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• The Dumbing Of America - "The toxic brew of anti-rationalism and ignorance hurts discussions of U.S. public policy on topics from health care to taxation." The article is about the US but it's also increasingly true here. Depressing.
• New Indiana Jones movie is dreadful - Oh dear. Like many people I'll probably still go see it anyway…
• SMS costs more than using Hubble Space Telescope - "Text messaging [is] anywhere from four to 42 times as expensive as talking to the Hubble."

• Behind the Scenes at the Bay Bridge Construction Site - I saw the construction going on a few times last year, but from a distance while driving past. Interesting to see what they're doing in more detail.
• Hand-wringing About American Culture - Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? - "Not only are citizens ignorant about essential scientific, civic and cultural knowledge, she said, but they also don’t think it matters." The article concentrates on the US but I don't think it's limited to North America.
• America - more hassle than it's worth? - Next week they'll announce that all travelers need to wear orange overalls, the next that all flights go straight to Guantanamo… and then they'll announce that it's all an elaborate joke and that they just wanted to see how far we'd go before complainin