An ACLU NSA Christmas
Just by accident this afternoon I stumbled upon this holiday video by the ACLU, asking people to speak out against the NSA. While I support the general sentiment and goal of the ACLU...
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This Week in Our Universe: Voyager I and Interstellar Space
Hello again. We’re back to our explorations of the universe in Part 2 of This Week in Our Universe. Last time I discussed the recent meme of “biblical rainfall amounts” happening in Colorado....
Google Easter Egg Treasure Hunt
Apparently Google decided to combine Easter and April Fools this year with a treasure hunt. If you go to Google map today, you’ll see a map like this. And if you go hunting...
Mr. Chris Goes to Cleveland – Pt V: Big Science
In the continuing saga of my winter break travel adventures in Cleveland it was inevitable that I would go back to the beginning, so to speak, and that beginning starts with a story...
The Resignation of Scientific Capitalism
Last month I had the chance to write a response piece for the IRCPL, where a friend happens to work, about a public talk given by Wallack Broecker at Columbia. The published piece...
Theorizing the Anthropocene – part 3
This is part 3 in a three-part post reflecting on the Anthropocene and some of my dissertation research. You can read parts 1 and 2 here. So this last post is trying to...
