In which accounting records become the basis for an important new genre of Native American painting, and Ken gets nostalgic for his childhood dog food invoices. Certificate #25974.
The Best One Yet - 👸 “The Princess War Diaries” — Mattel/Hasbro’s doll-ocracy. Tesla’s calendar invite. The 1st special effects stock.
Tesla’s got record numbers, but it’s also got a calendar problem (just ask Cybertruck). Mattel and Hasbro have fought a magical war over Disney princesses and we finally have a winner. And if you’ve seen Neo do that bendy thing where he dodges bullets in The Matrix, then you’ve seen DNEG. And DNEG is about to become the 1st pureplay publicly-traded visual effects stock.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Genie the Feral Child (Encore)
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In October 1970, a blind woman accidentally entered a Los Angeles County welfare office with a child in tow.Â
The staff in the office immediately noticed the odd girl with the woman. She walked funny, was emaciated, drooling, didn’t make a sound, and when asked, the woman mentioned that the girl was 13.Â
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NBN Book of the Day - Christopher Kemp, “Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation” (Norton, 2022)
Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have―older than language. In Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation (Norton, 2022), Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do.
Fueled by his own spatial shortcomings, Kemp describes the brain regions that orient us in space and the specialized neurons that do it. Place cells. Grid cells. He examines how the brain plans routes, recognizes landmarks, and makes sure we leave a room through a door instead of trying to leave through a painting. From the secrets of supernavigators like the indigenous hunters of the Bolivian rainforest to the confusing environments inhabited by people with place blindness, Kemp charts the myriad ways in which we find our way and explains the cutting-edge neuroscience behind them.
How did Neanderthals navigate? Why do even seasoned hikers stray from the trail? What spatial skills do we inherit from our parents? How can smartphones and our reliance on GPS devices impact our brains? In engaging, engrossing language, Kemp unravels the mysteries of navigating and links the brain’s complex functions to the effects that diseases like Alzheimer’s, types of amnesia, and traumatic brain injuries have on our perception of the world around us.
A book for anyone who has ever felt compelled to venture off the beaten path, Dark and Magical Places is a stirring reminder of the beauty in losing yourself to your surroundings. And the beauty in understanding how our brains can guide us home.
Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland.
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New Books in Native American Studies - Paulette F. C. Steeves, “The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere” (U Nebraska Press, 2021)
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (U Nebraska Press, 2021) is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites (10,200 years ago) but for more than 60,000 years, and likely more than 100,000 years.
Steeves discusses the political history of American anthropology to focus on why pre-Clovis sites have been dismissed by the field for nearly a century. She explores supporting evidence from genetics and linguistic anthropology regarding First Peoples and time frames of early migrations. Additionally, she highlights the work and struggles faced by a small yet vibrant group of American and European archaeologists who have excavated and reported on numerous pre-Clovis archaeology sites.
In this first book on Paleolithic archaeology of the Americas written from an Indigenous perspective, The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere includes Indigenous oral traditions, archaeological evidence, and a critical and decolonizing discussion of the development of archaeology in the Americas.
To learn more about Steeves’ research, please visit The Indigenous Paleolithic Database of the Americas at https://tipdba.com/.
This interview was conducted by Lukas Rieppel, a historian at Brown University. You can learn more about his research here.
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Curious City - What Is Life Like In Chicago-Area Trailer Parks?
Chicagoans call lots of places home. We live in two-flats, three-flats, bungalows and skyscrapers. And hundreds of households live in Chicago’s only trailer park, Harbor Point Estates. Beyond the city’s borders, there’s another 18,000 mobile homes in our metro area. Reporter Linda Lutton set out to answer a question about what life is like in Chicagoland mobile home communities, as told by residents themselves.
What A Day - Don’t Breyer Because It’s Over, Smile Because It Happened
The 83-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer intends to retire at the end of this Supreme Court term in June, according to multiple reports yesterday. The oldest justice on the court, Breyer has been under enormous pressure to retire while Democrats have the slimmest control of the Senate. Leah Litman, a law professor at the University of Michigan and co-host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny, joins us to discuss what comes next.Â
And in headlines: San Jose passed the first U.S. law requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee, France’s National Assembly voted unanimously to ban 'conversion therapy,' and a rogue SpaceX rocket is expected to crash into the Moon.
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The NewsWorthy - SCOTUS Job Opening, SpaceX Crash Coming & Young vs. Rogan- Thursday, January 27th, 2022
The news to know for Thursday, January 27th, 2022!
We're talking about an open seat on the Supreme Court: who is retiring and when a new justice is expected to take over.
Also, what to know about a new version of Covid-19 that's been detected in the U.S.
Plus, a SpaceX rocket booster on a collision course with the moon, why Spotify is removing a Grammy-winning musician from its platform, and this is your chance to own artwork from Picasso- sort of.
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The Daily Signal - How West Virginia Is Standing Up to China-Friendly BlackRock
The Daily Signal has previously reported on investment giant BlackRock and its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. But now, at least one state is taking action to distance itself from the China-friendly asset-management company.
Riley Moore, the state treasurer of West Virginia, announced Jan. 17 that his state was cutting ties with BlackRock over its ties to the Chinese Communist Party as well as over its dedication to a goal of net-zero carbon emissions, which would hurt the state's coal industry. West Virginia is the second-largest producer of coal in the country.
"It's like we're paying them with our own money to destroy us," he says, adding, "We're going to move in our direction, and ... not to continue to do business with firms like BlackRock that obviously have all the worst intentions for our industries here in West Virginia."
Moore joins the show to discuss what led him to that decision and what other states should be doing about companies such as BlackRock.
We also cover these stories:
- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire at the end of the court's current term in June.
- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., calls for President Joe Biden to tap a black woman to replace Breyer.
- San Jose, California, passes an ordinance requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay an annual fee.
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Tech Won't Save Us - Microsoft Wants to Dominate the Games Industry w/ Rob Zacny
Paris Marx is joined by Rob Zacny to discuss the potential consequences of Xbox’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and what subscriptions and consolidation might mean for the future of games and the industry.
Rob Zacny is a senior editor at Waypoint and co-host of Waypoint Radio. Follow Rob on Twitter at @RobZacny.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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Also mentioned in this episode:
- Rob discussed the consequences of the proposed acquisition with his colleague Patrick Klepek.
- Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.
- In November, Phil Spencer said he was troubled by the harassment and abuse at Activision Blizzard.
- QA workers at Activision’s Raven Software are seeking to unionize. The company said it won’t recognize the union, and is reorganizing the division.
- A new Game Developers Conference found 55% think the industry should unionize.
- On January 18, the US Federal Trade Commission began a process to rewrite its merger guidelines.
- Google shut down its Stadia game studios at least in part due to Microsoft’s acquisition of Zenimax.
- At GDC in 2005, a developer rant session featuring Warren Spector, Jason Della Rocca, Greg Costikyan, Brenda Laurel, and Chris Hecke presented a grim picture of where the industry was going.