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* [[wikipedia:Rate Your Music|Rate Your Music]] | * [[wikipedia:Rate Your Music|Rate Your Music]] | ||
* http://musicmanager.last.fm/statistics/artist?artist=27191895 | * http://musicmanager.last.fm/statistics/artist?artist=27191895 | ||
==2011-02-23== | |||
* '''2011-02-18''' [http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17423970 Bay Area Rep. Jackie Speier stuns House colleagues with story of her abortion] (text and video) | |||
* '''2011-02-22''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR2011022203412.html Wisconsin - it's about democracy] | |||
* '''2011-02-22''' [http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/22/wisconsin-protest-internet/ Is Scott Walker Cutting Off Internet Access To Thwart Protesters?] | |||
* http://www.thecomputercellar.com/ [http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Computer-Cellar-at-9th-Street/160025817365844 Facebook] | |||
* '''2011-02-19''' [http://davidbrin.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/shibboleths-that-define-us-2/ Shibboleths that define and separate us]: add "shibboleth" to list of manipulative tools | |||
* http://www.ted.com/conversations/ideas/added | |||
** [http://www.ted.com/conversations/404/an_alternative_form_of_represe.html An alternative form of representation in a legislative body based on our interests and how we engage with the community.]: a concept discussed elsewhere as "virtual districting" [[OSLT]]; nobody seems to be commenting on this one | |||
** '''2011-02-16''' [http://mashable.com/2011/02/16/ted-conversations/ TED Launches Quora-Like Platform for Intelligent Discussion] | |||
* '''2011-02-11''' [http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/02/11/tunisia-slim-amamou-speaks-about-tunisia-egypt-and-the-arab-world/ Tunisia: Slim Amamou Speaks About Tunisia, Egypt and the Arab World] - and the use of the internet as a tool for change, and how real revolutionaries view citizenship | |||
* '''2011-02-13''' [http://pressthink.org/2011/02/the-twitter-cant-topple-dictators-article/ The Twitter Cant Topple Dictators Article]: discusses compliance posing as skepticism | |||
* '''2011-02-11''' [http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/02/11/conservative-science-yur-doin-it-rong/ Conservative Science: Yur Doon It Rong]: why US Conservatism is innately at odds with science | |||
* '''2010-07-12''' [http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/07/12/catherine-white-on-the-noisy-idiot-dilemma/ Catherine White on the Noisy Idiot Dilemma]: slightly different take on trolling and related phenomena. Not sure how useful this is, but I know if I don't save the link, I'll be looking for it 3 days from now. | |||
* http://www.loonwatch.com/2011/02/christians-protect-muslims-as-they-pray-in-egypt/ -- haven't read this, but seems worth collecting | |||
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/04/radical-islam-united-states-independence - also haven't read, but it's apparently Noam Chomsky's take on Egypt and WikiLeaks | |||
** Brin [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/01/state-of-union-things-obama-did-not.html?showComment=1296866689134#c7375074953137952050 says]: "Chomsky's response, to point to military aid, is complete bait & switch, apples & oranges. Of course realpolitik affects many actions. The military aid he refers to was already openly known, It does not diminish the bald fact that the SECRET communications of the US State Department were mostly benign and more often admirable than anybody expected." | |||
* [[wikipedia:Solar storm of 1859]] aka "Carrington Event" -- these occur roughly every 500 years, and some people worry that such an event now would have effects similar to a nuclear war: "A Carrington Event would likely wipe out much of modern civilization and the majority of the world's urban population would likely die." [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/01/state-of-union-things-obama-did-not.html?showComment=1296858441940#c3635509247743307061 comment] on Contrary Brin | |||
* '''2011-02-04''' [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_02_04/caredit.a1100011 In Person: Falling Off the Ladder: How Not to Succeed in Academia] | |||
* '''2011-02-15''' [http://www.southernstudies.org/2011/02/voices-a-plan-for-uaw-success-in-the-south.html VOICES: A plan for UAW success in the South] | |||
==2011-02-20== | ==2011-02-20== | ||
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0sCs8jI4k Asimov on the Greenhouse Effect, global environmentalism, and the need for world government (did I already file this?) | * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0sCs8jI4k Asimov on the Greenhouse Effect, global environmentalism, and the need for world government (did I already file this?) | ||
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1669637 Jury 2.0] | * [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1669637 Jury 2.0] | ||
* http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/007911.html -- debate about space elevators vs. laser-driven rockets; we agree on the short-term conclusion, but the others in the dialogue seem to be overlooking a lot of important considerations and focusing in on just the one about radiation, which is really kind of trivial and has multiple solutions. | * http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/007911.html -- debate about space elevators vs. laser-driven rockets; we agree on the short-term conclusion, but the others in the dialogue seem to be overlooking a lot of important considerations and focusing in on just the one about radiation, which is really kind of trivial and has multiple solutions. | ||
==2011-02-19== | ==2011-02-19== | ||
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/17/us-bahrain-saudi-idUSTRE71G4JJ20110217 Analysis: Saudi Arabia, jolted by Egypt, now alarmed by Bahrain] | * [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/17/us-bahrain-saudi-idUSTRE71G4JJ20110217 Analysis: Saudi Arabia, jolted by Egypt, now alarmed by Bahrain] | ||