https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ A Bit More Detail - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:01:21 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios rfmcdonald personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/5086217/1786650 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ 94 100 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5309907.html Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:01:21 GMT https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5309907.html <ul><br /><li>Artsy <a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-icelands-population-staggeringly-creative-why"><u>notes</u></a> a study looking at the different factors explaining why Iceland's population is so creative. Among other things, an educational system that encourages hands-on learning and experimentation and a relative lack of material insecurity help.</li><br /><li>Reddit's mapporn forum <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7zntvw/where_puerto_rican_storm_refugees_are_resettling/"><u>shares</u></a> a map showing where displaced Puerto Ricans are resettling. Florida is emerging as a particularly important destination.</li><br /><li>Charlottetown's <i>The Guardian</i> <a href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/our-incredible-shrinking-island-187706/"><u>reports</u></a> on a recent presentation suggesting that, with sea level rise, Prince Edward Island could be divided into three islands. I wonder where the dividing points will be.</li><br /><li>Wind turbine construction on Amherst Island, near Kingston, has been delayed by weather and problems with roads. Global News <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/4051629/construction-and-weather-dont-mix-for-wind-turbine-project-on-amherst-island/"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /><li>Ireland is now making a push to attract television stations from the United Kingdom post-Brexit, with the legal position of television networks with EU-wide audiences being uncertain after Brexit. <i>The Guardian</i> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/25/ireland-pushes-for-uk-tv-channels-to-make-post-brexit-move?share=d8237cf8"><u>reports</u></a>.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rfmcdonald&ditemid=5309907" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5309907.html ontario popular culture caribbean energy kingston islands canada oceans disasters links television european union puerto rico florida united kingdom prince edward island iceland ireland atlantic canada west norden united states creative class public 0 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5243876.html Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:29:49 GMT https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5243876.html <ul><br /><li>At Antipope, Charlie Stross <a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html"><u>takes</u></a> a look at the dystopian future we've created for ourselves with the help of Big Data.</li><br /><li>Kambiz Kamrani at Anthropology net <a href="https://anthropology.net/2018/01/04/ancient-dna-reveal-the-foundation-event-of-the-peopling-of-the-americas/"><u>notes</u></a> the discovery of an Ancient Beringian population involved in the peopling of the Americas.</li><br /><li>Bad Astronomer Phil Plait <a href="http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/can-life-emerge-after-the-fires-of-a-supernova"><u>considers</u></a> the awesome possibility of life on pulsar planets, i.e. on planets that survived or were made by a supernova.</li><br /><li>Centauri Dreams <a href="https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=39068"><u>suggests</u></a> that dust, not ET artifacts, may explain the odd light coming from KIC 8462852, aka Boyajian's Star.</li><br /><li>Crooked Timber <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2018/01/02/ubi-work-and-unions/"><u>considers</u></a> the surprisingly mixed emotions of unions regarding the idea of a guaranteed minimum income.</li><br /><li>Far Outliers <a href="http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2018/01/germanys-foreign-infantry-in-france.html"><u>takes</u></a> a look at the diverse non-German soldiers serving in occupied France in the Second World War.</li><br /><li>The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas <a href="https://thefrailestthing.com/2018/01/03/superfluous-people-the-ideology-of-silicon-valley-and-the-origins-of-totalitarianism/"><u>considers</u></a> parallels between the mentality of Silicon Valley and totalitarianism.</li><br /><li>Hornet Stories <a href="https://hornetapp.com/stories/what-is-a-gold-star-gay-platinum-star-gay/"><u>considers</u></a> the questionable idea of a "gold star" or "platinum star" gay person. What, exactly, is being celebrated?</li><br /><li>JSTOR Daily <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/sex-supermarket/"><u>notes</u></a> the gendered nature of the supermarket of mid-20th century North America.</li><br /><li>Language Hat <a href="http://languagehat.com/hakka-now-an-official-language-of-taiwan/"><u>celebrates</u></a> the establishment of Hakka as an official language in Taiwan, <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=36130"><u>as does</u></a> Language Log.</li><br /><li>Lawyers, Guns and Money <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2018/01/gas-station-attendants-working-class-economy"><u>argues</u></a> that the previous Oregon laws against self-service gas stations helped boost employment for the vulnerable.</li><br /><li>Lingua Franca <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/01/02/who-you-gonna-call"><u>considers</u></a> the concept of "ghosting", linguistically at otherwise.</li><br /><li>Marginal Revolution <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/01/explains-formation-decay-clusters-creativity.html"><u>links</u></a> to a paper examining how creativity has clustered in cities in the past.</li><br /><li>Out There <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2017/12/24/back-to-the-moon-for-real/"><u>shares</u></a> the arguments of Charles Miller for infrastructure to support crewed expansion and settlement in space, starting with the Moon.</li><br /><li>Peter Rukavina <a href="https://ruk.ca/content/goodbye-sears"><u>talks</u></a> about his last visit, with his son, to the Sears store in Charlottetown.</li><br /><li>Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/12/27/2018-will-be-the-year-humanity-directly-sees-our-first-black-hole/"><u>notes</u></a> that 2018 may be the year we finally take a picture of a black hole, Sagittarius A* in the heart of our galaxy.</li><br /><li>To what extent is history probabilistic? Understanding Society <a href="https://understandingsociety.blogspot.ca/2017/12/is-history-probabilistic.html"><u>considers</u></a>.</li><br /><li>Window on Eurasia <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2018/01/chinese-wreckers-riding-roughshod-over.html"><u>notes</u></a> controversy in Siberia over Chinese investors who come in and disregard local sensitivities and regulations.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rfmcdonald&ditemid=5243876" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/5243876.html former soviet union futurology military taiwan siberia charlottetown economics astronomy germany chinese language evolution glbt issues borders china space travel links france artificial intelligence cities prince edward island language extraterrestrial life historiography space science shopping second world war philosophy united states russia creative class moon blogs migration space colonies human beings first nations sexuality history sociology public 0