6+ Favorite Books on Modern China (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Modern China…so far.
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Waterfall in the Chattahoochee National Forest
Waterfalls in the Southern Appalachians are rarely grand and tall. They are mostly stair-stepped and draped rhododendron. But they have a human scale and plant diversity around them that makes them so lovely.
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Forty News – The News Cycle from This Day, Forty Years Ago
Brilliant performance art -> Forty News. Events are important, but the daily news is not the medium to understand them.
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6+ Favorite Books on Parenting (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Parenting…so far.
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The Five Great Forests of Mesoamerica
I absolutely love this short video from the Cornell School of Ornithology.
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6+ Favorite Books on Rivers and Water (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Rivers and Water…so far.
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6+ Favorite Paul Theroux Travel Books (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Paul Theroux Travel Books…so far.
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6+ Favorite Memoirs of Unusual Jobs (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Memoirs of Unusual Jobs…so far.
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Trail at Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve
Lake Charlotte is an accidental treasure in the City of Atlanta. It’s a conservation tract right in the middle of a massive industrial area. But the tract is big enough and so dense with mature hardwoods that it’s a scenic oasis in the city. Love it.
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6+ Favorite Eric Barker’s Social Psychology (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Eric Barkers Social Psychology…so far.
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6+ Favorite Practical Guides by Johnny Molloy (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Practical Guides by Johnny Molloy…so far.
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6+ Favorite Books on Media and Communication (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Media and Communication…so far.
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How I Made a Simple Advent Candle Block
Ever since we started observing Advent, I’ve tried making our own candle arrangement. A couple of years ago, a large…
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Conasauga River in Late Fall
The Conasauga River is especially beautiful in late Fall with floating leaves and remnant pops of color from maples and beeches.
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Google’s Gemini 3 Passed My Deep Local Knowledge Test
I’ve been using LLM projects before ChatGPT even came out. I was using OpenAI’s GPT 3 and GPT 2 back…
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Wyoming Has Fewer People Than 116 Counties
I find this map via Mapper_X absolutely insane. And the first thing that comes to mind is the Equal Representation…
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6+ Favorite Books on Experimental Fiction (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Experimental Fiction…so far.
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6+ Favorite Douglas Brinkley’s Environmental Histories (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Douglas Brinkleys Environmental Histories…so far.
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6+ Favorite Books on Colonial History and Imperialism (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Colonial History and Imperialism…so far.
