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A quiet culture war in research libraries – and what it means for librarians, researchers and publishers I'm not sure I agree entirely with the author, but it is thought-provoking.
How Changing Your Reading Habits Can Transform Your Health
Judy Blume comes to the rescue of man who gave away his wife's beloved book
Franklin integrated ‘Peanuts’ 47 years ago today. Here’s how a teacher changed comics history.
76 Years Later, Lost F. Scott Fitzgerald Story Sees The Light Of Day So many lost writings popping up everywhere! Fingers crossed for a lost Flannery O'Connor next...
China’s Most Censored Author Published His Riskiest Book Yet
10 Grammar Mistakes People Love To Correct (That Aren't Actually Wrong)
Closing the College Readiness Gap I actually like the idea of First-Year orientation/basic research skills classes, especially at community colleges, where information literacy instruction is fully integrated, and librarians are doing more than teaching one-shot classes and offering assistance when students think they need it. (And that, we know, is far less often than they actually need it.) (That...that might be my dream job, no lie. Hit me up when you find that opening.)

Hitchhiking robot’s cross-country journey comes to tragic end in Philadelphia "The endearing droid that had thumbed its way across Germany, vacationed in the Netherlands and made the improbable 3,600-mile trek across Canada without incident survived just over two weeks and 300 miles in the United States. On Saturday, its creators announced that hitchBot had been vandalized beyond repair and abandoned on a street in Philadelphia." See, now, this is why we can't have nice things!
Picky Eating in Children Linked to Anxiety, Depression and A.D.H.D. "[...] picky eaters are not simply stubborn or tyrannical children whose parents have given in to their culinary whims. Rather, the research reveals that picky eaters have a heightened sensitivity to the world that is innate."
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain
Climate change: Obama unveils Clean Power Plan

Deep State America "Democracy is often subverted by special interests operating behind the scenes." It sounds like great political science fiction - too bad we're actually living it.
Men are literally freezing women out of the workplace Related: Why Men and Women Battle Over the Office Thermostat

The Fight Between Ronda Rousey And Bethe Correia Was So Short It Fits In One Gif "34 seconds is very short for any professional fight, but that's what happens when you piss off Ronda Rousey." Heh.

Steampunk Gypsy