November 13, 2021
Hi and welcome to this very natural setting.
"Today I want to talk about a revolutionary approach on how to connect our world without being super weird." A brief promo for an extraordinary immersive experience.
it has, ironically, become necessary for me to fight my own government
The Adler Planetarium's Here, Queer, and Exploring Beyond the Atmosphere is a short online exhibit about the life and legacy of Dr. Frank Kameny.
CBT, chronic pain, and ableism
The article reads as self-congratulatory, biased, and anti-opioid, going so far as to say that therapists are providing a “powerful salve for suffering” despite later admitting that most research only shows one-third of participants experience significant improvement. They removed the quotes they had from actual patients who received CBT and found it unhelpful or harmful. [more inside]
New space walks
A space exploration update for November 2021. In Earth orbit news, one crew returned from the International Space Station, while a new crew rode a SpaceX flight to board the ISS. The ISS altered its orbit by a mile to avoid incoming debris from an old Chinese launch. Members of the Shenzhou 13 team aboard China's Tiangong space station conducted a spacewalk to build out the station; colonel Wang Yaping became China's first female spacewalker. [more inside]
An Evening With Silk Sonic
Silk Sonic Are Here to Save Us With Seventies Soul: Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s love letter to Seventies soul is more than just a retro good time [Rolling Stone Review] [more inside]
I Will Create A Winning Basketball Program At The University Of Austin
"We begin with the simple home truths of winning basketball, albeit from a perspective grounded in a free-market and inquiry-forward approach to the game that rejects the cringing 'correctness' that holds back ostensibly enlightened CUSA programs like Rice and Florida Atlantic. My Meritocrats will talk on defense, but not about defense—by engaging opponents on more important questions, we will leverage our program’s discursive advantages. The goal is to be an exhausting and infuriating opponent, and I believe we will achieve this in year one." (From Defector, requires e-mail sign-up) [more inside]
“They been talking to you too?” he asked in a whisper.
"The Bronx’s First Spiritual Hip Hop Party" by Sarah A. Macklin is a short, sweet fantasy story about a southern girl visiting New York City and making unexpected friends through the power of music.
"Not nice or polite, but true."
Paula Rego's retrospective this year at Tate Britain covered six decades of her art: painting, collage, printmaking, pastels, exploring power, abuse, story and women's agency. The exhibition guide includes images of her work, and the Tate has a short trailer (0.36) online. There are more images in this article by the exhibition's curator, Elena Crippa. The exhibition includes the work Rego has done about injustice towards women and girls - abortion laws, trafficking and female genital mutilation. [more inside]
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