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moominmuppetThere will be some flow-over of Wisconsin/Ohio news since I keep getting new updates. I'm also getting progressively more headachy and brainfogged, though, so this may not be a very long linketies collection. I'm feeling more than a bit overwhelmed by the world at the moment.
Kadafi's last refuge, fear, is collapsing
Government Shutdown: Who Wins -- or Loses?
John Thune Won't Run For President In 2012
Wisconsin workers’ rights are a feminist issue
Exodus: Dems trigger Statehouse showdown in Indiana
Mikhail Gorbachev lambasts Vladimir Putin's 'sham' democracy
Chattanooga Zoo is happy to announce the arrival of a tiny Snow Leopard cub.
In search of an African revolution: International media is following protests across the 'Arab world' but ignoring those in Africa A great deal of the Arab world IS in Africa BTW
Alaska state rep refuses TSA grope of her mastectomy scars, drives home from Seattle
Open Thread: Revolution in Libya
Capitol Defense: tower defense game illustrates lobbying pressure on Congress
CBR News has learned that comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away. He was a voice in the industry for diversity, particularly fighting against stereotypical portrayals of people of color on the comic book page.
9 Easy Languages for English Speakers to Learn
Congresswoman Giffords is alive and well and tweeting photos of birthday cake -- Hoorah!
Milky Way Over Switzerland
Google App to help locate people in Christchurch quake - UPDATED
The Great Gatsby rendered as a NES era video game.
Bug eating in the Wall Street Journal
Iran warships sail via Suez Canal amid Israeli concern
What does it really mean that Iran sent ships through the Suez Canal?
Google faces new complaint in anti-trust probe
GOP art critics are at it again: Connie Schultz
Identifying the victims of a 100-year-old tragedy
The final unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire a 1911 tragedy that had a huge impact on the creation of American labor laws and building codes have finally been matched with names.
My son, the pink boy
Amazon Prime Now Includes Free Instant Videos -- I'm not entirely pleased that I use Amazon as much as I do, so I'm sure not giving up Netflix for this.
What happens when you stick your head in a particle accelerator
US Uncut is about taking action against unnecessary and unfair cuts to public services across the US.
David Cameron: End state monopoly over public service
Montana House approves bill to repeal anti-discrimination ordinances in Missoula, Bozeman
A brief follow to my earlier post about independent bookstores reclaiming ground from failing corp-chains, here's a really impressive effort to list independent bookstores that are near (and therefore a handy alternative to) failed, formerly Borders Books locations.
LIVE POST: GOV'T VIOLENCE IN NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST PART 3
UK: Demand for fairer benefits tests as two die
The great migration from black to white: an overlooked chapter in the history of African-Americans
Why was the Christchurch Earthquake so destructive?
How Anonymous decides: inside the lulz-sausage factory -- As I've mentioned before, I have mixed feelings about anonymous; they can do a lot of good, they can do a lot of harm, and they seem to spend a good deal of time on both. As a social phenomenon, though, they're absolutely fascinating.
Saif Gadaffhi, plagiarist - UPDATED
Free dial-up ISP for Libyans
To Talk With Aliens, Learn to Speak With Dolphins
Newest member of the dinosaurs discovered
Westboro Baptist Church attempts to lure Anonymous into attacking it?
Saved by Chinese social media
Realtime analysis of Libya tweets
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Twenty-One
Hoor Hussain, 6, holds a poster with other anti-government protesters at the Pearl roundabout on Feb. 21 in Manama, Bahrain. Demonstrators continue to fill the square in a daily protest while opposition leaders hold talks with the government on the weeklong uprising.
Overcome information overload by trusting redundancy -- I still struggle with this to some extent, given my obsession with completism and interesting stuff, but I'm gradually taking this same tack, and I have generally found it to be true.
Private Sector Workers Pissed Because Public Sector Workers Haven't Signed Away Their Rights Yet -- One of my biggest frustrations -- why do we want to pull down the successful workers? Why aren't we all fighting for that kind of success?
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Twenty-Two
Black couple educate about open relationships
Ancient Britons were not averse to using human skulls as drinking cups, skeletal remains unearthed in southwest England suggest.
Journalist Returning from Abroad Has Notes, Computer and Cameras Searched and Copied by US Authorities at Airport
Flawed Study Dismissing Job Bias Thrills Media
In celebration of George Washington’s 278th birthday on Feb. 22, 30,000 high school juniors and seniors across Rhode Island will receive free copies of a renowned letter the first president penned to Touro Synagogue during a visit to Newport. In it, Washington famously assured the Jewish congregation in 1790 that the fledgling United States of America would give “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Germany is so desperate to encourage people to have more children that the government is proposing a bill allowing citizens under 6 to laugh, shout and play at any volume.
The things in the city that are beautiful are always melting away
R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who’s Trustiest Companion -- I'm very sad to hear this; he was marvelous.
New research reveals that planets don’t need stars to be habitable
10 Everyday Foods That Can Affect You Like Drugs
Rahm Emanuel projected winner in Chicago
Honduras law lets police be called on home smokers
Rivals Auburn, Alabama united in disgust of tree poisoning
More: Auburn tree poisoning at Toomer's Corner leaves Alabama-Auburn rivalry at toxic crossroads
Helping Soldiers Trade Their Swords for Plows
Women In War: 'I've Lived Out There With The Guys'
Jury decides on death penalty for woman who headed vigilante squad -- As I've stated before, I'm anti-death penalty in all cases. I'm very glad about the conviction, though.
A fine weave of family, work
Lowell firm’s mission: jobs, day care for single mothers
Kadafi's last refuge, fear, is collapsing
Government Shutdown: Who Wins -- or Loses?
John Thune Won't Run For President In 2012
Wisconsin workers’ rights are a feminist issue
Exodus: Dems trigger Statehouse showdown in Indiana
Mikhail Gorbachev lambasts Vladimir Putin's 'sham' democracy
Chattanooga Zoo is happy to announce the arrival of a tiny Snow Leopard cub.
In search of an African revolution: International media is following protests across the 'Arab world' but ignoring those in Africa A great deal of the Arab world IS in Africa BTW
Alaska state rep refuses TSA grope of her mastectomy scars, drives home from Seattle
Open Thread: Revolution in Libya
Capitol Defense: tower defense game illustrates lobbying pressure on Congress
CBR News has learned that comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away. He was a voice in the industry for diversity, particularly fighting against stereotypical portrayals of people of color on the comic book page.
9 Easy Languages for English Speakers to Learn
Congresswoman Giffords is alive and well and tweeting photos of birthday cake -- Hoorah!
Milky Way Over Switzerland
Google App to help locate people in Christchurch quake - UPDATED
The Great Gatsby rendered as a NES era video game.
Bug eating in the Wall Street Journal
Iran warships sail via Suez Canal amid Israeli concern
What does it really mean that Iran sent ships through the Suez Canal?
Google faces new complaint in anti-trust probe
GOP art critics are at it again: Connie Schultz
Identifying the victims of a 100-year-old tragedy
The final unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire a 1911 tragedy that had a huge impact on the creation of American labor laws and building codes have finally been matched with names.
My son, the pink boy
Amazon Prime Now Includes Free Instant Videos -- I'm not entirely pleased that I use Amazon as much as I do, so I'm sure not giving up Netflix for this.
What happens when you stick your head in a particle accelerator
US Uncut is about taking action against unnecessary and unfair cuts to public services across the US.
David Cameron: End state monopoly over public service
Montana House approves bill to repeal anti-discrimination ordinances in Missoula, Bozeman
A brief follow to my earlier post about independent bookstores reclaiming ground from failing corp-chains, here's a really impressive effort to list independent bookstores that are near (and therefore a handy alternative to) failed, formerly Borders Books locations.
LIVE POST: GOV'T VIOLENCE IN NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST PART 3
UK: Demand for fairer benefits tests as two die
The great migration from black to white: an overlooked chapter in the history of African-Americans
Why was the Christchurch Earthquake so destructive?
How Anonymous decides: inside the lulz-sausage factory -- As I've mentioned before, I have mixed feelings about anonymous; they can do a lot of good, they can do a lot of harm, and they seem to spend a good deal of time on both. As a social phenomenon, though, they're absolutely fascinating.
Saif Gadaffhi, plagiarist - UPDATED
Free dial-up ISP for Libyans
To Talk With Aliens, Learn to Speak With Dolphins
Newest member of the dinosaurs discovered
Westboro Baptist Church attempts to lure Anonymous into attacking it?
Saved by Chinese social media
Realtime analysis of Libya tweets
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Twenty-One
Hoor Hussain, 6, holds a poster with other anti-government protesters at the Pearl roundabout on Feb. 21 in Manama, Bahrain. Demonstrators continue to fill the square in a daily protest while opposition leaders hold talks with the government on the weeklong uprising.
Overcome information overload by trusting redundancy -- I still struggle with this to some extent, given my obsession with completism and interesting stuff, but I'm gradually taking this same tack, and I have generally found it to be true.
Private Sector Workers Pissed Because Public Sector Workers Haven't Signed Away Their Rights Yet -- One of my biggest frustrations -- why do we want to pull down the successful workers? Why aren't we all fighting for that kind of success?
Black History Month With radiovolume, Day Twenty-Two
Black couple educate about open relationships
Ancient Britons were not averse to using human skulls as drinking cups, skeletal remains unearthed in southwest England suggest.
Journalist Returning from Abroad Has Notes, Computer and Cameras Searched and Copied by US Authorities at Airport
Flawed Study Dismissing Job Bias Thrills Media
In celebration of George Washington’s 278th birthday on Feb. 22, 30,000 high school juniors and seniors across Rhode Island will receive free copies of a renowned letter the first president penned to Touro Synagogue during a visit to Newport. In it, Washington famously assured the Jewish congregation in 1790 that the fledgling United States of America would give “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Germany is so desperate to encourage people to have more children that the government is proposing a bill allowing citizens under 6 to laugh, shout and play at any volume.
The things in the city that are beautiful are always melting away
R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who’s Trustiest Companion -- I'm very sad to hear this; he was marvelous.
New research reveals that planets don’t need stars to be habitable
10 Everyday Foods That Can Affect You Like Drugs
Rahm Emanuel projected winner in Chicago
Honduras law lets police be called on home smokers
Rivals Auburn, Alabama united in disgust of tree poisoning
More: Auburn tree poisoning at Toomer's Corner leaves Alabama-Auburn rivalry at toxic crossroads
Helping Soldiers Trade Their Swords for Plows
Women In War: 'I've Lived Out There With The Guys'
Jury decides on death penalty for woman who headed vigilante squad -- As I've stated before, I'm anti-death penalty in all cases. I'm very glad about the conviction, though.
A fine weave of family, work
Lowell firm’s mission: jobs, day care for single mothers
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