disturbingly modern patriarchy

good quote: Basically, a system in which men control the resources and women have little-to-no say in how society is run is detrimental to the survival of the human race. - Taryn Hillin (Source)

Secret Ancient American History


I caution you: think theory when you listen to these "experts" - who are not always right! BOOM!

superhuman artificial intelligence


Ray Kurzweil writes that, due to paradigm shifts, a trend of exponential growth extends Moore's law from integrated circuits to earlier transistors, vacuum tubes, relays, and electromechanical computers. He predicts that the exponential growth will continue, and that in a few decades the computing power of all computers will exceed that of ("unenhanced") human brains, with superhuman artificial intelligence appearing around the same time.

This kinda makes my head go...BOOM

Taking Fake Book Covers on the Subway

"mailing project"

Hot Books in the Cold War Cover

Hot Books in the Cold War

The CIA-Funded Secret Western Book Distribution Program Behind the Iron Curtain
Central European University Press, Hardcover, 9786155225239, 549pp.
Publication Date: July 5, 2013

it's the end of the beans?

C’est la fin des haricots

Perfect for when you’re feeling furious, ‘c’est la fin des haricots’ literally translates as ‘it’s the end of the beans’. It equates to the English, ‘that’s the last straw’. The phrase makes beans feel suddenly very dramatic, and we’re not the only ones who find it funny.

Stone Song

Stone Song



I'm reading The Rock Child now - oh, god, it's so good!

Mitochondria

Whenever I see my 10-year-old daughter brimming over with so much energy that she jumps up in the middle of supper to run around the table, I think to myself, "those young mitochondria."

Mitochondria are our cells’ energy dynamos.

 I feel old... BOOM!

$2.5 Billion?

Prince William  is RICH

Sometimes we’re so taken with the royal family that we think of them as just any other celebrity.  They are, in fact, in a totally separate league and here’s a fact that will quickly put things into perspective for you: Prince William is worth $2.5 Billion.

MONDAY: postcard

Margaret Atwood - brilliant = BOOM

Storm Show Studios

Readers’ Choice:
Best Filmmaker:
Darrell Miller (that guy above)



After four decades on the planet and 17 years of filmmaking, Darrell Miller’s love for Jackson still shines through. Miller combined his efforts as Storm Show Studios with Ryan Halverson’s Full Room Productions in 2011 to inject new life into his projects. The two are producing homegrown ski films featuring local riders ripping it in the Tetons and beyond. Unlike many movie crews who close areas and let the world know when they are filming, Darrell (if you can actually spot him) may be found on his island of powder stashes with cameras as small as coffee cups. This low impact lurking may go unnoticed by skiers nearby, but when autumn comes along and the films are unleashed, the town speaks; people arrive in droves for D. Mill debuts. Beneath every action packed second of these films is the knowledge that these powder feats were all earned. The crew sweats their own boot pack and makes their own judgments without the help of guides. Darrell’s films continue to provide a certain level of realism that is often lost in modern day ski films. The countless hours spent producing these segments enhances the realism. Darrell’s awe and dedication for Jackson and its mountain athletes is evidenced in every single flick.
Elizabeth Koutrelakos

Boz Scaggs - Heart Of Mine


 If you wanna see me cry, this song does it... BOOM! (the song, not the video)

laziness trend? No! #Millennials #Foodies

SOURCE

Millennials—those born between the early 1980s and 2000s—don’t eat cereal?  Millennial bashing is nothing new. Time magazine, for example, ran a cover story in 2013 entitled, “The me, me, me generation: Millennials are lazy, entitled narcissists who still live with their parents.”

Of the 80 million Millennials, more than half call themselves “foodies.” From Instagramming every meal (#avocadotoast) to spending upwards of 25 percent of their paychecks in restaurants, most in this age group are undeniably fixated on sourcing, cooking and enjoying food.

Author Eve Turow has a name for her food-obsessed cohorts: “Generation Yum.” In her book “A Taste of Generation Yum, How the Millennial Generation’s Love for Organic Fare, Celebrity Chefs and Microbrews Will Make or Break the Future of Food,” she digs deep into the reasons why her generation is intrigued by all aspects of food. “I really think it comes down to technology,” Turow writes. “In a land of over-stimulation, over-consumption, we are, in many ways, a malnourished generation.”

Immersing themselves in the sensual pleasures of gardening, cooking from scratch, and taking photos of food is a backlash against technology, an antidote to living in a virtual world.

Despite living through one of the worst periods of unemployment and student loan debt in American history, Generation Yummers, Turow explains, make it a priority to spend their hard-earned bucks on organic kale, homebrewing equipment, single origin coffee, and truffle cheese. They’re just not spending money on industrially produced boxed cereal. Cereal companies: You should be very, very nervous.

By 2017, Millennials will comprise more than one-fourth of the U.S. population, and are projected to have more spending power than any other generation.  Milllennials are not just spending money on food, they are Tweeting and hashtagging their way to make impactful contributions to the Food Movement.  Any Millennial foodie worth his or her organic salt knows the difference between cage-free and pastured eggs, grass fed and commodity beef, and is well-versed in the topics of food waste, fair wages for food workers, school lunches, community hunger, and how to sign up for a local CSA.




just a reminder

  good reminders!  


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