Reddit has a sub-Reddit called /r/ExplainLikeImFive where the goal is to convey complex ideas in a way that even a child (or a typical Redditor?) can understand. Someone compiled some of the best explanations the site has provided in a single post.
Dollar Street, from the GapMinder Foundation, uses a well-designed interface to help counter misconceptions about different income levels in the world. Their main point is that people don’t uniformly live in “poor” or “rich” countries like most of us tend to think but that people actually share similar lifestyles, items that they own, and things they […]
Figured this would be a good week to dig deep in the photo albums for a shot from a weekend trip to Amsterdam our host college arranged while I was on a semester exchange to England in 1995. (That England trip will probably fill 7/10 spots if I ever do a “Fondest Pot Memories” list […]
I briefly thought of doing a list of “10 of My Fondest Memories of Pot” for this post. But since it feels weird to talk about something I did that was very common within my circle of friends but illegal (even if it’s now legal), I’ve decided to hold off on that list for now. […]
This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in Pennsylvania where inmates are no longer being allowed any form of print book sent by family members or charities but they can buy overpriced, overly restricted ebooks, […]
This looks like a fun place to stay!
Good overview of the history and importance of the US’s midterm elections, coming to a state near you in one month!
A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not an “official” stat holiday but it’s still a day that many workplaces (not just libraries) recognize as a slow time and/or a good time to close early […]
When you think it can’t get any crazier in US politics, it gets crazier. Last week, it was the spectacle of the testimony by Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault ~30 years ago when they were teenagers, Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford. Basically, you’ve got a situation where Republicans, shocked […]
Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash
