D'Angelo's Untitled video gets its due
In case the video for D'Angelo's "Untitled" was part of your sexual awakening, here's the (breathy, gif-laced) write-up you've been waiting for.
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October 6, 2016
Neural networks modeled on theories of emergent learning and decision-making processes in the brain are becoming a near-ubiquitous tool in modern science, used for everything from cracking Go to recognizing gestures. / stanford.edu, The Verge Back in May, the director of public programming at a Kansas City library
How We Learn
Paraplegics can “learn” to walk again with the assistance of virtual reality technology that takes advantage of the brain’s ability to change itself. Consult further: “This is the first fMRI study in the literature that provides evidence for neuroplasticity and associated locomotor recovery after VR.” ↩︎ posted Oct. 6, 2016
October 5, 2016
President Duterte told a sympathetic audience Wednesday that Obama and the State Department should “go to hell,” intimating that he would take steps to replace American influence with Russian or Chinese support. / Associated Press The World Bank stopped funding coal plants to much ado in the environmental and development communities.
Ceasefire in Syria Comes and Goes
It’s normal to work under these conditions, to be threatened with arrest on one side and kidnap on the other, to have to conduct major surgery underground and constantly see buildings around us reduced to rubble. In the last year alone our hospital was targeted five times. That’s
October 4, 2016
Tim Burton is right about one thing in his explanation of yet another lilywhite cast: tokenism isn’t the solution to Hollywood’s representation problem. / bustle.com “When Charlotte-Mecklenburg eliminated race as a factor in student assignment, it not only meant less diverse schools; it also created a feedback
The Dull Men’s Club
"We regard ourselves as dull, but not boring." A short documentary about the Dull Men’s Club, where being very ordinary is celebrated.
Black Lives, Black Deaths in Charlotte
Nine-year-old Zianna Oliphant implored the Charlotte City Council to figure out a way to treat black people better. “I’ve come here today to talk about how I feel, and I feel like that we are treated differently than other people,” she entreated before breaking down in tears.
The Staten Island octopus meets ferry disaster
A fake museum, spoof documentary, and an actual bronze monument installed in Battery Park pay tribute to New York's "most horrific maritime disaster," when a giant octopus drowned the Staten Island ferry (not really).
October 3, 2016
“Today, we had the chance to finish off the FARC as an armed group, and it didn’t happen.” Colombians rejected a peace deal to end the Americas’ longest war by a mere 2,500 votes, leaving supporters of the deal reeling. / Fusion Cave biologists confirmed that 22 “baby dragons,