Posts Tagged ‘world’
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Moving and being in a wedding take up lots of time. Next update will have real content. Promise!
Things in the news: World Cup! Kagan, McChrystal, BP Oil Spill (slowly fading), Economic falterings, July 4th, and did I mention the World Cup? (Oh, I suppose Wimbledon as well. And the Tour de France. And the Lebron James Sweepstakes.)
Here’s your top 5
- The Renegade General (McChrystal)(RollingStone)
- Kagan hearing write-ups.
- Who’s a scientist? 7th graders describe and draw scientists after a visit to Fermilab
- James Sturm is quitting the internet
- Life inside the North Korean bubble (BBC + video, 15 min, worth watching)
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
You know the drill –
Topics in the news: Israel, Gaza, BP, World Cup, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan
Must reads over the past two weeks
- Countdown to the BP disaster (GQ)
- What if political scientists wrote the news? (Salon)
- Science Funding: The “Broader Impacts” requirement (Nature)
- Solitude and Leadership (delivered at West Point)
- What is Israel blockading, really? (graphic, analysis)
And…one for fun BP coffee spill.
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
The BP Disaster is mindboggling. Also in the news: Britain’s elections, the Iran nuclear non-deal and sanctions, Greece, Elena Kagan, Thailand, FinReg, Carbon cap ‘n trade, Rand Paul, Arizona’s Illegal Immigration Law.
The Top 5:
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Nowhere near as comprehensive as my previous endeavours, but hopefully there’s enough to keep you interested and entertained.
- Whoops, maybe flooding the developing world with cheap US agriculture wasn’t so smart after all.
- Selections from Best Science Writing on the Blogs 2009: I recommend Cosmopithecus and Bittersweet.
- The Art of the Brick (Art Gallery)
- Mashed-up Culture (NYT)
- Inspiring: 2010 Winter Paralympics (Photos)
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Ooof, this is what happens when you don’t post for 3 weeks. There’s a huge post below the cut, so here’re my top five reads.
- Our tax code is a mess (Bartlett)
- It’s the economy, stupid
- Waterboarding detailed: (caution, some may find this disturbing.)
- Iraqi elections reactions from Iraq and the Middle East
- Nature vs genetically modified wheat: Wheat stem rust makes a comeback. (Wired)
And one for fun: 2010 SXSW mp3’s (legal)
As usual, highlights are in red.
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
I really did try to get this out last week, Livia, really I did. But I didn’t, and now this post has become bloated in size just like all of the others. *sigh*
I didn’t know how to categorize this first link, so I’ll just let it stand alone above the cut.
- Jens Galschiot’s Survival of the Fattest
There’s an inscription: “I’m sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under the burden. I would do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back.”
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Today is the 31st Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, giving the Green movement another plausible reason to take the streets and protest. It doesn’t look like things are going so well this time around though.
Follow the liveblogs @
TheLede (NYT)
The Guardian
NIAC (National Iranian American Council)
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
If you haven’t read the State of the Union and the Obama-GOP Q&A, go ahead and read them now. Otherwise, here’s the news of the past two weeks. As usual, highlights are in red.
Politics
- Political corruption or political gratitude? Or just politics? (Rauch)
Consider Rep. Patricia Porker, a member of the Ways and Means Committee. She is running for re-election.
Consider, next, Marvin Moneybags. He is a wealthy individual with interests before Ways and Means.
Now consider two scenarios.
1) Porker calls up Moneybags and says, “Say, Marvin. I need about $300,000 to run campaign ads, but I’m not allowed to take donations that big. I know you’d hate to see anything happen to those tax credits I’ve helped you with. Just a thought: Go spend $300,000 on ads supporting my candidacy. You won’t regret it.”
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2) Moneybags is a friend and an enthusiastic supporter of Porker’s. Acting on his own, without consulting Porker, he spends $300,000 on “Vote for Porker!” ads.
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Why is Scenario 1 illegal and Scenario 2 legal?
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
So it’s been about a month since the last midweek plug, but I’m really excited about this one.
One of my good friends Livia (and her husband and her mom) is pledging to donate $10 $20 for every person who donates to an organization working in Haiti and leaves a comment on her blog.
blog.liviablackburne.com
Here’s how it will work.
1. Please make a donation to Haiti relief efforts. You can donate to the American Red Cross by texting “HAITI” to 90999 (A $10 donation will be taken off your phone bill). Or, make a donation via their web page* or another charity of choice.
2. Leave a comment in this post noting that you made a donation. My husband and I will donate $10 to the American Red Cross for every donation listed in the comment section between now and the end of Thursday, up to a limit of $500 dollars.
We’re just going to go by the honor system here. Please do consider making a donation. Thank you!
Livia – neuroscientist/writer by day; philanthropist by night; all-around-awesome all-the-freaking-time.
A general guideline: Mark your donations for the general fund, not the Haiti fund. High profile disasters tend to pull in more money than they need (there are still a few billion dollars unspent from the tsunami), so general fund donations give the organizations the flexibility to put your money to the best use.
Advice on giving (from various development blogs): 1, 2, 3, 4
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Way too much happens over the course of two weeks. It took me 2 hrs just to take all the links and clippings and format them >.< . But for now, here’s the news. Again, highlights are in red.
Haiti
- Estimated death toll: 50,000 + rising. To put this into perspective, the 2004 tragic tsunami killed ~250,000 people in Indonesia (pop 240M), or about 1 in 1,000. Haiti has a population of 10M, meaning the earthquake killed about 1 in 200 (and possibly up to 1 in 50 (!))
- Updates from TheLede (NYT): Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Advice on giving (from various development blogs): 1, 2, 3, 4
- Photos from Haiti
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