{"id":6151,"date":"2014-03-28T17:11:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2014-03-28T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:11:52","slug":"habit-linky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6151","title":{"rendered":"Habit Linky"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to change a habit<\/a> (flowchart image – the bits of research I know square with this)<\/p>\n

Graph the audience grades of your favourite TV show<\/a> (uses IMDB episode-by-episode ratings out of 10)<\/p>\n

Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir does some for-real critical thinking about the Hunger Games and Divergent<\/a> (et al.) – ” They are propaganda for the ethos of individualism, the central ideology of consumer capitalism, which also undergirds both major political parties and almost all American public discourse.” – love to see someone other than Mash thinking this hard about stuff.<\/p>\n

Rodger spies some significant, and troubling, gaps in the kinds of books out there for children.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Antiques Roadshow US expert about how they make the show<\/a> – surprisingly to me, really interesting!<\/p>\n

A brief history of evil finger-tenting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hardy Boys meet True Detective<\/a><\/p>\n

Lotta discussion of the Atlantic’s feature on whether we’re overprotecting our kids<\/a>. I haven’t read it yet, but Svend notes: “I wonder how different the world would be if the United States had managed to get universal health care back in the 30s with the New Deal. If you couldn’t sue cities for injuries, would the homogenization of playgrounds have been as severe?” (sorry to quote your email without permission Svend but this is a smart question so I’m doin’ it)<\/p>\n

via d3vo, the best nerd rage you will find on Facebook’s Oculus Rift buyout<\/a><\/p>\n

Four steps to fixing inequality<\/a> (via James Shaw)<\/p>\n

Typecast, a cover of Royals
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