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The Coffee Shop – The Peter Principle: the scientific reason everything is a bit s**t
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Delve: We live in times of seemingly unending progress – and yet somehow things still always go wrong: trains are late, broadband speeds … Continue reading
Posted in Short Video
Tagged Life, management principle, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Peter Principle, The Coffee Shop
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The Coffee Shop – Campaign Art
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Slate: When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, an art piece by Shepard Fairy became synonymous with his campaign. Campaign art isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Art, Politics, Presidential Elections, Short Video
Tagged campaign art, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Slate, The Coffee Shop
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The Coffee Shop – The Octographer
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Sony New Zealand: I think she is laughing at us. 🙂 —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Photography, Short Video
Tagged Morning Open Thread, MOT, Octographer, octopus, The Coffee Shop
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Morning Open Thread – Flamingo Flamenco
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. Sorry about that, there will be no “human interest news” today, instead the topic is for the birds. 😉 From BBC Earth: “There are six … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Short Video, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, courtship, flamenco, flamingo, Morning Open Thread, MOT, wildlife
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Morning Open Thread – “The Old New World” Photo-based Animation Project
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From seccovan, “travel back in time with a little steampunk time machine.” Stills and behind the scenes —oooOooo– This is a daily open thread. There … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – First performance in 1000 years
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Cambridge University: First performance in 1,000 years: ‘lost’ songs from the Middle Ages are brought back to life. An ancient song repertory will be … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Short Video
Tagged Cambridge University, Medieval music, MIddle Ages, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Sequentia
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Morning Open Thread – Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Great Big Story: “Around the same time Rosa Parks famously protested segregation by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, History, Short Video
Tagged Claudette Colvin, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Racism, Segregation
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Morning Open Thread – Verbatim: Follow the Chicken
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. From The New York Times: In this dramatization of transcripts … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – Officer Clemmons and Mister Rogers
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. There will be several hosts, each host being responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Racism, Short Video, Television
Tagged Francois Clemmons, Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Officer Clemmons
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