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Why Is Memory So Good and So Bad? | Best of the Moment | The Browser
Why Is Memory So Good and So Bad? Fascinating look at some recent research on visual memory,
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9 hours ago
Twitter / Shashwati: Being gluten free means ha
Not sure I should be eating these, but they are so good… 's gluten free cookies
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9 hours ago
Why Is Syria Locked In Endless Conflict? : Planet Money : NPR
Hey great job reporting on the roll of class in Syria! How about doing the same for the US?
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9 hours ago
aliettedb: SFF as metaphor: aliens, vampires, foreigners and immigrants
yup. I wrote a blog post about problems handling other "races" ( ), but it focused more on Urban Fantasy and SF
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11 hours ago
An Abandoned Man
If you're going to read one thing today, let it be An Abandoned Man by for . Razor sharp.
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11 hours ago
Untitled (http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/05/28/80--Once-criminal-tribes-might-finally-get-integrated-.html)
India's DNTs (those labeled as "Criminal Tribes" under the British) might finally get counted in the census.
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12 hours ago
Owen Bennett-Jones reviews ‘Terror Tagging of an Iranian Dissident Organisation’ by Raymond Tanter · LRB 7 June 2012
The story of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran is all about the way image management can turn an enemy into an ally
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13 hours ago
Dil Se Nahin Dimaag Se Dekho – Thoughts on Satyamev Jayate Episode 1: Shohini Ghosh « Kafila
Finally caught up with Satyamev Jayate's female foeticide episode. Here is Shohini Ghosh's excellent critique:
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14 hours ago
» WOW: In No State Is a 40-Hour, Minimum Wage Work Week Enough to Afford a Two-Bedroom Apartment
» WOW: In No State Is a 40-Hour, Minimum Wage Work Week Enough to Afford a Two-Bedroom Apartment
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16 hours ago
“Militants”: media propaganda - Salon.com
All US soldiers are "heroes" and everyone they kill is a "combatant":
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21 hours ago
Chris Hayes Is Right About Heroes | Mother Jones
All US soldiers are "heroes" and everyone they kill is a "combatant":
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21 hours ago
why I can’t write about my trip to india | THE STATE
did you know: india even outsources its visa applications? new post from on red tape & lies
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23 hours ago
Humans Since 1982 for Victor Hunt Gallery – Design Miami Basel 2012 | Hypebeast
I would like this digital clock made of analog clocks, designed by Humans Since 1982:
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yesterday
India Journal: Heads or … Heads? - India Real Time - WSJ
In India, motorcycle helmets are mandatory for men, but optional for women. WSJ columnist tries to parse the logic.
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MIT's computer algorithms can tell why you're smiling better than a human can | The Verge
This *will* destroy America: researchers at MIT have developed facial recognition technology to identify fake smiles
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The Fully (sic) 2012 Eurovision wrap-up | Fully (sic)
The Fully (sic) 2012 Eurovision wrap-up | Fully (sic) On the choice of languages for national pop songs
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AP News: Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker
Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker
Pays for lifetimes of 3 or 4 generations of dynastic CEO family
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yesterday
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Juno not allowed inside until she drops that pig foot…
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yesterday
FUGU & TAKO on Vimeo
Fugu & Tako: a film abt a Japanese salaryman who turns into a pufferfish [Trailer]: // Love the squirming sashimi...
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yesterday
Another Occupy is Possible | Savage Minds
Another Occupy is Possible: A guest post by Levi Jacobs.
black marker, brown cardboard, red flags, blue jean...
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2 days ago
Is China finally confronting its dark history? - The Globe and Mail
History and power in China - why is it suddenly ok to discuss the famine caused by Mao's Great Leap Forward? (by me)
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2 days ago
Built for a Simpler Era, OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die - ProPublica
OSHA said it'd be "a lot of work" to trace what carrier dead tower climbers worked for. So we did it.
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2 days ago
Istanbul and Indian Soldiers of the First World War « Amitav Ghosh
now on twitter: the flawless , who wrote this fantastic piece on indian soldiers in ww-i turkey.
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2 days ago
This Is How We Ride - NYTimes.com
Ooops. My last tweet was in reference to this:
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2 days ago
New York’s expensive bikeshare | Felix Salmon
I wish David Byrne had said something about how expensive NY's bike system is:
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2 days ago
Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun - Salon.com
When urban planning fails: no one wants to play in your phoney downtown. //MT
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2 days ago
The Bacteria that Commit Honourable Suicide | Lab Rat, Scientific American Blog Network
"What possible reason would there by for a unicellular organism to kill itself?" //MT
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2 days ago
false dichotomy by charles davis: 'Unconditional' allegiance is for machines, not people
"We should support servicemembers unconditionally [even if they kill Iraqis] because their service is unconditional."
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2 days ago
Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody (Russia) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest - YouTube
Awwww. Buranovskiye Babushki - Party For Everybody (Russia) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest
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3 days ago
Cannes 2012. Kôji Wakamatsu's "11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Fate" on Notebook | MUBI
Our last review from is on one of the fest's best, Wakamatsu's 11/25 THE DAY MISHIMA CHOSE HIS FATE
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3 days ago
Evernote shared notebook:
My "inequality" notebook now has 250 articles in it:
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3 days ago
Al-Ahram Weekly | Interview | Copts step out of Church's shadow
Interesting article on Egyptian Copts and the current election, by Gamal Nkrumah, son of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah:
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3 days ago
Strike Is A Verb » Black Bloc, Red Square
Is the Black Bloc becoming too much of a liability for —even if it doesn't exist?
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3 days ago
Prison rips up families, tears apart entire communities | NOLA.com
"Data show that one in 14 black men from New Orleans is behind bars, compared with one in 141 white men."
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3 days ago
陸客愛插隊 排2小時上不了101【熱門投票】http://goo.gl/7rRVx - YouTube
Check out my huge, ever-growing, pulsating YouTube playlist: "Chinese Tourists Gone Wild" #狂野中國遊客 #狂野中國觀光客
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3 days ago
The Way of the Sword Is Too Complex for the Olympics - NYTimes.com
Kendo. NYTimes: For Now, the ‘Way of the Sword’ Is Too Complex for the Games
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3 days ago
Ezra Klein: Doing the math on Obama's deficits - The Washington Post
You might also wish to see this (espc. accompanying chart): Doing the math on Obama's deficits
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3 days ago
Merkozy failed to save the eurozone - FT.com
Regarding earlier point you made: The EU crisis not caused by deficits, but by a balance of payments crisis.
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3 days ago
Keeping it open (fieldwork, abstraction, and unexpected surprises) | Savage Minds
Keeping it open (fieldwork, abstraction, and unexpected surprises): In case you haven’t heard, one of the id...
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3 days ago
The Indiana Jones of China
Listening to Sinica interview with Victor Mair
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3 days ago
Language Log » Debate on the status of Russian in Ukraine
Language Log has more on the violent debate over Russian language in Ukraine, noted here earlier by Rebecca...
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3 days ago
Two Faces of the Old Order « LRB blog
Just posted: Adam Shatz on the Egyptian elections
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3 days ago
DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons
DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons
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4 days ago
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