November 2010
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“It’s not even a fair game. It’s not that the terrorist picks an attack and we...”
– Bruce Schneier on the new TSA regulations
Nov 23rd
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Bottled water has become liquid gold  →
In the last 40 years the bottled water industry has gone from a business prospect that few took seriously, to a global industry worth billions of pounds.
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Insurance to cover firms against celebrity... →
Nov 17th
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How to think about abortion →
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Health Care, Bailout Votes May Have Hurt... →
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WatchWatch
1. ‘Les Reves’ Alexandre Desplat 2. ‘Slowdance’ Matthew Dear 3. ‘It’s 2 Late 4 You & Me’ Moodymann 4. ‘Kid A’ Radiohead 5. ‘Be True’ Commix, Burial Remix 6. ‘Heartlands’ Games 7. ‘Get Out’ New Order 8. ‘Gold Version .1′ Darkstar 9. ‘HDRT’ Shed 10. Interlude 11. ‘Must Move’ Funkin Even 12. ‘Maybe’ Machinedrum 13. ‘I don’t Love Her’ Crime Kills Kids 14. ‘Un Prophete’ Alexandre Desplat 15. ‘Get...
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Why Does the Pope Hate the Internet? →
Today, Pope Benedict XVI warned that the Internet is making young people lonely and confused: “A large number of young people… establish forms of communication that do not increase humaneness but instead risk increasing a sense of solitude and disorientation”  Oh no, His Holiness did not just say that. You know what else makes young people lonely and confused? Catholicism. 
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A trip through the peer review sausage grinder  →
I know that the reviewers and committee members are trying to do an impossible job in making objective decisions. But if the process really is close to random in its outcome, maybe we should acknowledge that and come up with a fair lottery system for funding. Something that rewards performance—perhaps through a weighting system—but acknowledges that we can’t fund everything and we...
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LV (hyperdub) is in the mix
Nov 3rd
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Matthewdavid - podcast for xlr8 →
another great beat-centric mixtape from LA
Nov 2nd
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Pre-Mortem →
It’s mostly the economy, plus some stupidity.
Nov 2nd
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David Hockney's instant iPad art →
“You know sometimes I get so carried away, I wipe my fingers at the end thinking that I’ve got paint on them.”
Nov 2nd
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Detect a Politician's Lies by Watching for... →
Be wary of absolute certainty. This might be the most valuable take-home finding. Not surprisingly, we feel less anxious when leaders appear confident without any ambivalence about their decisions.
Nov 1st