Hearing more and more about this issue/controversy/debate regarding the algorithmic filtration of people's "news feeds" on facebook, the reactions (including feelings) people are having to the gradual realization that their own views and perspectives have been shaped by a filter that they not only had no say in, but never knew about, and then ( Read more... )

[Hmm, do you think that title just got the attention of the NSA? Hah.]
I've already posted about Islamophobia and its effects. But it needs emphasis again and again. Because frankly, I understand those Muslims here in the U.S. - and elsewhere in "the West" - who end up being pulled (pushed) into extremist or radical ideology and turning against ( Read more... )

Hard evidence: spanking could lead to health problems, antisocial behavior
[This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.]

Elizabeth Gershoff, University of Texas at Austin and Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, University of MichiganWhether you are a parent who has occasionally spanked your child, an adult with ( Read more... )

Lynn Hill - 21st Century War Poet"Lynn Hill was an active participant in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She spent much of her military career flying Predator drones, gathering intelligence and firing missiles remotely some 12,000 miles away - from a central station in Las Vegas ( Read more... )

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Very worth listening to this talk. This guy has some very interesting things to say, and has a very interesting perspective on health and being human.
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I arrived back into the U.S. late into the night 14 February, and back onto Waldron the following afternoon. Three months is not a long time ( Read more... )

In some cultures, tattoos are a mark of status, higher social standing, marks of royalty, nobility, or accomplishments. In others, they are marks of rites of passage and affirmations of human relationships, declarations of membership in or descent from some group of people, familial or otherwise. In some others, they are a mark of religious and ( Read more... )

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I generally find that I prefer most foreign film over most typical U.S. film. 'Most' in both places, as you'll note, implies that there are exceptions on both sides. And don't forget to notice my use of 'typical'. Is that a well-defined category? No, of course not. But as an example of some exceptions, a lot of what comes out of Japan, Korea, ( Read more... )