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Morning Origami

Sep 17, 2024 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With DJ AskTheQuestion

Throw a Tantrum, Swab a Brick, Scientific Laser-Quick

Morning Origami
7:00 AM
Traum - Built for Nothing
Traum Built for Nothing
Built for Nothing Arbor 2008
7:12 AM
The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
The Shaggs Philosophy of the World R
Philosophy of the World Third World 1969
7:15 AM
Victrola - Maritime Tatami
Victrola Maritime Tatami Victrola
Maritime Tatami - Single Dark Entries Records 2014
Orig. 1983
7:23 AM
Shannon & The Clams - Point of Being Right
Shannon & The Clams Point of Being Right
Gone by the Dawn Hardly Art 2015
7:26 AM
Set Break: Wildlife bridges for seacreatures: Let's not block the ocean

A population of green sawfish in Western Australia were observed before and after construction of a large jetty

It turns out that juveniles were hesitant to go around the barrier: engineering modifications/pass-throughs might have lessened its impact

Details are in the caption following the image

Hakai magazine article: https://hakaimagazine.com/news/do-marine-animals-n...

Science journal article: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10...

7:36 AM
The Twinkeyz - Aliens In Our Midst
The Twinkeyz Aliens In Our Midst
Alpha Jerk SS Records 1979
7:39 AM
Loma - Affinity
Loma Affinity N
How Will I Live Without a Body? Sub Pop Records 2024
7:44 AM
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Money
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Money
I Learned the Hard Way Daptone Records 2010
7:48 AM
UB40 - Burden of Shame
UB40 Burden of Shame UB40
Live DEP 1982
7:54 AM
Set Break: Can you refute a conspiracy with good evidence? What if the refuter is an AI robot?

A study from MIT tried using ChatGPT to convince people that their conspiracy theory beliefs were wrong

In the end, the chatbot had a reliable effect that persisted for months, for many types of conspiracy theory and many types of person

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq181...

science.adq1814-f2.jpg

8:08 AM
QuickChange - For the Critics
QuickChange For the Critics N
Lip Service - EP Impetus Records 2023
8:12 AM
Slingshot Dakota - Doreen
Slingshot Dakota Doreen Slingshot Dakota
Break Topshelf Records 2016
8:17 AM
Bunny Wailer - Love Fire
Bunny Wailer Love Fire Bunny Wailer
Roots, Radics, Rockers Reggae Shanachie 1983
8:22 AM
Selby Tigers - Tell It To The Judge
Selby Tigers Tell It To The Judge
The Curse Of... Hopeless Records, Inc. 2002
8:25 AM
Set Break: Cleaning up coal mines in PA: assessing how water treatment preserves waterways

Preserving streams requires coal runoff to sit in holding ponds that improve its pH and remove contaminants

It turns out that what we do now is working: investments can save a mile of stream with $9100

But we need more funding to solve everything!

figure 1

Science article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01669-0

Pop science article: https://phys.org/news/2024-09-drainage-treatment-e...

8:35 AM
Selda - Ince Ince
Selda Ince Ince
Selda Finders Keepers 2006
8:39 AM
Shelly Thunder - Kuff
Shelly Thunder Kuff Shelly Thunder
Kuff Witty 1988
8:43 AM
Julia Shapiro - Tired
Julia Shapiro Tired
Perfect Version Hardly Art 2019
8:47 AM
A Tribe Called Quest - Verses from the Abstract (feat. Vinia Mojica & Ron Carter)
A Tribe Called Quest Verses from the Abstract (feat. Vinia Mojica & Ron Carter) A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory Jive 1991
8:51 AM
Set Break: Finding the next generation of antibiotics with AI-laden drug discovery

We are working hard to get new antibiotics that can destroy even the most resistant bacterial infections

Artificial intelligence is an incredible tool here for searching through the almost infinite collection of possible molecules to find great contenders

figure 3

From the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/how-...

Science article by Felix Wong, James J. Collins et al: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06887-8

9:06 AM
Pianos Become the Truth - Genevieve
Pianos Become the Truth Genevieve N
Drift Epitaph 2022
9:11 AM
Wicked Witch - take a bite of brains
Wicked Witch take a bite of brains
Under Your Spell EM 2016
9:15 AM
Set Break: Secure relationships are important to kids. Do "difficult" childen have a harder time getting them?

It seems like there is little correlation. Kids that take longer to soothe or have more tantrums aren't statistically likely to have insecure attachment to their parents

7 Reasons Why Kids Cry That Aren't Always Easy to Recognize

https://theconversation.com/difficult-children-are...

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-53463-001?doi=...

9:22 AM
The Sixth Great Lake - Last in Line
The Sixth Great Lake Last in Line
Up the Country Tup Keewah Recordings 2018
9:24 AM
Crime of Passing - Ways of Hiding
Crime of Passing Ways of Hiding Crime of Passing
Crime of Passing Feel It Records 2022
9:31 AM
Set Break: Controversial plant segment: Virginia creeper!
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/virginia-...

https://www.urbanforestdweller.com/virginia-creeper-vine/

In the fall the foliage turns bright red or purple making the plants much more conspicuous than during the summer.

How to Plant, Grow and Care For Virginia Creeper

9:37 AM
TENGGER - PANAPTU
TENGGER PANAPTU N
TENGGER We Are Busy Bodies 2023
9:43 AM
The Slits - Slits Tradition
The Slits Slits Tradition
Revenge of the Killer Slits - EP S.A.F. Records 2006
9:47 AM
Nourished by Time - Hand On Me
Nourished by Time Hand On Me N
Catching Chickens - EP XL Recordings 2024
9:50 AM
Set Break: Secondary chemicals released when trees get eaten help tell other trees what to do
9:56 AM
Tewalde Redda - Milenu
Tewalde Redda Milenu
Ethiopiques Vol. 5 Buda Musique 2002
Orig. 1972
Chat is archived.
Dale Hazelton 7:03:07 AM
good morning. i'll bet traum has listened to the shaggs.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:05:18 AM
Lean back into the art, regardless of which basement it was recorded in. Good morning Dale!
Dale Hazelton 7:13:21 AM
ha ha! it just works.
Dale Hazelton 7:13:43 AM
....and a perfect message during this election cycle.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:15:25 AM
100%. A lovely bit of music that I wasn't planning for
Brian Mclendon 7:21:53 AM
Maritime Tatami?! I was not expecting to hear such a classic this morning. Hey!
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:22:40 AM
Glad to be of service! Welcome Brian :)
Dale Hazelton 7:38:26 AM
i saw my first wooly bear crossing the road a couple of days ago. i always try to avoid them, and surprised i can even see them in advance.
DJ AskTheQuestion 7:39:45 AM
Is it true? https://www.almanac.com/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction Somehow they stand out on the asphalt
Guelo <3 7:47:47 AM
🤑
Dale Hazelton 7:51:22 AM
i don't remember how much brown they had last fall, and it was a mild winter. we'll have to revisit this topic in april.
Big Jarret 8:15:22 AM
Never in all my years of listening to Slingshot Dakota on the radio! DJ AskTheQuestion, you ROCK!
DJ AskTheQuestion 8:16:25 AM
Yessss I love finding this this morning! Thanks for being here Jarret :)
iamthelabhras 9:03:16 AM
Didn't Quest Love just publish a book?
iamthelabhras 9:04:23 AM
Also good morning everyone!
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:07:20 AM
Yes! How neat https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250350299/hiphopishistory
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:07:30 AM
Welcome to you and everyone!
𓀠 ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 𓀡 9:57:10 AM
Thanks, DJATQ
Dale Hazelton 9:57:10 AM
thanks for the music and topics.
h1ro-protagonist 9:57:51 AM
The dynamics of plant speak reminds me of Scavengers Reign.
DJ AskTheQuestion 9:58:13 AM
So great to be here with you all today! See you next time :)