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Didn’t have a proper telephoto lens — this is from my iPhone camera at 10x — but it was fun to watch the aoudad meandering about when I was up on the hilltop. They were introduced to Texas, somewhat accidentally, a hundred years ago and have become, in the opinion of some, an invasive species. Fun fact for those interested in the venereal game: a herd of aoudad is called an anger.
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Samuel Arbesman on humanistic computation. I really hope Sam can Make This Happen in a serious way.
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This story of a massive archaeological dig in the Orkneys is utterly compelling.
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A nice brief profile of my parish church. There’s much more that could be said about its success, and maybe one day I’ll share my thoughts.
