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We have let Barack Obama down | Clancy Sigal (tags: economy politics media social)

Palestinians dressed as ‘Na’vi’ from ‘Avatar (tags: movies media sci-fi scifi social)

Photographer Ibrahim Jassam freed after US Army held him for 17 months without explanation (tags: politics social journalism media)

Khalistan: Analyzing the Secessionist Indian State that Only Exists Online – Pixels and Policy (tags: politics social technology desi)

Paul Krugman — How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? (tags: politics history economics krugman economy finance recession toread capitalism) Johann Hari: There's Real Hope From Haiti — And It's Not What You'd Expect (tags: journalism social politics)

6 Enlightened Ideas Brought to You by Evil Empires (tags: comedy fun history) Howard Zinn, A People's Historian, Dies at 87 (tags: books social newspapers)

The Last Question — Isaac Asimov Humans and computers contemplate the heat death of the universe (tags: asimov scifi fiction sci-fi science books) Guardian editor hits back at paywalls Rusbridger described universal paywalls as "a hunch" and said that the newspaper industry would learn valuable lessons from trying different business models, including staying generally free […]

Bruce Schneier: U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google China's hackers subverted the access system Google put in place to comply with U.S. intercept orders. Why does anyone think criminals won't be able to use the same system to steal bank account and credit card information, use it to launch other attacks or turn it into […]

TV Calendar – January 2010 TV listings guide – Tracking 231 current TV shows and 152 upcoming episodes This has the ability to export iCALs consisting of your favorite show times. (tags: technology, tv)

NOCs (Nerds of Color) | StarTribune.com And you’d think that fellow nerds, regardless of race and gender, would understand given that our status as freaks and geeks and outcasts would give us some humility and common ground to stand on. Unfortunately, this is not often the case. Try bringing up issues of race, class, gender, […]