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Eli Pariser talks about the dangers of Internet filtering. Search engine algorithms are creating an online world in which we never see the alternative view, a trend that really has to stop.
Craig D. Nelson presents the history of nuclear power in Japan, from their first--and terrible--experience of nuclear power in 1945 to the problems of nuclear power dependance in the aftermath of the Tohoku Disaster.
Three states--Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland--have begun to push hard for the criminalization of videotaping police brutality. We want you, Big Brother. [sigh]
More trouble on the Israeli border as the so-called Arab Spring reaches Palestine. Protesters flooded the borders from Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Gaza strip. I constantly hope for a solution that will enable both Israeli and Palestinian sovereignty, but I still worry. There's so much anger and fear on both sides, and so many innocent people caught in the tangled web.
Southwest's policy of fat-shaming continues. I know they have good deals, but I think I'm just going to have to keep boycotting them.
Ezra Klein on the havoc the Ryan plan has caused and the various Republican responses to it.
An incredible performance of Ready to Start by the Arcade Fire.
And the incomparable Ben Harper is back with a solo album. Listen to some cuts at the link.
Craig D. Nelson presents the history of nuclear power in Japan, from their first--and terrible--experience of nuclear power in 1945 to the problems of nuclear power dependance in the aftermath of the Tohoku Disaster.
Three states--Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland--have begun to push hard for the criminalization of videotaping police brutality. We want you, Big Brother. [sigh]
More trouble on the Israeli border as the so-called Arab Spring reaches Palestine. Protesters flooded the borders from Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Gaza strip. I constantly hope for a solution that will enable both Israeli and Palestinian sovereignty, but I still worry. There's so much anger and fear on both sides, and so many innocent people caught in the tangled web.
Southwest's policy of fat-shaming continues. I know they have good deals, but I think I'm just going to have to keep boycotting them.
Ezra Klein on the havoc the Ryan plan has caused and the various Republican responses to it.
An incredible performance of Ready to Start by the Arcade Fire.
And the incomparable Ben Harper is back with a solo album. Listen to some cuts at the link.
