Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Multicultural Meanderings:
Not surprising that computer programs and their algorithms can incorporate existing biases, as appears to be the case here: A computer program used to calculate people’s risk of committing crimes is less accurate and more…

Originally posted on the collaborative:
Given that Brazil has one of the most developed economies and coffee sectors throughout all of the coffee producing origins, its coffee producers and exporters are relatively “wealthy” in terms of resources and knowledge, placing…

Originally posted on The tip-tap of monkey keyboards:
Coincidentally, the first two novels I read in 2018 were both tales of empire, though from quite different perspectives. One was the Portuguese empire as seen through the prism of science fiction,…

Originally posted on The500:
I was spurred into writing this post when I was suddenly blessed with a flashback. ‘Blessed’ is perhaps an improper word. It was one of those memories that makes you shudder with nausea. I suppose I…

Originally posted on denizen tactics:
It’s been a busy little season, but within that have been the makings of a little online writing project, 100 Love Letters to Berlin. With this, I have been trying to write a brief piece…

Originally posted on Like For Real Dough:
The average rooster crow is about 130 dB, about the same volume as standing 15m from a jet taking off. To prevent deafness from their own calls, roosters have evolved soft tissue that…

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Originally posted on Big ideas, little words:
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to write about a paper that came out recently in Ecosphere. The study looked at salmon-bear ecosystems and the effect that bears had on seed dispersal. It’s long…

Originally posted on ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US:
I’ve started a little project to look at availability of public transport across Manchester. To keep things easy to follow I’m going to split up the different elements of the…

Originally posted on LiveStylelife :
It’s Carnival time in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), “the land of steelband oil and music” according to Calyposonian David Rudder the country is buzzing with excitement and our creative expression is at its peak.  During Carnival, the…