his car into a crowd of fellow students and teachers Monday morning, dashed...
by annieli
on Mon Nov 28, 2016 at 07:43 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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The classroom or lecture hall other than a nap-site is becoming a more hospitable place for haters. So unlike the trolling because of issues common to poor students (and poor teaching), RWNJs have become more organized in doxxing college faculty. And...
by annieli
on Tue Nov 22, 2016 at 12:30 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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False information plagued this election. In fact, false information swayed this election. There is no doubt that social media was full of some pretty nasty disinformation this year. This is a real problem for Democrats. We are the party of nuance and...
by John M Webb
on Mon Nov 21, 2016 at 12:40 AM PST
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My history in this group, DKU, has been as a caretaker and happened only because I just tried to carry this group over from DK3-DK4, and now that we’re in DK5, perhaps there are some faculty,
by annieli
on Mon Nov 21, 2016 at 05:24 AM PST
with 6 Recommends
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My history in this group, DKU, has been as a caretaker and happened only because I just tried to carry this group over from DK3-DK4, and now that we’re in DK5, perhaps there are some faculty,
by annieli
on Sun Nov 20, 2016 at 07:02 AM PST
with 13 Recommends
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Not classes — school seems to be going okay-ish. But as for me — the problem for me is with my body. I have been having problems with my back for the past several years, and in fact in the spring of 2016 I had back surgery, which made a phenomenal...
by annetteboardman
on Sat Sep 03, 2016 at 03:29 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Welcome once again to Sunday Puzzle, a weekly series for people who enjoy light mental exercise spiced with politics, humor, and odd bits of trivia.
I continue to be running way behind on things ...
by Nova Land
on Sun Oct 26, 2014 at 05:01 PM PDT
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Here we have one of the most beautiful of Romantic overtures ever composed, and it was dedicated to A CAVE.
/Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa, one of the Hebrides Islands, off the west coast ...
by Dumbo
on Thu Apr 18, 2013 at 09:31 PM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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Even if you have no contact with classical music, especially with opera, I'm sure you've noticed that when an opera company that has you in its 100-mile radius performs all four operas in the Ring ...
by Dave in Northridge
on Thu Dec 27, 2012 at 05:07 PM PST
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What do limericks and music have in common? No, that's not a joke with a punchline.
I suppose this is, though:
/There once was a man from Nantucket
Took a pig in a thicket to ******
The pig ...
by Dumbo
on Thu Nov 29, 2012 at 07:22 PM PST
with 14 Recommends
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I'm going to be sneaky today. This diary isn't REALLY going to be about Albinoni. But enjoy the Albinoni anyway. And read where I'm going with this below.
Adagio by Albinoni, arranged for solo ...
by Dumbo
on Thu Nov 08, 2012 at 07:07 PM PST
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This started out to be a diary about Antonin Dvorak's String Quartet #12, "The American Quartet," but it became too content heavy, so I'm going to leave it like this, as a prelude to next week, and ...
by Dumbo
on Thu Sep 27, 2012 at 07:48 PM PDT
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"Oh wow," you may be thinking. "Mozart Symphony #37? Wait a minute! I bought an expensive collection of the complete Mozart Symphonies on Ebay and it doesn't include the Mozart #37! I was screwed!
by Dumbo
on Thu Sep 20, 2012 at 08:04 PM PDT
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Alice Herz-Sommer. 108 years old. Survivor of Terezin Concentration Camp. Concert Pianist. A treasure.
Here she is, at the young age of 106, playing the Beethoven Moonlight Sonata on what I ...
by Dumbo
on Thu Sep 13, 2012 at 07:35 PM PDT
with 39 Recommends
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