From this morning's New York Times [http://nyti.ms/VpINm7]— > To the Editor: > Re “The Solstice Blues” (Op-Ed, June 21): Perhaps the onset of nightly darkness should not be equated with melancholy; rather, it is the “illuminated world” intended to forestall it that sets us on…
I'm starting to feel like I should just mirror Paul Salopek's posts here. > Why do we get pleasure out of walking? Walking is a kind of self-sufficiency, a confidence in the body. — Out of Eden (@outofedenwalk) June 19, 2014 [https://twitter.com/outofedenwalk/statuses/479700440909484033]…
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> "The mind, like the feet, works at about three miles an hour...modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought." —Rebecca Solnit — Out of Eden (@outofedenwalk) June 19, 2014 [https://twitter.com/outofedenwalk/statuses/479690106459017217]…
This sounds big to me. > Microwave Helmet Could Diagnose Strokes As Patients Ride To Hospital http://t.co/LHZCBPBkqL — NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) June 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/NPRHealth/statuses/478592362801664000]…
A few weeks ago I was intent on finding a public reading of Leaves of Grass for Walt Whitman's birthday. I was disappointed not to find a celebration closer than Brooklyn. The calendar rolled over to Bloomsday today, and though I'm not looking for them I…
TravelByDrone [TravelByDrone.com] is a crowdsourced collection of video shot by drone all over the world. I spent part of yesterday afternoon in London, Rome, and Moscow and can't wait to see where I go today. via Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/fly-around-the-world-with-this-map-of-drone-recorded-vi-1591162763]…
In a post titled 17 Bookstores That Will Literally Change Your Life [http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/bookstores-that-will-literally-change-your-life?utm_campaign=SharedPost&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=TumblriOS] , BuzzFeed includes this image of City Lights Books. Though all the stores mentioned look beautiful, City Lights is the only one…