Halfway down the Danube

Too hot to blog

It's body temperature in Brooklyn today, and I used up all my creative energy getting a haircut. So, on to the links!

Elswhere has continued the book meme! Some very cool choices (I, too, recommend Jessica Mitford).

Ever wonder how the recent unpleasant trends in US domestic security were justified by the Constitution? Surprise: the Supreme Court has allowed these loopholes for over a century! They're called the Insular Cases. And in these troubled times, every man (and woman) is an island.

I was going to do a whole post on this article, "What the universe looks like from the inside", and call it The Markopoulou Case. If mind-expanding articles on the foundations of physics that involve some advanced math (but no calculus) are your thing, read it.

This was very cool. And so was this. And in an entirely different way, this.

And for Bernard, here's a web version of Dorothy Lewis's important 1992 review article, "From abuse to violence, psychophysiological consequences of mistreatment".

Posted by coyu at August 14, 2005 02:19 AM