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Happy Holidays?

25 Nov 201525 Nov 2015
CGP Grey gives a brief recap of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, just in time for Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, do take some time to get in touch with gratitude…
justice…

The Curse of Coltan

13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015
Planning another of those difficult talks about primate conservation, and came across this summary of the link to coltan mining in the DRC.
disasters…

Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem

23 Jul 2015
A recent summary of the current challenges facing Leuser, where I went 16 years ago to study orangutans, then watched their home being desecrated by the relentless chainsaws. "Right now, huge swaths…
education…

How Many Products with Palm Oil Do You Use in a Day?

4 Apr 2014
I think... I hope... I'm doing a bit better than Lael Goodman, the author of this post: "How Many Products with Palm Oil Do I Use in a Day?" But…
heroes…

Why so many vampires? « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill

5 Oct 201130 Sep 2011
Why so many vampires? « The Imagined Worlds of Michelle Yvonne Merrill. An essay I wrote in 2009, considering the relationship of superheroes and power (especially the challenges faced by…

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