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Archive of entries posted on 29th December 2018
The Illustrated Frank J: Beto 2020: He’s 999,999 in a Million
Link of the Day: The Theramin – No, It’s Not a Therapeutic Vitamin
[High Praise! to Messy Nessy Chic]
Love, Espionage and Alien Vibrations: Tales of a Soviet Music Machine
If you do nothing else while at this link, check out the video of Clara Rockmore playing the theramin. I rarely even hear conventional instruments played with this degree of beauty and sensitivity.
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And Yet, Still No Flying Cars
[Seven Million Years of Human Evolution] (Viewer #94,019)
An interesting look at the human fossil record. Which gets talked about a lot, but only rarely by people who are actually familiar with it.
Rarely a Good Thing When People Get Compared to Past Presidents
Democrats are lining up to support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal”, which is being described as “pushing the largest expansion of government since FDR“.
Personally, I would vote for anyone who can give me the headline “pushes for smallest government since Washington”.
