“First held in 1972, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is approximately as American as you would suspect it to be.” Have we reached a hot dogs-per-minute plateau in competitive eating? Rory Masterson explores dogs and data.
Why I Hate My Dog — Discover
“In evolving with us for tens of thousands of years, maybe dogs became not just exemplars of happiness but, like humans, emotionally fragile creatures.” At Longreads, author Richard Gilbert paints a lighthearted portrait of Belle Krendl, his weird rescue dog.
Pokémon Go and the politics of digital gaming in public — Discover
“Airbnb owns no properties; Uber owns no cars; Pokémon Go is just some markers on a map. The politics is someone else’s problem.” A critique on Pokémon Go, the nonconsensual use of public and private space, and the flânerie of today’s augmented reality game players.
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko: The Deadliest Female Sniper in History — Discover
Rejected Princesses illustrates the stories of “women too awesome, awful, or offbeat for kids’ movies.” In this installment, learn about Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, her military career, and her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The 21st Century Angelus Bells — Millennial
Old Irish Prayer meets modern tech
I have always been enamored by the Angelus. It’s one of my favorite prayers, although I don’t pray it as often as I should. It is short, but so much is contained within it. It is also the history of the prayer that attracts me, and particularly the relevance the prayer had in Ireland, my […]
Millennial — Discover
Millennial is a journal where young Catholic thinkers reflect on current events, politics, culture, and faith.
“Have Your Cake and Draw It Too”: Food Illustrators Reflect on Taste and Memory — Discover
On drawing food as an art — and an emotional process.
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Political correctness and the history of science — The Renaissance Mathematicus
Anyone who regularly reads this blog will be already aware that the historian David Wootton has written a new book entitled The Invention of Science: A New History of The Scientific Revolution; in The Times (unfortunately behind a pay wall) Gerard DeGroot doesn’t so much review the book as perform a very nasty, vindictive hatchet […]
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Seven — The Renaissance Mathematicus
Seven is the largest single digit prime number and a Mersenne prime. It is the number of planets in ancient Greek astronomy and the number of days in the astrological week, named after those planets. Isaac Newton decided to give the rainbow seven colours to match the seven notes of the major scale. Albrecht […]
You Know You’re a “DogMom” When — The Gloria Sirens
you’re between the ages of 15 and 85 and feel you’re in your prime dog-rearing years. you think soccermoms and helicopter parents who put their children first are slackers. you’re more on top of your dog’s diet, sleep habits, play dates, clothing, accessories, and extra curricular activities than your own. your dog has homework and you make sure […]
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