#CoSoBiology

Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to 'talk' to and feed each other.

VOCs don't just contribute to the sensory experience of cheese, but also provide a way for fungi to communicate with and "feed" bacteria in the cheese microbiome.

The researchers found that the fungi caused responses in the bacteria ranging from strong stimulation to strong inhibition.

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-funky-cheese-microbes.html

Paper

https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/1462-2920.15223

#CoSoCovid

How To Break the Covid Doom Loop
By Anne Williamson

What we are doing simply isn’t working. There have been countless individual sacrifices; relatives not seen since Christmas and restaurants shuttered forever. As cases spiral alarmingly again, we are moving back towards economically devastating restrictions or, worse, thousands more patients struggling to breathe in intensive care units.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/10/how-to-break-the-covid-doom-loop.html

Paper

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.19.20107045v2.full.pdf

#CoSoHistory

How a 14th-century bridge in Prague was built.

I watched this thinking "wow, that's a lot more complicated and elaborate than I thought it would be." It took them 45 years. Forthcoming repairs will take another 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgD6gyi0Wk

#CoSoPolitics

The New York Times Editorial Board:

Opinion
End Our National Crisis
The Case Against Donald Trump

The editorial board does not lightly indict a duly elected president. During Mr. Trump’s term, we have called out his racism and his xenophobia. We have critiqued his vandalism of the postwar consensus, a system of alliances and relationships around the globe that cost a great many lives to establish and maintain.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/16/opinion/donald-trump-worst-president.html

#CoSoEducation

I Was Homeschooled Until College: Here’s What To Expect.
By Mordechai Levy-Eichel

talk to your kids about what they want, and what works for them. Many educational systems fall into disrepute because of how poor they are at soliciting, engaging and stimulating student interest. After all, how many of them get to choose the books they read, or what science they pursue? Ask your kids what interests them, and be sure to do so repeatedly.

https://www.science20.com/news_staff/i_was_homeschooled_until_college_heres_what_to_expect-251250

#CoSoTech

To Watch:

(What could be better? Legos, Dogs, and Simone Giertz.)

Simone Giertz

I built my dog a selfie booth so she can take photos of herself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvG6V_BXsTE

#CoSoDesign

Analyzing the Design of Unusual Japanese Butter Tableware.
By Rain Noe

You probably noticed that funky knife in the photos of the Yoshikawa Case above. If you saw it out of context, you'd probably not know what it was:
The angle in the handle is a function of the slab form factor of European/Japanese butter. The little holes are to extrude separate noodles of butter, which (the Japanese find) are easier to spread.

https://www.core77.com/posts/102355/Analyzing-the-Design-of-Unusual-Japanese-Butter-Tableware

#CoSoElection

(Don't Panic..... VOTE !)

Here are the most common things people on social media tend to panic over.
By Teri Kanefield

A FAQ:

https://terikanefield-blog.com/faq/

#CoSoNavy

Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine.

Japan is preparing to introduce an innovative new class of diesel-electric submarine.
By Thomas Newdick

Whether this type of battery propulsion finds a place on other navies’ submarines remains to be seen, but it’s clear that they are here to stay, with the undersea force, at least, now well on its way to a lithium-ion-powered future.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37083/japan-just-launched-its-first-big-whale-lithium-ion-battery-powered-submarine

#CoSoSpace

Star children:
Can humans be fruitful and multiply off-planet?
by Fred Nadis

If Layendecker’s assessment is accurate, it may be time for NASA to lose its squeamishness—or for some of the current crop of space billionaires to help fund Layendecker’s proposed Astrosexological Research Institute.

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4024/1

To Read:

(I find this an important message.)

The Trouble with Disparity
By Walter Benn Michaels & Adolph Reed, Jr.

"What makes racism look like the problem? The very real racial disparities visible in American life. And what makes antiracism look like the solution? Two plausible but false beliefs: that racial disparities can in fact be eliminated by antiracism and that, if they could be, their elimination would make the U.S. a more equal society."

https://nonsite.org/the-trouble-with-disparity/

#CoSoBooks

To Wach:

The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle:

A reading of:
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
Verses for a Despotic Age
By John Lithgow

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5oFx087j4_KrdfQPrVexxA/videos

#CoSoBooks

A review of:
Forging Global Fordism:
Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Contest over the Industrial Order
By Stefan J. Link

The World Henry Ford Made

Tracing its appeal to political formations on both the left and the right.
By Justin H. Vassallo

"One of the key insights of Link’s book is that Fordism was as much a theory of social organization as a scientific system of productivity"

https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-politics/justin-h-vassallo-world-henry-ford-made

Book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52579173-forging-global-fordism

Part 3.

Extending epistemic innocence beyond belief

Chris Letheby finds another exciting application for epistemic innocence. His fascinating research is on altered states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs such as LSD.
... although psychedelic states have epistemic risks, they also have considerable epistemic benefits. Epistemic innocence teaches us that we should reject simple trade offs between wellbeing and knowledge

https://philosophyofbrains.com/2020/10/16/extending-epistemic-innocence.aspx

#CoSoSec

Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings.
by Jeff Johnson

In Google Chrome's "Cookies and site data" settings, accessible via the Preferences menu item or directly with chrome://settings/cookies in the address bar, you can enable the setting "Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome". However, I've discovered that Chrome exempts Google's own sites, such as Search and YouTube, from this setting.

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/chrome-google.html

The Real Trolley Problem.

Ok. I know it is an advertisement.
I don't care. It is good.

A loving world, starts with a loving home.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpfLklSG2dQ

#CoSoEconomist

For your reading pleasure,

Here is the latest copy of
The Economist Magazine
for 2020 10 17

Grab it here:

https://share.counter.social/s/8c1015

#CoSoNature

For your reading pleasure.

The latest issue of
Nature Magazine
2020 10 15

(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/8bab13