Newsletter 319
[1]Woof! John Elder Robison, Living Boldly As A “Free-Range Aspergian”
Links:
1. http://b.rw/ledTe6
Steve Silberman | Neurotribes | 18 May 2011
“It’s not a disease. It doesn’t need curing." Steve Silberman interviews
John Robison, a “free-range Aspergian” and best-selling author, about life
with autism [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/woof-john-elder-robison-living-boldly-“free-range-aspergian”
[3]Louis Theroux Goes To The Miami Mega-Jail
Links:
3. http://b.rw/jp1kgm
Louis Theroux | BBC | 20 May 2011
Documentary maker steps inside brutal confines of Miami jail system where
inmates unconvicted of any crime await trial, sometimes for years. They live
24 to a cell, with one shower and two toilets, fighting for snacks and all
else [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/louis-theroux-goes-miami-mega-jail
[5]One Death Provides New Life For Many
Links:
5. http://b.rw/jc67J5
Denise Grady | NYT | 16 May 2011
In this powerful story about organ donations, a man called Julio Garcia, in
dying, provides new life for eight other people [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-death-provides-new-life-many
[7]Bubonic Plague In America, Part I: LA Outbreak
Links:
7. http://b.rw/mcohet
Anonymous | puffthemutantdragon | 12 May 2011
“Los Angeles newspapers took refuge in euphemisms... as if they were too
frightened to say its real name.” This is a wonderful blog post about how
plague bacteria hit LA, how they evolved, how they survive and how they kill
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bubonic-plague-america-part-i-la-outbreak
[9]Positive Black Swans
Links:
9. http://b.rw/laAWZ8
Tim Harford | Slate | 17 May 2011
In telling the story of Mario Capecchi – a man who went from street urchin
to Nobel laureate – Tim Harford masterfully shows how science thrives when
great minds are given the leeway to pursue risky projects [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/positive-black-swans
[11]How 'Hotel-Room Journalism' Uncovered A Qaddafi Bunker
Links:
11. http://b.rw/mryCIQ
Uri Friedman | Atlantic Wire | 16 May 2011
A wonderful example of journalism in the online age. Holed up in a Libyan
hotel, Uri Friedman uses local knowledge, Twitter, Google Earth, and Skype
to find the location of an underground communications bunker [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-hotel-room-journalism-uncovered-qaddafi-bunker
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Lawrence F Kaplan on US Intervention
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lawrence-f-kaplan-on-us-intervention
The foreign affairs commentator explains why US presidents have less room to
manoeuvre on foreign policy than they think, and why President Obama has had
to set aside his “minimalist” inclinations
Featured Topic
[14]Sex
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/sex
Call girls, bondage, pornography, naked yoga, adultery and the science of
sperm; it's all here but maybe NSFW
Reader Recommendations
@[15]veganosophy RT @[16]TheAmScho: Historians and
Nature [17]tinyurl.com/3e8b4jv #[18]browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/veganosophy
16. http://twitter.com/TheAmScho
17. http://tinyurl.com/3e8b4jv
18. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[19]On Roads by Joe Moran
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/roads-by-joe-moran
[20]Danny Dorling says: "Joe Moran can take a subject that seems boring and
make it fascinating. If I had to recommend just one book about Britain, I’d
say please read this"
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/danny-dorling-on-modern-britain
Video of the Day
[21]Women Falling Down
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/women-falling-down
Hollywood stereotyping. An action pic can have a flawed hero. A romantic
comedy needs a floored heroine
Quote of the Day
[22]Paul Valéry, on books
Links:
22. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/05/quotations-from-paul-valery.html
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather,
and their own content”