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Facebook vs. Twitter as a tool of protest (but what a great way to use Google Hangout!!)
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 7:34 AM EDT (YouTube)
Twitter and Facebook have proven invaluable to protest movements around the world. In this episode of Fast Forward, social media experts gather in a Google Hangout session to weigh in on the strengths and weaknesses of Twitter and Facebook as a tool for protesters, from Tahrir …
10 Cool Discoveries You Should Know About
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 7:19 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
On Science Friday last week, Ira Flatow reported on a grassroots group of scientists and science advocates calling for a presidential science debate. After all, what do politicians actually know about scientific issues they want to be able to influence? Good question …
Women who want to succeed at work should shut up - while men who want the same should keep talking
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 6:44 AM EDT (the Mail online)
It is a conclusion likely to upset most feminists - and perhaps even most women. Female employees who want to succeed in the workplace should keep their mouths shut. Research suggests that women who talk too much in the office are seen as less competent than their quieter pee …
5 Ways to Make America Less Fat
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2012 8:19 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
If Benjamin Franklin was writing his famous letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy today, his famous aphorism might read: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and the obesity crisis.” It seems no matter the year or the season, that crisis ine …
iPhone 5 Stalls Mobile Market Growth
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 11:25 PM EDT (Forbes)
Worldwide sales of cellphone have fallen for the first time since 2009, as consumers choose to wait for Apple‘s next iPhone before upgrading, according to analyst firm Gartner.
The Third Party Fantasy
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:09 AM EDT (The New York Times)
“Third parties are like bees,” the intellectual historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1955. “Once they have stung, they die.” It’s an aphorism that aptly describes the anti-slavery and anti-immigrant parties of the mid-nineteenth century, the Popul …
Why the notion of valuing true diversity is a false and uncomfortable one!
Tue May 15, 2012 9:00 AM EDT
Many people who know me and my pioneering equality work in the UK will find this post, in particular, rather strange, and might, in fact, fall off their chairs in some surprise! But that is the beauty of evolving in life from one stage to another. If we are learning, we are alwa …
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Why mid-life health kicks can WRECK men's bodies: Jogging and low-fat food will make you fatter and damage your heart
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 7:18 AM EDT (the Mail online)
Hitting 40 marks a turning point for many men and their health. Their metabolism slows, leading to the dreaded belly and the first signs of ageing and long-term disease — raised blood cholesterol and high blood pressure — begin to appear. Last week, came the gloom …
Lagging at school, the butt of cruel jokes: are males the new Second Sex?
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:18 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
You might not have realised it, but men are being oppressed. In many walks of life, they are routinely discriminated against in ways women are not. So unrecognised is this phenomenon that the mere mention of it will appear laughable to some. That, at least, is the premise …
Injustices of Stop and Frisk
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 7:26 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The pressure is increasing on the New York City Police Department to reform its stop-and-frisk program under which New Yorkers, nearly all innocent of any crime, were stopped by the police close to 700,000 times last year. The department said recently that it was instructing p …
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