[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Some resources for people who want to be allies
- [Geek Feminism Blog - Mary - on rape culture]
- Toward a Personal Theory of Comment Moderation
- This is why personal wisdom is not a science. In science, a discovery only needs to be made once, by one person, in order for the entire world to build upon it. They may replicate it out of intellectual curiosity or to learn the foundations of a long-standing theory, but that one moment only needs to happen once. Otherwise, every Biologist would need to sail around the Galapagos to understand Evolution.
But wisdom is different. You must root it in personal experience, you must earn it with a series of mistakes, must toil for it with blood, sweat, and fuckups…
[I removed a misplaced comma from the above quote. It was hurting my brain. -L]
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- eBook Devices Cheat Sheet
- [Stephen's Lighthouse]
- Margaret Mead’s war theory kicks butt of neo-Darwinian and Malthusian models
- [Scientific American - John Horgan]
War, in other words, is a self-perpetuating meme. So how can we end it?
- Risk Reduction Strategies on Facebook
- [apophenia - zephoria]
…I find teens who have strategies for managing their online presence that are odd at first blush but make complete sense when you understand the context in which they operate. These teens use innovative approaches to leverage the technology to meet personal goals. Let me explain two that caught my attention this week…
- Grief myths
- [Mind Hacks - vaughanbell]
Myths about grief are so widespread they frequently appear even as guidance for mental health professionals. A new study looked at textbooks given to trainee nurses and found that all had a least one unsupported claim about the grieving process and few had advice drawn from actual research…
Evidence-based Findings
1. Not all people experience grief in the same way
2. Some grieving people do not report feeling distressed or depressed
3. Some people experience high levels of distress for the rest of their lives without pathology
4. Repressive coping may promote resilience in some people
5. Resilience, growth, and/or positive emotions may be associated with loss
- How to Craft the Perfect Computer Spec List for Your Needs
- [Lifehacker - Adam Dachis]
Whether you're building or buying, the perfect computer isn't necessarily the product of the most expensive parts. Your perfect spec list makes up the machine that works best for you and your budget. Here's how to put it together.
- Scooz me
- [I Can Has Cheezburger?]
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-L]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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