The Goree Girls: The Story Behind the Best Prison Band in Texas History BY BOBBIE JEAN SAWYER 6 MONTHS Photobucket/Blulyzrd In the 1940s, the Goree All Girl String Band was one of the most popular all-female country and western groups in America. The eight-piece band was flooded with fan letters filled with breathless admiration and marriage proposals. … Continue reading THE GOREE GIRLS
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This ancient thought exercise will have you questioning your identity
May 6, 2018 by PHILIP PERRY It’s a myth that you get a new body every 7-10 years. The reason is, different cells last different lengths of time. Colon cells last only about four days, skin cells two to three weeks, and neurons a lifetime. In that, the body you are in now is not the … Continue reading This ancient thought exercise will have you questioning your identity
7 THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS
http://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/seven-thought-experiments-thatll-make-you-question APRIL 19, 2018 by SCOTTY HENDRICKS The Veil of Ignorance This experiment was devised by John Rawls in 1971 to explore notions of justice in his book A Theory of Justice. Suppose that you and a group of people had to decide on the principles that would establish a new society. However, none of you know … Continue reading 7 THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS
Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to sell you its excavated rock in ‘LEGO-like’ kits
http://bigthink.com/news/elon-musks-boring-company-plans-to-sell-excavated-rock-in-lego-like-kits March 27, 2018 by STEPHEN JOHNSON The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s venture that aims to solve traffic congestion with underground tunnels that would transport cars on “electric skates” at high speeds, excavates tons of rock in the process of digging tunnels. What’s the company to do with all that rock? Musk wants to hollow it … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to sell you its excavated rock in ‘LEGO-like’ kits
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GREEN BURIALS
Here is what Americans put in the ground each year through traditional burials: 20 million feet of wood, 4.3 million gallons of embalming fluids, 1.6 million tons of reinforced concrete, 17,000 tons of copper and bronze, and 64,500 tons of steel, according to the Green Burial Council. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/smarter-living/green-funeral-burial-environment.html?recid=12BmyDMAp7mQvohLucTWp8usbFC&sl_l=1&sl_rec=thompson_sample_dedup_sticky&contentCollection=smarter-living&mData=articles%255B%255D%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2018%252F03%252F22%252Fsmarter-living%252Fgreen-funeral-burial-environment.html%253Frecid%253D12BmyDMAp7mQvohLucTWp8usbFC%2526sl_l%253D1%2526sl_rec%253Dthompson_sample_dedup_sticky%26articles%255B%255D%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2018%252F01%252F19%252Fwell%252Feat%252Fwhat-is-the-health-and-nutritional-value-of-mushrooms.html%253Frecid%253D12BmyDMAp7mQvohLucTWp8usbFC%2526sl_rec%253Dthompson_sample_dedup_sticky&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=smarterLiving-promo-region®ion=smarterLiving-promo-region&WT.nav=smarterLiving-promo-region&hp CLICK PICTURE FOR GOOD ARTICLE IN THE … Continue reading GREEN BURIALS
At Current Rates Of Use World Could Run Out Of Thoughts And Prayers By As Early As 2019
BY PAUL DUNCAN ON FEBRUARY 15, 2018 • ( 16 COMMENTS ) A worldwide shortage of thoughts and prayers may leave us with no choice but to actually do something by as early as January 2019, researchers are warning, after a recent study revealed the popular refrain is now fueling 93% of government inaction globally. And we are running out.Dr. Tim … Continue reading At Current Rates Of Use World Could Run Out Of Thoughts And Prayers By As Early As 2019
Physicists Aim to Classify All Possible Phases of Matter
https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-aim-to-classify-all-possible-phases-of-matter-20180103/ Article by Natalie Wolchover Many scientists are beginning to realize that we live in an information universe where information about the physical makeup of reality resides in an ocean entangled bits of quantum information called 'qubits'. How this information collects determines the state of matter and spin of elementary particles These phases show up … Continue reading Physicists Aim to Classify All Possible Phases of Matter
The Wampanoag Side of the First Thanksgiving Story
From the Native perspective: The true story of Thanksgiving Michelle Tirado • November 23, 2011 https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/the-wampanoag-side-of-the-first-thanksgiving-story/ Too often the story of the 1621 Thanksgiving is told from the Pilgrims’ point of view, and when the Wampanoag, who partook in this feast too, are included, it is usually in a brief or distorted way. In search … Continue reading The Wampanoag Side of the First Thanksgiving Story
10 THINGS TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR SEX LIFE
Number eight will shock you! REPRINTED FROM: See THE SARATOGA SUN November 1, 2017 | vol. 131 No.14 by Keith McLendon You may have noticed there are quite a few headlines on the internet designed purely to lure you into clicking on them. These story titles, dubbed “clickbait,” are designed to pique your curiosity … Continue reading 10 THINGS TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR SEX LIFE
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