Tag: humanrights
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My delicious.com bookmarks for March 9th through March 12th
Twitter tells third-party devs to stop making Twitter client apps – "More significantly, it demonstrates the vulnerability of building a business on top of a Web platform that is controlled by a single vendor." This is exactly the lesson I found with my Delicious.com client. Illinois scrubs death penalty – Another step in the right…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for January 4th through January 5th
Republicans: good at theatre, dreadful at governing – as we’ll see tomorrow – "In that time Republicans have been screaming about the budget deficit. So what did they actually do to fix it? … On the whole, Reagan lost America $81bn. Think that's a lot? George HW Bush cost the country $135bn. Think that's a…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for December 4th through December 9th
US switch to new lethal injection scrutinised – However you do it, killing people is a cruel and unusual punishment. Rudiments of Language Discovered in Monkeys – "Lemasson … suspects that a dense jungle environment drove the evolution of syntax. Since the monkeys had trouble seeing each other, they compensated by talking." Google DNS –…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for September 11th through September 15th
After 1,100 miles and 52 days, Eddie Izzard has finishing line in sight – Awesome achievement. And I don't mean "awesome" as in an "awesome hot dog." John Marcotte, Author of the 2010 California Protection of Marriage Act – Marcotte is trying to get divorce banned. "People who supported Prop 8 weren't trying to take…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for August 28th through September 3rd
Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty – I find that there are many convincing arguments against capital punishment but maybe it's the emotional one that works in the end. It could be you? Why do some countries drive on the right and others on the left? – Fascinating look at why (and where)…