Tea Time with Joan Baez | The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/02/tea-time-with-joan-baez


_- Steve

From the Center of My Life Came a Great Fountain - Slow Muse

https://www.slowmuse.com/2008/02/03/longing-for-spring/


_- Steve

In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives — ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/cell-tower-fatalities


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More blood

Bob Dylan's Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find newyorker.com

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Best Mystery Books of 2023 | Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/category/fiction/mystery-books/best-mystery-books-of-2023/


_- Steve

Watching people die is making us more like ancient Rome

https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/our-new-pastime-of-watching-people


_- Steve

Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School

http://www.roguefilmschool.com/


_- Steve

BBC News: Keith Richards: Arthritis changed my guitar-playing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67017912


_- Steve

What are the health benefits of a cold plunge? Scientists vet the claims : Shots - Health News : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/08/1204411415/cold-plunge-health-benefits-how-to


_- Steve

Book Review: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, By Judith Curry | RealClearEnergy

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/10/08/book_review_climate_uncertainty_and_risk_by_judith_curry_984521.html


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Opinion | Michael Lewis: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s last year in crypto - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-crypto/


_- Steve

Inside FTX’s All-Night Race to Stop a $1 Billion Crypto Heist | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/ftx-1-billion-crypto-heist/


_- Steve

Timeline of conflict: Why the 2023 Israeli-Palestinian fighting is among the most brutal in years

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Timeline of conflict: Why the 2023 Israeli-Palestinian fighting is among the most brutal in years

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/10/07/history-of-israel-and-palestine-conflict-and-the-latest-hamas-attacks-war-in-gaza-in-maps/71098600007/


_- Steve

A Devastating Attack by Hamas - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-israel-gaza-attacks-intelligence/675578/


_- Steve

Why HTTP/3 is eating the world | APNIC Blog

https://blog.apnic.net/2023/09/25/why-http-3-is-eating-the-world/


_- Steve

Implicit bias: All your questions answered - by Paul Bloom

https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/implicit-bias-all-your-questions


_- Steve

Ancient footprints upend timeline of humans’ arrival in North America - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/10/05/oldest-human-footprint-americas-white-sands/


_- Steve

Dog ear movement

Scientists are still learning about the genes that control dog ear movements and the biochemical pathways that produce this ability. However, they have made significant progress in recent years.

In 2015, researchers published a study in the journal BMC Genomics that identified a cluster of SNPs on chromosome 10 that are associated with ear type in dogs. These SNPs are located near two genes: methionine sulfoxide reductase (MSRB3) and high-mobility group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2). MSRB3 is involved in human hearing, and HMGA2 is involved in human height.

The researchers believe that these SNPs may play a role in regulating the development of the ear muscles and cartilage. They also found that the region containing these SNPs has been under selection during dog domestication, suggesting that humans may have played a role in shaping the evolution of dog ear type.

Another study, published in the journal PLOS Genetics in 2020, identified a specific gene, called ALX4, that is involved in ear development in dogs. Researchers found that dogs with a mutation in the ALX4 gene have floppy ears. This suggests that ALX4 plays a role in regulating the development of the ear muscles and cartilage in dogs.

Scientists are still working to understand the exact role that these genes play in dog ear movement and how they interact with each other. However, the research so far suggests that dog ear movement is controlled by a complex network of genes.

At the biochemical level, the pathways that produce dog ear movement are likely to involve a variety of proteins and signaling molecules. For example, the ALX4 gene is known to encode a protein that plays a role in the development of muscle and cartilage. It is likely that this protein interacts with other proteins and signaling molecules to regulate the development and function of the ear muscles and cartilage in dogs.

Overall, scientists are making significant progress in understanding the genes and biochemical pathways that control dog ear movement. However, there is still much more to learn.

Challenges to understanding dog ear movement

There are a number of challenges to understanding dog ear movement. One challenge is that dog ear movement is a complex behavior that is likely to be controlled by a network of genes. Another challenge is that it is difficult to study ear movement in dogs in a controlled setting.

Finally, it is important to note that dog ear movement is not just a physical behavior. It is also a form of communication. Dogs use their ears to express a variety of emotions, such as alertness, fear, and aggression. This makes it difficult to separate the physical aspects of ear movement from the communicative aspects.

Despite these challenges, scientists are making progress in understanding dog ear movement. This research has the potential to lead to new insights into the evolution of dog domestication and the development of new treatments for ear problems in dogs.

— Steve Smith

Radio Act of 1912 (1912) - The Free Speech Center

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/radio-act-of-1912-1912/


— Steve Smith

StoneEagle CTO Chris Tynes Passes Torch to Successor, Poised to Build the Future

https://www.se-fi.com/post/stoneeagle-cto-chris-tynes-passes-torch-to-successor-poised-to-build-the-future


_- Steve

'Ring of fire' eclipse visible to the US in October. How to view the Annular Solar event.

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'Ring of fire' eclipse visible to the US in October. How to view the Annular Solar event.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/10/04/ring-of-fire-annular-solar-eclipse-2023/70602134007/


_- Steve

5 Things You Didn’t Know About: #2 Malted Rye Whiskey - American Whiskey Magazine

https://americanwhiskeymag.com/2021/05/26/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-2-malted-rye-whiskey/


_- Steve

Fixing Intel ends with taking it apart | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/fixing-intel-ends-with-taking-it-apart-2023-09-29/


_- Steve

CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021 | Economic Policy Institute

https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/


_- Steve

The Productivity–Pay Gap | Economic Policy Institute

https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/


_- Steve

Big Five Personality Traits: The 5-Factor Model

https://www.simplypsychology.org/big-five-personality.html


_- Steve

Vermouths

COCCHI STORICO VERMOUTH DI TORINO

Carpano Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth

_- Steve

The 9 Best Sweet Vermouths to Drink in 2022

https://www.liquor.com/best-sweet-vermouth-5101336


_- Steve

Black Manhattan Cocktail

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/black-manhattan-cocktail-recipe/


_- Steve

Coppin’s Restaurant | Hotel Covington

https://hotelcovington.com/dining/coppins-restaurant/


— Steve Smith

How to roll a joint | Popular Science

https://www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-roll-a-joint/


— Steve Smith

sotol - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=sotol&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari


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Karen

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/26210325/karin-marie-noland/chapel-hill/north-carolina/walkers-funeral-home?fbclid=IwAR380e1K2N2A3lJ5OB3mJs_NQDPVpzS8uGR-5GoWEarcG2NjMN8j8uQ-jg8_aem_AaNPmgnD-l78GD1a57W3XxH2heYW2LfSYRkLFGiIyCvNbwVkN9azeYnRiccd23fCD-Y


— Steve Smith

More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans | Nature Reviews Genetics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-023-00643-4


_- Steve

How Big Tech Got So Damn Big | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/the-internet-con-cory-doctorow-book-excerpt/


_- Steve

Best Southern African Crime Fiction - Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/southern-african-crime-fiction-michael-stanley/


_- Steve

Eight of the Largest Tax Breaks Explained

https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/03/eight-of-the-largest-tax-breaks-explained


_- Steve

What Are Dreams For? | The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/what-are-dreams-for


_- Steve

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development | Biography books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/13/elon-musk-by-walter-isaacson-review-arrested-development


_- Steve

Why Eggs Need to Be Refrigerated in the US but Not in Europe

https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/do-eggs-need-to-be-refrigerated


_- Steve

Phenylephrine, popular decongestant, found ineffective, FDA panel says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/09/12/fda-says-phenylephrine-decongestant-doesnt-work/70832405007/


_- Steve

A Conceptual Guide to Transformers: Part I

https://benlevinstein.substack.com/p/a-conceptual-guide-to-transformers


_- Steve

Apple Event 2023 Live Blog: New iPhone 15 Line, Apple Watch Models Debut - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/news-live/apple-event-2023-live-blog-new-iphone-15-line-apple-watch-models-debut/


_- Steve

A Conceptual Guide to Transformers: Part I

https://benlevinstein.substack.com/p/a-conceptual-guide-to-transformers


_- Steve

How to Think about Large Language Models

https://benlevinstein.substack.com/p/how-to-think-about-large-language


_- Steve

Performance differences between sexes in 50-mile to 3,100-mile ultramarathons - PMC

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309798/


_- Steve

Starfish welcomes you w/ ocean, pier & sand views - Apartments for Rent in San Clemente, California, United States - Airbnb

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/574747003372037646


_- Steve

Beauty and the Beyotch

http://www.barbgoffman.com/beauty-and-the-beyotch.html


_- Steve

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/asia/homo-floresiensis-hobbit-discovery-anniversary-scn


_- Steve

Testing Assumptions About Human Mating Psychology: Dealbreakers and Mate Preferences

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94748184


_- Steve

A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy

https://www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-fuel-economy-requires-535x


_- Steve

Inside professional pickleball’s civil war: ‘All hell has broken loose’

https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-professional-pickleballs-civil-war-all-hell-has-broken-loose-210616758.html


_- Steve

The Best Sci-Fi of 2023 - Five Books Expert Recommendations

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/best-science-fiction-2023-clarke-award-shortlist-tom-hunter/


_- Steve

The four attachment styles and how they affect your relationships | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/health/attachment-styles-types-relationships-wellness-cec/index.html


_- Steve

Rabbit Test - Uncanny Magazine

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rabbit-test/


_- Steve

AZWRAP Public Viewer

https://apps.azgeo.az.gov/azwrap/index.html


_- Steve

Hoover

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/27/entertainment/colleen-hoover-books-controversy-cec


_- Steve

Soulmate Marriage vs. 'The Only-One' Marriage: Knowing the Difference Matters | Institute for Family Studies

https://ifstudies.org/blog/soulmate-marriage-vs-the-only-one-marriage-knowing-the-difference-matters


_- Steve

Delayed fungal evolution did not cause the Paleozoic peak in coal production | PNAS

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113#:~:text=A%20widely%20accepted%20explanation%20for,lignin%2Drich%20plant%20material%20accumulated.


_- Steve

All NeighborhoodScout Blogs | NeighborhoodScout

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog


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https://www.yourtango.com/2014235559/brain-love-5-stages-couples-experience

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2023 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition: the winning images | BMC Ecology and Evolution | Full Text

https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-023-02141-x


_- Steve

Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) - All of Max's Dialogue

I'm just here for the gasoline.

https://www.mutedhorn.net/mad-max-2-dialogue

_- Steve

Gobiusculus flavescens - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/gobiusculus-flavescens


_- Steve

Biological sex is binary, even though there is a rainbow of sex roles - Goymann - 2023 - BioEssays - Wiley Online Library

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202200173?af=R


_- Steve

America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem - The Ringer

The problem of bees in America is not a question of peace with the environment. It's not really even a matter of conservation, per se. The bees most folks believe ought to be saved are neither natural to the land nor essential to it. They are, instead, integral to our agricultural system, grocery stores, refrigerators, and pantries. We have built a machine in the span of centuries, and it fits so comfortably together. How and why this happened is a story as much about the appeal, adaptability, and shortcomings of American commerce as it is about the dying of bees.

https://www.theringer.com/features/2023/8/3/23816154/honeybees-commercial-urban-beekeepers-bees-dying-crisis

_- Steve

The 16 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/best-apple-tv-plus-shows/


_- Steve

What's the hottest Earth's ever been? | NOAA Climate.gov

http://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been


_- Steve

10 Great Noir Films Made Outside The U.S.

https://collider.com/great-foreign-noir-films/


_- Steve

‘That Girl is Going to Get Herself Killed’ - Longreads

https://longreads.com/2022/11/15/death-in-national-parks/


_- Steve

How I Survived a Wedding in a Jungle That Tried to Eat Me Alive

https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/


_- Steve

151 Actually-Interesting Questions to Get to Know Someone | Teen Vogue

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/questions-to-get-to-know-someone


_- Steve

'Sound of Freedom' misleads audiences about the horrible reality of human trafficking

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'Sound of Freedom' misleads audiences about the horrible reality of human trafficking

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/07/28/sound-freedom-movie-wrong-trafficking/70470178007/


_- Steve

My 37 Favorite Documentaries — Features and Short Films That Cover High Performance, Overcoming Failure, Creative Process, Psychedelics, Trauma, and Much More - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

https://tim.blog/2022/04/13/tim-ferriss-favorite-documentaries/


— Steve Smith

Rafting the Colorado River Through the Grand Canyon With Arizona Raft Adventures (AZRa) — John Huntington

https://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2023-7-18-rafting-the-colorado-river-through-the-grand-canyon


_- Steve

Gravity hole

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/world/gravity-hole-geoid-low-indian-ocean-scn


_- Steve

BBC News: Woman found dead in Montana after suspected grizzly bear encounter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66287753


_- Steve

‘Sound of Freedom’ Torched by Child-Trafficking Experts – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sound-of-freedom-child-trafficking-experts-1234786352/


— Steve Smith

Atlas Obscura - Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/morgan-county-dungeon-ohio


_- Steve

‘Sound of Freedom’: Box Office Triumph for QAnon Believers – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/sound-of-freedom-jim-caviezel-child-trafficking-qanon-movie-1234783837/


— Steve Smith

‘Sound of Freedom’ Torched by Child-Trafficking Experts – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sound-of-freedom-child-trafficking-experts-1234786352/


— Steve Smith

We all know it sucks. So why do we keep ghosting each other?

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

We all know it sucks. So why do we keep ghosting each other?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/07/16/why-ghosting-painful-relationships-dating/70401926007/


_- Steve

The 25 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/best-shows-amazon-prime/


_- Steve

Why 'Sound of Freedom,' Jim Caviezel's controversial child sex trafficking film, is a hit

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Why 'Sound of Freedom,' Jim Caviezel's controversial child sex trafficking film, is a hit

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/07/12/sound-of-freedom-movie-controversy/70405543007/


_- Steve

A superb article against the religious indoctrination of children – Why Evolution Is True

https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2020/10/14/a-superb-article-against-the-religious-indoctrination-of-children/


_- Steve

How the Family Opportunity Mortgage Can Help You Buy a Home for Your Elderly Parents | Mortgages and Advice | U.S. News

https://money.usnews.com/loans/mortgages/articles/how-the-family-opportunity-mortgage-can-help-you-buy-a-home-for-your-elderly-parents


_- Steve

Marmalade: A Very British Obsession - Longreads

https://longreads.com/2020/07/23/marmalade-a-very-british-obsession/


_- Steve

People Show us The Worst Break-Up Messages They’ve Been Sent

People Show us The Worst Break-Up Messages They've Been Sent
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjxn9/people-show-us-the-worst-break-up-messages-theyve-been-sent

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Math


https://www.ams.org/notices/202104/rnoti-p538.pdf




_- Steve

Man falls 4,000 feet to his death in Grand Canyon. Here's how to stay safe

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Man falls 4,000 feet to his death in Grand Canyon. Here's how to stay safe

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/06/19/what-we-know-about-grand-canyon-death-safety-tips-for-visitors/70334250007/


_- Steve

12 Simple Rules Happy Couples Live By

12 Simple Rules Happy Couples Live By
https://www.yourtango.com/love/simple-rules-happy-couples-live-by

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My Daughter Reality Winner Faced Severe Punishment, But Key Figures in the Trump-Russia Scandal Are Getting Off Easy

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/23/reality-winner-trump-russia/


_- Steve

Bios

https://fivebooks.com/category/biography/


_- Steve

Tribes Propose New Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument | Grand Canyon Trust

https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/tribes-propose-baaj-nwaavjo-itah-kukveni-grand-canyon-national-monument


_- Steve

Lois (Tlougan) Carter - Post Bulletin | Rochester Minnesota news, weather, sports

https://www.postbulletin.com/obituaries/obits/lois-tlougan-carter-5ecfe7691e6ee72e56b8942b-63c2e0365427ec33eedb9677


_- Steve

Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say. - POLITICO

The need for whistleblowing in my area of so-called national security is that we have a secret foreign policy, which has been very successfully kept secret and essentially mythical," he says. "I'm saying there's never been more need for whistleblowers … There's always been a need for many more than we have. At the same time, it's become more and more dangerous to be a whistleblower. There's little doubt about that.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/04/daniel-ellsberg-final-advice-00099639

_- Steve

Santana

https://youtu.be/NJZW8U9bbmM


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Home Depot is selling modern, prefab tiny houses for under $50K: Here's the catch.

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Home Depot is selling modern, prefab tiny houses for under $50K: Here's the catch.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2023/06/01/home-depot-prefab-house/70277730007/


_- Steve

Gel-based artificial knee cartilage outperforms the real thing, study finds

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/gel-based-artificial-knee-cartilage-outperforms-the-real-thing-study-finds


_- Steve

30 Sex “Rules” For People In Long-Term Relationships

30 Sex "Rules" For People In Long-Term Relationships
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