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Anna Rosling Rönnlund, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, asked Swedish students where they thought they fell on the global income spectrum. They guessed somewhere in the middle; they were wrong.… Read the rest of the article: Find out where you fit on the global income spectrum

What follows is the most mind-altering first chapter I've read in a long time, from biomechanist Katy Bowman’s latest book Movement Matters: Essays on movement science, movement ecology, and the nature… Read the rest of the article: Your body has been outsourced

If you only watch one childbirth video in your life, consider this popular one. It’s completely safe for work (and for the faint of heart), featuring ping pong balls and… Read the rest of the article: How babies get here

Photographer and 21-year playa veteran Phillippe Glade saved me about a grand for a ticket (plus expenses and brain damage) with this beautiful, cloth-covered photo book surveying the domestic and… Read the rest of the article: Black Rock City, NV: The New Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man by Philippe Glade

There’s a scene in the movie Samsara (2001): a young monk is struggling to focus on his meditation, and an older monk shows him some erotic scrolls. When he holds… Read the rest of the article: The terrible power of plastic is that it quickly becomes useless but never goes away

Biomechanist Katy Bowman uses the metaphor of nutrients – and nutritious movement vs. junk food movement – to unpack what’s not working for most of us about our modern lifestyle.… Read the rest of the article: Are your cells sedentary?

Lisa Wade is the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. Shankar Vedantam interviewed her on a recent episode of the Hidden Brain, and her assessment… Read the rest of the article: Is hooking up feminist?

The Longest Shortest Time is an excellent storytelling podcast about parents and kids. They’ve recently made two episodes aimed at helping white parents figure out how talk to kids about… Read the rest of the article: How to avoid (accidentally) raising a racist kid

Calling a gas-powered engine an “off grid” technology is like “unplugging” from the internet by using cellular data instead of an ethernet cable.

There’s a move to redefine “homesteading” in a way that makes it available to anyone who wants to take part. But what does it mean to homestead in the desert? By Reanna Alder

Last weekend, Janica and Joel picked up six roadkill raccoons and a feral cat on a round-trip to Courtenay. It was Thanksgiving weekend. They made raccoon burgers, served the cat up stuffed, and tucked the rest away in the freezer. By Reanna Alder

A micro-review, in bullet points: 1. Almost 150 quilts you won’t find on Pinterest. 2. The essays are good. 3. When seeking visual pleasure and inspiration, a curated and finite… Read the rest of the article: Almost 150 quilts you won’t find on Pinterest