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Of Weaving and Machines: Sadie Plant's Zeros and Ones

Sadie Plant's Zeros and Ones (1997) is a fascinating look at the history of computing that places women and women's work at the center of the evolution of machine technologies, beginning with the sto…

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how we should be planning for the possibility that nCoV cannot be contained

The thread linked below is by Tom Inglesby, Director, Johns Hopkins SPH Center for Health Security, working to protect people from epidemics & disasters. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/122143…

Nurses Speak Out On Coronavirus - Warning: Contains Graphic Content From Inside Hospitals

This nurse says she is there to "tell the truth" and estimates 90,000 infected people (number likely higher now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8aloXm2NB0 This nurse tells of what it's like to work…

Coronavirus Could Be Contagious During Its 10-14 Day Incubation Period

I know I haven't posted in a while.... but if this is real it's alarming

Graphic Content Warning Shocking footage of Coronavirus outbreak in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8fOTB3Wok

Philosophy of Space - new project announcement

I've decided to document my process of researching and writing about the history of concepts of space. It is a topic about which I have written before (my dissertation was about the concept of space…

Walking In Santo Domingo - Part 1: Gazcue to Zona Colonial

Inspired by another traveler’s walking series (Keezi Walks, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_dz...), in this video I walk down Calle Independencia in Gazcue to Calle El Conde in the Zona Colonial,…

Zeros and Ones by Sadie Plant

Sadie Plant's Zeros and Ones (1997) is a fascinating look at the history of computing that places women and women's work at the center of the evolution of machine technologies, beginning with the sto…

Los Tres Ojos, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic