January 2012
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December 2011
NickTurse: Photo: Naked Israeli women pose for a... →
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5 Underreported Stories of 2011
joshsternberg:
As we close the books on 2011, here, in totality, are five underreported stories (as put together by me) for Current.com:
More troops commit suicide than die in combat
Big business behind solar power
Food prices trigger revolution
U.S. military infiltrates social media
Number of homeless children highest in American history
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THE GUN by C.J. Chivers: Improvised Weapons: A... →
cjchivers:
This year we’ve covered improvised weapons from myriad perspectives in Afghanistan and Libya, often pointing to risks, flaws and outright dangers of jury-rigged systems, and sometimes pointing to how effective they can be. (I could post any number of links here to this blog and to At War, but…
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Films Selected to the 2011 National Film Registry →
kateoplis:
Allures (1961)
Bambi (1942)
The Big Heat (1953)
A Computer Animated Hand (1972)
Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment (1963)
The Cry of the Children (1912)
A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
El Mariachi (1992)
Faces (1968)
Fake Fruit Factory (1986)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Growing Up Female (1971)
Hester Street (1975)
I, an Actress (1977)
The Iron Horse (1924)
The Kid (1921)
The...
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Are You Willing to Give Up Your Sense of Smell for... →
According to PC Magazine, a new study by the McCann Worldgroup — which polled 7,000 16 to 30-year-olds across the UK, US, Spain, China, Brazil, India and Mexico — found that 53 percent of young people (between the ages of 16 and 22) would give up their sense of smell rather than sacrifice their social networks.
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The Guardian: Links round up: The best of 2011 →
guardian:
More and more lists of ‘the best’ of 2011 (and the worst!) are appearing in the build up to the New Year this weekend. As well as a crop of Guardian articles looking back at the year that has been, we round up some of the other good top ten lists we’ve seen on Tumblr:
Life publishes its…
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Reuters: Censorship, Surveillance and Hackers →
futurejournalismproject:
A great article in Forbes on Telecomix, a group of hackers that have aimed their sites, and hacking chops, on free-speech starved countries. The group has also exposed western (mostly American) technology firms whose products have (knowingly or…
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“If they don’t engage, I just tell them, ‘Well, you better put the nut-cup on,...”
– David Carr on how he tells sources that he’s writing a serious piece (via nprfreshair)
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The Longest Week: Underreported Stories of 2011:... →
joshsternberg:
The third in a series of five underreported stories. Food prices have jumped almost 20% in the past year, affecting not just those who can no longer afford food every day, but those in power who cannot provide food. Foreign papers make the case that rising food prices trigger revolution.
The…
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93-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Who Cleaned State... →
mohandasgandhi:
A 93-year-old Tennessee woman who cleaned the state Capitol for 30 years, including the governor’s office, says she won’t be able to vote for the first time in decades after being told this week that her old state ID failed to meet new voter ID regulations.
Thelma Mitchell was even accused of being an undocumented immigrant because she couldn’t produce a birth certificate:
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Reuters Special Report: Ciudad Juarez, a city... →
mohandasgandhi:
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Muck Rack: Want to grow a social network to 300... →
muckrack:
MIT researchers have published some fascinating data on how Twitter grew during its first few years of existence. According to the research, Twitter’s “U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users”.
The story gets particularly interesting when the…
Congressmen's incomes triple while America gets... →
rtamerica:
If you feel like Congress fat cats can’t relate to their fellow Americans anymore, the truth behind the matter might just be that they can’t.
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“In one survey a fifth of Korean middle and high school students said they felt...”
– Every year South Korea comes to a halt on the day of the university entrance exams, for it is the most important day in most South Koreans’ lives. The single set of multiple-choice tests that students take that day determines their future. But the “one-shot” society carries a heavy cost. (via...
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The Political Notebook: #List2012 Ins and Outs:... →
thepoliticalnotebook:
Here are The Political Notebook’s own version of WaPo Style’s year-end (or year-beginning?) list of ins and outs. With a slight variation in approach
Out: Al Qaeda In: The Haqqani Network
Let’s face it, with both Bin Laden and Awlaki gone as well as a handful of other AQ notables like…
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“Political scientists have long recognized that Americans are much more...”
– Below the Surface, Surprising Trust in Government (via ryking)
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