Didactic Synapse
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After a three-week hiatus, I’m back with a bushel of news and ranting. Buckle up for a dose of truth with a side order of awesome.
DS #76: How Much to Use the Sun?
Top 3 Links of the Week
- ChevronToxico
- Malala Yousafzai shot for being an outspoken female in Pakistan
- Tavis Smiley interviews former FDIC chair Sheila Blair
Current Events
- Chevron fails to squelch $19 billion Ecuadorian verdict
- Deadly Spain earthquake triggered by groundwater removal
- Democracy Now: Proposition 37 in California
- Cardboard bicycle could change the world
Economics
- Former investment banker and lobbyist Jeff Connaughton: “Mr. Vice President, please don’t say all Americans play by the same set of rules. They don’t.â€
- ExxonMobil vs. Dodd-Frank
- BusinessWeek: Why women earn less than men a year out of college
- Naked Capitalism: Wal-Mart admits that protests and strikes increase wages
Education
Killer Robots, Etc
- Declassified Air Force plans for a flying saucer
- Spanish woman claims to own the sun
- Reddit: Today you, tomorrow me
Hip-Hop
Bambu w/ Rocky Rivera
Because Tumblr sucks right now for some reason..
via Buttersafe
I spent many many hours this week getting Windows 7 working on BootCamp. Now I can play all the cool video games that aren’t available for the Mac. Yay! (No Skyrim, tho — looks like the requirements are higher than what I’ve got. I’ll probably try Fallout 3 or NV and/or Oblivion at some point. Maybe Morrowind.)
However, today — quite by accident — I found this cool feature of Windows 7, which is really nifty and unique:
When you hold down the windows button and hit tab, you’ll get an animated flow of windows to choose from. Sweet!
That’s all.
Without even realizing it, I’ve done 75 shows! If you’ve ever wondered about the pre-reboot shows, check out the archive. There’s even some vidcasts there (QuickTime format, alas — this was pre-YouTube). They’re mostly collections of cool music, but there’s some other stuff too. Have a look around.
Anyway, on this week’s show we look at a strike at Foxconn, criminal cell phones (and criminal cops), and the dangers of listening to this show while you drive. How meta! Enjoy.
Top 3 Links of the Week
- Beware the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
- The Exhaustion of the American Teacher
- Today’s lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools
Current Events
- Unusual Dallas earthquakes linked to fracking, expert says
- Intelligence “fusion†centers yield “useless†info
- PB&J: NYPD officers shoot and kill unarmed driver
Economics
- Strike at Foxconn
- Smiley and West: Lori Wallach from Tradewatch
- TPP on Wikipedia
- ESP: Global Economics 101
- Jeffrey Sachs: What if the “ideal economy†existed?
- Mobile payments: A new frontier for criminals
Education
- Fighting for the right to fire bad teachers — and good ones, too
- Michigan professor strips naked, shouts ‘there is no f—ing God’
Killer Robots, Etc
- Philosophy Bites: Richard Sorabji
- G4TV: Robot News
- Batman charged with obstructing a police investigation
Hip-Hop
3rd Bass: Steppin to the AM
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