> "The only true failure would be not to explore."Shackleton's historic expedition, illustrated http://t.co/ZDVpov7PNe pic.twitter.com/HXYNExKAsE [http://t.co/HXYNExKAsE] — Maria Popova (@brainpicker) February 27, 2014 [https://twitter.com/brainpicker/statuses/438826323046572032] Not exactly the Scott Expedition, but certainly in…
From Neil deGrasse Tyson, shared at Tumblr by Explore [http://explore.noodle.org/post/77763773999/a-conversation-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-pair?utm_content=buffer064cc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer] , and to be remembered and shared widely. I think this pairs nicely with something else I saw at…
Who'd have thought there was poem about a bagel? How could I not notice when I'm using a bread-baking theme? By David Ignatow; given today at The Writer's Almanac [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2014/02/23]. > I stopped to pick…
Today's On Being broadcast [http://www.onbeing.org/program/faith-fired-literature/999] concluded with an anecdote about Dorothy Day and added another observation by Xavier Le Pichon. > Ms. Tippett: I’ve always been moved by the story of Dorothy Day at eight years old, during the San Francisco…
Hard not to pass this on—Weston, Hawking, Simmonds, more,along with a challenge to the way we think about disability. > 3 disabled people top poll of UK's heroes - @DisabilityNow [https://twitter.com/DisabilityNow] asks what this says about disabled people in our society http://t.…
> @polarben [https://twitter.com/polarben] "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin — Katherine Konner (@soulboat) February 21, 2014 [https://twitter.com/soulboat/statuses/436895223386341376] You wouldn't expect a…
I stumbled across an unfamiliar Twitter hashtag and found this explanation [http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/jan/20/read-women-2014-change-sexist-reading-habits] when I started poking around. > I started the Twitter hashtag #readwomen2014 after drawing some bookmark-shaped New Year's cards showing some of my favourite female writers. I…
> There’s something distinctly unfriendly in requiring people to participate in your chosen broadcast forum in order to participate in your life, rather than reaching out to them individually. It’s like that older aunt who sends out a form letter once a year to tell you all about…