Dubious Information: Recent Episodes
Michael Mason
Join on a semi-weekly basis us a we chart a course through the tumultuous waters of Wikipedia's articles. Herein you'll be able to garner an academic understanding on a broad range of subjects - some of which might even be accurate
This is an episode from the vault enhanced with AI, as everything is these days. Join us for a blast to the past (202, 1 when this was recorded) as we discuss the "British logistics in the Falklands War" which happened even more in the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_logistics_in_the_Falklands_War
Today we jump around the subject of early typewriters more than your fingers do when typing on a QWERTY keyboard. Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholes_and_Glidden_typewriter
Writing Ball: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansen_Writing_Ball#/media/File:Schreibkugel_von_Hans_Rasmus_Johann_Malling_Hansen_01.jpg
We're back and discussing an article about a book about a voyage with new audio equipment. Stay tuned for new episodes coming every other Tuesday!
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_the_World
Join as we cruise in and around the topic of the Treaty of Lutatius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lutatius
Today we discuss the many and almost unbelievably well document voyages of the good boat SS Minnesotan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Minnesotan
Today we discuss the word thou in all of its historical grandeur and perhaps modern utility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
Hope thee enjoy it!
We discuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAUD_Committee and namedrop many physicists along the way.
Wherein we pretend to discuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Oxygen_ISRU_Experiment
Today, we take the Wikipedia article less traveled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Colorado
Today we're nominally discussing Dream Snake, a 1978 science fiction novel by American writer Vonda N. McIntyre. However, we spend most of the time digressing into adjacent sci fi. Forgive the mic quality on this one, we had it set to "only listen to Patches" mode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamsnake
This week we dive into the exciting world of herpetology nomenclature with the Wells and Wellington affairÂ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_and_Wellington_affair