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Presents insights on student debt from the author’s book, Leben auf Kredit, which examines various forms of precarious debt in the US from the end of slavery to the present.

Welcome to the weekly Perfume Chat Room, perfumistas! I envision this chat room as a weekly drop-in spot online, where readers may ask questions, suggest fragrances, tell others their SOTD, comment on new releases or old favorites, and respond to each other. The perennial theme is fragrance, but we can interpret that broadly. This is meant […]

Here’s a line you don’t often hear in a classic movie. A man greets a friend with, “How’s everything in Winnipeg?” You heard that right: Winnipeg. And why not? There was a time when Winnipeg was touted as the “Chicago of the North” with its rail transportation systems and rapidly-growing population. Big money was to be made, until it wasn’t. … Continue reading →

We are slowly making our way up the country to the Glasgow Worldcon via interesting places. Today, we stopped at Belvoir Castle.Belvoir CastleWe looked around the castle, which had castly things in it. Then we went for a walk around the grounds.The woodland walk was excellent, with many weird, wonderful, and magnificent trees.weird : lots and lots of brancheswonderfulmagnificentThere were also several buildings constructed of wood, or cut into the …

"life is a highway, and i'm gonna ride it, every day's a winding road, yeah, my rollercoaster's got the biggest ups and downs, so long as it keeps going round it's unbelievable" - my rollercoaster, kimya dawson WDC2024 was amazing! come along in 2025? i lost an apple wall charger and a borrowed usb c to usb c on my travels so god bless to whoever finds them, hope they're …

Last week I visited the University of Pennsylvania for a fireside chat with Roger Greenberg, a Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology, as part of the Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club (WUHC). I shared my personal history and answered questions from an audience primarily consisting of Penn undergraduate students. This inspired me to write down advice that I wish I could have given to my younger self. This blog is …

Apple may be preparing to blow everybody’s mind with a next edition Vision Pro device that will put artificial intelligence on your head, making your entire reality an actionable space. That’s the big line within the latest set of claims from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He says the latter half of 2025 may see Apple introduce a similar appearing Vision Pro model with a much faster, M5, processor. Though the …

As a graduate, James Lough had wanted to link exper­ien­ce with education. Later Lough became Prof of Experimental Psychology at NYU (1901-27), when he wanted to create a new kind of education that allowed students to learn on location. Lough took students to places like Grand Central Station and Wall St, to learn from experts. Students arrive on board This became the foundation of an experiment that he ran in …

• 4-star hikes • 6 to 7 mile options • Medium difficulty | Gain 1,680 to 2,060 feet • Gorham, NH | White Mountains . Afternoon views of Mts Washington and Madison. Perched on the northern boundary of the New Hampshire White Mountains, Mount Hayes boasts 4-star trails leading to a spectacular 5-star panorama. From the ledges south of the summit, a sweeping view unfolds revealing the town of Gorham, …

Everyone has recovered. It seemed like a common viral fever that was going around, but it was nothing serious. Luckily, I didn't get sick. Hence, we could handle the situation easily. However, this left a lot of work tasks pending to be picked up this week. Onam Holidays are coming to an end dear Echo, we have to go back now. 💻 I had to stay focused and get things …

Here’s a scan of the collage I made for the “Autumn Leaves” mixtape at the top of today’s newsletter. What happened was: I’d been toying with making a new mixtape anyways, and I needed a top image for the newsletter, so I went over to my stack of sealed cassettes I’ve purchased for $1 and right on top was Roger Williams Plays All-Time Romantic Favorites, which had a beautiful image …

The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 15: The Pacific Crossing

I spent a lot of time in the past couple of weeks working on a website in Go that may or may not ever see the light of day, but I learned a couple of things along the way I wanted to write down. Here they are: go 1.22 now has better routing I’ve never felt motivated to learn any of the Go routing libraries (gorilla/mux, chi, etc), so I’ve …

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Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 30 through Sunday, October 6, 2024! This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes: When the event will take place What the event is Where the event will take place Who is holding the event This week’s events Monday, September 30 Tuesday, …