Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting… Læs mere »Religious zeal – or what's worse
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Hunger on April Food Day
Writing about hunger today on April Food Day, inspired by Ari Herzog. His main concern is this charity, Feeding America. Although I have seen with… Læs mere »Hunger on April Food Day
All about being organised & turning the lights out
New glasses this morning. Ah, revelation! My 15″ Mac-baby now looks like it’s 17″. Nice. Have been constructing a Netvibes site for a paper I’m… Læs mere »All about being organised & turning the lights out
To eat meat or not, is that really the question?
Tech: This is an absolutely brilliant post by a young PR wizard about technophobia. Particularly addressing privacy issues, something I often find myself discussing with… Læs mere »To eat meat or not, is that really the question?
The perfect is often the enemy of the good
The above is a quote from this long, thorough and extremely well researched article on Mother Jones about the world’s food crisis and what to… Læs mere »The perfect is often the enemy of the good
Powerless
At 9 o’clock this morning the power went. Not just in our flat, but in the entire neighbourhood. And it stayed off long enough (around… Læs mere »Powerless
Procrastination
is another word I like a lot. My dear old Dad, bless him, has often said that the word procrastination defines him. I think that’s… Læs mere »Procrastination
So so sad and so so frightening
Just read in yesterday’s Times about the plight of the (bumble)bee. I’ve read about the trouble of the bee population diminishing rapidly before, but this… Læs mere »So so sad and so so frightening
Time flies…
I found this beautiful film by Till Credner on the Long Now Blog.
Betting on the end of the world
(not ONE word about the presidential election over there in America) I knew that people bet on practically everything, but a bet on whether the… Læs mere »Betting on the end of the world
More trees
From a father at my son’s school I heard that India does not export timber, it imports timber. This was apparently decided some decades ago,… Læs mere »More trees
Links
Now, what kind of idiot does a thing like this? Thank you to Capac for the pointer. I’m always going on about TED (Technology Entertainment… Læs mere »Links
Samsø via The New Yorker…
A reporter from The New Yorker went to Samsø recently to learn about the island’s status as “Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island” and how they’ve actually… Læs mere »Samsø via The New Yorker…
State of the Earth en miniature
I guess I’m in that mood these days… Bear with me! Cruising Facebook I came across this touching little film, which – again – made… Læs mere »State of the Earth en miniature
