Enough Rope

... is what Dave Rubin gives her. (13 minutes)

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Rescue

Watch this.

Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea

The most fascinating track I have heard from Max Richter's Sleep.  That's far too interesting to sleep to!

Tetzel

What's old is new again.

Best Tweet Ever?

That click-bait title isn't for a burn, or a snap, or a clever retort, but one of the few really thoughtful and thought-provoking tweets I have ever seen.

Here it is.

Epigenetics

A new paper shows epigenetics probably has only a small role (if any) in adaptation.

Clap on! Clap off!

The Clapper!

In which I pat myself on the back

A police body-cam settles a dispute.

My platform, point 4.

Update.

A Theory Of School Killings

In a word:  contagion.

Tough Math Puzzle Explained

Another video from 3blue1brown. This neatly visualizes a tough problem from a tough test, and isn’t too long. Very nice.

Bonus: A short Habanera for violin and piano from our musical admiral, Jean Cras.

Bummer of a birthmark

Larsson

Cillizza

Fooling Sonar

With the right shape and materials.

On Rye

Here.

Heather MacDonald

Some excerpts on campus delusions. 11 worthwhile minutes.

Survey says ...

I am not much of a fan of survey science, but this one has so much appeal ... those most vocal about global warming are the least likely to do anything about it.

A Quotation from The New Yorker

Black studies is a dehiscence at the heart of the institution on its edge; its broken, coded documents sanction walking in another world while passing through this one, graphically disordering the administered scarcity from which black studies flows as wealth.

No, I am not making this up.

Beatings will continue until morale improves

Women at NBC feel the heat. I have no idea if Brokaw is guilty, but I have few doubts NBC is.

Cras Quintet

Jean Cras was a French naval officer who eventually rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. he was also a composer.