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Monthly Archives: January 2012

To Taste: Building 20

I was just reading a fascinating article on creativity in the latest issue of The New Yorker and wanted to share some lessons learned as quickly as I could. The “quotations” are just offsets, not the article’s words: Physical space has a marked effect on creative output. Building 20, on the MIT campus, was apparently [...]

On just eating: Bovine “spa” makes for better milk

Nice to see a video from inside a dairy farm that doesn’t feature beating and brutality.  But this may be taking things too far…

On just eating: The US — Energy independent in 20 years?

This news from, of all places, the Guardian. I know others here disagree but it confirms my suspicion that (a) it’s going to happen and (b) the best approach is to fight for strict regulatory control, rather than full moratoria…  

On just eating: What’s on in Michigan… (why isn’t it on in Ithaca?)

Wayne Pacelle (Head of the Humane Society USA) and Nathan Runkle (Mercy for Animals founder) in one weekend… not  bad! We could do this in Ithaca if we ever got our acts (and fundraising) together…

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