Hello everyone. I end up reading and watching a lot during the making of Stephen’s People. Today I’d like to share some links to books, articles and videos that I think you’ll like. Please add your own ideas in the comments. I’ll start with an interesting collection of books by a New York writer who grew up in Montreal.

The trenchant and fascinating Gay Walley is an elegant maverick, and a true artist — film, theater, novels. Recently, she published a six volume collection of novels called Venus as She Ages that reveals a deep engagement with the world, seen from above. She’s getting older (and more beautiful), but the years only seem to enhance her creativity.

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Here is an inspiring video from Ashton Applewhite, who is waging the good fight against ageism.

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A chilling tail of technology gone wrong: their eyes won’t get software updates any more.

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This astronomy newsletter always has some interesting tidbits, and I’m not even interested in astronomy.

Bad Astronomy Newsletter

BAN #403: The GOAT goats, Martian rock sculpture

[Hubble image of NGC 3603. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (UVa), F. Paresce (NIA, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (USRA/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA…

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4 months ago · 7 likes · 5 comments · Phil Plait

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It’s cool to an oldster.

Oldster Magazine

Hotel or House?: Chit Chat#14

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3 months ago · 17 likes · 18 comments · Andrew Zimmern

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A tweet from the always interesting radio host, Loui B. Free.

(((Louie b Free Ⓥ))) @louiebfree

"The body treats loneliness as a state of threat." -- Steve Cole, PhD, of the University of California Los Angeles, on how lonely older adults, otherwise free of risk factors, saw triple the dementia incidence.

February 14th 2022

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Published in 2021, How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a provocative book that seems to advocate for the usefulness off violence, and the naïveté of nonviolence, to prevent global collapse from climate change. It’s got a great cover.

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I hope you enjoy some of these recommendations. I’d love to hear your suggestions, and share them with the newsletter.

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