Wherever you stand on the matter, this was a good watch. Sam Harris, on free will.

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The New York Times – Why Afghan Women Risk Death To Write Poetry.

Good things must share. Thanks be to flyingfishbowlthing.tumblr.com for sharing.

This is the sort of article I want to be writing after my A’s. I don’t think I’ll be able to do anything that powerful, of course- but ordinary stories about ordinary people’s lives. Stories that need to be told.