Mother’s Day as we know it today was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother Ann, a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. Through Anna Jarvis’…
Patterns and themes and concerns show up… My mother is often on my mind. Racism is often on my mind. Kindness is often on my mind. Politics. Pop music. Books. Dreams. Public space. My garden is often on my mind.…
It’s finally here: that long-awaited first Saturday in May, when the 148th Kentucky Derby will draw about 165,000 spectators to Churchill Downs. Post time is set for approximately 6:57 p.m. ET (3:57 p.m. PT). The Kentucky Derby takes place today, May…
Emma Prendergast of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose dissertation is entitled The Moral Authority of Citizens. (via Frances Hannan) They are: Magnus Ferguson of Boston College, whose dissertation is entitled On Responsibility for Others’ Harms, 22 fellows were selected in…
Punctuating the incantations of what women may not do is the sudden, striking, almost ironic chorus line: Art from Bicycling for Ladies, 1896. (Available as a print and as stationery cards.) These might seem like amusing specimens from the fossil…
While NordVPN has lived on this list for a long time, we moved it to the penalty box in October 2019 to re-evaluate our recommendation after a report emerged that one of its rented servers was accessed without authorization in 2018.…
L.A. Paul argues that interesting issues for rational choice theory are raised by epistemically transformative experiences: experiences which provide access to knowledge that could not be known without the experience. Consideration of the epistemic effects of pregnancy has important implications…
The revenue sharing is linked to a new kind of advertising on called TikTok Pulse, which would start letting advertisers pay to place their branded posts next to the top 4% of TikToks each day. The program gives marketers the…
“He was a really cool brother. I miss him.” “Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted,” Elizabeth Gilbert wrote in her loss-lensed reflection on life. “In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with…
There were 253 awards across a wide range of disciplines. More information about the grants and links to the full lists of grant recipients can be found here. The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the recipients of its latest round of…
Twitter on Tuesday said it’s testing a new feature that would let people handpick who can view their tweets. The new feature, Twitter Circle, allows users to create a list of up to 150 people and then post tweets only…
The Piper Professor Program, launched in 1958, aims to reward “outstanding professors from two and four-year colleges and universities, public and private” for their “superior teaching at the college level.” According to a press release from EPCC, the Piper Professorship…