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Jimmy Page Tells the Story of "Stairway to Heaven": How the Most Played Rock Song Came To Be http://www.openculture.com/?p=101882 https://t.co/zZ5lsgfQa2

Oxford’s Free Course "Critical Reasoning For Beginners" Will Teach You to Think Like a Philosopher http://cultr.me/1cTfrRO https://t.co/00iTPx6PSD

Some sobering facts from Jonathan Chait’s article "The Republican Court and the Era of Minority Rule.” The deck is stacked. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/anthony-kennedy-the-trump-court-and-minority-rule.html

"Merely attaining parity in an evenly divided country requires Democrats to win at least ten seats in Republican-leaning states."

"The Senate has an even more pronounced tilt, overrepresenting residents of small states, which tend to be white and rural. George W. Bush in 2000 and Trump in 2016 each won 30 states while losing the national vote.”

Meanwhile, "The House has a massive Republican tilt, requiring Democrats to win the national vote by six or seven points in order to secure a likely majority.” Thanks to GOP gerrymandering

And yet 4 of those justices will have been appointed by presidents who took office despite having fewer votes than their opponent.

Democrats have won the national vote in 6 of the last 7 presidential elections, which, with the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, will have resulted in the appointment of 8 of the Supreme Court’s 9 justices.

Radiooooo: Discover the Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places http://bit.ly/2IPMHNw https://t.co/g60V25ckZY

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Trump Tariffs Threaten Production of Moog Synthesizers in the US

"These tariffs will drastically increase the cost of building Moog instruments, forcing them to lay off American workers and move some, if not all, of their manufacturing overseas.” https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=&u=66ca69d70dceab5be9897856d&id=a2684e1453

Watch Genesis (from the Peter Gabriel Era) Perform in a Glorious, 1973 Restored Concert Film http://www.openculture.com/?p=98787 https://t.co/DuqzY8SbE3

Fritz Lang Invents the Video Phone in Metropolis (1927) http://www.openculture.com/?p=109752 https://t.co/iNwscFcOAl

Albert Camus’ Lessons Learned from Playing Goalie: "What I Know Most Surely about Morality and Obligations, I Owe to Football" http://www.openculture.com/?p=98680 https://t.co/a0bQSKwUdZ

Jorge Luis Borges: “Soccer is Popular Because Stupidity is Popular” http://cultr.me/1v2ysGX https://t.co/BS9gHmzeV3

Andy Warhol Hosts Frank Zappa on His Cable TV Show, and Later Recalls, "I Hated Him More Than Ever" After the Show http://www.openculture.com/?p=1038121 https://t.co/rVdUmYEB6S

The Models for "American Gothic" Pose in Front of the Iconic Painting (1942) http://www.openculture.com/?p=1050007 https://t.co/3wyrz9umMz

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The History of Rock Musically Told in 100 Guitar Riffs and 100 Bass Riffs http://www.openculture.com/?p=1053429 https://t.co/T52HXpQ9VO

Behold an Incredibly Detailed, Handmade Map Of Medieval Trade Routes http://www.openculture.com/?p=1053415 https://t.co/Gzt9AF8ruv