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Jack Turner - Finding the Wild article and books
Grizzly Bears and Witnessing Nature- Doug Peacock book
Good book by Doug Peacock and his getting close to wild places and wildlife. He was a friend of Ed Abbey and spends lots of time out exploring wildness.
Insulin for Diabetes is overpriced
link tv special
walk by trees and brooks and gain of wisdom
While some delve deep in musty books in search of learning rare,
ye wise folk walk by trees and brooks and gain of wisdom there.
Anonymous
Dave Rearick told me this quote, which he had seen in a print mounted on a wall. He balances the quote by saying that we need to learn what others have done and not just discover things that are already known. However several revolutionary scientists seem to have both been partly self-taught (Ramanujan and Zhang in mathematics), and/or have been productive when they were out in nature, being playful, conversing with friends, or traveling to visit other scientists (Ulam, Bohr, Szilard, Newton, ....).
Amendments to the Constitution
link NPR 1A podcast on need for new amendments and changes to the judicial system: stop the shadow docket, push the ERA amendment, make ethics apply to judges and the Supreme Court, mandatory retirement, term limits, make ratification depend on population,(not on states); a voting rights act, no citizen rights for corporations (overturn citizens united), limit access to automatic weapons, require background checks, require red flag laws, prevent judges from radically changing the laws, and limit corporations and wealthy individuals from packing the courts. Leonard Leo led the Federalist Society "to influence elections, judicial appointments and policy battles" and " helped select judges to nominate to the Supreme Court and directed multimillion dollar media campaigns to confirm them.") He recently received $1.6 billion to continue to push thru his pro-business changes in the law. link