February 2013
Hey #China hackers, if you want to help the motherland, could you at least get everyone off of #InternetExplorer 6?
When Troy Saved Its Library with a Book Burning Party
A guerrilla marketing campaign uses outrage to drum up social media and mainstream media coverage, and dramatically redirects the framing of a proposed tax increase to save the local library.
Hoaxing the people you want to support you is a risky proposition. But this time it paid off. (via)
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defences of peace must be constructed.” —UNESCO Constitution, 1945
11 February 2013 | LINK
“The river of freedom has many stops.” – Ella, age 4.
8 February 2013 | LINK
What is the Definition of Manhood?
Well done, Times of India. (source)
After the crash, Iceland's non-violent revolution.
5 February 2013 | LINK
“If you don’t understand capitalism’s role in contributing to a problem, you probably won’t be able to rely on capitalism to chart a path to the solution.”
— What Capitalism Can’t Fix, Harvard Business Review on public works and a concise teardown of some of the “social innovation” rhetoric.
— What Capitalism Can’t Fix, Harvard Business Review on public works and a concise teardown of some of the “social innovation” rhetoric.
RT @jcutbirth: Times revises Koch obituary to report "hundreds" of New Yorkers sick of dying of AIDS in the 80s. The number is actually closer to 30,000.
Former Guatemalan dictator goes on trial for genocide! (via @democracynow)
