Mon. 06/14 - The Full Tale of the Man Nearly Eaten By a Whale on Friday

The full story of the man who was swallowed by a humpback whale on Friday and lived to tell the tale. Calories. Who’s responsible for their inclusion in the world of nutrition? Some weird highlights from the history of this controversial measurement. And the growing need for a bill of neuro-rights.

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Man swallowed by whale by Cape Cod; MA lobster diver survives humpback (Cape Cod Times) A humpback whale swallowed Michael Packàrd as was lobster diving in Cape Cod (Washington Post) Cape Cod: Diver Swallowed by Humpback Whale Story Doubted (Insider) Humpback Whale Nearly Eats a Lobsterman, Then Thinks Better of It (NY Times) I'm a lobster diver who recently survived being inside of a whale. AMA! (r/IAmA) A Brief History of the Calorie (JSTOR Daily) 'This is not science fiction,' say scientists pushing for 'neuro-rights' (Reuters)  The Rise of Neurotechnology Calls for a Parallel Focus on Neurorights (Scientific American) Limit on lab-grown human embryos dropped by stem-cell body news (Nature) Bone Music: Forbidden Soviet Records Made From Used X-Ray Films (Kottke) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter