Sunday, October 20, 2019

"...most of the important developments in American music spring from African American roots."

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A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great For Gioia the music that truly matters is the kind that upsets Mom ...

Comprehensive Quality Assessment in Clinical Ethics

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J Clin Ethics. 2019 Fall;30(3):284-296. Comprehensive Quality Assessment in Clinical Ethics. Cunningham TV 1 , Chatburn A 2 , Coleman ...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language

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Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language The confounding consistency of color categories. This hypothesis may help re...

Working to Solve the Thyroid Cytopathology Conundrum

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Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2019 Oct;143(10):1171-1173. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0290-LE. Working to Solve the Thyroid Cytopathology Conundrum. ...

"But for Lenin maximal violence was the default position." #ButCommunism

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Leninthink by Gary Saul Morson On the pernicious legacy of Vladimir Lenin. By the same token, Lenin always insisted on th...

"Over the past two decades, the demise of the printed book has become a familiar story..."

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Ode to skimming Daisy Hildyard on reading and our attention spans Over the past tw...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Zedd Says He Was “Permanently Banned” From China After Liking a South Park Tweet

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Zedd Says He Was “Permanently Banned” From China After Liking a South Park  Tweet The long-running Comedy Central series recently aired ...

"Noise is never just about sound; it is inseparable from issues of power and powerlessness. It is a violation we can’t control..."

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Why Everything Is Getting Louder The tech industry is producing a rising din. Our bodies can’t adapt. ...

Attn: Physicians - The case for civility

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The case for civility "The impact is spread widely. Research has shown that while 80 per cent of recipients of rudeness lose time w...

The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Policy and Regulation [UCL event - 03.10.2019]

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, Policy and Regulation [UCL event - 03.10.2019]
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"It was, on the whole, a remarkable collective act of groveling."

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The NBA's surrender to China shows free trade threatens more than jobs ...

Blizzard on Pro-Hong-Kong Player’s Ban: He Can’t Go Unpunished

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Blizzard on Pro-Hong-Kong Player’s Ban: He Can’t Go Unpunished A Blizzard employee told the Beast: “I think that it's a flat-out lie ...

Clarifying a Clinical Ethics Service's Value, the Visible and the Hidden

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J Clin Ethics. 2019 Fall;30(3):251-261. Clarifying a Clinical Ethics Service's Value, the Visible and the Hidden. Guidry-Grimes L ...

Neil Diamond - September Morn

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Neil Diamond - September Morn

"...an elite sociotechnical imaginary of 'science to the rescue' shapes how public perspectives are heard and distinguishes what is considered to be legitimate expertise."

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Soc Stud Sci. 2019 Oct 11:306312719879768. doi: 10.1177/0306312719879768. [Epub ahead of print] 'Nothing to do with the science'...

Europe is dangerously unprepared for a world without a US policeman

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Europe is dangerously unprepared for a world without a US policeman "If the Turks crush Syrian Kurdish forces this weekend, how sho...

"It has historically been the rule, rather than the exception, that the encounter with a different society induces a measure of humility and relativism about one’s own."

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The Critical Bite of Cultural Relativism The pioneers of cultural anthropology taught not just how to study other...

Hong Kong Protests Put U.S. Businesses In A Tough Spot With China

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Hong Kong Protests Put U.S. Businesses In A Tough Spot With China  "...the Chinese government is only going to become more sensitiv...
Friday, October 11, 2019

"Cicilline’s bill assumes that small improvements in medications are unworthy of further patent protections..."

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Cicilline Patent Bill Will Prove Devastating to Advancing Improvements in Medicine This is what makes legislation that weakens patent p...

"Companies birthed in the land of the free have been left on the horns of a dilemma by the protests and the Chinese reaction to them. They're not finding good answers..."

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American businesses are facing a China crisis amid Hong Kong protests Companies birthed in the land of the free have ...