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| + | ==2012-01-26== | ||
| + | * http://blog.norml.org/2012/01/24/president-obamas-youtube-forum-deems-marijuana-legalization-questions-inappropriate/ | ||
| + | ** https://plus.google.com/103112149634414554669/posts/HPE6vTh76RW | ||
| + | * http://www.hddoctor.net/make-your-own-cleanbox-cheap/ - how to build a cleanbox for opening up hard drives | ||
| + | ==2012-01-25== | ||
| + | * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120107/01360417314/ownership-mentality-art-gallery-prohibits-sketching.shtml | ||
| + | * http://craigconnects.org/2012/01/some-results-from-the-national-dialogue-for-improving-fed-websites.html | ||
| + | * http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/25/who-really-stopped-sopa-and-why/ - more industry propaganda | ||
| + | * http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/25/romney-profited-from-mortgage-lenders-that-foreclosed-on-thousands/ | ||
| + | * http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/25/bill-gates-taxes-are-going-to-have-to-go-up-on-rich-people/ | ||
| + | * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/14071517529/new-petition-asks-white-house-to-submit-acta-to-senate-ratification.shtml | ||
| + | * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/17134417531/emi-vp-comes-out-against-sopapipa-says-answer-to-piracy-is-providing-better-service.shtml | ||
| + | * http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120123/01320817507/internet-begins-discussing-what-to-do-with-its-new-found-powers.shtml | ||
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| + | ==2011-11-03== | ||
| + | * http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/occupy-oakland-shuts-down-port-takes-over-building | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2011/11/03/spring-forward-fall-back-should-you-watch-out-tomorrow-morning/ | ||
| + | ** https://plus.google.com/107991184034868817056/posts/gikvkLbEk9w | ||
| + | * [http://www.muktware.com/hacksheet/2869 Google: Android 4.0 to be open sourced in "coming weeks"] | ||
| + | * http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/18/unbelievable-courts-rule-taxpayers-bp-transocean-liable-gulf-oil-spill-clean-costs-29071/ "The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was sealed..." | ||
| + | * [https://plus.google.com/108380237584739011265/posts/DLoeU9aeq45 Oakland Occupied: Flashbangs and tear gas at general strike] | ||
| + | * http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2011/11/comments-rape-abuse-women | ||
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| + | ==2011-11-02== | ||
| + | * [https://plus.google.com/106912596786226524817/posts/h1JmmqnzU6Q Liz Fong on #Occupy] | ||
| + | * [https://plus.google.com/101371184407256956306/posts/eLpnKSfk3ej Shava Nerad on MoveOn vs. #Occupy] | ||
| + | * [https://plus.google.com/117903011098040166012/posts/3mxBdM2pKbE Why is Google hiding their "real name" requirement from new users?] by Kee Hinckley | ||
| + | * [https://plus.google.com/u/0/117946820090323838588/posts/jBYUtZBQ4Br Hey +Larry Page you know how you keep deleting people's profiles for using aliases?] by Margaret Trauth | ||
| + | ** note Bob O`Bob's observation: "Privately, and "off the record" more than a handful of current Google employees have told me they were put in fear of losing their jobs over this issue alone, if they didn't shut up about it in any potentially public channel." | ||
| + | * http://thechive.com/2010/07/07/what-these-families-spend-on-groceries-every-week-8-photos/ | ||
| + | * http://petervan.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/metacurrency-collabathon-a-wealth-system/#comment-897 -- mainly for the embedded video | ||
| + | * http://www.fastcoexist.com/ | ||
| + | * http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/10/31/state-concedes-defeat-in-occupy-nashville-battle-judge-bans-more-arrests | ||
| + | * http://theweek.com/article/index/220866/whats-the-mcrib-made-of-anyway | ||
| + | * https://plus.google.com/100029637958178163512/posts/fvmPN4LRSoq Google Fail part X: Google Reader | ||
| + | * http://www.pcworld.com/article/242909/google_moves_reader_sharing_to_plus_despite_complaints.html | ||
| + | * GNOME's War on Functionality: | ||
| + | ** [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00019.html [Usability] Printing dialog and GNOME] | ||
| + | *** "Frederic told that the options from the PPD file are intentionally mot listed in the printing dialog, the usability team of GNOME was against listing these options. They clutter the dialog and can be more confusing than useful to the user." | ||
| + | ** [http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/10/has-gnome-3-decided-that-people-shouldnt-want-screen-savers/ Has Gnome 3 decided that people shouldn't want screen savers?] | ||
| + | *** "Apparently the Gnome 3 party line is that if you want something more visually pleasing than "lock your screen and power off the monitor", you are wanting something that is Wrong." | ||
| + | * https://pachube.com/ -- how do you find feeds by location? | ||
| + | * http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/31/consumption-of-goods-falling | ||
| + | ** http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/01/peak-stuff-message-green-technology | ||
| + | *** http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/nov/01/peak-stuff-consumption-data | ||
| + | ** https://plus.google.com/u/0/111502940353406919728/posts/b2xXB7JuERf | ||
| + | * http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html | ||
| + | * [http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/10/2011103113411372769.html The people versus the police] | ||
| + | * the commoditization of higher ed: | ||
| + | ** http://www.good.is/post/was-a-professor-fired-for-requiring-students-to-think/ | ||
| + | ** http://lauragraceweldon.com/2011/11/02/emphasis-on-testing-cheats-everyone/ | ||
| + | * Microsoft vs. users, again: | ||
| + | ** [http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5552.html UEFI secure booting] | ||
| + | ** [http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html UEFI secure booting (part 2)] | ||
| + | ** [http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/183403 twitter's Journal: ACPI, M$'s Power Management Poison.] | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/01/lessons-from-sherlock-holmes-why-most-of-us-wouldnt-be-able-to-tell-that-watson-fought-in-afghanistan/ - the conjunction fallacy | ||
| + | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/2011/11/01/in-god-we-trust/ | ||
| + | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15422179 How a secret manuscript became a global bestseller] - Nelson Mandela history | ||
| + | * http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/theologian-john-haught-refuses-to-release-video-of-our-debate/ | ||
| + | * http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/egyptian-activist-alaa-accuses-army | ||
| + | * http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/this-is-no-return-to-ancient-greek-democracy-16071942.html | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2011/11/02/negawatts-and-megawatts/ - Chevron | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2011/11/02/scio11-perils-of-blogging-as-a-woman-under-a-real-name/ - video | ||
| + | * http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/02/what-is-peer-review-for/ | ||
| + | * http://theweek.com/article/index/220936/should-smokers-and-obese-workers-pay-more-for-health-care | ||
| + | * http://predictionbook.com/ | ||
| + | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2011/11/02/break-out-the-sharpies-lets-unofficially-remove-the-official-national-motto-from-our-money/ | ||
| + | * http://www.propublica.org/article/u.s.-government-glossed-over-cancer-concerns-as-it-rolled-out-airport-x-ray - TSA scanners | ||
| + | * http://www.thestar.com/business/sciencetech/article/1080258--15-ways-nasa-research-is-part-of-our-everyday-world - sadly, this does not seem very impressive; they're probably looking too closely at "tech spinoffs" and not looking at things like GPS | ||
| + | * http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/11/01/sf-supervisors-support-occupysfs-247-encampment | ||
| + | * http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-20128766/fbi-arrests-4-georgia-militia-members/ | ||
| + | * https://plus.google.com/106912596786226524817/posts/C6EF359k95P -- how eBooks can be exploitative, or not | ||
| + | * [http://www.economist.com/node/21534838 Unpaid wages in China] | ||
| + | * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056123/Greece-referendum-Wall-Street-stocks-plunge-Greek-PM-calls-bailout-vote.html | ||
| + | * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056088/Footage-kills-conspiracy-theories-Rare-footage-shows-WTC-7-consumed-fire.html - except of course it doesn't | ||
| + | * [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/10/2011103122199397339.html China launches spacecraft on docking mission] | ||
| + | * http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/police-use-bulldozers-break-occupy-richmond - video and story | ||
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==2011-11-01== | ==2011-11-01== | ||
* http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/with-generators-gone-wall-street-protesters-try-bicycle-power/ | * http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/with-generators-gone-wall-street-protesters-try-bicycle-power/ | ||