by Carl Howard | Jan 26, 2016 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Race
I adore maps and so usually enjoy I Fucking Love Maps on Facebook. Every now and then they post something infuriating. Because one of the best ways to bypass people’s bullshit detectors is to put your bullshit on a map. They’ve recently shared a project about “Mapping...
by Carl Howard | Jan 19, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race
[CN: Body hate inc slurs] You might have seen media coverage this week about the following tweet, and reactions to it. walmart underwear vibes pic.twitter.com/wo66OQGIdo — yasmin was here (@iranikanjari) December 24, 2015 When @iranikanjari (Suraia) posted the above...
by Carl Howard | Jan 12, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History
I’m not a David Bowie fan but now that he’s died I’ve become even more aware of the profound effect he’s had on the world. Many people are grieving (some more than they expected to!); if that’s you I’m sorry for your loss. Hopefully, you’ll have also seen something in...
by Carl Howard | Jan 6, 2016 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Medicine, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
[CN: All the things] Dear noodly overlord, I know that 2016 has already started but you’re as generous as the FSMas season is long. I know that if you look at it from one way there’s never been a better time to be alive. Last year was the first year child mortality...
by Carl Howard | Dec 22, 2015 | History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
One genre that does well online is photo-essays about food around the world. The food is often fascinating but the pieces can also elicit some interesting and simplistic reactions from the online audience. The form I’ve seen this take is people from wealthy...
by Carl Howard | Dec 1, 2015 | Ethics
Years ago the place I worked would send out EDMs for Father’s/Mother’s Day to a database had around 40,000 users, who would get a message like “treat your father to XYZ this Father’s Day”. What do you think happened? We’d always get a few replies like “my father just...
