#CoSoScience
#CoSoEnvironment

(This is a re-post. Because after reading it a second time, I find a whole lot in here.)

Democracy and the Nuclear Stalemate.

How moving beyond the scientism of the nuclear debate could deliver a long-awaited climate breakthrough, and generate fresh ideas for a more productive politics.

By Taylor Dotson and Michael Bouchey

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/democracy-and-the-nuclear-stalemate

@sazemisery
Here is the link.

The updated biden tax plan: budgetary, distributional, and economic effects.

https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2020/3/10/the-biden-tax-plan-updated

#CoSoArt

Amy Sillman’s Breakthrough Moment Is Here.

A walk through the artist’s new show offers a master class in how abstraction can capture the fraught spirit of 2020.
By Jason Farago

"It’s that willingness to fail, though, that brought Ms. Sillman to this breakthrough moment. Which is the great value of her work, and the lesson she imparts to young artists especially: that the future has to be got at through the mind and the body."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/arts/design/amy-sillman-art-gladstone-gallery.html

#CoSoEconomics

To watch:

Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth: How Deep Will the Depression Get?

There’s a lot to like about this interview with Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth, yet there are some odd sour notes. For instance, Blyth repeats what is essentially a Democratic party stereotype about Trump voters, that they are Rust Belt victims of manufacturing loss.
It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIiloLrnkBM

#CoSoBooks

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt

Now, in The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to Hidden World of Everyday Design, zoom in on the various elements that make our cities work, exploring the origins and other fascinating stories behind everything from power grids and fire escapes to drinking fountains and street signs.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50416393-the-99-invisible-city

And

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/exploring-the-99-invisible-city/

#CoSoBooks
#CoSoHistory

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
by Robert B. Zoellick

Both a sweeping work of history and a clear-eyed guide to diplomacy past and present, America in the World will serve as a critical companion and a cautionary tale to anyone seeking to understand the implications of foreign policy under an unpredictable new administration.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49089447-america-in-the-world

#CoSoAstronomy

"100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood." Super fun/informative and I love this playful warning: "Please do not use this visualization for interstellar navigation."

http://stars.chromeexperiments.com

#CoSoCulture

(This is a great use of data visualization.)

Kiss List

These are the stories of my first kisses with everyone I’ve kissed. Using memories and journals, I’ve gleaned a set of facts that show who, what, where, when, and why I kissed how I did.
By Galen Beebe

http://beebe-west.com/viz/kiss-list/

#CoSoScience

A Thousand Years Before Darwin, Islamic Scholars Were Writing About Natural Selection.

Professors are starting to orient Charles Darwin within a rich history of people from all cultures who have grappled with the mechanisms of life.
By Shayla Love

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4ykn/a-thousand-years-before-darwin-islamic-scholars-were-writing-about-natural-selection

(just one of many) papers;

https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2016.1268190

#CoSoMusic

(May your weekend chill continue.)

New Ambient, Neo-classical

Bright Morning Jetlag Blues
by Josh Alexander

https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/bright-morning-jetlag-blues

#CoSoMusic

Lukas and Willie Nelson performing "Watching the Wheels" for John Lennon's birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqS4rgG7TjU

#CoSoMusic

(Your weekend chill is right here.)

Silver Ladders
by Mary Lattimore

Seven tracks are quite varied. Some, like “Silver Ladders,” sound like gentle machine augmentation of the familiar harp sound, while others layer in pronounced additional instrumentation (notably the heavily delayed guitar on “Til a Mermaid Drags You Under”), or suggest the sort of complexity only a much larger ensemble could accomplish. That guitar part comes courtesy of Neil Halstead.

https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/silver-ladders

#CoSoPhilosophy

Revisiting John Rawls’s Theory of Justice.

Covid-19 has shown some of the limitations of the lauded intellectual's philosophy, writes Jesse Norman. But the Theory of Justice is a monumental achievement
By Jesse Norman MP

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/liberalism-john-rawls-jesse-norman-katrina-forrester-theory-of-justice-andrius-galisanka

#CoSoEconomist

For your reading pleasure,

Here is the latest copy of
The Economist Magazine
for 2020 10 10

Grab it here:

https://share.counter.social/s/f19156

#CoSoNature

For your reading pleasure.

The latest issue of
Nature Magazine
2020 10 08

(Note: I had to flatten this file to get it under 100MB, so a small loss in quality)

Grad it here:

https://share.counter.social/s/744e51

#CoSoScienceMagazine

For your reading pleasure,

The Latest Science Magazine from the AAAS,
for 2020/10/09

Grab it here:

https://share.counter.social/s/a511c6

For Everybody here:

It's Friday !

Every Friday I try and upload some magazines. For your reading pleasure. Help yourself. At the moment I am only doing the 5, I read most often. I put them up to expire after a month. So grab them now.

If there is a very wide spread need, I will entertain adding to the list.

Find them here:

#CoSoEconomist

#CoSoNature

#CoSoScienceMagazine

#CoSoSmithsonian

#CoSoAtlantic

#CoSoTV

BBC America’s "The Watch" Has a Trailer and Release Date

As executive producer Simon Allen put it, The Watch focuses on “a flawed but adorable band of magical misfits in a corrupt fancy city that they’re kind of loitering in the margins of when we meet them.”

The Watch begins on January 3, 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNjSemoCW8

And

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQMJDmhu70