News worth recorded

 

Feb 3

To live well do math.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170202-math-and-the-best-life-francis-su-interview/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits


Jan 26

Recall Dakota

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-dakota-access-pipeline-halt_us_5844882be4b0c68e04817323


Jan 25 

Freedom of speech

http://laist.com/2017/01/24/badlands_twitter_ftw.php


Shortly after US President Trump banned employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from giving social media updates and speaking with reporters, one national park had had enough. Badlands National Park decided to use its freedom of speech on social media while it still could and began tweeting science knowledge to the public. And not just your run-of-the-mill science facts, but climate science facts. The internet immediately began celebrating the park for “going rogue” and tweeting their environmental rebellion.(Daily Pnut)


Jan 24

The Women's Marches may have been the largest demonstration in US history

http://www.vox.com/2017/1/22/14350808/womens-marches-largest-demonstration-us-history-map


Jan 23

Climate change

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/20/the-official-white-house-website-has-dropped-any-mention-of-climate-change/#

Alternative Facts

AternativFactsPresidency.pdf

When Spicer’s statements were proven inaccurate, Kellyanne Conway, senior White House aide and part-time mascot for the New England Patriots, explained that Spicer didn’t lie, he just provided “alternative facts.” (Daily Pnut)

Ansari monologue

Aziz Ansari’s Monologue on ‘Saturday Night Live’: Transcript - The New York Times.pdf