links:

DOD Civil unrest study
Facebook’s research (the actual study)

New York Times
Pew Research
the Atlantic
Wired


James’ Hypothesis: Priming
New York Times article on strangers People feel better if they talk to a stranger
The audibility and clarity of MTA subway announcements has declined, but it was worse before 2006 Thankfully, Straphangers.org work was (indirectly) recognized and the MTA launched their first Rider Report Card
Writing class with Richard Price at Baruch College
Movie from the poster in his bathroom, New York Stories
First nuclear weapons were not megaton bombs, they were much smaller (like 12k tons)
Tsar Bomba (~50 megatons)
Words That Are Most Known to Only Men or Women
The History of Pink for Girls and Blue for Boys Lots of internal links within, for delightfully curious minds
Goldie Blox

(music: Happiness by Tondrae Kemp)