May 2010
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Apr 30th
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Panoramic photos of trees — via MITPressLog in celebration of Arbor Day.
Apr 30th
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What else are we reading?
“In Barcelona, Six Stories of Glass.” “Golden Apples, Crimson Stew.” US Looking to Increase Indian Role in Afghanistan. China Builds ‘Big Shoulders.’ Architectural Designs at the Shanghai 2010 Expo. 12 Things I Love About Blighty. The Switching Labyrinth. This is How The New York Public Library Sorts Books.
Apr 30th
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Some Tweets:
International failure to meet target to reduce biodiversity decline http://bit.ly/cMLYAd Whoa? Anthem just canceled its 39% rate increase in California? Obamacare baby! Tom Lehrer for the Afternoon! http://n.pr/126189232 (with video!) Young, Less Educated Yearn to Migrate to the U.S… http://tinyurl.com/2g47vr9 Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy Accents Can’t Teach...
Apr 30th
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The World Bank has made a lot of data available.
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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The Two-Day Twitter.
The World From Berlin: German Government ‘Must Stop Using Greek Crisis for Campaign Fodder’… - http://tinyurl.com/2wzpotu Television dramas that rely on forensic science to solve crimes are affecting the administration of … http://econ.st/afff7P #economist Rising Sea Level Threatens Beaches, Warns EPA Scientist - Wired News http://bit.ly/aoIXkr Dormant asphalt volcanoes...
Apr 28th
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Attention comedians/non-comedians: the @myqkaplan album comes out today: http://is.gd/bJZSN
Apr 28th
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Two things that made me giggle recently — This just in: ‘We are working every day and making progress’ / Old-Man Monster To Eat Ladies in DC Tomorrow.
Apr 28th
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Two days of twitter? Sure.
2/3 of Tea Partiers believe govt should be able to tap phones based on race, religion - http://bit.ly/9Wstc9 Giant deep sea jellyfish filmed - BBC News http://bit.ly/drAehO Brazil, South Africa, India and China want Legally Binding Outcome in 2011 at the Latest http://bit.ly/bOnQ99 #climate #cop16 Carlo Bastasin on how labor costs/prices have diverged in eurozone countries Italy, France, and...
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“People generally leave my show saying: How did he get in my house?”
– Mr. Cosby.
Apr 24th
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What's been on twitter the past two days?
Fried in New Republic: Everyone’s Dean: http://bit.ly/aBzC0P Housing sales increase for 1st time in 3 months http://ow.ly/1BRhm Signs of Life for Mideast Peace Talks http://nyti.ms/9KSBDe Senate panel: Ratings agencies rolled over for Wall Street: http://bit.ly/aLYBUN Political prisoners in Evin ward 350 have started a hunger strike #Iranelection Sen Kerry: 3 big oil companies likely...
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
Follow The Davis Bookstore Project on facebook and twitter — we’re going very open source on this.
Apr 23rd
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Some Earth Day links — Boston proposes wind turbine to power 800 homes. New species discovered: lungless frog, ‘ninja slug.’ Assembly plants seem to be taking away some of the tax credits designed to encourage green manufacturing plants — though that might be changing. Rewiring plants could supersize crops. California’s Solar Scorecard.
Apr 22nd
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Apr 20th
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From Egypt's "Daily Show/Onion," El Koshary Today.
“Microbus Driver Sent to Rehab for Not Causing An Accident in Over a Year.”
Apr 20th
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What are we hearing about facebook and twitter recently? Facebook is an ideal tool for social research. Twitter for influencer identification. Over 60 percent of new Twitter accounts come from outside the United States. Facebook Now Commands 41% of Social Media Traffic [STATS] http://retwt.me/1MTEg EFF: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information http://is.gd/bA6Nc
Apr 20th
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Public Trust in Government: 1958 - 2010.
Apr 20th
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“The good news is, we destroyed the Ring. The bad news is, we disrupted a...”
–  twitfics.
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Berliners looked nonplussed when I asked them to account for all the bookshops. Along with currywurst and nude saunas, bookstores have long been such a banal fact of life here, as they are across Germany, that only an outsider might bother to think their number was remarkable. The proliferation turned out to derive from a very conscious decision after the war to restore civilization in West...
Apr 18th
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For starters, every article about the PM should start, ‘Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, who has a glass eye…’ to really reinforce the point. And in the debate, Brown, the Prime Minister, who has a glass eye, should make a much stronger attempt to use the eye to his advantage. A few suggestions. He could pop it out and stick it on the lectern looking up at Cameron while the Tory is talking. Or...
Apr 18th
WatchWatch
Clinton: The Tragedy of the Oklahoma City 15 Years Later and the Lessons for Today.
Apr 17th
Amazing polls out of the UK today — ComRes/Sunday Mirror + IoS = Con 31 (-4), Lab 27 (-2), Lib Dem 29 (+8) http://bit.ly/9oKNaL ICM/Sunday Telegraph = Con 34 (-3), Lab 29 (-2), Lib Dem 27 (+7) BPIX/Mail on Sunday: Lib Dems 32% (+12), Con 31% (-7), Lab 28% (-3) YouGov/Sun — Con (33), Lab (28), Lib Dem (30)
Apr 17th