Thoughts on the Salary-Based Economy | Vol. 2 / No. 48.3
In today’s post, I’m thinking out loud about what it costs to leave work, even for an hour. Read on. *** I’ve never been paid a salary. I’ve had probably a dozen jobs in my […]
Month: September 2015
Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider | Vol. 2 / No. 48.2
This week’s countdown to Ada Lovelace Day (two weeks to go!) continues with a dual biosketch on Professors Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider, co-winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their […]
Three Times Aliens Really Didn’t Think Things Through | Vol. 2 / No. 48.1
Sometimes you watch a movie, and you get to the end and you’re like… “What kind of an idiot would even…?” So in honour of that feeling of WTF, here are my top three dimwitted […]
VW Caught Cheating, France Trying to Control the Internet, and Microsoft Making a New Office | Vol. 2 / No. 48
Cheating the System In news that’s sure to annoy environmentalists and motorists alike, Volkswagen admitted this week to designing some of its diesel vehicles specifically to “cheat” on one-yearly emissions tests. The software that came […]
#ShoutYourAbortion | Vol. 2 / No. 47.5
In this week’s #FeministFriday post, Elle tackles the #ShoutYourAbortion movement and the way abortion apologies create a kind of respectability politics. Read on. *** Even among pro-choice circles, there is a certain rhetoric of shame and […]
Happy Birthday, Welcome to the Public Domain | Vol. 2 / No. 47.4
For Throwback Thursday, I’m throwing it all the way back to when you had to pay someone just to sing “Happy Birthday to You” on tv, which is as far back as… *checks watch* …last week. Enjoy! *** […]
The Craziest Thing You’ll Read Today | Vol. 2 / No. 47.3
I literally can’t even. The crazy in my feed has been too much. Oh yeah, there’s the republican candidates saying crazy things, like Ben Carson talking about climate change, and there’s the absurdity of raising the […]
Maria Goeppert-Mayer | Vol. 2 / No. 47.2
Ada Lovelace Day is only three weeks away! I was going to write about Maryam Mirzakhani for this post, but my expert mathematician is a little busy for the next week or so, and I’m […]
Of Nails and Rope Ladders | Vol. 2 / No. 47.1
In my wanderings this weekend in the fair land of Canada, I stumbled across an exhibit by an old friend and very talented artist, Jennie Suddick. Titled “Of Nails and Rope Ladders,” it’s a collection […]
Enceladus’s Ocean, IgNobel Prizes, and a Prosthetic Hand That Feels| Vol. 2 / No. 47
Enceladus’s Global Ocean Nothing is as cool as independent verification, when two people or teams come up with the same answer to a question via different lines of reasoning. That’s what happened when we discovered that the universe’s […]