empathizing with black clouds
Why Some Depressed People Hate Being Told to ‘Cheer Up’ • PsyBlog • 2015 Apr 21 (via TYWKIWDBI)
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penicillin G is a hell of a drug
Beethoven’s cause of death diagnosis • OUPblog • 2015 Mar 26 (via TYWKIWDBI)
Does greatness happen because of adversity or does it happen even despite adversity? I wonder how different his life would’ve been if they had penicillin G back in the day.
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Thomas Jefferson and originalism
TIL: Thomas Jefferson argued that because no generation has a right to bind subsequent generations, the Constitution should expire every 19 years • /r/todayilearned • 2015 Apr 15 (via TYWKIWDBI)
I guess ol’ TJ would’ve disagreed with Justice Scalia on a few things, huh?
Letter to James Madison • Thomas Jefferson • 1789 Sep 6 • Teaching American History
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Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing: 20 years later, key questions remain unanswered • The Guardian • 2015 Apr 13 (via TYWKIWDBI)
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the neurophysiology of homophone typos
Stop shaming people on the Internet for grammar mistakes. Its not there fault. • WaPo • 2015 Apr 17
Also, inadvertently typing the wrong homophone isn’t really a grammar error, it’s a typo.
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ramen bath
Korean spas don’t have this, do they?
In Japan, A Spa House That Lets You Soak In A Ramen Noodle Hot Bath • DesignTaxi • 2015 Apr 21
via ronin
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the critical importance of adequate sleep
Sleep is productive and an excellent use of your time ;)
4 Ways Arianna Huffington Changed My Sleep Game • Lindsey Smith • HuffPo Healthy Living • 2015 Apr 21
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Consequences of Insufficient Sleep • Division of Sleep Medicine • Harvard Medical School
The price of insufficient sleep may be poor health. Study after study has revealed that people who sleep poorly are at greater risk for a number of diseases and health problems. And now the search is on to discover why this might be.
Lack of sleep exacts a toll on perception and judgment. In the workplace, its effects can be seen in reduced efficiency and productivity, errors, and accidents. Sometimes the effects can even be deadly, as in the case of drowsy driving fatalities.