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livOne thing I really love is people being geeky about topics they're knowledgeable about. So links gathered from this week:
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rochvelleth, who has a professional interest in language and linguistics, actually hosts a round of linguistic prescriptivism debate
americanbeetles, a real entomologist, on insect irridescence and some recent science news stories (and the comment thread features an awesome macro). Obviously don't follow the link if you find insect pictures traumatic.
lilairen is not, AFAIK, a professional biologist, but she is both wittily scathing and informative on rhetorical misuses of evolutionary metaphors. The post is more hilarious if you hang out in poly and other unconventional sexuality subcultures, but yay for evolutionary cluefulness.
Also,redbird has a really touching response to the recent XKCD cartoon about spiritrover. I'm linking to the LJ version cos the comment clarification makes the post even more poignant.
I went to the big Reform shul in south Manchester this morning, where I randomly ran into a cousin (I didn't recognize her out of context, embarrassingly). Getting to the shul by public transport is doable, but a bit annoying; the train gets me to 3 miles away, and there's a direct bus hourly or a more regular bus that only goes a little over halfway. It was a gorgeous day, even if cold, so I didn't mind the walking.
Then I went to a celebration of the New Year for Trees. It wasn't quite what I hoped for, because I heard about it through the mailing list of a young adults' Progressive group I really want to get more involved in. It turns out that said group is still confined almost entirely to London and the south-east, but the woman who runs it had come to Manchester to help out a fairly new Liberal/Progressive community there. They seem very nice, but I think I'm not quite willing to join a community that is nearly two hours' travel away, and is just starting out so needs people to get involved with running things. Not when I have the option of two thriving, established Reform communities that are at least equally easy to get to, and a genuinely local community that also needs my input. (Apparently the Board of Deputies of British Jews officially minuted that I am Good For the Stoke community, which is a somewhat embarrassing official accolade and I'd like to live up to it.)
rochvelleth, who has a professional interest in language and linguistics, actually hosts a round of linguistic prescriptivism debateamericanbeetles, a real entomologist, on insect irridescence and some recent science news stories (and the comment thread features an awesome macro). Obviously don't follow the link if you find insect pictures traumatic.lilairen is not, AFAIK, a professional biologist, but she is both wittily scathing and informative on rhetorical misuses of evolutionary metaphors. The post is more hilarious if you hang out in poly and other unconventional sexuality subcultures, but yay for evolutionary cluefulness.Also,
redbird has a really touching response to the recent XKCD cartoon about spiritrover. I'm linking to the LJ version cos the comment clarification makes the post even more poignant.I went to the big Reform shul in south Manchester this morning, where I randomly ran into a cousin (I didn't recognize her out of context, embarrassingly). Getting to the shul by public transport is doable, but a bit annoying; the train gets me to 3 miles away, and there's a direct bus hourly or a more regular bus that only goes a little over halfway. It was a gorgeous day, even if cold, so I didn't mind the walking.
Then I went to a celebration of the New Year for Trees. It wasn't quite what I hoped for, because I heard about it through the mailing list of a young adults' Progressive group I really want to get more involved in. It turns out that said group is still confined almost entirely to London and the south-east, but the woman who runs it had come to Manchester to help out a fairly new Liberal/Progressive community there. They seem very nice, but I think I'm not quite willing to join a community that is nearly two hours' travel away, and is just starting out so needs people to get involved with running things. Not when I have the option of two thriving, established Reform communities that are at least equally easy to get to, and a genuinely local community that also needs my input. (Apparently the Board of Deputies of British Jews officially minuted that I am Good For the Stoke community, which is a somewhat embarrassing official accolade and I'd like to live up to it.)
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Date: 2010-02-02 02:01 am (UTC)