Showing posts with label news from around the world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news from around the world. Show all posts
6.2.12
news from around the world: february 6, 2012
Interesting articles I've read and would like to share with you...
3 Ways Facebook Plans to Exploit Users
Facebook analyzes users’ political posts for Politico
10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free
Gay "honor killing" movie shakes Turkey up
Apple: made in China, untaxed profits kept offshore
Of course, Apple is not the only technology company that does this...
Rare photos reveal how Hitler lived in luxury
Anniversaries From "Unhistory"
Noam Chomsky points out what happens to even flushed down the memory hole.
9.1.12
news from around the world: january 9, 2012
A handful of interesting article's I've read, and now share with you for your amusement and edification.
'Matrix'-Style Learning Implants New Skills in Brain
Shunning Facebook, and Living to Tell About It
President Obama Richly Deserves to Be Dumped
Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson, Former Democrat, Launches Third Party Presidential Bid Against Obama, GOP
Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
“Super memory” pill–and possibly an Alzheimer’s cure–could be around the corner
This bastardised libertarianism makes 'freedom' an instrument of oppression
Warner Bros. Joins the Attack on Netflix
12.12.11
news from around the world: december 12, 2011
Some of the interesting articles I've recently read...
21.11.11
14.11.11
news from around the world: november 14, 2011
I'm switching these posts to the beginning of the week instead of the end. Happy reading! I've got some quick film reviews coming up.
The kettle really hates the pot's hypocrisy.
David Brooks again, demonstrating why he's a conversative you could actually have a conversation with.
...and Matt Taibi, laying down the smack on Brooks and Romney.
"The ardor for Paterno was obvious, but you couldn’t help but wonder whether the students might be moved to one day show such united passion for those who suffered child sex abuse – the true victims here."
More news from the We're Doomed Dept. Conclusion: humans suck.
4.11.11
news from around the world: november 4, 2011
Lots o' links this week:
An astonishing transformation!
The Superintendent is inspiring. People commenting on the posts are, as is usual for any comment stream for news articles, a reminder of how depressing humanity is.
Strip away Brooks' ideological posturing and glib categorizationg of "Blue" and "Red" inequality, and you're left with the conclusion that inequality in America stems from a constellation of factors, both economic and social. But isn't that obvious?
Now that we've settled that, can we talk about solutions?
...proving yet again that the Israeli government led by Netanyahu is not even remotely serious about peace.
Remember, folks, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Let's see...Warren Buffett, Bill Gates...the very richest don't seem to mind paying more. Check out the funny video with Bill Nighy.
In other news, the world is stunned by the Vatican's continued failure to confront the child abuse within its organization.
28.10.11
news from around the world: october 28, 2011
Check out the graph over at Juan Cole's blog.
An interesting piece from Thom Hartmann.
A reasonable analysis, I think.
21.10.11
news from around the world: october 21, 2011
I assume you don't need links to articles announcing Gadhafi's death or President Obama's announcement that US troops will be pulling out of Iraq by the end of year. So, onwards with this week's hodgepodge...
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Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/without-dennis-ritchie-there-would-be-no-jobs/19020?tag=mantle_skin;content
And so it should.
David Brooks is one of my favourite conservative commentators; wrong about many things, but likeable and rational in his delivery. Interestingly, the values he refers to are, for the most part, universal: not spending more than one's income, a just link between effort and reward. I think he doesn't quite understand the nature of working in America, however, when he writes that "now most people, even most young people, would rather work long-term for one company than move around in search of freedom and opportunity." No; what people want is stability and the freedom to control how they work, and not have corporations set the rules as to when and how people can work. Furthermore, he severely underestimates the Occupy Wall Street movement, but that's nothing new for him.
A fascinating and revealing look at the new social network taking aim at Facebook. Particularly interesting is an explanation into how it gets paid for. It's free for users, but they choose a brand to endorse their page - this means a single ad for a period of time. Or, you can pay a very small amount to forego the endorsement. Now that's what I call choice.
Video courtesy of the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
Superconductivity Group School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University
Science is awesome. Check this out! The effect is possible thanks to the interaction of magnetic feels and supercooled superconductors.
14.10.11
news from around the world: week of october 14, 2011
A light reading list for this lovely Friday. Stay tuned for a book review and, next week, one or two quick film/TV reviews.
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As a pithy slogan in Alice: Madness Returns points out, "If the living can be spoken ill of, why not the dead?" While I would prefer it to be otherwise, I remain convinced that, with a few exceptions, Apple has been a destructive influence on the world.
Maybe the Republican leadership could petition to leave the human race, since clearly doing something for the good of all goes against their principles?
It's a proven fact that if you deny facts hard enough, the very fabric of reality will warp into Care-a-lot, land of the Care Bears. Of course, it's really the goateed mirror-universe version in which the Don't Care Bears, led by Dollar Bear, attempt to sell their land of Pay-a-Lot to a villainous lot of impoverished peasants.
7.10.11
news from around the world: week of october 7, 2011
Links to a few interesting articles...
All those dystopian science-fiction movies warned us about this sort of thing...but who pays attention to science-fiction movies?
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If taxes are high enough so only the wealthy can afford healthy foods, would Denmark return to the Middle Ages when the aristocrats were overweight and the peasants were healthier because they didn't each rich foods every day?
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DC bizarrely chose to limit its digital distribution options by joining with Amazon and shutting out Barnes & Noble, effectively giving preferential treatment to Amazon's kindle at the expense of B&N's Nook. So why should B&N support a company that deliberately chose to enter into an exclusive contract with a competitor? I'm with B&N on this one.
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