Things learned in January
Still reading up on politics, but there are various other things I learned this month, too, most notably interesting technical stuff about LJ and DW.
1. And here I thought Ezekiel was joking... wombats indeed shit cubes - http://theconversation.com/why-do-wombats-do-cube-shaped-poo-55975
2. German: Wörter vs. Worte - when to use which - http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Wort (German site. You have to scroll down a little.)
3. Bulk change/delete LJ entries using this tool - http://www.mp3vcr.com/ljsec/
From this good post that has other useful links - http://www.metafilter.com/164293/LiveJournal-represents-social-media-without-borders
4. Politics: Brexit and Trump make people believe in EU again - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/24/europeans-start-liking-the-e-u-again/
5. Why Moana was renamed to Vaiana in Europe - not an ideal article but it does mention the copyright issues - https://themonsoonproject.org/2016/07/12/from-moana-to-vaiana-why-disneys-newest-polynesian-inspired-film-will-be-very-different-in-french/
6. Politics: Don't take stability and security and peace for granted - http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/stop-making-sense-or-how-to-write-in-the-age-of-trump-9575300
7. Politics: 20 good tips on how to fight authoritarianism - http://inthesetimes.com/article/19658/20-lessons-from-the-20th-century-on-how-to-survive-in-trumps-america
8. How did I not know this: via
rydra_wong: Hollywood had a puritan code that prohibited it from showing mixed-race relations, homosexuality, adultery, etc.etc. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood - how did I not know about this?
from the code: the term miscegenation "interracial marriage and sexual relations" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation
9. Kumbayah is not African but pidgin English for "come by here" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbaya
10. The circle filtering on DW is vastly superior to the flist filtering on LJ: on LJ, you friend a person and can then select a list of tags you (dont) want to see in your feed. Then you can group persons together into groups. Meaning: no matter which group someone is in, you will always see the same of their tags in every group. On DW, you add a person and then define reading lists. After you've defined the lists, you can select which tags of which member of the list you want to see there. E.g. you can see icon posts of that person in your "icon" reading list and all the other posts of that person in your "normal" reading list.
11. Problems with freedom of the press (and what can be done) - http://pressthink.org/2016/12/winter-coming-prospects-american-press-trump/
12. There is a thing called "last-place aversion": people will do anything to avoid coming last - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/occupy-wall-street-psychology/
13. Vegetarianism in Japan = impossible - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2016-10-24/.108015 - more stuff here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/archive
14. How did I not know this: You can schedule entries to LJ by giving them a posting date in the future - http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/354.html
15. via hamsterwoman: Repeating a word until it loses all meaning is called semantic satiation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation
also via hamsterwoman: an interesting article about the maths behind social networking sites - https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/11/the_social_graph_is_neither/
16. The geodynamo (molten iron moving around) inside the Earth creates/maintains its magnetic field - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_magnetic_field#Earth.27s_core_and_the_geodynamo
17. Ideas for US government to protect against cyber assaults - https://www.wired.com/2017/01/america-can-beat-russia-cyber-war-despite-trump/
18. The best way to avoid wrong associations is to make the important parts of your message loud and clear - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-road-to-pseudoscientific-thinking/
19. The length of the human intestine is about 7 times body length (that ratio is a lot higher for herbivores) - http://www.vivahealth.org.uk/wheat-eaters-or-meat-eaters/length-digestive-tract
20. Fungus reproduction (up to 10.000 sexes...) - http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/2010/06/02/a-fungus-walks-into-a-singles-bar/ funny but overall not that informative article
21. Politics: new Article by Sarah Kendzior: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/our-anti-american-president/article33678942/
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25. Kendama - a wooden game that was used as a weapon by Geishas - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendama
26. Politics: very bleak. :( This article deconstructs every legal recourse I thought there was against Trump - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
27. Politics: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/donald-trump-2016-election-oklahoma-working-class
28. Politics: a wiki with issues and contact info - very helpful - https://www.resistancemanual.org/Resistance_Manual_Home
29. Politics: https://dailyaction.org/ - sounds great! an explanation on current issues in your zipcode routing you directly through to your senator - http://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/42744.html
30. Politics: Hopeful article - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/a-clarifying-moment-in-american-history/514868/
31. Politics: around 100K Germans are affected by the Muslim ban because they have dual citizenship. German article: Tagesspiegel - and there's actually a Wikipedia page on it, too: executive order 13769
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1. And here I thought Ezekiel was joking... wombats indeed shit cubes - http://theconversation.com/why-do-wombats-do-cube-shaped-poo-55975
2. German: Wörter vs. Worte - when to use which - http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Wort (German site. You have to scroll down a little.)
3. Bulk change/delete LJ entries using this tool - http://www.mp3vcr.com/ljsec/
From this good post that has other useful links - http://www.metafilter.com/164293/LiveJournal-represents-social-media-without-borders
4. Politics: Brexit and Trump make people believe in EU again - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/24/europeans-start-liking-the-e-u-again/
5. Why Moana was renamed to Vaiana in Europe - not an ideal article but it does mention the copyright issues - https://themonsoonproject.org/2016/07/12/from-moana-to-vaiana-why-disneys-newest-polynesian-inspired-film-will-be-very-different-in-french/
6. Politics: Don't take stability and security and peace for granted - http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/stop-making-sense-or-how-to-write-in-the-age-of-trump-9575300
7. Politics: 20 good tips on how to fight authoritarianism - http://inthesetimes.com/article/19658/20-lessons-from-the-20th-century-on-how-to-survive-in-trumps-america
8. How did I not know this: via
rydra_wong: Hollywood had a puritan code that prohibited it from showing mixed-race relations, homosexuality, adultery, etc.etc. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood - how did I not know about this?
from the code: the term miscegenation "interracial marriage and sexual relations" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation
9. Kumbayah is not African but pidgin English for "come by here" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbaya
10. The circle filtering on DW is vastly superior to the flist filtering on LJ: on LJ, you friend a person and can then select a list of tags you (dont) want to see in your feed. Then you can group persons together into groups. Meaning: no matter which group someone is in, you will always see the same of their tags in every group. On DW, you add a person and then define reading lists. After you've defined the lists, you can select which tags of which member of the list you want to see there. E.g. you can see icon posts of that person in your "icon" reading list and all the other posts of that person in your "normal" reading list.
11. Problems with freedom of the press (and what can be done) - http://pressthink.org/2016/12/winter-coming-prospects-american-press-trump/
12. There is a thing called "last-place aversion": people will do anything to avoid coming last - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/occupy-wall-street-psychology/
13. Vegetarianism in Japan = impossible - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2016-10-24/.108015 - more stuff here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/archive
14. How did I not know this: You can schedule entries to LJ by giving them a posting date in the future - http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/354.html
15. via hamsterwoman: Repeating a word until it loses all meaning is called semantic satiation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation
also via hamsterwoman: an interesting article about the maths behind social networking sites - https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/11/the_social_graph_is_neither/
16. The geodynamo (molten iron moving around) inside the Earth creates/maintains its magnetic field - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_magnetic_field#Earth.27s_core_and_the_geodynamo
17. Ideas for US government to protect against cyber assaults - https://www.wired.com/2017/01/america-can-beat-russia-cyber-war-despite-trump/
18. The best way to avoid wrong associations is to make the important parts of your message loud and clear - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-road-to-pseudoscientific-thinking/
19. The length of the human intestine is about 7 times body length (that ratio is a lot higher for herbivores) - http://www.vivahealth.org.uk/wheat-eaters-or-meat-eaters/length-digestive-tract
20. Fungus reproduction (up to 10.000 sexes...) - http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/2010/06/02/a-fungus-walks-into-a-singles-bar/ funny but overall not that informative article
21. Politics: new Article by Sarah Kendzior: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/our-anti-american-president/article33678942/
22.
23.
24.
25. Kendama - a wooden game that was used as a weapon by Geishas - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendama
26. Politics: very bleak. :( This article deconstructs every legal recourse I thought there was against Trump - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
27. Politics: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/donald-trump-2016-election-oklahoma-working-class
28. Politics: a wiki with issues and contact info - very helpful - https://www.resistancemanual.org/Resistance_Manual_Home
29. Politics: https://dailyaction.org/ - sounds great! an explanation on current issues in your zipcode routing you directly through to your senator - http://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/42744.html
30. Politics: Hopeful article - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/a-clarifying-moment-in-american-history/514868/
31. Politics: around 100K Germans are affected by the Muslim ban because they have dual citizenship. German article: Tagesspiegel - and there's actually a Wikipedia page on it, too: executive order 13769
x-posted to dw (comments:
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