Didactic Synapse
hip-hop, politics, education, movies, books, killer robots, and video games
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This is the last one before the ESPDLF Epic Road Trip 2012. Enjoy!
Top 3 Links of the Week
- Florida lifeguard saves drowning man, gets fired
- The Scarlet Letter in New Orleans
- The Simpsons: 27!
Current Events
- Thousands of veterans sign up for job education
- John Huntsman to skip GOP convention
- Davey D on unarmed black folks killed by police
- The judging of Toni Medrano
- A progressive voice for tribal women silenced in Pakistan
- Kofi Annan working for peace plan in Syria
- I was a right-wing child star
Economics
- Student loan debt suicide
- NYT: JP Morgan losses could reach $9 billion
- JP Morgan’s $10 billion subsidy
- For Mexicans, it was the economy, stupid
Education
- Diane Ravitch explains why “parent trigger†is a bad idea
- Diane Ravitch on Common Core Standards
- George Will’s wishy-washy piece about Chicago
- Why single-sex education is spreading across the US
Killer Robots, Etc
Hip-Hop
Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Top 3 Links
- Olympic goods made in sweatshops
- A History of robot violence
- Frontline: Money. Power, and Wall Street
Current Events
- Charles Taylor convicted
- BP Executive charged
- Israel’s top general says Iran unlikely to make bomb
- CeCe McDonald: Self defense of second-degree murder?
- Blind Man escapes house arrest in China
Economics
Education
Killer Robots, etc
- Robots and moral agency
- Mind-controlled robots help paralyzed people
- Billionaires plan to mine asteroids
- New computer smell
- Sarah Palin lies or is wrong about Obama’s farm plan
Hip-Hop
Sorry for the delay — end of the quarter is always a busy time at school. I was going to do a show about different things other than economics and war and stuff, but there’s just too much going on! Hopefully next week.
Meantime, enjoy the show and please check out these links:
Top Three
- Andrew Bacevich on Changing Our Military Mindset
- Sacom: FLA Report Omits Work Stress and Forced Internship
- Amnesty International — Cuba: Brothers arrested after listening to hip-hop
Trayvon Martin
- New Black Panthers offer $10,000 bounty for George Zimmerman
- Spike Lee Re-Tweets Incorrect George Zimmerman Address
- Surveillance Video of George Zimmerman
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran
- Lt. Col Daniel Davis: Truth, lies and Afghanistan
- Interview with former U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell
Economics
- ‘Devastating’ BATS glitch that crashed Apple stock
- Stock Trading Is About to Get 5.2 Milliseconds Faster
- Fair Labor Association: Foxconn Investigation Report
Education, etc.
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