These are my links for April 3rd through April 5th: Palestinian teen in critical condition after being shot in head by Israeli forces – International Middle East Media Center – Less than lethal? The Costs of Owning a Car – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com – Nearly $9,000/year for a car …
Tag: humor
Links for March 9th through March 13th
These are my links for March 9th through March 13th: This Palestinian Life – a film by Philip Rizk – CIA Awkwardly Debriefs Obama On Creation Of Crack Cocaine | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source – MediaBard: I’m OK, You’re OK – “Hate to say it, but I …
Links for February 25th through February 27th
These are my links for February 25th through February 27th: 362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension « Strange Maps – An interesting mapping of which languages are the quintessential index of gobbledygook in other languages. Interestingly, no one seems to think of English as being beyond comprehension. Hat …
Suggested reading/viewing
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 …