They call it Stormy Monday

April 13, 2020

After a few days of sunny and warm weather, now it's turned blustery.  Actually I like this--wind is good for the soul.  Hope you are snug wherever you are.

 

 

Has Nefertiti’s tomb been found, after all, hidden behind Tutankhamun’s tomb?  Maybe so.  This article makes that case; maybe something will come of it, this time.

 

Fascinating story of the tensions between geneticists and archaeologists.  It is indeed, as one participant notes, like CPSnow’s “Two Cultures” all over again.  

 

Gripping interview with David Ferry, poet and translator of other poets, worth your while.  

 

Another paper about FB being bad for you!  I mean, after the quarantine.

Life satisfaction significantly increased, and depressive symptoms significantly decreased. Moreover, frequency of physical activity such as jogging or cycling significantly increased, and number of daily smoked cigarettes decreased. Effects remained stable during follow-up (three months). Thus, less time spent on Facebook leads to more well-being and a healthier lifestyle.

 

How the D&D alignment chart has swept the internet.  Which is interesting, because I don’t know of another device for “mapping” people’s moral orientation, do you?  I mean, this is like the DSM-IV of nerddom.  

 

A very rich account of some of the backstory of the 1619 project, and a judgment of its aftermath, by one of the historians asked to be a fact-checker.  

 

This is cool.  The problem of #fakenews and post-truth media is affecting meteorology, too.

 

Have a good day, everyone.  Wash those hands.