Links and Thoughts, Friday Edition
Jul. 26th, 2013 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Like the label on the tin says:
Thought: In the never-ending debate on women in the military / combat, one frequently hears women compared to a "200 pound 6 foot tall man." You never hear a "5 foot 6 inch 150 pound man" compared to the larger man.
Pretty Picture Link #1: From
jaylake buildings made from or made to look like ships.
Pretty Picture Link #2: Pictures of the 25-least-crowded US National Parks. I've been to three of them, and as an introvert it's nice to not be elbow-to-elbow with the great unwashed.
The title says it all: Arctic shipping quadruples thanks to global warming.
Jaywalking: A fascinating article on the invention of the concept of jaywalking. There was no such work in English until the 1920s, and it was invented as a way to shame people. (Bach in the 1920s, calling somebody a "jay" meant they were a hick from the sticks.)
Thought: In the never-ending debate on women in the military / combat, one frequently hears women compared to a "200 pound 6 foot tall man." You never hear a "5 foot 6 inch 150 pound man" compared to the larger man.
Pretty Picture Link #1: From
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Pretty Picture Link #2: Pictures of the 25-least-crowded US National Parks. I've been to three of them, and as an introvert it's nice to not be elbow-to-elbow with the great unwashed.
The title says it all: Arctic shipping quadruples thanks to global warming.
Jaywalking: A fascinating article on the invention of the concept of jaywalking. There was no such work in English until the 1920s, and it was invented as a way to shame people. (Bach in the 1920s, calling somebody a "jay" meant they were a hick from the sticks.)
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