Bharat’s pocket scraps August 18
White Supremacy, the partition, and more
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps August 12
The India-Pakistan partition, evo-psych douchebags and more
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps August 4
Tolkien, Dunkirk, Confederate and more make for a pop-culture heavy scrap pile this week.
Bharat”s Pocket Scraps July 28
Trout, mental health, the role of luck and agency and much more!
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps July 21
Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal First in a series on communities overcoming obstacles to become cleaner and greener. Sixteen months ago, the coal-fired…
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps July 14
Margaret Atwood and Junot Diaz, and a whole bunch of disturbing links :(
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps July 7
What I found interesting last week
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps June 30
Economics, Sci Fi feminist dystopia, Canada 150 and more, my pocket scraps for the week.
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps – June 23
Things I read that I found share worthy this week
Bharat’s Pocket Scraps – June 16
Things I read that I found share worthy this week (and some previous weeks)
BC’s third parties and the election
Are you “tired” of the two main parties and planning on voting for a third party/independent? Some questions to consider
Who is local?
Using visa status to determine residency, and providing no sensible exceptions for locals with alternative paper work is lazy and thoughtless policy making
Retire the beg button
It’s time for us to walk without pushing buttons, and our community plans prioritize people walking, so, #DontMakeMeBeg…
Coffee Roasting and popcorn lung
Turns out, coffee roasters are vulnerable to lung harming diacetyl exposure, and worker exposure to toxics is under-reported…
Aphantasia
I’ve known for a few years that my ability to “visualize” in my mind, that is, to consciously or voluntarily pull up images of people, objects, places is fairly limited.
Sports socialism for all
I would love for professional sports to be a test bed for innovative cooperative/socialist models. The features that keep professional sport sustainable and competitive should make it out into the greater …
Encryption
We have a choice going forward, let artificial intelligence help us grow, or limit their use to innocuous thoughts because we are not allowed to keep them private and encrypted
The Craigslist problem
So, why is Craigslist so successful anyway? Because everyone (well, almost) uses it. But, it does not have to be so. The availability of open access rental data is a public good…
Break the link between employment and healthcare
It’s almost as if there’s an unspoken moral argument here, you don’t deserve good teeth or a massage if you don’t work for a living…
Hello world
And so it begins. We are Interrobang and we’re excited to start a blog together.