3/29/07 Links of the Fortnight… ish

March 29, 2007

1. Is Torture a ‘Fair Use’ of Copyrighted Music? Sounds like as good a way as any to keep a spotlight on the government’s actions. And look, yet another angle for criticizing the RIAA!

2. Get Virtual Lab Mice Drunk, Stoned, or High. Cute graphics.

3. Report says Voter Fraud is “Extremely Rare”. Why requiring photo IDs at polls only hurts democracy.

4. Study: Moral Outrage and Perceptions of Inequality.. Shows that stories of morally outrageous social injustices induced reader support of measures for greater equality, while rags-to-riches stories of heroic boot-strappers lowered support for such initiatives. Suggests people manipulate their perceptions of inequality to avoid emotional distress.

5. Amusing tale of the author’s stubborn search for the real-life location of an anonymous Windows wallpaper picture.

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03/05/07 Links of the Week… ish

March 5, 2007

Very belated in posting these!

1. Declassified, But Still Not Available Two hundred and seventy million pages of FBI files were recently declassified. Why can’t the public access them?

2. A Meta Take on Freakonomics. A clever, entertaining, and much needed critique. An essay that takes a meta look at Freakonomics, chapter-by-chapter.

3. Evolution Sunday: Churches Combat Creationism Support for “Evolution Sunday” has grown 13 per cent to 530 congregations this year, from the 467 that celebrated the inaugural event last year.

4. The Number 654,965 About an epidemiology study by Johns Hopkins researchers that estimated the probable “excess mortality” since the 2003 invasion — Iraqis now dead who would not be dead were it not for the war.

5. Homeland Security Graphics, Reinterpreted Fun parody of official graphics.


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