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Solar superpower: Should Europe run on Sahara sun? - environment - 26 October 2009 - New Scientist

EVERY DAY, the sun pours more energy onto the surface of our planet than we use from all sources in an entire year. It is an inexhaustible powerhouse that has remained largely untapped for human energy needs. That may soon change in a big way. If a consortium of German companies has its way, construction of the biggest solar project ever devised could soon begin in the Sahara desert. When completed, it would harvest energy from the sun shining over Africa and transform it into clean, green electricity for delivery to European homes and businesses.

sahara new_scientist politics africa solar energy from delicious
22 days ago by chrisdymond

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UK is a Christian country - PM

"UK is a Christian country - PM http://t.co/tlqih4WG" < are we suffering from 'moral collapse' or a total incoherence of belief?!!

Christianity uk Cameron politics bbc religion culture
december 2011 by chrisdymond

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BBC News - Big firms to get hotline to ministerial 'buddies'

Ministers to be firms' 'buddies' http://t.co/kJ6PixKW < this doesn't sound like a good idea to me. At all. #fb

politics uk economy ministers corporate
november 2011 by chrisdymond

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'Nudge' policies are another name for coercion - 02 November 2011 - New Scientist
nudge behavioural_economics democracy uk politics New_Scientist
november 2011 by chrisdymond

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PublicAffairs Books: A GOVERNOR'S STORY
Michigan Granholm economic_development politics US jobs from iphone
november 2011 by chrisdymond

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Greek bailout vote reignites euro crisis - Al Jazeera English

RT @cshirky: Greek bailout vote sparks Euro crisis http://t.co/s3fZTudW @RodrikDani's '07 "Trilemma" looking prescient http://t.co/xOXgEKAA

financial_crisis debt-crisis Greece EU politics AlJazeera
november 2011 by chrisdymond

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Lessig: US Could Fall Like Rome - YouTube

lessig: US Could Fall Like Rome..Watch @Lessig here, http://t.co/HNxwQtRO [video]

Lessig occupywallstreet rootstrikers interview corruption politics US from instapaper
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives | Video on TED.com

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.

TED Haidt morality politics psychology video liberal conservative
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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The Broken Contract | Foreign Affairs
Foreign_Affairs politics society inequality USA analysis social_contract from iphone
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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UK seeks 'consensus' at cyberspace conference

"UK 'cyberspace conference' hopes http://t.co/QtGXBnEq" < isn't the IGF s'posed to be forum for solving net collective action problems..?

cyber_law GlobalGovernance IGF UK politics cyber_security
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why it's kicking off everywhere (BBC - Newsnight)

In Feb I wrote 20 Reasons Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere http://t.co/roSbwyfU - there's a 21st. Political paralysis and economic permafrost
– Paul Mason (paulmasonnews) http://twitter.com/paulmasonnews/status/125490199278002176

activism politics metamovement Mason bbc
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair

Millions of Americans hoped President Obama would nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the consumer financial watchdog agency she had created. Instead, she was pushed aside. As Warren kicks off her run for Scott Brown’s Senate seat in Massachusetts, Suzanna Andrews charts the Harvard professor’s emergence as a champion of the beleaguered middle class, and her fight against a powerful alliance of bankers, lobbyists, and politicians.

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october 2011 by chrisdymond

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BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: THE CURSE OF TINA
Curtis Rita think_tanks pirate_radio politics UK Hayek
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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Cruel America | The Nation

umairh: You know how I keep talking about a descent into barbarism? I guess someone was paying attention. http://t.co/z2kjEcVa

US politics GOP fundamentalism death_penalty from instapaper
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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Michael S. Lofgren (Mike) - Congressional Staffer Salary Data

@alexprince76 He was a career civil servant, knows the ropes and knows his political theory. (Salary data here btw: http://t.co/SmGvygV)

Lofgren salary politics US
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout

"Undermining Americans' belief in their own institutions of self-government remains a prime GOP electoral strategy." http://t.co/TsN0N6N

politics US Lofgren Republicans GOP whistleblower
october 2011 by chrisdymond

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As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe

“Our parents are grateful because they’re voting,” said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards’ decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. “We’re the first generation to say that voting is worthless.”

nyt protest activism politics
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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BBC News - Big firms to get hotline to ministerial 'buddies'

Ministers to be firms' 'buddies' http://t.co/kJ6PixKW < this doesn't sound like a good idea to me. At all. #fb

politics uk
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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4 DEAD MINERS IMAGINE - YouTube

RT @Glinner: Very powerful. http://t.co/U6J2uaxa (via @Aiannucci).

miners phone_hacking notw politics
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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PM - Editor helped chancellor manipulate news 12/09/2011

One of the enduring mysteries of the phone hacking scandal in Britain concerns the former editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson.

Why, after Coulson resigned from the paper over hacking done on his watch, did the Tory leadership hire him as chief spokesman? And why did the prime minister David Cameron hang on to him for so long as the scandal deepened?

politics Osborne uk media
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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Union Workers Replaced With Prison Labor Under Scott Walker’s Collective Bargaining Law

“@umairh: So awesome on so many levels it's painful. < regime-capture. Get the revolution predictor out...

labour politics US prison zombieconomy from twitter
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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Libya: the minister, the Tory donor and a contract to supply oil - Telegraph

RT @AndyBold: Tory donor has/had exclusive oil rights with Libyan rebels. Holy. Crap. Wish I was more surprised, though.

politics UK Libya oil Conservatives Tories from twitter
september 2011 by chrisdymond

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The Argument For Epistemic Humility - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

In a political debate you feel like the other side just doesn’t get your point of view, and if they could only see things with your clarity, they would understand and fall naturally in line with what you believe. They must not understand, because if they did they wouldn’t think the things they think. By contrast, you believe you totally get their point of view and you reject it. You see it in all its detail and understand it for what it is – stupid. You don’t need to hear them elaborate. So, each side believes they understand the other side better than the other side understands both their opponents and themselves.

argument politics debate evidence
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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NESTA - UK Alliance for Evidence

NESTA are setting up an alliance for evidence-based policy making:

politics uk policy evidence Nesta from twitter
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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RT @BBCRadio4: Transcript of Radio 4's The Report examining call from @tom_watson to include 24 yr old murder case in #hacking inquiry h ...

hacking politics Watson uk bbc radio
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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RT @BBCRadio4: Transcript of Radio 4's The Report examining call from @tom_watson to include 24 yr old murder case in #hacking inquiry h ...

hacking uk bbc radio politics Watson
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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BBC News - England riots: PM orders total review of policy to tackle 'moral collapse'

"PM orders review to 'fix society' http://t.co/9O6SuMb" < ah, a 'war on attitudes' now, eh? Sounds like a well-defined problem.. #fb

politics uk riots morality bbc
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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BBC News - England riots: Broken society is top priority - Cameron

"PM orders review to 'fix society' " < ah, a 'war on attitudes' now, eh? Sounds like a well-defined problem.. #fb

riots uk politics bbc society from twitter
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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Big Brother isn’t watching you « Russell Brand

Russel Brand - Big Brother Isn't Watching You: http://bit.ly/oLFCsV < is there a single politician who has that amount of self-reflection..?

bigbrother politics riots uk society Brand
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom – Telegraph Blogs

RT @paulbradshaw: RT @shanerichmond: The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom – Peter Oborne http://t.co/B60ZKO ...

riots uk politics Oborne society london
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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An Open Letter to David Cameron’s Parents « Nathaniel Tapley

Too true to be satire...: "Nathaniel Tapley's Open Letter to David Cameron’s Parents: http://bit.ly/qe4uvP"

Tapley politics uk letter tories riots Cameron
august 2011 by chrisdymond

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Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens

Arguably, the upheaval, activism and revolutions in of the last two months may serve to counter what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. Moreover, those that do participate in politics and activism online do so in shallow ways, the so-called "slacktivism." But recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.

activism engagement youth socialmedia media_literacy politics
february 2011 by chrisdymond

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Why the science candidate is standing for Parliament - opinion - 22 April 2010 - New Scientist

In the last parliament, only 27 members out of a total of 650 held a science degree; 584 members described themselves as having no political interest in science and technology, according to figures from political research organisation Dods People. Some, such as the Conservative MP I am standing against, David Tredinnick, are positively anti-science.

New_Scientist politics
may 2010 by chrisdymond

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Cambrian Society Lecture Series

A series of four prestigious lectures to mark the Centenary of the Sheffield and District Cambrian Society. The general theme of the series is:
The Future of the United Kingdom – a personal perspective

politics vision futurism Cambrian_Society
april 2010 by chrisdymond

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Good overview of the choices presented by the passing of the Digital Economy Bill.

"...the passing of the digital economy bill has made a stark choice clear: we can prop up the big record labels for another five years by criminalising a generation, or we can enthusiastically support a creative economic renaissance by providing a framework for reuse, remixing and fair use of creative products."

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The InterAcademy Panel on International Issues

IAP is a global network of the world's science academies, launched in 1993. Its primary goal is to help member academies work together to advise citizens and public officials on the scientific aspects of critical global issues. IAP is particularly interested in assisting young and small academies achieve these goals and, through the communication links and networks created by IAP activities, all academies will be able to raise both their public profile among citizens and their influence among policy makers.

AIP science globalisation politics international collective_action GlobalGovernance
february 2010 by chrisdymond

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Laurence Lessig: The Anti-Right Status Quo

January 27, 2010: A presentation made at the Cato Institute, trying to find common ground or at least understanding about what should (imho) be seen as a common enemy.

politics corruption Lessig lobying special_interests lectures Cato_Institute
february 2010 by chrisdymond

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How dictators watch us on the web « Prospect Magazine

The internet is meant to help activists, enable democratic protest and weaken the grip of authoritarian regimes. But it doesn’t—in fact, the web is a boon for bullies

politics digital_activism cyber_warfare censorship democracy activism cyber_culture edemocracy freedom Prospect
december 2009 by chrisdymond

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(404) http://ianapplegate.co.uk/2009/10/21/politics-whats-the-difference/

awesome graphic showing the differences between the left and the right in #politics

politics from twitter_favs
october 2009 by chrisdymond

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Directgov | Innovate |

Welcome to the Directgov | innovate space. We have developed our platform to open up a conversation with the developer community around digital technologies in the government space.

innovation egovernment politics government mashup developers government2.0 directgov APIs gov2.0
july 2009 by chrisdymond

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Hyperpolitics (American Style) | the human network

The future looks nothing like democracy, because democracy, which sought to empower the individual, is being obsolesced by a social order which hyperempowers him.

politics digital_culture democracy hyper_connectivity hyper_politics markpesce culture future networktheory society
june 2009 by chrisdymond

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Digital Britain Response.pdf (application/pdf Object)
politics digital_britain Internet strategy Leadbeater filetype:pdf media:document
february 2009 by chrisdymond

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PolitiFact | Sorting out the truth in politics
politics factcheck truth-o-meter election journalism activism Obama
february 2009 by chrisdymond

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Obama staff will say cu l8r 2 IM - Politico.com Print View
Obama politics instant_messaging chat digital_communications office enterprise2.0
january 2009 by chrisdymond

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George Monbiot | guardian.co.uk
Guardian monbiot environment interviews blog politics
january 2009 by chrisdymond

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Silobreaker: Welcome

Silobreaker is an online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day.

news politics media web2.0 interestingweb2.0 silobreaker analysis
january 2009 by chrisdymond

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Who Rules America? Power, Politics, & Social Change

The website of Professor G William Domhoff, who wrote the first edition of "Who Rules America?" in 1967 and has been active in sociological research in this area ever since.

MAPolitics AdvancedPoliticalAnalysis who_governs? Dahl politics sociology America books economics government power Domhoff who_rules_america?
june 2007 by chrisdymond

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Mancur Olson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wikipedia entry for Mancur Olsen, author of "The Logic of Collective Action"

MAPolitics AdvancedPoliticalAnalysis Olson the_logic_of_collective_action economics politics society groups collaboration
june 2007 by chrisdymond

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Read the letter that won the internet governance battle | The Register
MAPolitics GlobalGovernance Internet politics ICANN news rice web governance
june 2007 by chrisdymond

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New Realities in the Media Age: A Conversation with Donald Rumsfeld [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.] - Council on Foreign Relations

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld delivers an address at the Council on Foreign Relations on the war in Iraq and the challenges of modernizing U.S. forces'communications capabilities in "today's media age."

MAPolitics Theory&PracticeofInternationalRelations politics government toread
june 2007 by chrisdymond

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