https://slate.com/business/2018/10/elizabeth-warren-housing-plan-racial-wealth-gap.html? Elizabeth Warren’s New Housing Proposal Is Actually a Brilliant Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap By MEHRSA BARADARAN and DARRICK HAMILTON OCT 26, 20182:12 PM Elizabeth Warren addresses a town hall meeting in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on Oct. 13. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Recently in Moneybox Home Sales Are Getting Rekt. It’s Maybe Time to Worry. Tesla Has … Continue reading Here’s a housing plan that might work to provide homes AND reduce inequality
Month: November 2018
Reese Witherspoon as a role model — fun article
Reese Witherspoon is selling frilly Southern womanhood, and I’ve been sucked in, y’all Actress Reese Witherspoon poses for photographers. (Joel C. Ryan/Joel C. Ryan/Invision/AP) By Monica Hesse Columnist October 30 Pretend you’re a supervillain. Your goal is to lure a bunch of middle-class white women to an arena for a nefarious plot. I have gamed this … Continue reading Reese Witherspoon as a role model — fun article
The fine points of using an iPad or newer iPhone to travel with entertainment
https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/10/23/how-to-use-your-new-iphone-xr-iphone-xs-or-ipad-as-in-flight-entertainment How to use your new iPhone XR, iPhone XS, or iPad as in-flight entertainment By William Gallagher Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 05:49 am PT (08:49 am ET) Load up your iOS device with movies, TV, podcasts and music to watch on flights. It's easy to do but there are more problems to be aware of … Continue reading The fine points of using an iPad or newer iPhone to travel with entertainment
This planet could be headed the way of Venus
Obviously this is an alarmist viewpoint but the rate of acceleration of change on this planet is downright scary. https://cosmosmagazine.com/climate/a-warming-earth-might-eventually-copy-the-greenhouse-effect-of-venus A warming Earth might eventually copy the greenhouse effect of Venus Modelling finds the precious equilibrium between temperature and radiation breaks down beyond a certain point, spelling big trouble. Alan Duffy reports. Surface temperature and … Continue reading This planet could be headed the way of Venus
A tough read about how institutions manage the care of the demented — but what else would you have them do?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/08/the-comforting-fictions-of-dementia-care? A Reporter at Large October 8, 2018 IssueThe Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care Many facilities are using nostalgic environments as a means of soothing the misery, panic, and rage their residents' experience. By Larissa MacFarquhar The memory-care unit in Ohio’s Chagrin Valley is designed to look like an American town from its residents’ childhoods. Photograph by Philip Montgomery … Continue reading A tough read about how institutions manage the care of the demented — but what else would you have them do?
A claim to Native American ancestry does not mean that you’re claiming tribal membership
A certain degree of precision is sometimes essential when distinguishing between who was one of your ancestors vs a claim to current benefits as a member of a specific tribute. This Cherokee Indian leader does a superb job of differentiating the two. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/eastern-band-of-cherokee-chief-sen-warren-does-not-claim-tribal-citizenry-only-tribal-ancestry/ EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE CHIEF: SEN. WARREN DOES NOT CLAIM TRIBAL CITIZENRY; … Continue reading A claim to Native American ancestry does not mean that you’re claiming tribal membership
22 Things you may not know your Apple Watch can do
https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/apple-watch-tricks? Buzzfeed can produce articles that are so busy with gif's, videos, links, and other special effects that they're almost unreadable. i've tried to give you just the text but their formatting has kept it from being neat. All the info is here tho. 22 Things You Probably Didn’t Know Your Apple Watch Could Do … Continue reading 22 Things you may not know your Apple Watch can do
Climate models can’t predict the unknown
Here are two stories of small effects that may have a large impact, but that climate models haven't included in their projects until now. They may look geeky but these things MATTER. https://bioengineer.org/high-co2-levels-cause-plants-to-thicken-their-leaves-could-worsen-climate-change-effects/ High CO2 Levels Cause Plants To Thicken Their Leaves, Could Worsen Climate Change Effects By Bioengineer Last updated Oct 1, 2018 0 Credit: Abigail SwannPlant scientists … Continue reading Climate models can’t predict the unknown
Netflix food show series worth watching
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/10/15/netflixs-new-salt-fat-acid-heat-is-unlike-any-other-food-show-on-tv/? Review Netflix’s new ‘Salt Fat Acid Heat’ is unlike any other food show on TV By Maura Judkis October 15 Samin Nosrat, host of “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” hosts a dinner party in her Berkeley, Calif., home in the show’s “Heat” episode. (Adam Rose/Netflix) There’s a perfect word that sums up everything about Netflix’s new … Continue reading Netflix food show series worth watching
West Side Rag stories often hit the spot
New places to eat and a Target opening close enough not to need a cab home. Yes!! Two Local Spots Win Michelin ‘Cheap Eats’ Awards Posted on October 30, 2018 at 9:31 pm by West Sider Miss Mamie’s Spoonbread Too on 110th makes it all from scratch. Michelin’s “Bib Gourmand” list of the best affordable restaurants … Continue reading West Side Rag stories often hit the spot
Basic Apple Watch tips if you’re a new user running Watch OS 5
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-watch-tips-tricks-2018-9 There's a video at this link if you think visually but the entire transcript is below. 11 Apple Watch tips and tricks Clancy Morgan, Matthew Stuart and Avery Hartmans Sep. 28, 2018, 12:34 PM The Apple Watch is packed with useful features, and WatchOS 5 has only made the lineup more impressive. Here are the top 11 … Continue reading Basic Apple Watch tips if you’re a new user running Watch OS 5
Someone’s finally quantified how not exercising is actually BAD for you
How you say something matters almost as much as what you say. For decades, the discussion has been on how much your health will improve if you exercise. Finally, someone has begun with the assumption that a person who exercises should be the norm and then examined the adverse effects of not moving around at … Continue reading Someone’s finally quantified how not exercising is actually BAD for you
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