Cleaning with Polonium.
Between 1974-1978 A Chimpanzee War Broke Out In Nigeria. (via Strange Company)
Inside the 77 sq ft Greenwich Village apartment with no bathroom for $2,350/month. (via Fark)
When Willem Arondeus said, “Let it be known, homosexuals aren’t cowards’’, on the eve of his execution in 1943, he was speaking for himself and countless others who gave and risked their lives to end the tyranny and oppression that the LGBTQ community faced under Nazi rule.
The Braless Years: How the Pandemic Changed How We Wear Underwear for Good.
Inside the Barbie Dreamhouse, a Fuchsia Fantasy Inspired by Palm Springs. The article has plenty of pink pictures. (via Metafilter)
The president’s had a string of recent wins. So why do his numbers suck? (via Fark)
When Tina Turner Set a Guinness World Record.
Joe Biden's lack of bra-wearing makes me want to quit my job in the chip wars.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that great article on queer heroism in WW2!
ReplyDeleteThe Mental Floss story about Tina Turners record setting concert has a link to the full concert on youtube, and it's great.
ReplyDeleteThe Chimp war article says:
ReplyDeleteThe conflict shed light on the complex social dynamics within chimpanzee communities, with males vying for dominance, forming alliances, and engaging in power struggles. These behaviors have important implications for our understanding of early human societies, suggesting that certain elements of our social structure and behavior may have originated from our common ancestor with chimpanzees.
The problem with this is that we are biased toward chimpanzee behavior because most of the science research is with chimpanzees. Bonobos look a lot like chimpanzees, but have not been typically used for research studies. The research that does exist shows that they are very non-aggressive and socially tolerant and often use sex to resolve conflicts rather than violence.
So if there is a common ancestor that makes it useful to study these animals to understand human behavior, should we be studying chimpanzees or bonobos?
Or both?