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WEBSeparated is the newest documentary film from Errol Morris. Based on Jacob Soboroff’s 2020 book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, the film probes the inhumane family separation and immigration policies of the Trump administration.From a review in The Guardian:. The Trump administration’s southern border policy began with the dream of a wall in the desert and ended with the nightmare ...
Public Work: A Fast Search Engine for Public Domain Images
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Public Work is an image search engine that boasts 100,000 “copyright-free” images from institutions like the NYPL, the Met, etc. It’s fast with a relatively simple interface and uses AI to auto-categorize and suggest possibly related images (both visually and content-wise). And it’s fun to just visually click around on related images ...
The Surprising Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776
WEBAug 13, 2013 · Some more ages, just for reference: Thomas Jefferson, 33. John Adams, 40. Paul Revere, 41. George Washington, 44. Samuel Adams, 53. The oldest prominent participant in the Revolution, by a wide margin, was Benjamin Franklin, who was 70 years old on July 4, 1776. Franklin was a full two generations …
Fever Feels Horrible, But Is Actually Helpful - kottke.org
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Fever Feels Horrible, But Is Actually Helpful. Kurzgesagt explores what happens when a virus or bacteria enters a human body and the essential role fever plays in helping your body fight off disease. Fever feels bad. So we take medication to suppress it — but is this a good idea?
Honor and Respect: how to address President Obama and Donald …
WEBJan 23, 2017 · In his book Honor & Respect, he covers the “correct written and oral forms of address for everyone from local officials to foreign heads of state”. For The President of the United States, the proper forms of address are: Letter salutation: Dear Mr. President: Complimentary close: Most respectfully,
An online collection of high-res scans of M.C. Escher’s prints
WEBMay 8, 2018 · The Boston Public Library has digitized their collection of M.C. Escher prints; browse the whole collection here. The level of zoom you can get to with these images is amazing. Traveling to Spain in 1936, Escher visited the Alhambra for the second time and visited the mosque in Córdoba.
Waffle House’s Magic Marker System - kottke.org
WEBMar 18, 2024 · I thought for sure that I’d previously written about the secret jelly packet & pickle-based system that chefs at the Waffle House use to “store” all of the orders that come in for food during service, but I can’t find it in the archive. But no matter — the Waffle House training video above runs us through their whole system, including a detailed explanation of their Magic Marker ...
Did The Future Already Happen? - kottke.org
WEBJan 30, 2024 · Simplified, this theory posits that, although not apparent to our human perception, both the past and the future exist in the same way as the present does, and are therefore as real as the present is: The past still exists and the future exists already. As a consequence, time doesn’t “flow” (even if it looks so to us) and things in the ...
The Circles of Friendship - kottke.org
WEBJun 9, 2021 · The Circles of Friendship. This chart caught my eye yesterday: It’s from Robin Dunbar’s recent book, Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships.You might recall the author’s name from his concept of Dunbar’s number: 1 that on average people can maintain about 150 friendships with others, a limit that is determined by human brain size and function.
Meet Aerospace Engineer Judith Love Cohen - kottke.org
WEBMay 14, 2019 · Meet Aerospace Engineer Judith Love Cohen. Judith Love Cohen was, at various times in her fascinating life, an engineer who worked on the Pioneer, Apollo, and Hubble missions, an author & publisher of books about women in STEM and environmentalism in the 90s, a ballet dancer with the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, an advocate for better treatment of women in the workplace, and ...