This story’s been in high circulation on the blogosphere lately:
Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved […]
Full Story: Next Nature
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Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal
(tags: food liberty)
Ron Paul Un-endorses White Supremacist
How did I miss this latest Ron Paul racism mini-scandal? I must be slipping in my old age…
(tags: politics ronpaul 2008 race)
How the average person spends their money
(tags: class culture economics finance life)
Douglas Rushkoff on credit crisis
“Think small. Buy local. Make friends. Print […]
Multinationals Make Billions in Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis
(tags: food global security)
Call girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives
(tags: sex politics policestate sexwork liberty)
Radley Balko: We Aren’t ‘Over’ Race
(tags: race politics 2008 obama)
Hiplife, the bluffer’s guide
(tags: music global)
9/11 Commission Report comic […]
Long article on pro-war documentary maker and former Hollywood agent Pat Dollard
An utterly Ballardian narrative of psychopathology
(tags: war global iraq media politics)
Clay Shirkey on the cognitive surplus
I hope he’s right. Time will tell.
(tags: culture interaction internet media tech)
A Step in the Right Direction is a sneaker based wearable technology project designed by mstrpln in collaboration with Ubiq boutique.
Once the pressure sensitive insole is activated, the unit scans the surrounding area for Wi-Fi signals and displays the result through LEDs.
The three LEDs on the flap enclosure represent the signal strength of any wireless […]
Rose Colored news returns to regular operations
Crime prevention organization making a difference in Chicago
Man grows new finger thanks to ground-up pig bladder
Argentina Decriminalizes Drug Consumption
Alaska: Appeals Court Cracks Down on Coercive Searches
Low cost, small scale wind turbines to power off-grid villages
Gel-like Material Shows Promise As Oral Insulin Pill For Diabetes
Bakeries urge customers to plant wheat […]
Since so much has been made of Obama’s old preacher, here are some people reporters could ask other politicians to renounce:
John Hagee, who’s support John McCain is “very proud” to have, told NPR that hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment of the city of New Orleans for homosexuality. Read more about Hagee.
Robert Tate, music director at […]
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Protesters shout down anti-gay speaker at college
“Had the protesters sent in a couple of halfway-bright students from the biology and philosophy departments during Q&A, I’m confident they could have made the poverty of his reasoning embarrassingly clear to all in attendance”
(tags: gender queer […]
Protecting Yourself From Suspicionless Searches While Traveling
(tags: security surveillance travel policestate immigration)
From 2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll(PDF) conducted by Anwar Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland with Zogby Zogby International.
(via Cato at Liberty via the Agitator)
ICED puts you in the shoes of an immigrant to illustrate how unfair immigration laws deny due process and violate human rights. These laws affect all immigrants: legal residents, those fleeing persecution, students and undocumented people.
Play the game
This game is from the immigrants right organization a href=”http://www.breakthrough.tv/”>Breakthrough
Curious George on Wikipedia
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Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.
The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB “thumb drive” that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. Microsoft General Counsel Brad […]