The Curiosity Index: Week 43


Here are things I’ve read, watched and discovered as my curiosity got the better of me this week.

The Week’s Postings

Monday: As Many as the Stars
Tuesday: If it’s not an emergency now, when would we say it is?
Wednesday: He has passed on
Thursday: Sport is the canary in the mine
Friday: Are we really here yet?

Related Reading


From the archives

Confused: About gender: “It’s very important in our role as a light to the world that when everyone else gets confused about gender, we remain true to the One who made men and women in His image.”


Some interesting things (to me)

Seven posts that caught my eye.

  1. Imagine it
  2. How Much Do Our Genes Really Influence Our Free Will?
  3. Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
  4. Is God a Moral Monster? The Slaughter of the Canaanites
  5. The floating church: inside the holy vessel bringing salvation to Hackney hipsters
  6. Velázquez’s Las Meninas: A detail that decodes a masterpiece
  7. Sweden embarks on its largest military build-up for decades

Eye-catching stuff

The Winners of the 2020 Drone Photo Awards. – Full list here.


Seven Twitter highlights

  1. Where Augustine was baptized
  2. Morning commute…
  3. All-round entertainment
  4. Covid fatalities and coffee consumption
  5. So many “if only moments!”
  6. Your word of the day is: ABIBLIOPHOBIA
  7. The squelchy bits are the best

Something to watch

HT: Kottke

Have a great weekend.


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