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The Fundamental Attributional Error
It’s important. Four Cognitive Biases That Undermine Compassion (Medium / Rohan Williams) Podcast: Season 5, eposide 8 of the Radical Candor podcast (I haven’t listened all the wa y through yet, and I’m not familiarmore
Cool Plants – native
iNaturalist page with local plants rust weed – apparently suited to drier/sandy/well-draining conditions, seems to be relatively uncommon near Springberry. found this article: Rustweed – Three weird secrets apparently resembles several similar plants: Old Worldmore
Things to Know about Jonathan and Cats
He needs to be acknowledged like a person living with you would: say hello to him when you arrive and goodbye when you leave, and introduce visitors to him. Seriously: introduce visitors to him firstmore
Some Podcasts to Try
99 Percent Invisible: the impact of design and architecture on our lives, especially in places we might not notice it. The episode about air conditioning relates to Nesta’s sustainable future mission, thinking about how newmore
Other Online Comforts
Daily Dose Of Internet YouTube videos comedians in evaluation phase no longer in evaluation phase Drew Lynch – ughmore
Mandatory Comedy
Fun is mandatory. Without it, why do anything interesting at all? Sources of new sketch comedy videos Studio C YouTube list BYU page Stuart Laws YouTube Chris & Jack YouTube Home Classic sketch comedy videosmore
Working with Me
Communication Protocols: For detailed information and scheduling, I prefer e-mail. Texting is fun, but exhausting. There are days when I will have to wait hours before texting you back. Every Monday, I go incommmunicado. Necessary,more
Jonathan seems to be fine.
16 July 2023: I was busy, so he brought three pompoms to my desk, one after the other, to make sure we could play a LOT of fetch once I was done. I finally noticedmore
Shrimpette
These eggs. They’ve been on her for months now, far beyond the normal gestation time. They’re not a nice color. What to do?more
Morphological Analysis
Can you learn a language from its songs of love?I don’t think so.Love is not compared with the things and actions closest to hand, The things we have always with us.It is also not amore
Museum Art Resources
The MET: “You’ll want to filter by “Open Access” and make sure the image you’re downloading says “Public Domain” under it on the detail page.” Some items available under creative commons license. The Art Institutemore
Household Photos
By request of a Metafilter user who was wondering what to do with a small bathroom.more
Allergen of the Year 2018: Propylene Glycol
Here’s an article about the award, given by the American Contact Dermatitis Society. Other names propylene glycol is known by include: 1,2-propanediol 1,2-dihydroxypropane Methyl ethyl glycol Trimethyl glycol ‘humectant’ (sometimes) It is a very commonmore
On-camera dares, game forfeits, or fundraising stunts
What can you do on a dare if you’re socially distanced?more
Background Music – free
One never knows when some free background music might be helpful.more
Thomas Hardy and Ira Glass
What if, for your whole life, you assumed you could have what everyone else had — but suddenly discovered that the world only made that possible for other people?more
Ki/Ker/Kin Pronouns: Alive beings are not things.
Some languages use word gender to show whether something is animate or inanimate. Ki am human, and ki is an oak that’s seen 120 years, and ki is another living being that deserves respect no matter who or what ki loves or contributes.more
Improv and Theater Classes that should exist
Exploring new ideas in entertainment or building skills in non-traditional performing students.more
You’ll never know they weren’t there
Non-mainstream thinkers, different economic classes, retiree audiences, people too busy or sensitive for social media — people artists may need most won’t see them on Facebook.more
Who is Elinor Ostrom?
Why would I name myself after this person? Because I want everyone to know about her.more
Improv/Comedy Classes in and around the NC Triangle, 2021
This may not be exhaustive, but I’m exhausted. locally-based Zoom courses in improv/comedy/sketch Goodnights in Raleigh, NC is part of the Helium Comedy Club group, which has clubs in several cities (incl. Indianapolis, but notmore
What to do when contempt doesn’t seem to be winning elections
Links, resources to eventually be turned into an article and curated resource listmore