Here’s a Christmas present I made for you, guys. Two Christmas trees! One purple-y and one orange-y. Or are they? This is actually a Munker Illusion (Munker, H. (1970) Farbige Gitter, Abbildung auf der Netzhaut und übertragungstheoretische Beschreibung der Farbwahrnehmung. Habilitationsschrift, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München) and the two trees are actually the same color – #ff017e. […]
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he wants the 1987 Constitution amended to allow the declaration of Martial Law without the approval of Congress and the Supreme Court. Speaking in front of volunteer women in Angeles City, Duterte said he wants the declaration of Martial Law to be the sole prerogative of the […]
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From space, the habitats looked like soap bubbles stuck to the planet’s surface. As the elevator car zoomed downward, the changing angle with which Devianti perceived the sunlight hitting the domes created interesting patterns of shifting iridescence. “They are beautiful, are they not?” the Antiz diplomat said to her, in the lilting tones of its […]
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Enjoying the Christmas season so far? Good. You should. You’ve earned it. It’s been a tough year for various reasons – you got laid off maybe, or you really took your candidates’ electoral loss to heart, or maybe you got dumped. But life goes on. That’s the thing about Christmas. Being with friend and family, […]
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During the Chief Justice’s press call back in August, this question was raised: Sereno asked: Do lawyers make good presidents?Sereno: There are good lawyers, bad lawyers, good presidents, bad presidents.— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) August 25, 2016 Which got me to thinking. Then I saw this article online, which got me to thinking. We’ve had 16 Presidents […]
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The Hebrew root word for angel is Malach.
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As if life weren’t shitty enough, they’re faking over the counter drugs now. And in all the ruckus over the dangerous and illegal kind, these drugs are apparently slipping under the radar. It doesn’t hurt them at all that the fakery seems to be topnotch. I mean, look at these pictures. FDA, hinimok ang publikong […]
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I was 11 years old when I watched my first movie alone. It was at the Allegro Theatre in Iloilo City and the movie was David Lynch’s Dune. A lot of people hated that movie, and still do, but not me. I loved it when I first saw it; I loved it even after I […]
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In a world where information sharing is the new norm, opportunities to share experiences – and to learn from the experiences of others – are always welcome. It was in this spirit that I embraced the chance to travel to Maputo, Mozambique for the International Electoral Forum, organised by the International Centre for Policy Studies […]
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This is the second time I’ve been to Africa. The first time was in 2014, when I attended an international symposium on election technologies in Kenya. I went with Commissioner (now retired) Lucenito Tagle. This time, tho, I went alone, and with considerably less preparation. So let’s timeline this sucker. 2 December, Friday I get […]