June 2011
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“The question is no longer whether Fox News is an arm of the GOP, but whether...”
– Eric Burns, quoted in Rolling Stone’s “How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory.” via ryking
May 30th
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U.S. is being outpaced on dealing with deficits,... →
While the United States remains utterly frozen in a debate about budget deficits and all the things that government shouldn’t do, other countries are marrying public and private resources to make themselves stronger and more competitive. While the United States is not even sure we should have gone halfway toward providing health insurance to all of our citizens, other democratic countries long...
May 30th
Don Tapscott on What We Can Learn From Millennials... →
Don’t supervise — As social networks become the backplane of work, work media will be the default way that workers interact: through social relationships rather than hierarchies or processes. Millennials have embraced Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other social tools, and will naturally apply the core elements of those systems to their coordination and communication around work. This means...
May 30th
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PBS hacked in retribution for Frontline Wikileaks... →
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“But the Internet is changing every institution in society. It enables new...”
– Don Tapscott: G8 and the Internet: Sarkozy Messes With a Good Thing (via infoneer-pulse)
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To Germany!
Are any of you out there from Germany? I’ll be in Berlin and Dessau next week before heading to Hamburg for a few days. I’ve got not plans from the 11th to the 20th (when i’ll visit relatives in the small towns of Lippstadt and Schnaitheim) so post something to my ask box if you’ve got suggestions!
May 28th
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SWoRD - a P2P student paper review system →
futuramb: SWoRD is a web-based reciprocal peer review system. In less fancy terms, students turn their class papers into SWoRD, which then assigns this paper to five or six peers in the class. The peers grade the paper and give advice for how to improve it. Students revise the paper and turn it back in to SWoRD, which distributes the paper to the same peers for final review. SWoRD determines the...
May 26th
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“It’s been revealed that many Chinese prisoners are being forced into...”
– Gamepro
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“I’m tired of hearing America is the best at this or the best at that all the...”
– For the Sake of Science via azspot
May 25th
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Emmanuel Todd on the roots of the Arab Spring →
SPIEGEL: Monsieur Todd, in the middle of the Cold War, in the days of Leonid Brezhnev, you predicted the collapse of the Soviet system. In 2002, you described the economic and imperial erosion of the United States, a global superpower. And, four years ago, you and your colleague Youssef Courbage predicted the unavoidable revolution in the Arab world… On what indicators do you base your probability...
May 25th
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Abnormal Returns From the Common Stock Investments... →
A previous study suggests that U.S. Senators trade common stock with a substantial informational advantage compared to ordinary investors and even corporate insiders. We apply precisely the same methods to test for abnormal returns from the common stock investments of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. We measure abnormal returns for more than 16,000 common stock transactions made by...
May 25th
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Hosni Mubarak to be tried for the deaths of... →
Mubarak will stand trial over Tahrir Square protests: Reportedly in ill health, former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak will stand trial for his alleged crimes, among them the deaths of protesters during the nation’s revolutionary movement in Tahrir Square (over 800 died before Mubarak’s departure), and the illegal acquisition of wealth during his time in office. Mubarak is in a hospital at...
May 25th
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Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik... →
 “We question whether private US citizens should be involved in recruiting and assembling forces, as well as providing military training and support to foreign governments and militaries,” wrote the lawmakers, led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. They further ask Secretary Clinton for “any clarification as to US policy toward private US...
May 25th
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Is Extreme Weather the New Normal? →
“It’s a new normal and I really do think that global weirding is the best way to describe what we’re seeing,” climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University told reporters… Hayhoe, other scientists, civic planners and a manager at the giant Swiss Re reinsurance firm all cited human-caused climate change as an factor pushing this shift toward more extreme weather. While none...
May 25th
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With Eye on Climate Change, Chicago Prepares for a... →
So, Chicago is getting ready for a wetter, steamier future. Public alleyways are being repaved with materials that are permeable to water. The white oak, the state tree of Illinois, has been banned from city planting lists, and swamp oaks and sweet gum trees from the South have been given new priority. Thermal radar is being used to map the city’s hottest spots, which are then targets for...
May 24th
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