Strange Horizons - Freshly Remember’d: Kirk Drift By Erin Horáková A lengthy essay arguing that the popular image of Shatner’s Kirk isn’t what the original episodes of Star Trek portray (but that the reboot has picked up the stereotype and run with it).
(tags: star-trek kirk james-t-kirk science-fiction television) BENDOCKERY.COM: The Anatomy of ( Read more... )

I assert that God is omnipotent, omniscient, but also all-Evil. How would you disprove this contention? : DebateAChristian Someone takes Law’s Evil God Challenge over to /r/DebateAChristian, and makes a pretty good showing of it. Amusing for all the Thomists complaining that the poster doesn’t get it, without quite being able to say what it is OP ( Read more... )

What is this thing, called swing? | The Home of Happy Feet Daniel Newsome geeks out about music.
(tags: lindyhop swing music jazz beats dance) 19 Tips For Everyday Git Use Top tips for git
(tags: git software software-engineering tips) Scott Aaronson Answers Every Ridiculously Big Question I Throw at Him - Scientific American Blog Network A ( Read more... )

A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong Yvain/Scott Alexander on why it might be a bad idea to continue to espouse a belief in God, the Devil and whatnot while having a sort of private understanding of what that means, even if that understanding is more palatable than the original theology.
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Jazz Dance Film Fest 2014 Bunch of fun dancing films. I like the rubber ducky.
(tags: dancing lindy lindyhop balboa film jazz) Originally posted at Name and Nature. You can comment there. There are currently
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FOLLOWERS FIRST - Jazz As Movement Nathan Bugh writes: “Not only is following active and difficult, it is also the prerequisite for leading. When it comes to learning and teaching basic, lead/follow skills, the follower’s technique is a much more immediate priority than the leader’s technique. Her dancing ability, her awareness, strength, balance ( Read more... )

The Course of Their Lives - JSOnline A fascinating series of articles on the experiences of medical students dissecting a body during their training, interspersed with the reflections of someone leaving her body to the medical school. Via Mefi.
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▶ Jazz Fever - Rachel Bloom ft. Seth Green - YouTube It’s the fever that you get from too much jazz.
(tags: charleston seth-green rachel-bloom jazz funny video) Spartacus Educational: Ralph Miliband and Lord Rothermere The man Heil got the diary quote from explains why Miliband senior might not have felt so welcome in the UK: “The Miliband family ( Read more... )

BBC News - How religions change their mind How do doctrinal shifts occur in various world religions?
(tags: religion christianity mormonism islam change doctrine judaism) I Went Down to St. James Infirmary An entire blog full of different versions of the song. Super.
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Name That Tune | News | Gambit - New Orleans News and Entertainment "In an excerpt from Letters From New Orleans, writer Rob Walker charts the course of "St. James Infirmary" from Dublin, Ireland, to Rampart Street." I’m slightly obsessed with the song myself, so this was fascinating.
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