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Science Fortnite: Long Reads on 5 Topics: Particle Physics (with Banana Scale Segue EDITED), Dust, Leptins, Blockchain, and Navigation

I decided to export a public version of what constitutes about 25% of my journal activity. I let this ride along for about a month. Then I dropped it off … Continue reading Science Fortnite: Long Reads on 5 Topics: Particle Physics (with Banana Scale Segue EDITED), Dust, Leptins, Blockchain, and Navigation

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Banana for scale: Gauging trends in academic interest by normalising publication rates to common and innocuous keywords

the time is ripe for a quick and easy method to quantify trends in academic interest for anecdotal purposes from the paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06418 I am interested in the software offered … Continue reading Banana for scale: Gauging trends in academic interest by normalising publication rates to common and innocuous keywords

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60 Minutes from 1980: The Promise of Natural Gas, Studs Terkel on the Human Condition, Will Campbell, and Cremation

For perspective, there is an Orson Welles champagne commercial, an ad for Pittsburgh Orchestra, and Michael Landon. My dad drove a Ford Granada. It was a POS. Warning: some hick … Continue reading 60 Minutes from 1980: The Promise of Natural Gas, Studs Terkel on the Human Condition, Will Campbell, and Cremation

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Francois Roche asks some questions about ‘digital disobedience’

The students are all underwater? I love finding challenging concepts. #Digitaldisobedience Mindmachinemakingmyths is an Institute for Contingent Scenario / based in BKK / a psycho-satellite of New-Territories / Copyright New-territories … Continue reading Francois Roche asks some questions about ‘digital disobedience’