Newsletter 268
[1]Paranoid Style In Liberal Politics
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1. http://b.rw/fTK3fB
Matthew Continetti | Weekly Standard | 28 March 2011
On the Koch brothers. "Useful corrective to feverish conspiracy theorising
in the wake of Jane Mayer's New Yorker profile. Nevertheless, the brothers
come off more than a bit nutty on the subject of Barack Obama"—Will
Wilkinson
[2]Hunting The Rustock Controllers
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2. http://b.rw/dTbYg6
Brian Krebs | Krebs On Security | 28 March 2011
Investigation into world's largest spam engine. Gripping, gritty. Cheap and
easy business to get into. Hire hosting space in Russia, advertise on hacker
forums, wangle access to one legitimate payment account, and you're away
[3]Goodies And Baddies
Links:
3. http://b.rw/e6cZY2
Adam Curtis | Medium And Message | 28 March 2011
Short, shrewd history of humanitarian interventionism. "One of the central
beliefs of our age. Some see it as a noble, disinterested use of Western
power. Others see it as a smokescreen for a latter-day liberal imperialism"
[4]Get Lost
Links:
4. http://b.rw/ghuiZH
Paul Salopek | Foreign Policy | 28 March 2011
A new book looks at the deep roots of travel, arguing there is no point
leaving Manhattan. "The rewards of journeying are everywhere because they're
interior. They can be tapped as easily with a walk down the block as in
Patagonia"
[5]How To Tweet Bile
Links:
5. http://b.rw/e3uSth
Charlie Brooker | Guardian | 28 March 2011
On Twitter hate campaigns, such as that against Rebecca Black. "Twitter is
great, but it doubles as a hothouse in which viral outbreaks of witless
bullying can be incubated and unleashed before anyone knows what's
happening"
[6]Contamination in Goiânia
Links:
6. http://b.rw/h3ycE9
Sally Adee | Last Word On Nothing | 28 March 2011
Brazilian cancer clinic buys radiation therapy machine. Closes down and
abandons site. Scrap merchants discover magnificent, sparkling, blue powder.
Tout it around as supernatural. Turns out to be cesium chloride - a lethal
killer
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Rory McTurk on =OLD ICELANDIC CULTURE=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rory-mcturk-on-old-icelandic-culture
Authoritative academic discusses the Icelandic sagas, medieval Nordic
history, and links to Anglo-Saxon England [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rory-mcturk-on-old-icelandic-culture
Topic
[9]Film
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
What do film directors read? Is screenwriting literature? What are the best
Indian films? Is there fame in film subtitling? Our experts and editors have
the answers. For the film buff who browses ...
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
Book of the Day
[11]Shut Up and Deal
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/shut-and-deal-by-jesse-may
-by Jesse May -
[12]Victoria Coren says: "An autobiographical novel by Jesse May, who most
people know as a poker commentator."
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/victoria-coren-on-poker
[13]More recommendations…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
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percent between 1977 and 2001." [15]ow.ly/4oFlI #[16]longreads
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