Didactic Synapse
hip-hop, politics, education, movies, books, killer robots, and video games
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Yeah, I changed the name. So what? I explain on this week’s SynCast. Listen and enjoy.
Top 3 Links of the Week
- USGS: Recent Earthquakes “Almost Certainly Manmadeâ€
- Athens suicide: a cry for dignity from downtrodden
- Found to Have Misbehaved, but Still Teaching in NYC
Current Events
- Former policemen in Katrina bridge shootings jailed
- Armed Neo-Nazis Now Patrolling Sanford
- Police Cruiser Shot Up in Trayvon Martin Neighborhood
- Afghanistan’s ‘dancing boys’ are invisible victims
- Iran proposal joins jockeying before nuclear talks
- Raid of Dotcom mansion was videotaped, footage nowhere to be found
Economics
- The Secret To Germany’s Low Youth Unemployment
- The Citigroup Plutonomy Memos
- SEC probes ties to high-speed traders
- Austerity drives up suicide rate in debt-ridden Greece
- Duke asks: “Help with Greece please!”
- Chinese teen sells kidney to buy iPhone, iPad
- Over-Paying At The Pump? Boost Speculator Margin Requirements
Killer Robots, etc
- Robot history: The rise of the drone
- Robot wars (Watch this one!)
- Military wants humanoid robots in the driver’s seat
- Robot copters will automatically spot pirates
- RELAUX online radio
- Virtual Pizza
- When the smoke clears – Taalam Acey
Hip-Hop
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