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Taylor Jones, a graduate student in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, wrote a post on his Language Jones blog that considers how shitgibbon fits an emerging pattern for obscene insults like douchewaffle, turdweasel, and jizztrumpet, all of which consist of a monosyllablic expletive plus a trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable). Along with metrical concerns, Jones notes how vowels often repeat in such words, as in dickbiscuit, craprabbit, and spunkpuffin.
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"Blitz" Uses Classical Storytelling to Advance a Radical Vision of War Justin Chang in New Yorker 25x24
Gaza Yet Stands Juan Cole
Time and Memory Andy Ilachinski
With 'electro-agriculture,' plants can produce food in the dark and with 94% less land, bioengineers sayPhotosynthesis, the chemical reaction that enables almost all life on Earth, is extremely inefficient at capturing energy -— only around 1% of light energy that a plant absorbs is converted into chemical energy within the plant. Bioengineers propose a radical new method of food production that they call 'electro-agriculture.' The method essentially replaces photosynthesis with a solar-powered chemical reaction that more efficiently converts CO2 into an organic molecule that plants would be genetically engineered to 'eat.' The researchers estimate that if all food in the US were produced using electro-agriculture, it would reduce the amount of land needed for agriculture by 94%. The method could also be used to grow food in space.
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How psychedelics and VR could reveal how we become immersed in reality New Scientist
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Centres of Nestorian Christianity at its height in the middle ages mapsontheweb
Extended mind thesis Wikipedia
The extended mind in science and society The University of Edinburgh
The Extended Mind Annie Murphy Paul
Constructs of imagination Andy Ilachinski
Fermented foods: Are things like kimchi and kombucha really good for your gut? New Scientist
There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow | New Scientist New Scientist
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The complete guide to cooking oils and how they affect your health New Scientist
A mosaic of the Biden administration Adam Tooze
Phatic expression Wikipedia
Acausal order Andy Ilachinski
Jesse Sheidlower answers our questions about "The F-Word" Strong Language
Researchers Create 3D Model of Ancient Stone Sculpture From a Single 134-Year-Old Photo PetaPixel
Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks? New Scientist
Neal Stephenson's "Polostan" Cory Doctorow
The Dark Forest Wikipedia
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The Making of Assam Tea Rituparna Goswami on Medium
Letting It All Hang Out
Fintan O'Toole NYRB
"Recrudescence" is the word of the day
Jennifer Sandlin
Manglewort and Odradek (Michael Taussig, Franz Kafka)
The Cares of a Family Man (pdf)
Odrsadek jflaxman at Deviant Art
Ragged Bits of Meaning, Wound on a Star-Shaped Spool for Thread The Kafka Project
Odradek: The Form Which Things Assume in Oblivion Frieze
What is Odradek? : A Badiouan Perspective The Combed Thunderclap
the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve
The Cares of a Family Man Wikipedia