Here are a few things I’ve been following:

• An article from the Financial Times on the expansion of informal housing in Cairo (thanks to the Arabist)
• A somewhat roughly-made, but substantively very informative documentary on eWaste processing in Guiyu, China (thanks to Andrew Leonard)
• Taking “self-hating jew” to a whole new level (thanks Sabbah)
• On the wonkish side, a 40-page paper entitled “Upgrading Authoritarianism in the Arab World“; uninspired policy prognoses not withstanding (ignore the latter 7 pages), it’s a pretty interesting analysis (hat tip to Abu Aardvark)
• As’ad AbuKhalil (the Angry Arab), always a great source of humorous repudiations of Western hypocrisies and Orientalism, this time sets his sights on New York Times reporting on gays in the Muslim world.

And, on the sillier side:

• Punxsutawney Phil shills for the health care industry of Pennsylvania (thanks Paul)
• LOLCats (apparently I’m a few years behind the curve on this one) and a translation of the Holy Bible into LOLCat.  My favorite is I Samuel 15 (thanks, again, to Paul)