SPRING 2024: UNDER THE LENS

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Science’s Ghostbusters: The "Ghost" Particle

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68631692 

The Day the Moon Obscured the Sun

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/08/total-solar-eclipse-path-map Guardian News and Media. (2024, April 8). Millions gather across US, Mexico and Canada for total solar eclipse. The Guardian. 

 

https://www.space.com/stages-of-total-solar-eclipse-2024-explained Lea, R. (2024, April 7). The 5 stages of the 2024 total solar eclipse explained for April 8. Space.com. 

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/8/total-solar-eclipse-2024-where-when-and-how-to-watch Lodhi, A., & Kestler-D’Amours, J. (2024, April 9). Total solar eclipse 2024: Where, when, and how to watch. Al Jazeera. 

“If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” - a twisted Cinderella tale?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/arts/people-v-oj-simpson-made-in-america.html?searchResultPosition=1 

 

https://people.com/oj-simpson-everything-to-know-about-infamous-glove-trial-8630341  

The Rojak Identity:

Behind Locked Lab Doors

“'I began having nightmares': Former animal tester reveals the reality of working in animal research.” CBC, 22 June 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/done-and-done-1.4712114/i-began-having-nightmares-former-animal-tester-reveals-the-reality-of-working-in-animal-research-1.4712368. 

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Invisible threads

“Body Language.” Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/body-language. Accessed 25 March 2024.

 

Kumar, Bhuvana, et al. “Using Facial Micro-Expressions in Combination With EEG and Physiological Signals for Emotion Recognition.” Frontiers, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.864047/full. Accessed 25 March 2024.

 

“A Theory of Reciprocity.” EconStor, April 2001, https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/75813/1/cesifo_wp457.pdf. Accessed 22 March 2024.

The Psychological Struggle to Accept Imperfections

Armstrong, John. “Can we accept imperfection and still strive for a better society?” The Conversation, 12 June 2013, https://theconversation.com/can-we-accept-imperfection-and-still-strive-for-a-better-society-14276. Accessed 3 February 2024.

 

“Being perfectly human means accepting human imperfections - Unbound.” Saybrook University, 11 April 2011, https://www.saybrook.edu/unbound/being-perfectly-human-means-accepting-human-imperfections/. Accessed 3 February 2024.

 

Dixit, Jay. “The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment.” Psychology Today, 1 November 2008, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200811/the-art-now-six-steps-living-in-the-moment. Accessed 4 February 2024.

 

Martin, Sharon. “Embrace Your Imperfections.” Psychology Today, 5 February 2021, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conquering-codependency/202102/embrace-your-imperfections. Accessed 3 February 2024.

 

Vadlamani, Sonia. “Embrace imperfection: six ways to celebrate your flaws.” Happiness.com, https://www.happiness.com/magazine/personal-growth/embrace-your-imperfections/. Accessed 3 February 2024.

 

“What Causes Perfectionism?” Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/perfectionism. Accessed 3 February 2024.

 

YouTube: Home, 9 November 2017, https://inspirationpsychology.com/the-problem-with-perfectionism-how-to-embrace-imperfection/. Accessed 3 February 2024.

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REPUTATION

https://people.com/music/kanye-west-famous-inside-his-and-taylor-swifts-relationship-history/ 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-kanye-west-relationship-timeline/2009-mtv-vmas/ 

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a41965/taylor-swift-kanye-west-feud-timeline/ 

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/taylor-swift-kanye-west-miss-americana-netflix-a4350226.html 

https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swifts-netflix-documentary-will-show-her-side-of-the-kanye-west-kim-kardashian-feud-139937 

Screenshot 1 source  (apology from Kanye wests old blog) and screenshot 2 (Instagram story from Taylor’s account): 

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/26/20828559/taylor-swift-kanye-west-2009-mtv-vmas-explained 

Kim k Tweet:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1LHi0AagAA7I4D.jpg:large 
 

The Rojak Identity

CAN1 Modal Verb - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation and Usage, www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/can1. Accessed 1 Apr. 2024.  

 

“Manglish – a Truly Unique Malaysian Language.” Culture Boleh Global Training PLT, 18 Apr. 2016, cultureboleh.com/manglish-a-truly-unique-malaysian-language. 

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Where is the Power?

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "dictatorship". Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/dictatorship. Accessed 26 May 2024.

 

“Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the Race for Republican Nominee for President.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 31 July 2023, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/31/us/elections/times-siena-poll-republican-primary-crosstabs.html.

 

Dastin, Jeffery, et al. “The Amazon Lobbyists Who Kill U.S. Consumer Privacy Protections.” Reuters Investigates, Reuters, www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/amazon-privacy-lobbying/. Accessed 26 May 2024. 

 

DellaVigna, S., and E. Kaplan. “The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and voting.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 122, no. 3, 1 Aug. 2007, pp. 1187–1234, https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.122.3.1187.

 

“Downfall: How Five Fearsome Dictators Were Finally Overthrown.” Sky HISTORY TV Channel, www.history.co.uk/articles/downfall-how-five-fearsome-dictators-were-finally-overthrown. 

 

Flood, Brian, and Fox News. “Fox News Viewership Crushes CNN, MSNBC in April as ‘the Five’ Finishes as Most-Watched Show on Cable News.” Fox News, FOX News Network, 30 Apr. 2024, www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-viewership-crushes-cnn-msnbc-april-five-finishes-most-watched-show-cable-news.

 

Froomkin, David , Shapiro, Ian and Dahl, Robert A.. "democracy". Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 May. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/democracy. 

 

Hale, Erin. “Why Has the US Passed a Bill to Ban Tiktok, and What’s Next?” Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 14 Mar. 2024, www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/14/why-has-the-us-passed-a-bill-to-ban-tiktok-and-whats-next/.

 

Illing, Sean. “How Fox News Evolved into a Propaganda Operation.” Vox, 22 Mar. 2019, www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18275835/fox-news-trump-propaganda-tom-rosenstiel.

 

Jones, Robert  P. “What America Could Look like without Fox News.” Time, Time, 28 Apr. 2023, time.com/6275452/america-without-fox-news/.

 

Lau, Tim. “Citizens United Explained.” Brennan Center for Justice, 21 Apr. 2022, www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=hbcompass.io.

 

Raikar, Sanat Pai. "representative democracy". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/representative-democracy. Accessed 25 May 2024.

Younes, Rasha. “Meta’s Broken Promises.” Human Rights Watch, 26 Jan. 2024, www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and. 

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Outliers of Rock #3 “Rammstein”

https://www.rammsteinworld.com/en/rammstein/history 

https://www.mtv.com/news/l1dz28/rammsteins-act-lands-two-members-in-jail 

https://loudwire.com/rammstein-pyrotech-how-much-fuel-per-show/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/04/germany.lukeharding

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/8527438/Rammstein/Benzin 

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mein-teil-my-part.html-0  

https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/10791 

https://rammwiki.net/wiki/Made_in_Germany_(compilation) 

Link to Rammstein’s Spotify Artist Account

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wWVKhxIU2cEi0K81v7HvP?si=gp3zn--fTUSn9G_zSXOiXQ