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Links I liked, 6/22/2015 – 6/28/2015 (recycling problems, teacher teachspans, ACLU) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 6/22/2015 6/28/2015 (recycling problems, teacher teachspans, ACLU). June 28, 2015. 1 American recycling is stalling, and the big blue bin is one reason why. Single-stream recycling is actually a big pain for processors. And it results in a lot of waste – 1/3 of glass picked up is crushed in processing and has to be sent to landfills, perhaps contaminating other materials along the way. 2 Video of Portland tornado. 3 Sermon: The Communion of Saints. 8221; (Baptism reference.) He he. It cont...
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Online Physics Resources – longerthoughts
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Thought I might create a page with some of the (free) online Physics resources I’ve used in class. This is basically a personal resource that I’m making public since it might benefit others. Leave a comment if you notice any of these links have stopped working. I plan to add to the list over time, and categorize it once is gets larger. Brief explanation of the Michelson-Morley experiment. Basic Wave Interference Applet. What it sounds like. Very basic Phet applet. Doppler Effect for Moving Source. Nice l...
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Three quick takeaways from a debate on money in politics at the Lansing Center this evening – longerthoughts
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Three quick takeaways from a debate on money in politics at the Lansing Center this evening. June 25, 2015. June 25, 2015. Attended a highly educational (and respectful) debate about campaign finance at the Lansing Center tonight. No really, it was fun. Debaters were Bradley A. Smith (Center for Competitive Politics) and Rich Robinson (Michigan Campaign Finance Network). Video of the debate is already up. If you want to take a look. Three takeaways:. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Links I liked, 5/18/2015 – 5/24/2015 (Economics, Superconductivity, Classical Liberalism) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 5/18/2015 5/24/2015 (Economics, Superconductivity, Classical Liberalism). May 24, 2015. May 24, 2015. 1 EconPop – The Economics of Elysium. Actually I enjoy all these EconPop videos – brought to you by the same guys as that (more famous) Hayek/Keynes rap battle. 2 The Civic Project of American Christianity. An article from February that might be titled, “Did American-style liberalism undermine itself from the beginning? 8221; is because I. That the heartbeat of many progressives. Lesbian c...
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Links I liked, 5/25/2015 – 5/31/2015 (Lansing skyline, prodigal son, sunscreens) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 5/25/2015 5/31/2015 (Lansing skyline, prodigal son, sunscreens). May 31, 2015. 1 Kirsten Powers: Give the ‘bigot’ bomb a break. Stop reducing people to their least popular political opinion. 2 Mormon leader L. Tom Perry dies at 92, opposed same-sex marriage. Reuters totally did not read Kirsten Powers’ article. 3 Where You Live Changes What You See When You Read The Bible. Fascinating little comparison about how Americans v. Russians remember the parable of the prodigal son. Email (Address...
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Links I liked, 6/8/2015 – 6/14/2015 (Red Cross, Hillsdale, Adoption Laws) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 6/8/2015 6/14/2015 (Red Cross, Hillsdale, Adoption Laws). June 14, 2015. 1 How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars For Haiti and Built 6 Homes. Hold your charities accountable! And know that the biggest and most mentioned are often not the best. 2 What Makes a Woman? 3 Liberal Arts for Conservative Minds. An interview with the president of Hillsdale College. 4 Tim Hunt: ‘I’ve been hung out to dry. They haven’t even bothered to ask for my side of affairs’. Cue again Kirsten Powers&#...
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Links I liked, 5/11/2015 – 5/17/2015 (Russia, Christianity, Cemeteries) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 5/11/2015 – 5/17/2015 (Russia, Christianity, Cemeteries). May 17, 2015. May 17, 2015. 1 Pew: Evangelicals Stay Strong as Christianity Crumbles in America. 2 In Detroit, Jewish cemetery survives within GM auto plant. Just an interesting story via Sarah Brodsky. About a cemetery entirely enclosed by a GM plant. 3 The least of these are not the poor but the Christian baker, photographer, and florist. 4 Do Baltimore Schools Need More Money? 6 Russia: Twenty Feet from War. You are so cool!
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Links I liked, 6/15/2015 – 6/21/2015 (Bikes are great, Russian censors, Midwest earthquakes) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 6/15/2015 6/21/2015 (Bikes are great, Russian censors, Midwest earthquakes). June 21, 2015. 1 US mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells. A new study pins the blame for the increase in Midwest earthquakes on, specifically, injection wells pumping more than 300,000 barrels of wastewater into the ground each month. Apparently smaller rate injection wells have been used for decades without this issue. 2 InterVarsity Regains Access to Cal State Campuses. But in analysing t...
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About – longerthoughts
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I’m David Shane, a physics professor currently living in Lansing, Michigan. This blog was originally created to be “stuff I find interesting that won’t fit on Twitter” (hence the name). If you want to read more by me, I also write on Medium. I tend to leave lengthy reviews on Goodreads. I enjoy photography (you can find photos by me here. And am one of the moderators of the Lansing Flickr group. And of course you can find me on Twitter. And my still-older website is here. One thought on “ About. Build a ...
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Links I liked, 5/4/2015 – 5/10/2015 (Poetry, Banned Books, and Microwaves) – longerthoughts
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Links I liked, 5/4/2015 – 5/10/2015 (Poetry, Banned Books, and Microwaves). May 10, 2015. 1 A World Waiting to Be Claimed. A nice poem via Trevin Wax. 2 Banned – an interview with John Dickson. A few centuries to go from banning books because they. Accord with official Church teaching to banning books because they. Somehow I don’t think this guy will be mentioned by the organizers of Banned Book Week. 3 It is the Mystic Patriot who Reforms. Chesterton is always relevant, eh? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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