interesting things
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A woman stole an empty commuter train from a depot Tuesday and drove it to a suburb of Stockholm where it derailed and slammed into an apartment building, officials said….
via AP Top Headlines At 8:24 a.m. EST http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWEDEN_TRAIN_CRASH?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Lawrence Wright goes inside the Church of Scientology to explain its enduring appeal for celebrities—and reveals what happens to its adherents like Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/15/inside-scientology-s-secret-world-going-clear-by-lawrence-wright.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
From the Globe …
Swartz and his lawyers were not looking for a free pass. They had offered to accept a deferred prosecution or probation, so that if Swartz pulled a stunt like that again, he would end up in prison.
Marty Weinberg, who took the case over from Good, said he nearly negotiated a plea bargain in which Swartz would not serve any time. He said JSTOR signed off on it, but MIT would not.
via Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/01/on_swartz_and_mit.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29
Brian sez, “I made an animated presentation about broadband and mobile data caps – specifically, how they discourage innovation, how the excuses used to justify data caps don’t hold water, and the real reasons that ISPs and mobile providers are moving towards caps.”
This is really good stuff. It might need an edit for time, but if you’ve got 11 minutes, this is what you should spend ’em on.
Why Data Caps Suck: The Animated Examination
(Thanks, Brian!)
The conservative argument that the debt ceiling is overrated, in one piece: http://t.co/I44QW7MB via @#
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/GeraldFSeib/status/291158681456893952
Obama is preparing to support as many as 19 executive orders on guns. Anncmt could come tomorrow, @jestei and I report http://t.co/2obe3Jt5
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/shearm/status/291158992267407360
So this will be unpopular with my former Newsweek colleagues, but if I were in Tina Brown’s shoes I’d do the same t http://t.co/qbqQfdRA
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/mcoatney/status/291032597843292160
@AnnaHolmes I developed an “Italian” name for it at the Observer, eating it the next day after it sat out all night: Congili.
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/tmcgev/status/291032605271416833
Jeffrey Goldberg really is all the things he says about me, which is why this means so much. http://t.co/bdY14BRZ
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/lawrence_wright/status/291037317664227329
What is it about Jared Diamond that drives anthropologists crazy? The shallowness of his arguments? http://t.co/QbtL4rHn
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/aldaily/status/291032062977245184