Weekend Technology, Science, Arts, and other unmentionables 15-16 November, 2014

And Furthermore…..

• These charts finally explain where science denial comes from (Washington Post)
• Why Putin Might Blame the U.S. for Russia’s Drugs Problem (Bloomberg)
• Gorbachev is wrong about a new cold war (FT.com)
• Putin Berates US Over Sanctions Before G20 Meeting (VoA)
• To disclose or not to disclose? Corporate America’s question (CNBC)
• Being a renter doesn’t make you a financial failure (Washington Post)
• You should never underestimate how far bankers will go to game the system(Washington Post)
• What happens when housing for the poor is remodeled as luxury studios (Washington Post)
• The Nicotine Fix (The Atlantic) …very good read…
• How the Dollar Went From a Simple Banknote to the World’s Currency (The Atlantic)
• The Unfinished Suburbs of America (The Atlantic)
• Europe’s twin dangers (Eurozine)
• The pioneers of global gentrification (Eurozine)
• Is the U.S. really against torture? It can be hard to tell (Reuters)
• Can Climate Change Cure Capitalism? (NY Review of Books)

Science Technology Medicine & Environment

• New Cancer Technique Outsmarts Cells Resisting Treatment (Bloomberg)
• Forget currency, bitcoin’s tech is the revolution (CNBC)
• Robot Brains Catch Humans in 25 Years, Then Speed Right On By (Bloomberg)
• Global warming could increase U.S. lightning strikes by 50 percent (Washington Post)
• The U.S.-China climate deal is historic, but it will still take more to save the planet (Washington Post)
• Greenhouse-gas emissions: An uneven deal (Economist)
• Wikipedia-Based Tracking Model Could Predict Disease Outbreaks: Study (IB Times)
• Can Gut Bacteria Manipulate The Human Brain? Research Gains Momentum In US (IB Times)
• US Marshals Tracking Cell Phones With Fake ‘Tower’ Broadcasts From Small Airplanes (IB Times)
• Toshiba’s high-tech grow rooms are churning out lettuce that never needs washing (Quartz)
• The Constellations Won’t Always Look That Way (The Atlantic)
• How Elephant Teeth Taught Scientists Extinction Exists (The Atlantic)
• Scientists Command Comet-Lander Philae To Start Drilling Before Its Battery Runs Out: Reports (IB Times)
• First electric plane ready for the production line (China Daily)
• Brain Changes Point to Root of Chronic Fatigue in Study (Bloomberg)
• U.S. government spending $425 million to build fastest supercomputers (Reuters)
• Chimpanzee study reveals the value of being an ape bully (Reuters)
• US support to Green Climate Fund puts pressure on Australia (Fairfax)..is TestosterTone being made an example of?…
• Sex, genes, the Y chromosome and the future of men (The Conversation)
• Giant sunspot returns – and it’s bigger and badder than ever (The Conversation)
• Small glitches, but Rosetta comet mission is achieving major scientific goals (The Conversation)

The Yartz and Histoire

• Richard Overy: The politics of obliteration (National Post) …very good read…
• World War I: Why the Allies won (Vox)
• Death and dollar signs: Warhol’s memory capsules of 20th-century America (New Statesman)
• Who wants to live forever? The new frontiers of posthumous rock (New Statesman)
• Recalling Winograndia: Garry Winogrand’s camera captured post-war America like few others (New Statesman) …lovely read…
• Blue Note: 75 years of the coolest visuals in jazz (Guardian)
• I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley (Macleans)

There is no such thing as society

• The Hacktivist’s Dilemma (Slate)
• Common-Sense, Science-Based Advice on Toddler Screen Time (Slate)
• Dear PR person who just sent me a robo-pitch (Quartz)
• Da Cost of Living (and mine) (Idiot Tax)
• Punk Counterpunk (London Review of Books)
• Road rage much? Personality predicts our driving behaviour (The Conversation)
• When the virtual mob comes calling (Paul Wallbank) …good read…

The Tail Wag

• MOSCOW BLOG: The 50-year fight for gay rights (BNE) …Moscow is the only place in the world where a gay pride march would have church police and neo-nazis all on the same side…

And Finally…

• The Invention of Sliced Bread (Pricenomics)

….facilitative background muzak…

• The Necks – Sex (1989) (Youtube)
• Fat Freddy’s Drop – Blackbird (Youtube)
• MAX RAABE et le PALAST ORCHESTER (Youtube)
• Paco De Lucia – Entre Dos Aguas (Youtube)
• Best of Clifford Brown In Paris (Youtube)
• Aram Khachaturian – Gayane (Youtube)
• Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – The Kirov Ballet (Youtube)
• The Band – The Last Waltz (Youtube)
• Electra Glide In Blue(1973)Tell Me (End Credits) – Terry Kath, James William Garcia (Youtube)
• O Superman – Laurie Anderson (Big Science) (Youtube)
• Los Coronas LIVE – SURFORAMA VALENCIA 2013 (Youtube)
• Toots & The Maytals – Country Road (Live) (Youtube) & their original version...Camberwell carrot optional…
• Louis Armstrong We Have All The Time In The World (Youtube)