Links and Thoughts 24: 11 June 2014
Prince & Larry Graham, North Sea Jazz Festival 2013
Good Morning.
Light?:
Republican Congressman Demolishes The Supreme Court’s Rationale For Killing Campaign Finance Laws : Think Progress
[I chose Light as the tag – a light in the dark, a light at the end of the tunnel, a single candle to pierce the dark – I may be using it for a lot of political posts.]
Light?:
American-style War : Mother Jones
Light?:
“Even if we had a perfect mental health care system, that is not going to solve our gun violence problem. If we were able to magically cure schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, that would be wonderful, but overall violence would go down by only about 4 percent.”
Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental Health : Pro Publica
Living Wage: Follow up -
- These Waiters Don’t Make Tips. Instead They Make $15 An Hour : Think Progress
- More restaurants adopting no-tipping policy : CBS Money Watch
- “I got rid of gratuities at my restaurant, and our service only got better.” – What Happens When You Abolish Tipping : Slate
- More Restaurants Are Banning Tips. That Might Be A Good Thing. : Huffington Post
- Lessons learned from a flat-rate service-charge, no-tip restaurant : BoingBoing
History:
This will no longer go down on your permanent record.
EU ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Ruling Will Corrupt History : MediaShift
Education:
Opponents shouldn’t blame Common Core on Obama and the federal Dept. of Ed. — the villain of this drama isn’t who you’d expect:
“The idea that the richest man in America can purchase and—working closely with the U.S. Department of Education—impose new and untested academic standards on the nation’s public schools is a national scandal. A Congressional investigation is warranted.”
I’m going to hide the surprise for another 2 seconds, click the link for the reveal : AlterNet
Common Core doesn’t seem all that bad to me, but I readily admit to not being educated on the topic.
Food and Foodies:
A Paean to Government Cheese
Apple:
- Apple reportedly building a 1,000-person internal ad agency to improve its marketing : The Verge
- For Apple, Marketing Is a Whole New Game : Ad Age
- An ad exec says Apple is a less interesting company to work for than Coke or Pepsi : Quartz
Tech:
Lots of ‘ifs’ in this article… so about 20 years out from manufacture tests, 30 years to market.
Exotic, Highly-Efficient Solar Cells May Soon Get Cheaper : MIT Technology Review
Solar is more than photovoltaics, of course:
- http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/08/the-solar-power-towers-of-seville-spain.html
- http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/06/world-largest-solar-furnace-at-odeillo.html
- http://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/10/How-to-Build-a-Solar-Hot-Dog-Oven-in-a-Pringles-Can/
See also:
Warren Buffett’s $30 Billion Wager on Clean Energy Is One of His Safest Bets Yet : Motherboard
Buffet is only a Market Messiah when he supports M&A and the usual banking nonsense. When Buffet gets into clean energy, the response on The Street is… [*crickets*]
Tech:
This seems further along than exotic solar: 5-10 years until implementation. Hope you like eating pickleweed and wearing cloth made from seashore mallow.
“Indeed, Glenn points to a possible synergy between aquaculture and halophyte agriculture. Shrimp farms produce copious amounts of ‘effluent’ – waste-laden water from the shrimp. … But for halophyte-based agriculture, it is perfect: free irrigation plus free fertiliser.”
Enter halophytes: We are running out of land for traditional agriculture. Time to figure out what saltwater plants can do for us : Aeon
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No book rec or diary today; it’s a link post only. There’s plenty here for readers to chew on, though. —M.
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