Random

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/mathematicians-building-unified-theory-geometric-randomness/

My own assumption about a random process on a random surface would be
that it moves twice as fast. Think about it: program a random number generator
between +2 and -2 to move your bug starting at 0. The fact that the space on which it
moves is randomly distorted as well might push Buggy to +4 on the first turn, a feat
not otherwise possible. That's Buggy on a thread, or in 1 dimension.

Let's change things up, and move Buggy to a checkerboard space, thus in 2 dimensions.
He still moves forward or back with a maximum of 2, but each move can be considered
two moves, one on each axis, with the constraint that 2 is the maximum on any
one axis (here, where the other axis is a 0 move). Now make the board random
within the 2 rule. Buggy has sped up by 2 here as well, with the added consequence
that the history of his movement could paint a skewed picture, and indeed probably will.
Because as observers of randomness, we bring expectations about how much order we will
tolerate.

Oreo C

But what to eat? If summer with its fruit harvest
has long been the occasion to reintroduce sweeter
and more consistent foods to the diet, it is a different task
in a prolonged heat wave. Below, a hybride Oreo cake from
MSN France, which is part quick bread, part pound cake with
its use of 3 eggs. Seems enjoyable, as do many in their proposed
list of 'travel' cakes.

The cake is sweetened with powdered sugar, the egg whites
are beaten separately, and three cookies crumbled in the batter,
with three more in halves on top. Miam!

http://www.cuisineactuelle.fr/recettes/gateau-marbre-aux-oreo-155988

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Félicitations, Penny O.

Red Planet

It's a birthday party for Curiosity, Nasa's Mars rover
entering a fifth year of exploration. There is a game
for mobile, and explanations on the 2020 phase of exploration
on the Nasa site.

Olympics Watching

As the comment puts it, toast is so yesterday!  One can build

a little light meal on a slice of sweet potato!!        

Pancakes, in turn, can be put together from quinoa and zucchini:

source: MSN, Germany

                                                                    

One O' Those

Afraid it's going to be one of those years for fashion.

source: ELLE

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Although, musically

Cross-Culture

Poor Yuka is having trouble with her s'mores kit. I've
never had them myself but I do I do know these treats were
developed for campers, with an open fire and snack packages
from home.

Someone needs to make a decent vlog on this.

Inter

Word of the day: intersectionnality. Coined by a feminist, it
refers to the experience of being at the intersection of two or more
categories of isms; like a Black woman might find herself
a victim of discrimination for being both female, and black
at the same time.

As the article below attests, being constantly body-shamed is
delibetating. You are fat, ugly, old, your clothing is
cheap and no longer fresh, you are poor (big one, often overlooked),
you speak the wrong language, live in the wrong part of town,
take public transit, go to MacDonalds, disfigure public spaces
with your presence and so on. Everyday, one of these stones is going
to hit. Everyday.

But I diverge; indeed re-reading myself, I find that I am
turning into an angry white person, a veritable Trump supporter.
Will never forget the day a Muslim woman spit in my face on the
escalator in a shopping mall. She called me a whore (she was wearing
full Muslim dress, I was in shorts). Was never so surprised in my life!!

That is where reading about the intent of this new concept becomes important:
I was not the injured party in this encounter, although on the face of it I was.
In the free world I want for all, she is that unfortunate Muslim woman,
in inappropriate clothes and of too narrow ideas.

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/style/why-i-want-you-to-notice-that-im-fat/ar-BBuvAJ2

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Intersectionality