Foraging For Truth in Democracy’s Murkier Depths
YouTube - Eyewitness Of Mumbai Attack:
Eyewitness Phillip Badje was in one of the hotels attacked by terrorists in the city of Mumbai, India. Maggie Rodriguez talks to Badje about his experience.
#mumbai | Twitter:
RT @agahran @Poynter E-Media Tidbits: Following Mumbai Attacks via Social Media: Right now, the Indian city of.. http://tinyurl.com/6nnu9w
YouTube - mumbai attack bomb blast and firing live video 26th november.
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RT @agahran @Poynter E-Media Tidbits: Following Mumbai Attacks via Social Media: Right now, the Indian city of.. http://tinyurl.com/6nnu9w
Maureen Dowd: Marriage on the Rocks - Editorial - NYT 112308:
Dianne Feinstein is not sure she’ll ever be able to watch the movie “Milk,” even though she’s in it.
There is 1978 footage of a stricken Feinstein in the opening minutes of the new Gus Van Sant biopic of Harvey Milk, her colleague on the San [...]
David Weinberger: Top 10 Bad Things Obama Learned in His Intelligence Briefing 110708, Huffington Post:
Yesterday, President-Elect Barack Obama received his first deep intelligence briefing, also known as The Bad News. Here is what he learned:
1. Chief source of carbon emission: Printing money for the bail-out.
2. The jobless rate counts looking for work as a full-time [...]
msnbc.com video: Twitter a potential terror tool?.
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A Blind Flaneur: I walk through my blindness the way I saunter down streets in Paris: unfettered and alive, ever delighted by the raw material of the senses. Come along with me. Just don’t try to take my arm unless I ask. What’s a flaneur? Read the first post, Return of the Flaneur to Galerie Vivienne. After that, try Foot Rage and the Blind Flaneur. Then stay tuned.
a blind flaneur![Shepard Fairey’s “Barack Obama/Hope” image went viral during the 2008 election. Then controversy about the image’s source transformed it into the poster child for fair use in the public debate over copyright and free culture. Now FULAB takes “Hope” as its icon [Image source: Wikipedia]](http://fairuselab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shepard_fairey_hope_2008.jpg "shepard_fairey_hope_2008")
Fair Use Lab: Exploring transformation through fair use -- particularly the transformative promise of accessible technology for people with disabilities -- is the goal of the Fair Use Lab. Shepard Fairey’s Barack Obama/"Hope” poster is the FULAB’s icon. What does “Hope” have to do with accessibility? Read more, stay tuned, and join the conversation!
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Poet and street artist Miss Tic isn't exactly a kid in a hoodie with a can of spray paint. Maybe she can still run like hell when the police show up, but can she sprint in high heels? Well-known in international avant-garde circles, her work is exhibited now at the Venice Biennale as well as the alleys of Paris. Read more. See Ethics of Love for a video montage of Miss Tic's provacative poetry. More Paris Street Art. NYT The Caucus Paul Krugman Blog Planet Money/NPR NYT Economix Swampland/TIME Politics/NPR Talking Points Memo NYT The Lede Deadline USA