In working on my master’s thesis, I’m doing a lot of research on autism. I’m also reading the writings of other autistics. It is by turns infuriating and insightful. A lot of research from the last century describes what autistics supposedly lack. We lack imagination. We lack the abi...
even if you don’t know you know it. Let’s start simple. An adjective is something that describes a noun. A phrase is a group of words that may have a noun or a verb included, but no one is actually doing anything, meaning it’s not a complete sentence with a subject...
“it’s okay, you can focus elsewhere” counterbalance in a hyper-localized Armageddon like Gaza, or applied as an adjective to describe violence (theoxymoronic “humanitarian wars”in the Balkans or Libya), or even a pop culturearmada of ships(at 1:34) carrying enough proton torpedoes to ...
In very different circumstances, Michael Taussig describes a ‘colonial mirror of production.’ During the genocidal wars in Putumayo, white rubber planters brutally massacred the indigenous population, but they always ascribed their own brutality to the jungle itself: its steamy darkness, this pit of...
Named forAmber Hagerman, a 9-year-old murdered in Texas in 1996,Amber Alertsare now distributed via most versions of electronic communication. First used in 1997, abudtenderoversees the sale oflegal cannabis. 1996: Gastropub, smartphone
1)“Apparent vision”: Mr Latemore describes Hans Küng’s vision as a vision for “an ethical world” and Pope Benedict’s vision for the world as “A Catholic World”. His description of Küng’s vision as an “ethical” vision is true enough, but does beg the question of what “et...
Turns out, we're all struggling with the word "quarantine." If you can spell it without auto-correct, congrats to you. I'm actually pleased our word isn't "cook" or "sprinkles" or "grandma." In fact, I'd say we're doing alright. ...
Bishop describes the problem as simply a matter of priorities, which can be solved by encouraging people to prioritize other life goals and plans in place of time spent online. The new CNS Spectrums study was based on results of a nationwide telephone survey of more than 2,500 adults. Like...
Named forAmber Hagerman, a 9-year-old murdered in Texas in 1996,Amber Alertsare now distributed via most versions of electronic communication. First used in 1997, abudtenderoversees the sale oflegal cannabis. 1996: Gastropub, smartphone
The first hyphenated use of fancy-pants as an adjective appeared in the “Coshocton Tribune” in November of 1939. You may also like: Scientific breakthroughs from the year you were born 1938: Electroshock, Rastafarianism Wikimedia Commons 1938: Electroshock, Rastafarianism Other notable words:...