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Per Square Mile: Income inequality, as seen from space
Income inequality, as seen from space:
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6 hours ago
(404) http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/05/how-china-flouts-its-law-by-chen-guangcheng/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+chinadigitaltimes%2FbKzO+%28China+Digital+Times+%28CDT%29%29
How China Flouts Its Law — by Chen Guangcheng
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6 hours ago
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
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
Talking Alaska: Governor signs historic Alaska Native language legislation
Indigenous gets a boost in
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13 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
Royal Ontario Museum | Exhibitions & Galleries | Current Exhibitions | David Hockney's fresh flowers | Participate
Download a complimentary "Fesh Flower" for your iPad by David Hockney: via
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15 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
Great apps for all book lovers to explore! « Nerdy Book Club
Great apps for all book lovers to explore! via
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22 hours ago
(404) http://t.co/S7uJTc0X%E2%80%99s-personal-role-in-drone-executions/
Please read both & on Obama & drones.
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22 hours ago
Obama the Warrior - Salon.com
Please read both & on Obama & drones.
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22 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
Untitled (http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/sa/index.php?pg=sample)
Anthropologists, view a free sample copy of Social Analysis here.
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23 hours ago
Untitled (http://gizmodo.com/5913035/how-kickstarter-hides-failure?utm_source=Gizmodo+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bdc4aceec7-UA-142218-3&utm_medium=email)
How Kickstarter Hides Its Failstarters from the Net
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Save the New York Public Library | The Nation
Save the New York Public Library:
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yesterday
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
The Q&A: Jonah Lehrer: The wondrous world of three pounds of meat | The Economist
Lovely Q&A w/ on creativity and the brain.
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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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yesterday
(403) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2012/05/29/the-subject-of-anthropology-gender-symbolism-and-psychoanalysis-by-henrietta-moore/
The anthropology of desire, fantasy and sexual difference
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yesterday
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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yesterday
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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yesterday
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
Satyajit Das: The Great Pretender – India’s Economic Past & Future, Part 2: “A Sea of Troubles” « naked capitalism
“India’s overall adult literacy rate is 66% compared to 93% for China.”
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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
Former Daily Show Writer Accuses Jon Stewart of Punishing His Writers For Forming A Union | Camels With Hammers
Former Daily Show writer accuses Jon Stewart of punishing his writers for forming a union
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yesterday
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
Untitled (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/26/inequality-downfall-heather-stewart)
How inequality grew and grew -- until it sank our economy. Absolutely terrific piece by
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Jillian C. York » Reading… (26/5/2012)
Nice! has joined the weekend reading EXPERIENCE:
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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
Part 6. Humans are (Blank) -ogamous: Many Intimate Relationships « Patrick F. Clarkin, Ph.D.
indeed! “: Fantastic post by : Humans are (Blank)-ogamous: ”
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4 days ago
Gluten-Free Food in Italy | Legal Nomads
"It’s Surprisingly Easy to Be Gluten-Free in Italy" (turns out that millions of Italians have coeliac disease)
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4 days ago
Los Angeles Review of Books - The Secularist's Dogma
“Žižek emerges in Critchley’s account as a politically paralyzed fantasist, in love with a dream"
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4 days ago
Plantations, Prisons and Profits - NYTimes.com
Plantations, Prisons and Profits: via +
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4 days ago
What the hell is going on in Quebec? - Boing Boing
What the hell is going on in ?
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5 days ago
The US public school system is under attack - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Liza writes up the US education mess for Al Jaz: via
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5 days ago
First Contact | Colossal
Don't believe in aliens?
via
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5 days ago
Untitled (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/24/quebec-truncheon-law-rebounds-student-strike)
A great piece on what is happening in Montreal (and it is astounding)
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5 days ago
Taiwan: When News is Sold to the Chinese Government · Global Voices
"Taiwan: When News is Sold to the Chinese Government · Global Voices" ( )
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5 days ago
How I Got 50% Women Speakers at My Tech Conference | Geek Feminism Blog
How I Got 50% Women Speakers at My Tech Conference Good stuff! All-male panels aren't "inevitable" or right
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5 days ago
Out of sight, but still in mind: the mysteries of peripheral vision
Out of sight, but still in mind: the mysteries of peripheral vision by Mark Williams at Macquarie U.
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5 days ago
(500) http://libgen.info/
Libgen for all your PDF needs. (in Russian) v
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5 days ago
Stronger Futures continues dark era for Aborigines, says Amnesty
Different people, different laws:
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5 days ago
Native Tongues - Lapham’s Quarterly
In 1965, a group of enthusiasts set out to study America's "other" speech – this is their story
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5 days ago
Nationalism and Girls who Date Westerners in Taiwan 跟外國人交往的台灣女生 - YouTube
Some thoughts & opinions on Taiwan's 西餐妹 via Nationalism and Girls who Date Westerners in Taiwan 跟外國人交往的台灣女生
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5 days ago
Instagram vs The New York Times | Visual.ly
Baffling valuations. Instagram vs. New York Times (graphic):
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6 days ago
Keep On Keepin' On...: Introducing the Online University of the Left
Introducing the Online University of the Left: Check Out This Project And Prepare To Be Amazed! By Carl David...
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6 days ago
Technology - Alexis Madrigal - How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus - The Atlantic
Good post from on how Google can beat Facebook. Step 1: Forget G+.
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6 days ago
Penn Jillette Skewers President Obama on Hypocrisy and His Drug Use (Video) | Disinformation
Penn Jillette Skewers President on and His Drug Use (Video)
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6 days ago
Return on Employee Investment (INFOGRAPHIC)
good infographic on how financially stupid it is for companies to hastily fire employees
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6 days ago
Facebook Camera, New Photo App From Facebook
Facebook Camera, New Photo App From Facebook
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6 days ago
Unrest in Quebec « William M. Burton
An English language compendium of information on the student protests in Quebec, by :
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6 days ago
Good old regular expressions — The Endeavour
Good old regular expressions
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6 days ago
The end of postcolonialism « The Immanent Frame
RT : New in here & there: The end of postcolonialism.
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6 days ago
My Own Private Guantanamo
. with a clear eyed take on The Dictator. Note that "this" is Hwood's first response to the Arab Spring.
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6 days ago
The Globalization of Manga | genron
Who "owns" manga? "The Globalization of Manga" (2008) via
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6 days ago
The Looming Catastrophe in Afghanistan — Registan.net
New post: The Looming Catastrophe in Afghanistan -
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6 days ago
BBC News - Are dying languages worth saving?
Are dying languages worth saving? . Search JSTOR by language. la:gla for Gaelic, la:wel for Welsh, etc.
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7 days ago
Untitled (http://torrentfreak.com/rickroll-meme-destroyed-by-copyright-takedown-120523/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Rickroll Meme Destroyed By Copyright Takedown
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7 days ago
book costs again – The Aporetic
If scholarly societies publish their members' work in ebook form, everyone wins, suggests
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7 days ago
Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology | Entertainment | TIME.com
Well said +1 RT Genre Fiction is Disruptive Technology: A response to the New Yorker on guilty pleasures
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7 days ago
Untitled (http://www.countercurrents.org/todhunter230512.htm)
Neo-Liberalism's Silent Killing In India By Colin Todhunter
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7 days ago
Speculative Diction | It’s a legal matter, from now on… | University Affairs
What happens when universities can be sued for negligence over inadequate PhD supervision?
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7 days ago
The work of anti-work: a response to Peter Frase
Seth Ackerman responds to Peter Frase: "The work of anti-work"
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7 days ago
Category Errors
Peter Frase: "Category Errors"
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7 days ago
An Open Letter to India's Graduating Classes - NYTimes.com
Ouch! but often true RT : An Open Letter to India’s Graduating Classes: What your employers really want
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7 days ago
Documentary on Aborigines wins top award in US - Taipei Times
Smangus documentary wins award in the US
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7 days ago
Yasmin Saikia, Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971
Yasmin Saikia, Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971
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7 days ago
Why Are We Abandoning the Afghans? by Ahmed Rashid | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
Why Are We Abandoning the Afghans? Ahmed Rashid on the NATO summit and the rush for the exits
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7 days ago
Fed by Indians, Monkeys Overwhelm Delhi - NYTimes.com
Hilarious NYT piece on aggressive Delhi monkeys: But: "Monkey bites can lead to a fatal form of the herpes virus". Urgh
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7 days ago
Google+ wants to be your new Flickr | VentureBeat
G+ wants to be your new Flickr because photography is about roll, pitch & yaw, blood pressure & galvanic skin response!
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7 days ago
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