Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525479/the-handmaids-tale-hulu-season-3-full-trailer-watch…
Tag: birth
‘Let’s Watch Netflix: Three Words Guaranteed To Kill a Romantic Mood’
Is streaming video responsible for America’s falling fertility rate? ‘One of us usually ends up falling asleep.’ From a report: Once upon a time, Netflix dates were synonymous with romance, best captured by the viral hashtag #NetflixandChill, a euphemistic suggestion disguised as an invitation to watch TV. These days, the literal chill of the on-demand streaming video service is so great…
What a dying star’s ashes tell us about the birth of our solar system
A grain of dust forged in the death throes of a long-gone star was discovered by a team of researchers led by the University of Arizona. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-dying-star-ashes-birth-solar.html…
Ashes of a dying star’s hold clues about solar system’s birth
A grain of dust forged in the death throes of a long-gone star was discovered by a team of researchers led by the University of Arizona. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-dying-star-ashes-birth-solar.html…
Confronting Corpses
In some Thai hospitals, Buddhists can observe autopsies to contemplate death. A Thai Forest monk explains the power of this practice.
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Enlightenment Rests on the Dream
The phenomena of lucid dreaming and false awakenings reveal the complexity of Buddhism’s “waking up” metaphor.
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Our incel problem
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit…
The Supreme Court just took up a set of very big cases on LGBTQ rights
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/22/18510894/supreme-court-gay-transgender-lgbtq-rights…
EU Votes To Create Gigantic Biometrics Database
The European Parliament voted last week to interconnect a series of border-control, migration, and law enforcement systems into a gigantic, biometrics-tracking, searchable database of EU and non-EU citizens. From a report: This new database will be known as the Common Identity Repository (CIR) and is set to unify records on over 350 million people. Per its design, CIR will aggregate both…
Sutta Study: Ill
In the Gilana Sutta, the Buddha offers a potent teaching on impermanence to an ailing and distressed monk.
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