Humans. We’re so big. Totally huge. What do we really know about all the little guys out there? Pathogens? Bacteria? . Viruses? Toxoplasma? . Check out the fascinating article in The Economist, A game of cat and mouse, which explains the intriguing theory that pathogens may account for schizophrenia in humans – or, to put […]
Aretha Franklin demanded it, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, because to get it confers authority on the person who is respected. Singing from the perspective of the blues, that is, of the oppressed, to get authority and therefore respect is a good thing. But what happens when established authorities themselves harp on demands for respect? Or when the supporters […]
As we wait (and wait and wait) for summer to arrive in Victoria Canada, they’re all set to celebrate the approach of winter in Sidney Sydney Australia. And boy, are they doing it in style… . Click through to Flavorwire for the full story. (Thanks, melanieb for noticing the spelling error!)
Over the past few days, I’ve busied myself with comments on various blogs. Today, I’m taking the easy way out (of blogging) by posting links to those other entries. Ok, I’ll sort them a bit… First, while I’m trying to wean myself off a certain local political situation, I find myself provoked into the occasional […]
As residents of Victoria British Columbia continue to struggle with a closed, secretive city council that (with the exception of one councilor, Geoff Young) prefers to do its business behind closed doors or from a lofty perch of Sonya Chandler- or Lynn Hunter-style “know-it-all-ism,” here’s a story from the local daily that illustrates just how […]
I chose a couple of redesigned BP logos to illustrate yesterday’s Sunday Diigo Links Post, even though my links weren’t related to the oilspill. They just struck me as appropriate. One in particular caught my attention: . The design is part of LogoMyWay’s BP Logo Redesign Contest. It was submitted by Gremlin (no further information […]
Is biomimicry a “megacategory” of cleantech? “We live in a competent universe, and we are surrounded by genius”: Janine Benyus on revealing what we should understand and on biomimicry. “Imagine spring, imagine organizing spring.” Must-view video. See also AskNature.org tags: janine_benyus, biomimicry, ted_conference Please Do Touch: A Q&A with Miranda July – ARTINFO.com Interesting semi-permanent […]
The title of my post is semi-serious, semi-ironic. I’m ambivalent about gentrification: if it means unslumming, I figure it’s good; if it means homogenization toward a single class (typically privileged) at the expense of economic diversity, it’s probably not-so-good, right? When I write “Gentrification 2.0,” I’m saying that I’m not sure how this particular example […]
I spent a good chunk of today worrying about my dog Jigger, which, in light of all the serious things in the world that one could be worried by, is a relatively luxurious concern. My worry wasn’t provoked by a crisis (he didn’t go missing or get hit by a car or drink radiator fluid). […]
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