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Edward Snowden: Surveillance of Whole Populations Threatens to be the Greatest
Editor's note: The following is a written statement by Edward Snowden delivered to the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs by Jesselyn Radack, National ...
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Pope Francis Condemns Economic Inequality: 'We Want A Just System That Helps
CREDIT: Wikimedia Meeting with a group of unemployed workers, Pope Francis abandoned his prepared text on Sunday to make some of his strongest remarks against economic inequality. Later, he spoke to
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5. Dennis Meadows - Perspectives on the Limits of Growth: It is too late for
Roberto Peccei Roberto D. Peccei is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA, a member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome, and President of the Fondazione Aurelio Peccei. As a ...
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Yes, you can buy drugs with bitcoins. You can also buy them with cash.
Cybersecurity company McAfee released a whitepaper Wednesday looking at virtual currencies and "their use in cybercrime" titled "Digital Laundry." The report details the history of such digital ...
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Restore Net Neutrality By Directing the FCC to Classify Internet Providers as
Official The White House Response to Restore Net Neutrality By Directing the FCC to Classify Internet Providers as "Common Carriers". Reaffirming the White House's Commitment to Net Neutrality By ...
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SoKind Registry
SoKind is a registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, day-of-event help, and more. Here's to more fun and less stuff!
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Twitter / caulkthewagon: This is the cubicle of a guy ...
This is the cubicle of a guy who works at "an anarchist newspaper" on The Mindy Project. TV is so hilarious. pic.twitter.com/W2xz1TcxPg
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Airbnb's disaster response tool to help survivors find free housing (video)
Airbnb has launched a new disaster response tool in an effort to make things easier for willing hosts to offer free shelter to survivors of catastrophes.
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Stanford neuroscientist: 'We're now able to eavesdrop on the brain in real life'
Neuroscientists at Stanford University have made a major breakthrough with regards to how the human brain engages in quantitative thought, and some say it's opening the door for being able to ...
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Why We'll Never Meet Aliens - Slashdot
iggychaos writes "The idea that aliens will come visit us is fundamentally flawed. Paul Tyma ponders the technology that would be required for such an event and examines how evolution of that ...
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161719 comments on I believe the government should be allowed to view my
I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcome...
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Mapped: Every Protest On The Planet Since 1979
This is what data from a world in turmoil looks like. The Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) tracks news reports and codes them for 58 fields, from where an incident took place t...
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'Time bomb': aging population may explode global economy by 2050
The number of people over 60 years old has doubled in the past 30 years and is expected to grow at the same pace by 2050. Increasing pension payments at a time of massive layoffs could result in an
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Dalai Lama Supports Green Party
Dalai Lama states: "If you have a Green Party, I want to join." Video from a University of Michigan lecture in 2008. For more info see: http://media-newswire.com/release_1064197.html
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How Worker Cooperatives Work
An short introduction to worker cooperative theory and structure. Just slides, no audio.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Homeless In Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is famous for its innovation economy, unfathomable wealth, and quality of life. So it's startling to learn that the Valley is also home to one of the biggest homeless camps in the ...
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On Mutually Inclusive Beneficial Compromise by Reginald Simms
On Mutually Inclusive Beneficial Compromise The dictionary's definition of Justice is: 1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a ...
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Home - Community Economies
The project grew out of J.K. Gibson-Graham's feminist critique of political economy that focused upon the limiting effects of representing economies as dominantly capitalist. Central to the project
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Imagine If There Were A Town In The USA Where You Couldn't Get Any Water. You
It is baffling to me that this is something that can actually happen and be legal.
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Facing taxes, Spaniards tear down their solar panels
A new law charges people for generating their own renewable energy
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More Than Half Of Teachers Report Buying Hungry Students Food With Their Own
We often hear about U.S. teachers being paid poorly for all the work they do to educate children. But did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with ...
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Saudi prince defects: 'Brutality, oppression as govt scared of Arab revolts'
Saudi Arabia, a major supporter of opposition forces in Syria, has increased crackdown on its own dissenters, with 30,000 activists reportedly in jail. In an exclusive interview to RT a Saudi prince
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Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out on the Real Dangers of Genetically Modified
By Dr. Mercola Who better to speak the truth about the risks posed by genetically modified (GM) foods than Thierry Vrain, a former research scientist for Agriculture Canada? It was Vrain's job to a...
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Jeremy Rifkin's Policy Suggestions for the End of Work
I've continued to get jazzed about this "work" topic such that it looks like we'll be covering some selection of readings in this area for episode #83. My question about this on the Facebook group ...
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Ultraculture - Tools for a Better Future
Ultraculture | Tools for a Better Future