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Category Archives: Education
Free workshop on building resilience
From my daughter’s friend I hope this finds you well! I’m writing to invite you to participate in a free virtual workshop series I’m launching in October, called Building Resilience for Life. Has it felt hard to hold all … Continue reading
Amazon Woman – kayaking down the Amazon
From Berta Beveridge: My daughter-in-law, Darcy Gaechter, is once again scheduled to be on the Today Show to talk about her book, Amazon Woman. Darcy and my son, Don, spent 142 days kayaking down the Amazon River, making her the first woman … Continue reading
Posted in Education, environment, Nature
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FA(ke)CT – which is which?
Thanks Mary Jane F.
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18 Maps to think about
Thanks to Paul T. One can spend lots of time thinking about almost any one of these maps. This is a fascinating set of maps showing a variety of similarities – and differences — in the world as we think … Continue reading
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Let’s Finish the American Revolution
by Tim Egan from the NYT (thanks to Mary Jane F. for sending this) As baffling as it is to find statues of traitors, slaveholders and killers of Union soldiers ensconced in many a prominent square, consider the historical discordance … Continue reading
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A pact with reason
From Sue H – thanks This is an invitation to participate in an important online lecture series at the Mercantile Library of Cincinnati later in the summer. These free lectures are called A Pact With Reason and are brought to … Continue reading
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DECLARING OUR WORLD BROKEN, CITIZENS OF 35 COUNTRIES FORM GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO SAVE HUMANITY AMID PANDEMIC
New York, NY – Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic the ultimate failure of our world’s leaders to address our greatest collective threats — including deadly pandemics, climate change, ecosystem destruction, and proliferating weapons of mass destruction — citizens of 35 countries … Continue reading
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Here are 450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
Can we truly make use of the time on our hands? First, I’d suggest not indulging in the 24/7 news cycle more than one hour a day. Second, call old friends. Then, set a schedule for yourself–exercise, read, or play … Continue reading
Free on-line courses from Yale University
Would you like to take a free on-line college level course with no strings attached–from Yale? Click here for the link. Thanks to Mike C. for finding this.
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New Seattle Aquarium will inspire next generation of conservationists
Thanks to Barb W. for send this along By Melissa Mager and Martha KongsgaardSpecial to The Seattle Times Water is life. The ocean produces nearly every other breath we take. A warmer ocean has less oxygen. A more acidic ocean produces less food. … Continue reading
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Introducing The Radiohead Public Library: Radiohead Makes Their Full Catalogue Available via a Free Online Web Site
Are you interested in thousands of free on-line college courses, or in movies, books and music. Check out the amazing collection at www.openculture.com!
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Chinese New Year 2020: Rats, luck and why you should avoid medicine, laundry and crying children
From The Telegraph Chinese New Year is fast approaching – and with it comes a host of superstitions that will apparently dictate how the next 12 months will play out for each of us. Washing clothes, using scissors and sweeping floors are some of … Continue reading
Pete Carroll Wants to Change Your Life
Ed note: I think it’s fascinating that corporate America (like Microsoft) and major philanthropy (like the Gates Foundation) feel that they have lessons to learn from Pete. Perhaps we all do. Do you notice the absence of negative thinking and … Continue reading
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Winter 2020 Courses
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Washington (OLLI-UW) invites adults over the age of 50 to come together to share intellectual interests and make new friends through a range of exciting programs. Learn for the joy of … Continue reading
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The Center for an Informed Public
Thanks to Mary M. for bring this to our attention: The Center for an Informed Public officially launched on Dec. 3, 2019, with an event on the UW campus. The event featured UW President Ana Mari Cauce and Washington State … Continue reading
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2019
By Jay Bennett , Rachael Lallensack From The Smithsonian – thanks to Ann M. for sending this. Science books offer an opportunity to step back from the constant stream of dramatic new discoveries to consider the broader implications of ongoing research. The books … Continue reading
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Earthquake – do you have a luggable loo?
Here’s some added info from Put: No one at the Lander St Home Depot store knew anything about the buckets that might be adapted for sanitation. When we got home, I looked online and discovered that REI sells the “Luggable … Continue reading
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Aaron Sorkin: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Mark, In 2010, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn’t. You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood didn’t understand that some people build things just for the sake of building them. (We … Continue reading
UW seeks $13M to renovate the ‘Boys in the Boat’ shell house
The first city-sanctioned historic landmark on campus is going for a gold-medal makeover.by Knute Berger hile Seattle has struggled to save The Showbox on First Avenue, another even more storied landmark is being singled out for revival. Boosted by a bestselling book … Continue reading
Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.
The museum’s new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region. Click here for the full article from Crosscut.
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The smartest person you may have never heard of.
Some geniuses go through life without recognition. C.S. Peirce is an example of an incredible mind that is now being discovered in relatively buried archives at Harvard.
Manet’s Last Years: A Radical Embrace of Beauty
From the NYT: CHICAGO — I wonder how often he thought back on it: the outrage, the reproaches, the shame, the folly. In 1865, two years after they rejected his “Déjeuner sur l’herbe,” the gatekeepers of the Paris Salon accepted two … Continue reading
Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure
By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading
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