Last blog of 2013! With a little help from Steven Strogatz at the New York Times, Annalee Newitz at io9 puzzles through the mystery and consistency of Zipf’s law, formulated by a linguist in 1949, which accurately predicts rank and frequency, power and size relations in everything from languages to cities to bodies. She …
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Our hearts are with the survivors and victims of Sunday’s destructive tornadoes that ripped through Illinois, destroying lives, homes, and livelihoods. Click here to donate to relief efforts on the ground. Stockton’s youngest City Councilmember Michael Tubbs launches a youtube channel encouraging civic participation to break cycles of poverty and incarceration. In this video he explains his mission …
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Randy Roberts Potts on The Rosie Show, “I wanted to die. I was conflicted day and night.“… Congratulations to Kate Clinton for recieving the Stonewall Spirit Awards, “Nationally Renowned Comedian to Receive LGBT Award“… Santa Cruz Sentinel features Kyle Thiermann in “Gretchen Wegrich, Stoke & Broke: Surfer Magazine turns the spotlight on Santa Cruz.“… This …