Daily Archive: May 21, 2014
Happy Trails, Trigger!
Trigger warning! The New York Times reports about American undergrads pushing to have professors issue “trigger warnings” for great books that might be psychologically upsetting to students who have experienced trauma. Professors, a bit...
Work It, Baby : Announcing the June Symposium
Topic, call for submissions, and title contest after the jump.
Winning the Territory, Losing the War: Why Conchita Wurst Is More Powerful Than a Russian Army
How can a kitschy pop culture variety contest possibly be more important than the increased threat of the first European war involving a major power in 70 years? Easy – just invite a Bearded Lady. She’ll beat Vladimir Putin’s shirtless, macho efforts to salvage a fading empire every time. [UPDATED]
Fear vs Danger, How to Avoid Huge Ships, and Other Pitfalls of Modern Life
After 13 days at sea, during which time we rarely saw more than one vessel a day, on AIS or visually, we found ourselves just south of the Nantucket traffic separation zone (shipping lane) running east and west out of New York Harbor. Now, rather than one or no targets of interest, we had a dozen vessels, some very large and moving very fast, to keep on eye on.
