Author: Shaun Rose

PUBLIC HISTORIAN

Hoist with one’s own Petard

pe·tard /pəˈtärd/ noun HISTORICAL noun: petard; plural noun: petards a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. a kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report. Phrases: hoist with one’s own petard — to have…
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Betelgeuse is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/12/betelgeuse-is-acting-strange-astronomers-are-buzzing-about-supernova/

Boo Thang

Super grateful to have my girl, Stephanie Hope Evans, back home on the range for a week + to spend Christmas with. I’m upset we’ll miss NYE this time around; however, very excited to begin the next journey of our lives in 2020 (more details to come later on). I love her w/all my ❤️…
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*Hotspots* Islands of the Pacific

Source: March, 2003, National Geographic magazine (pp. 106-26)

Happy Harley

Very much enjoying working from home nowadays; here are some recent pix of my Happy dog Harley. Merry Christmas everyone!

How Did Humans Come to the Americas? | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humans-came-to-americas-180973739/

Telecommute

tel·e·com·mute /ˈteləkəˌmyo͞ot/ verb verb: telecommute; 3rd person present: telecommutes; past tense: telecommuted; past participle: telecommuted; gerund or present participle: telecommuting; verb: tele-commute; 3rd person present: tele-commutes; past tense: tele-commuted; past participle: tele-commuted; gerund or present participle: tele-commuting work from home, making use of the Internet, email, and the telephone.

How to stop Mass Shooters?

Threat Assessment and Intervention

Flow & Deep Work

I’ve drawn a strong parallel between FGP’s concept of flow and Cal Newport’s idea of Deep Work. I think both are describing the same phenomenon. Their impact on productivity and creativity is enormous. Being difficult to reach is admirable. Minimalism is something I am striving toward more and more as I grow in conscious awareness…
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Create compelling spectacles

Laws of Power / Strategies of War MLK and his compatriots of the civil rights movement understood this dynamic strategy of war very well. In the documentary Eyes on the Prize, they are seen discussing the intention of dramatizing the problems they are working to solve for a broader public audience. This worked very well,…
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