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Weekly Top 5

Amazon.com Widgets If you’re reading this in a feedreader, you might not be able to see the handy-dandy music player. Sorry!

Threatened Thursday

Commindendrum rotundifolium, the Bastard Gumwood, was native to Saint Helena, but there are no longer any that survive in the wild.  One was discovered in the wild in the 80s, but it has since been destroyed in a gale.  The Royal Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh contain the only living specimens of this tree. While propagation […]

The privilege of the wealthy

From Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: in the United States … wealthy people increasingly seek to insulate themselves from the rest of society, aspire to create their own separate virtual [communities], use their own money to buy services for themselves privately, and vote against taxes that would extend those amenities […]

Weekly Top 5

Despite the incredible amount of work I have not finished yet this weekend, I’ve spent a few minutes putting together a list of the songs I listened to most this week.  Maybe they’ll help you with your work more than they helped me with mine… Amazon.com Widgets