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Walter Frederick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died at the age of 90. --Guardian

Peter West, Trying the Dark: Mammoth Cave and the Racial Imagination, 1839-1869

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Interesting examination of role-playing, illusion, identity, and power in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, one small branch of which was the inspiration…

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There's a dissertation in here. All I have the energy to do today is imply a connection.Using a police state…

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I didn't watch the game, but I did catch the buzz about this ad. Yes, I did tear up. (Wired…

The great global warming collapse

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It is dangerous to use local weather events (such as a heavy or light winter) to make judgments about global…

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Obligatory Snowpocalypse Photo

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Here's hoping I left gas in the snow-thrower.