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Jenny Hanivers

In the same league as "Fiji Mermaids", a Jenny Haniver is a modified skate or ray that's been taxidermied to resemble a mermaid, dragon, etc...

Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Haniver

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Category: Ideas & Questions
Created: 14 February 2018

The Owl House

Another example of Outsider Art, the curious "art" created by people for reasons unbeknownst to others, for no reason other than the simple joy of creation.

Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-visit-to-south-africas-strange-astonishing-owl-house?mbid=synd_digg

I rather love the creepy doll...

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Category: Ideas & Questions
Created: 05 February 2018

Yoann Bourgeois "La mécanique de l'histoire"

The Mechanics of History...

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Category: Ideas & Questions
Created: 16 January 2018

Prozac, and the new epidemic of depression

An excellent long read that looks at the rise of anti-depressants as treatments for chemical imbalances in the brain.

Link: https://qz.com/1162154/30-years-after-prozac-arrived-we-still-buy-the-lie-that-chemical-imbalances-cause-depression/

Spoiler, the short answer is they don't. But it doesn't stop us for looking for quick fixes and all the quacks in Western Medicine are far too happy to oblige.

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Created: 08 January 2018
  1. James Hampton
  2. Cops Killing
  3. An intelligent approach to drugs and addiction
  4. Homeless

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