Memes About Animal Resistance Are Everywhere — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Laugh off Rebellious Orcas and Sea Otters Too Quickly
Are human and nonhuman animals’ struggles against oppression intertwined?
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Why Psalm 23 Gives Me the Creeps
Happyville? Or Pain City?
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Is the flâneur necessarily an urban male?
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Now for somthing completely different…on the musical front.
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In “The Cat’s Meow,” evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos explores the ancestral roots of the modern housecat.
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The matter of what is a liquid has made the news…..
Read more...Roundtable with Gonzalo Lira
Your humble blogger goes solo with Gonzalo Lira.
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Outwardly simple and seemingly rational choices often have far-reaching consequences for those who cannot or will not imagine the day after tomorrow.
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“Where’s my drummer?”
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Some perspectives on being an expat.
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A word from Honest Government. Please tune in.
Read more...A Wee Rant About the State of Travel
Travel is no fun.
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Scientific research has coaxed the owl from the shadows and restored her to Athene, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
Read more...The Reveal from Drought’s Receding Waters: Not Just the Bodies in Lake Mead
Water and oil don’t mix.
Read more...Robert Smithson, Creator of “Spiral Jetty” and the Artist for the Jackpot?
A perambulation through the works of “land artist” Robert Smithson.
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