October 2011
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NPR on Tom Waits:
Tom Waits: A Desperate Voice...
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“In an emotional briefing after the end of the euro zone leaders’ summit here in...”
– The WSJ live-blogs the euro crisis. (via evanfleischer)
Intense meeting last night. Finally ended at 4 a.m. in Brussels with an agreement on the basics of a plan to resolve the crisis.
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WatchBonded slaves
It is a form of slavery that is passed down from one generation to the next, enslaving millions.
Most of these slaves have been held for generations, paying off a supposed ‘loan’ taken out by their grandparents.
Some have been lucky enough to escape but others have had to buy their way out of it by selling their organs to help pay off the ‘debt’.
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“No one, least of all me, is suggesting that running a newspaper company is a...”
– David Carr gives media execs who lay off workers while lavishing bonuses on themselves the SMACKDOWN. Worth a read. (via cmonstah)
This is a really important point that doesn’t get made enough: A lot of big media’s wounds are self-inflicted. To take an example from one truck that ran out of gas,...
I carved my pumpkin yesterday evening, followed by a horror film. I’m feeling very into the Halloween spirit right now.
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Ahh, hello Tumblr. Nice to be back.
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I may be headed to Egypt soon, but my heart will...
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The New York Times's shortlist of active "Occupy...
inothernews:
Washington: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
Philadelphia: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | Live stream
New Orleans: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Live stream
Los Angeles: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Live stream
Chicago: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
Boston: Web site | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Live stream
Seattle: Web site |...
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Pazzi Italiani →
futurejournalismproject:
As the Italian government considers a law that would require Web sites to remove any content any person finds libelous, Wikipedia has shut dow the Italian version of its site.
The law requires publishers to remove content “within 48 hours of the request and, without any comment, a correction of any content that the applicant deems detrimental to his/her image.”
Via a...
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WatchLessons from Ghana:
The polling stations opened to the voters at 7:00 AM, but voters, eager to take their own political fate into their hands, were starting to line up at 4:00 AM in the morning. And they had traveled from near, they had traveled from far, because they wanted to make their voices heard.
Are you listening, Americans?
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Don Draper Presents Facebook Timeline →
henrycooke:
Win.
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely...”
– E.B. White (via adamwestbrook)
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Fixing global poverty, with less than $100 billion
I’d love to think global poverty could be fixed so easily. The numbers in this article, however, don’t seem to quite add up. How can $1.25 20 years ago still be equivalent to $1.25 today? If that amount allows for an incorrect definition of absolute poverty today, the whole theory falls apart.
Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gertz at the Brookings Institution estimate there were...
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Catching up on all the news I missed over the last few days. But can’t say I regret my weekend in any way. Sun, sand, stand-up paddle board surfing and skateboarding. That’s right, I can now (sort of, in a very slow kind of way) ride a skateboard. And in reference to the paddle boarding, I only fell off 4 times. RECORD.
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“I want movement, not a calm course of existence. I want excitement and danger...”
– Leo Tolstoy (via newyorkisajungle) 