Newsletter 265
[3]Best Journalism Job Ad Ever
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3. http://b.rw/feA6e6
Matthew Doig | Mother Jones | 23 March 2011
"If you’re the type of sicko who likes holing up in a tiny, closed office
with reporters of questionable hygiene, building databases to take on
powerful people and institutions that wish you were dead, then you’re our
kind of sicko"
[4]When It's Not Your Turn
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4. http://b.rw/evYsBv
Sean Michael Robinson | Hooded Utilitarian | 23 March 2011
Weird and wonderful appreciation of "The Wire", written as though "The Wire"
was a 19C work of literature. Its characters, especially Omar, are in the
gothic tradition of the Brontes. Its social realism clearly influenced
Dickens
[5]Awaiting The Unthinkable
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5. http://b.rw/eYqhUV
Joe Pappalardo | Popular Mechanics | 23 March 2011
There's a ranch-house in Montana, with a helicopter pad and a microwave
tower. And a door off the hall, that leads to an elevator, that goes down 65
feet into the earth. To a bunker where men sit ready to fire nuclear
missiles
[6]The Aghanistan "Kill Team" Photos: A Soldier's Perspective
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6. http://b.rw/dZonA9
Kristen Tsetsi | LIFT | 23 March 2011
Interview with outspoken military blogger C.J. Grisham on gruesome photos
out of Afghanistan showing small group of U.S. soldiers posing with dead
Afghans. Opens into thoughtful discussion of military culture and the modern
soldier
[7]Blown Turrets, Human Shields, Thank You Libya!
Links:
7. http://b.rw/grnHVh
Gary Brecher | Exiled | 23 March 2011
Latest from the War Nerd's fine new daily blog. "The Moskit is the fastest
antiship missile in the world, hitting Mach 2.2 at low altitude. Unstoppable
by shipborne defenses. If you ask me, ALL shipborne missile defence is
bullshit"
[8]How 50 Billion Connected Devices Could Transform Everyday Life
Links:
8. http://b.rw/i6f2zD
Marshall Kirkpatrick | ReadWriteWeb | 23 March 2011
What is The Internet Of Things? You're sure to have heard this buzz phrase
before; it gets VC's and tech analysts overly excited but do you really
understand the concept? Leading expert offers clearest explanation we have
seen
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[9]Hugh Pope on =TURKISH POLITICS=
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hugh-pope-on-turkish-politics
The Istanbul-based author and former foreign correspondent discusses the
legacy of Atatürk, the country’s convergence with Europe and why no book has
yet been written on Erdogan and the AKP [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hugh-pope-on-turkish-politics
Topic
[11]Popular Science
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11. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Black holes, DIY bio-engineering, aliens and more. Interviews and articles
from many of the biggest names in Science. No prior knowledge necessary
[12]Continue reading…
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12. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Book of the Day
[13]The Big Sleep
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/big-sleep-by-raymond-chandler
-by Raymond Chandler -
[14]Simon Brett says: I think the writing is just so beautiful. But Raymond
Chandler’s hopeless at plots, as we know. [15]More recommendations…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-brett-on-whodunnits
15. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
@[16]tweetingmanatee Great read in the @[17]bostonreview: Tom Kochan on the
labor wars in Wisconsin. (cf [18]fivebooks [19]b.rw/FbBPj) [20]b.rw/hTQH7L
#[21]browsings
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