Barack Obama’s Sanity-Affirming Press Conference – The New Yorker
At the end of a week, and a political year, of uproar, Obama’s tone and his message in the press conference were the right ones.
Source: Barack Obama’s Sanity-Affirming Press Conference - The New Yorker
Electoral college still a political hot topic as electors prepare to vote Monday – World – CBC News
Whether they like Trump or not, and some plainly don't, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meetings told AP they feel bound by history, duty, party loyalty or the law to rubber-stamp their state's results and make him president.
Source: Electoral college still a political hot topic as electors prepare to vote Monday - World - CBC News
Frequent sauna bathing may protect men against dementia, Finnish study suggests — ScienceDaily
Source: Frequent sauna bathing may protect men against dementia, Finnish study suggests -- ScienceDaily
Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory – The New York Times
Scientists say they heard the faint chirp of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away, fulfilling Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
Source: Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory - The New York Times
Dominic Barton, capitalism’s go-to guy | Toronto Star
The head of global consulting giant McKinsey & Co. is a corporate outsider bringing surprising views to Trudeau’s panel on growth and the middle-class.
Source: Dominic Barton, capitalism’s go-to guy | Toronto Star
7 (More) Places to Learn to Code for Free | Inc.com
Coding isn't just for computer geeks. Check out these awesome free resources to get you started.
Presidential Election 2016: An American Tragedy – The New Yorker
The electorate has, in its plurality, decided to live in Trump’s world of vanity, hate, arrogance, untruth, and recklessness.
Source: Presidential Election 2016: An American Tragedy - The New Yorker
David Remnick: Trump’s win is ‘an American tragedy’ – BBC News
New Yorker editor David Remnick on why Donald Trump won the US election - and what happens next.
Source: David Remnick: Trump’s win is ‘an American tragedy’ - BBC News
‘Phone seismometers’ prove their worth – BBC News
An app that turns a smartphone into an earthquake detector helps citizens monitor tremors.
(3) The Philosophy of Organism (in Philosophy Now #114) | Peter Sjöstedt-H – Academia.edu
'Peter Sjöstedt-H introduces Whitehead’s organic awareness of reality.' Philosophy Now, no. 114, June/July 2016, pp. 22–23 I was asked by Philosophy Now magazine whether I'd like to contribute an article on speculative realism. I offered
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