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The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth

150 miles (240 meters) East of the Horn of Africa lies the Yemeni island of Socotra. Approximately one third of its flora is endemic to the small archipelago. This video by Peter Franc will likely stimulate your imagination. Socotra –

The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth

150 miles (240 meters) East of the Horn of Africa lies the Yemeni island of Socotra. Approximately one third of its flora is endemic to the small archipelago. This video by Peter Franc will likely stimulate your imagination. Socotra –

Saturday Bike Ride

Like my walks, my bike rides through the city often consist of stair-stepping patterns determined by where streets end (usually to pick up again later) and which turns I arbitrarily take heading in the right direction.  If I find a

Saturday Bike Ride

Like my walks, my bike rides through the city often consist of stair-stepping patterns determined by where streets end (usually to pick up again later) and which turns I arbitrarily take heading in the right direction.  If I find a

Stop the Kraken

This is a video explaining, albeit one sidedly, ACTA, which will be voted on by our elected officials in a couple days. Also, it is a good opportunity to post a picture of a Kraken, the legendary sea monster of

Stop the Kraken

This is a video explaining, albeit one sidedly, ACTA, which will be voted on by our elected officials in a couple days. Also, it is a good opportunity to post a picture of a Kraken, the legendary sea monster of

Slavoj Zizek Al Jazeera Interview

Occupy Wallstreet, London Riots, Arab Spring and everything else

Slavoj Zizek Al Jazeera Interview

Occupy Wallstreet, London Riots, Arab Spring and everything else

Salt and Woman-Parts

Marine flatworms are hermaphroditic, and can reproduce on both sides of the spectrum.  Because it is biologically less expensive to be the guy, they mate in a ritual called ‘penis fencing,’ where the one who pokes the other first wins

Salt and Woman-Parts

Marine flatworms are hermaphroditic, and can reproduce on both sides of the spectrum.  Because it is biologically less expensive to be the guy, they mate in a ritual called ‘penis fencing,’ where the one who pokes the other first wins

Anthropologist talks about Economics? What the Mess?

Dr. David Graeber’s newest book ‘Debt’ focuses on the decline of virtual credit with the advent of coinage.  This text takes a look at the last 5,000 years of economics, beginning with the agrarian empires, and what it means for today

Anthropologist talks about Economics? What the Mess?

Dr. David Graeber’s newest book ‘Debt’ focuses on the decline of virtual credit with the advent of coinage.  This text takes a look at the last 5,000 years of economics, beginning with the agrarian empires, and what it means for today