May 2012
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running the UK like a private estate -
Monbiot
from Ireland to the UK for bankruptcy tourism -
Guardian
civil partnership ceremonies must be areligious -
Hantsnot allowed: texts from any religious tradition, "the presence of a canopy"
some excitement as votes come in in the Egyptian election -
Guardian
cognitive democracy: complexity theory meets political science -
Cosma"democracy, not for the sake of justice or stability, but as a tool for solving the complex problems faced by modern societies"
an interview with Alexis Tsipras -
Guardian
a Greek exit from the euro will be hyperbolic -
Magpie
the problems with copyrighting APIs -
Wired [via OSWALD]
another fingerprint of global warming: intensification of the hydrological cycle -
RealClimate
forget the Elgin Marbles, Turkey wants it all back -
Economist
who are Syriza and Tsipras? -
BBC [via Stable]
want a 2nd edition of John Snow's "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera"? -
Christies
evangelical Church of England parishes threaten financial exit -
Guardian [via Mick]
better measurements of Greenland's glaciers -
RealClimatebut the ice-sheet dynamics remain highly uncertain
lessons from the Trio Capital fraud -
NewM
Chinese real estate unravels -
Chovanec [via MB]
Internet communities differ in their epistemic robustness -
Atlantic [via RW]
London inequality: Canary Wharf and Tower Hamlets -
Bloomberg
reds under the bed scare campaigns seem a little dated -
Vine
I could so do a PhD in "Undeclared" -
xkcd
the social and political rifts in Greece widen -
Guardian
a personal view from Pakistan of the 1971 war -
Chapati
steal $700,000, get a $8,000 fine -
BrisbaneTimeswhy do white-collar criminals so rarely get prison sentences?
the UK banking industry goes after BOE governor Mervyn King -
Telegraph
updated risking raises price of Japanese nuclear power by ~50% -
Reuters
David Attenborough is still going strong -
Guardian
bits of West Oxfordshire are going red -
Guardianand the Conservatives have no wards in Oxford city at all
the bears are circling Australia -
CNBCbut how probable are these worst-case outcomes?
new depths of stupidity in climate change denial -
Guardian
why Big Macs are cheap in Argentina -
Slate [via Suzor]
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