Tag: general

What I am reading about lately, from Naomi Klein to Jenny Odell

Here’s a dozen good pieces I’ve read lately that I would recommend for your Sunday — or any day — reading:

  1. Naomi Klein has some new world problems: Naomi Klein deals with her doppelganger.
  2. Meanwhile, the UK is dealing with some old world problems: on the Finucane assassination in Northern Ireland.
  3. How we think about the serial killer Lucy Letby shows how she could get away with it. Hard but insightful.
  4. On a lighter note, I liked this piece on how 90s tech culture was a jumbled mess.
  5. An argument to consider: we should return to the bold egalitarianism of Iris Murdoch.
  6. Some meaty food for thought: what can we learn from John Rawls’s critique of capitalism.
  7. A good piece by Kevin Kruse on Carter and Reagan: confidence men.
  8. For fans of stoicism:  the glass is already broken.
  9. My friend Norbert with another good post on repairability, here.
  10. Science explains how we lose interest in something. Different than we think.
  11. This interview with Jenny Odell talking about time is great.
  12. I am somewhat of a fan of Horseshoe_theory, but not everyone is, I know.

Seven links on Indigenous people within Canada


I continue to read and collect stories on Indigenous people within Canada. I think these ones are worth sharing.

Here is a piece on the search for the unmarked graves of Indigenous Children published in the New York Times in October. Relatedly, here is another piece: Genocide In My Own Backyard.

Reconciliation and drinking water are also two things I try and gain a better understanding of. This lead me to this piece,  A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation,  and this Canada to Pay Billions to Indigenous Groups for Tainted Drinking Water

I thought this was a good development for Mi’kmaw students, being provided by my employer: IBM opens school for Mi’kmaw students in Cape Breton . Likewise, I enjoyed this: Indigenous artists featured at a recent Toronto art fair. Back to tech, I thought this was fascinating:
How AI and immersive technology are being used to revitalize Indigenous language preservation.

What I find interesting in general, Julyish, 2021


Often I find links that are interesting but I don’t know what to do with. Here are some for this month. I should have posted them in July but hey, it’s the thought that counts 🙂

  1. Enjoy the restored Night Watch but don’t ignore the machine behind the Rembrandt 
  2. Starting an Online Store as a Digital Nomad
  3. User Experience Matters: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From “Objectified”
  4. The Infinite Loop of Supply Chains
  5. How to Not Go Broke the Next Time You Move
  6. Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes
  7. Our Favorite Cheap Earbuds Are an Unbelievable $16 Right Now
  8. Tony Mecia’s Charlotte Ledger newsletter on pace for $175 000 in annual revenue
  9. Best budgeting software of 2021
  10. Nearly 60% of small charities have zero plans to digitally transform says CanadaHelps survey
  11. Millions of Canadians working from home could qualify for new tax deduction
  12. Simplest Stool
  13. The Rasterbator
  14. Help Your Garden Thrive By Pairing These Plants
  15. Behold: *All* the Stuff I Wish I’d Known Before Starting an Etsy Business
  16. 7014
  17. The Dreyfus Affair (1899) A Silent Film Review
  18. The Iconography of the Paris Commune 150 Years Later
  19. The Problem With History Classes
  20. Centuries-Old Paintings Help Researchers Track Food Evolution
  21. CONVERTING VHS TO A DIGITAL FILE // MAC & PC // CHEAP & EASY!!
  22. How and Why to do a Life Audit
  23. Why People Are So Awful Online
  24. The land was worth millions. A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue’s company for $250 000.
  25. Northern Ireland Is Coming to an End
  26. From Dominion Day to Canada Day there’s a long history of ambivalence
  27. How Amazon Bullies Manipulates and Lies to Reporters
  28. What the city and police say about the crackdown on the homeless in Torono parks seems at odds with reality. Why should we trust them?
  29. On the Occasion of Our 10-year Legal Marriage Anniversary
  30. John Tory shares strong feelings about protesters at Toronto encampment evictions
  31. Juul agrees to pay North Carolina $40 million to settle vaping accusations
  32. Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape thoughts memories and feelings
  33. lofi.cafe – lofi music

Thank you for reading this far. I don’t know if anyone reads most of my posts, especially these general ones,  but I keep at it regardless.

(Top Photo by Hello I’m Nik on Unsplash . Bottom Photo by Courtney Hedger on Unsplash)

What I find interesting in general, June, 2021

Often I find links that are interesting but I don’t know what to do with. Here are some for this month.

Art related links: If you draw and are running out of ideas, try this,  Random Art Prompt Generator. I was interested in printmaking lately. Here are some links to various sites on it:

I was using this site make photos into stencils, which I could then use on other art projects…it’s good: Free Picture Stencil Maker. Robert Frank is a great photographer. Here’s a good story on how Robert Frank’s vision influenced and inspired Generations Of Photographers. Back to earth, here is Flashery,  a photo box for people serious about their home photos.

Work, economics and capitalism: I found these interesting:

Working for yourself?  How many fans do you need to be successful. Here are two views on that: The Technium: 1,000 True Fans and 1,000 True Fans? Try 100

Climate Change:  We’ve all been very focused on the pandemic. But climate change has not gone away. Here’s two pieces on it: The business as usual climate scenario may be too pessimistic, researchers warn – The Washington Post and Let’s abandon climate targets, and do something completely different | George Monbiot | The Guardian

Random:  I love motorcycles as an object, and Uncrate has some cool ones, like this Volcon Runt Kid’s Motorcycle. If you are painting your house and can’t pick from thousands of colours, perhaps this list of 50 will help you narrow it down:
50 Most Popular Sherwin-Williams Paint Colors. This was a delightful story on how professors are hanging on to chalk! Where Theory Meets Chalk, Dust Flies

If you are interested in statistical distributions other than the Bell curve/normal distribution, check out 3 interesting Statistic Distribution and
Power Law and Power Law Distribution.

Thank you for reading this far. I don’t know if anyone reads most of my posts, but I keep at it regardless.

(Photo by Courtney Hedger on Unsplash)

 

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