November 2017 – Read Later

These Are the Most Beautiful Pies You’ll Ever See on Instagram — Food Media

30 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2AfywAb With Thanksgiving behind us and the rest of the holiday season still to come, it seems like everywhere we turn there’s another baked good or sweet to be made (and consumed). None, however, are as beautiful as the pies…

Prehistoric Women Were Probably Very Ripped

30 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2nh3h33 The buff women of prehistory got shit done. A new study out of the University of Cambridge found that women’s blood, sweat, muscles, and manual labor were crucial to the development of agriculture. The researchers compared bones of prehistoric…

Trump Made the Most Flagrant Bigots Proud. They See Him as Their Leader. Why Wouldn’t They?

30 November 2017 0

img.youtube.com/vi/C-Zj0tfZY6o/0.jpg I know it’s hard to keep up, but this morning President Donald Trump did something so dangerous, offensive, and problematic that it must be confronted head-on. In my circles, we are wary of playing what we call the “Oppression…

In Praise of Stereotypes: A Millennial Job Interview

30 November 2017 0

player.vimeo.com/video/239050403?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 In Praise of Stereotypes: A Millennial Job Interview by Evil HR Lady on November 27, 2017 Two different friends sent me this video yesterday. It’s all about Millennial stereotypes–and Gen X (maybe really young baby boomer, but I’ll say he’s…

20 dream escapes you wish you planned this holiday season

29 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2Ak7CaK if 2017 is another year your idea for a fantasy escape escaped you, you might wish to continue indulging in the imagination. from beautifully remote cabins surrounded by natural beauty to extreme properties on the edge of a vast…

A Deeper View of Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field

29 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2zBjWzU The iconic image of faraway galaxies, and one of the most-observed regions of space, has just received a spectroscopic upgrade. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field — that iconic image peppered with faraway galaxies — just got a whole…

Hubble Meets Gaia

28 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2Biv3OJ Combining Hubble and Gaia data we now have proper motions for stars in a galaxy other than our own. It is a rather rigorous process undertaken by astronomers at the University of Groningen and the results were not expected.…

NASA astronauts identify Earth landmarks the low-tech way – CNET

27 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2AgihRC NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei puts an atlas to good use in space. Randy Bresnik/NASA The International Space Station is one of the great technological marvels of our time, but not everything on board could have stepped out of…

The Motherboard Guide to Avoiding State Surveillance

27 November 2017 0

ift.tt/2AeflEN This is excerpted from the Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, our comprehensive guide to digital security. We recommend you read that entire guide if you are generally looking to improve your privacy and security—if you do not take…