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May. 19th, 2014 02:31 pmI think I found this essay, 'Linda Grant: "I have killed my books"' through ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gfrancie. It captures many of the mixed emotions I feel over stuff-ownership (and especially book ownership). Amusing that it's an excerpt from a Kindle Single.
Let's remember Rachel Carson. I think at times I've shied away from learning more about her because environmentalism can be a polarizing topic. However, this interview makes it clear that she was a thoughtful, multidimensional person, and certainly deserves to be honored and learned about.
NY Times: What Farm-to-Table Got Wrong. My CSA in Arizona gave us grains and legumes. I found the wheat berries challenging to use; they felt labor-intensive to prepare and cook. I like the concept of more local, food-processing middlemen, but I don't know how it all should get / will get actualized. The article title is obnoxious, and I don't think the content deserves it.
Are US researchers slowly boiled frogs? - or thinking out of the box about the future of NSF. Again, an item where I don't have all the answers. But since science is my livelihood, I'll stay tuned in to the conversation on innovation.
Your House is Full of Flies. A grad school friend of mine has gone on to work with the research group that produced this article. They're doing some really cool stuff - cool on a number of different levels. He's been studying ants in New York City, for instance - so, not only is he learning about what the ants are up to, he's having all sorts of opportunities to teach other people about urban entomology. As with any line of inquiry, I'm sure it has its ups and downs. But there's considerable merit in studying the biology immediately at hand. I want to think about ways to do analogous projects with crickets.
About ANT-ibiotics - a cool interview with scientists studying the antibiotics used by leafcutter ants. A completely different way of using insights gained from the natural world.
A roundtable on an explicitly *urban* sustainable development goal. This is some fairly abstract thinking, but there are interesting thoughts tucked in here.
...and now I can close a bunch of tabs and work on other things.
gfrancie. It captures many of the mixed emotions I feel over stuff-ownership (and especially book ownership). Amusing that it's an excerpt from a Kindle Single.Let's remember Rachel Carson. I think at times I've shied away from learning more about her because environmentalism can be a polarizing topic. However, this interview makes it clear that she was a thoughtful, multidimensional person, and certainly deserves to be honored and learned about.
NY Times: What Farm-to-Table Got Wrong. My CSA in Arizona gave us grains and legumes. I found the wheat berries challenging to use; they felt labor-intensive to prepare and cook. I like the concept of more local, food-processing middlemen, but I don't know how it all should get / will get actualized. The article title is obnoxious, and I don't think the content deserves it.
Are US researchers slowly boiled frogs? - or thinking out of the box about the future of NSF. Again, an item where I don't have all the answers. But since science is my livelihood, I'll stay tuned in to the conversation on innovation.
Your House is Full of Flies. A grad school friend of mine has gone on to work with the research group that produced this article. They're doing some really cool stuff - cool on a number of different levels. He's been studying ants in New York City, for instance - so, not only is he learning about what the ants are up to, he's having all sorts of opportunities to teach other people about urban entomology. As with any line of inquiry, I'm sure it has its ups and downs. But there's considerable merit in studying the biology immediately at hand. I want to think about ways to do analogous projects with crickets.
About ANT-ibiotics - a cool interview with scientists studying the antibiotics used by leafcutter ants. A completely different way of using insights gained from the natural world.
A roundtable on an explicitly *urban* sustainable development goal. This is some fairly abstract thinking, but there are interesting thoughts tucked in here.
...and now I can close a bunch of tabs and work on other things.
