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Charles I’s neck bone, Queen Victoria’s armpit, and other fabulously gruesome medical tales.

The post History’s Five Best Body Part Stories appeared first on Nautilus.

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared December 23, 2020 and is slightly modified.

by Brian Czech

With Christmas two weeks out, folks are making tough decisions about Christmas presents. The public is rattled by inflation, credit card debt is through the roof, and gift-giving is a real strain for many. My advice for anyone stressing out over Christmas presents is simple:  Take a break from the shopping!

The post Christ Didn’t Shop for Christmas Presents (Much Less Jets and Guns) appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

David Tennant's Doctor & Neil Patrick Harris' Toymaker face off in this clip from the Doctor Who 60th-anniversary special, "The Giggle."

On the morning of December 7, Benjamin Zephaniah departed this world. In the rush of establishment figures to associate themselves with this world-renowned figure of truth and depth, the radicalism that drove and shaped his life’s work is in danger of being sidelined – we cannot let that be the case.

Bernard Lietaer (1942-2019) was a former professor of international finance and president at the Central Bank of Belgium. One of our greatest monetary thinkers, and contrary to Krugman et consortes,  he dared to talk about — and question — our monetary system!

Too much fun to miss Brighten your weekend. Holding the North Carolina governor’s mansion is my Hanukkah wish.

Dostoevsky is too Christian for a secular age and too secular for Christendom.

This is the third chapter of my book “The Construction of Reality.” It’s first draft, so not completely edited, and is a reward for reaching a milestone in our fundraiser. The next milestone is $8,350 (a little over $2,000 from the last milestone), and will include chapters:

5. Identity and Identification (how we expand our bodies beyond our physical selves)

6. The Ritual (how we create identification)

7. Interaction ritual (how daily life creates identification and personality)

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Being Aware

If you’re like most people, you have a memory which runs as follows. You left your home meaning to go somewhere, only to suddenly realize that you were actually heading to work, school or somewhere else you go often.

CLERK: Hi, Mr. Gordon. We’ll just get you checked in here and discuss options. For the oil change, we have standard oil, high mileage, and our premium full synthetic blend.

ME: I’ll take full synthetic.

CLERK: Okay, good choice. We’ve got your cabin air filter here, it’s a bit dirty, as you can see. Want it replaced?

ME: Sure.

CLERK: Great, this is going well. While we’re talking filters, your engine air filter, fuel filter, and transmission filter are a bit old. Would you like any of those replaced as well?

ME: Do all of them.

CLERK: Wow, no one’s ever said that before. You don’t play games. So, uh … let’s talk about your engine health.

ME: Yeah, let’s do that.

CLERK: Really? Excellent. We can do an engine diagnostic test, radiator coolant fluid exchange, and a serpentine belt and radiator hose replacement.

ME: Replace every belt and hose.

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: The Last of Us, Fallout, Twisted Metal, The Rookie, Doctor Who, Supernatural's Mark Sheppard, Reacher & more!

After two years of stoic resistance against Russian forces, Ukrainians feel they are being abandoned and false narratives of failure are damaging their campaign

The Covid Inquiry has revealed the former PM to be a deeply negligent and dishonest individual. The only question now is how he was allowed to get away with it

When workers now vote to strike in key sectors, they could be forced to attend work by order of a ‘work notice’

Through works that confront assumption and provoke thought, the artist Christine Sun Kim makes the Deaf experience unmissable

- by Psyche Film

Watch at Psyche

The US military’s greatest enemy worked in an institution saturated with military funding. How did it shape his thought?

- by Chris Knight

Read at Aeon

How crises during the Obama administration formed the politics of the Squad.

The post “The Squad,” Part 2: From Obama to Bernie, a Crisis and a Crossroads appeared first on The Intercept.

The prospect of another Trump presidency in the US, rising authoritarianism and multiple complex conflicts around the world make for a depressing picture

Companies are salivating over a proposal to electronically track millions of people caught up in the U.S. immigration system.

Nicholas Reed Langen explores the dismissal in the courts of Tortoise's claim that political parties are not purely private organisations

Since the election of the new Labor government in 2022, Australia’s international reputation regarding climate action has risen considerably as result of stronger emissions targets and its enhanced safeguard mechanisms.