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BBC News--A Point of View: In defence of obscure words
"We chase 'fast culture' at our peril - unusual words and difficult art are good for us, says Will Self."
culture  bbc  words  writing  article  opinion  essay  art 
5 weeks ago by chronosome
Vancouver Sun--Amazon warehouse employees in Pennsylvania hospitalized due to heat
"Amazon warehouse employees in Pennsylvania have complained about working conditions."
Amazon  employment  business  article 
december 2011 by chronosome
Syracuse Peace Council--Corporate Organic Takeover
"As part of its policies in support of large business interests, the US government has established federal standards for organic certification which favor corporations, and are too expensive for the average small farmer to meet."

"Organic food is just plain food. It is what our bodies are made to receive, and what human beings need to survive within the ecology of our planet. It is corporate marketing that creates organic products as “boutique” food for the privileged. In fact, clean food is as much our right as clean air and water."
food  corporate  health  article  lies  organic  business 
november 2011 by chronosome
The Atlantic--How to Land Your Kid in Therapy
"Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports."
psychology  youth  article  theatlantic  from instapaper
november 2011 by chronosome
New York Magazine--The Class War Has Begun
"Elections are supposed to resolve conflicts in a great democracy, but our next one will not. The elites will face off against the elites to a standoff, and the issues animating the class war in both parties won’t even be on the table."
nymag  article  occupy  class  politics  UnitedStates  from instapaper
october 2011 by chronosome
Business Insider--Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About...
"The problem in a nutshell is this: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation's history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a record high."
business  occupy  article  charts  businessinsider 
october 2011 by chronosome
The Guardian--How Barack Obama went from cool to cold
"Barack Obama's measured approach won him the White House. So why do supporters think he lacks the 'fierce urgency of now'?"
guardian  article  UnitedStates  BarackObama  politics  from instapaper
october 2011 by chronosome
Harper's Magazine--Good-bye to All That by Scott Horton
"‘there the two parties go again!’ stories out of the news bureaus, combined with the hazy confusion of low-information voters, means that the long-term Republican strategy of undermining confidence in our democratic institutions has reaped electoral dividends."
article  books  harpers  UnitedStates  politics  republican  from instapaper
september 2011 by chronosome
NPR--Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived
"'I'll go to Borders to find a book, and then I'll to go to Amazon to buy it, generally,' customer Jennifer Geier says."
business  npr  article  books  amazon  borders  from instapaper
july 2011 by chronosome
ZDNet--How prevalent is malware on Windows PCs?
"I read an alarming statistic recently: 'Nearly half of personal computers in the U.S. are compromised by malware.' Thankfully, that statement is not true. It is not even remotely accurate. So how did it get onto the mainstream media, and what’s the real number?"
zdnet  pc  scam  article  news  windows  malware  from delicious
april 2011 by chronosome
New York Times Magazine--Is Sugar Toxic?
"That it makes us fat is something we take for granted. That it might also be making us sick is harder to accept."
health  food  fructose  cancer  study  science  biology  newyorktimes  article  diabetes  highfructosecornsyrup  sugar  from delicious
april 2011 by chronosome
Wall Street Journal--The Sleepless Elite
'Melinda Beck explains why for a small number of people getting a full night of sleep is a waste of time and the reasons behind it."
psychology  health  sleep  wallstreetjournal  article  biology  study  from delicious
april 2011 by chronosome
ProPublica--While Nuclear Waste Piles Up in U.S., Billions in Fund to Handle It Sit Unused
"There is about 70,000 tons of spent fuel stored at reactor sites around the country. Three-quarters of the material sits in cooling pools."
nuclearenergy  nuclearwaste  article  propublica  UnitedStates  government  from delicious
april 2011 by chronosome
Fast Company--Morgan Spurlock: I'm With the Brand
"Inspired by Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock's bold new documentary about the ubiquity of branding messages in our daily lives, we embark on our own no-holds-barred exploration of the relationship between content and advertising. "
fastcompany  marketing  article  advertising  MorganSpurlock  film  productplacement  documentary  from delicious
march 2011 by chronosome
Guardian: Observer--The lost art of total recall
"The ability to memorise things seems to be a vanishing skill. So what can we do to jog our brain cells back into action?"
memory  psychology  learning  guardian  article  books  from delicious
march 2011 by chronosome
The Atlantic--North Korea’s Digital Underground
"To smuggle facts into or out of North Korea is to risk imprisonment and even execution. Yet today, aided by a half-dozen stealthy media organizations outside the country, citizen-journalists are using technologies new and old to break the regime’s iron grip on information. Will the truth set a nation free?"
NorthKorea  internet  culture  radio  activism  article  theatlantic  journalism  from delicious
march 2011 by chronosome
Salon--How "Dungeons & Dragons" changed my life
Pure and simple, for many, D&D represents a lost age: It was an individualized, user-driven, DIY, human-scaled creative space separate from the world of adults and the intrusion of corporate forces.
culture  dnd  gaming  salon  article  from delicious
march 2011 by chronosome
New York Times--As North Koreans Struggle, the Party Keeps Its Grip
"South Korea’s military has been dropping leaflets into North Korea about democracy protests in Egypt, a legislator said on Friday."
newyorktimes  article  NorthKorea  KimJongUn  from delicious
february 2011 by chronosome
Wall Street Journal--Where Have the Good Men Gone?
Kay S. Hymowitz argues that too many men in their 20s are living in a new kind of extended adolescence.
wallstreetjournal  men  women  article  UnitedStates  culture  KayHymowitz  marriage  from delicious
february 2011 by chronosome
BBC News--How 'OK' took over the world
"It crops up in our speech dozens of times every day, although it apparently means little. So how did the word "OK" conquer the world, asks Allan Metcalf."
language  english  ok  etymology  article  bbc  from delicious
february 2011 by chronosome
New Yorker--Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology
If you're interested in the church, for whatever reason, this is required reading.
scientology  newyorker  PaulHaggis  cult  article  religion  psychology  culture  from delicious
february 2011 by chronosome
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