In the most exhaustive study of the earth's climate to date, an international panel representing more than 1,000 scientists this morning issued its strongest indictment yet of humanity's role in global warming, calling the evidence "unequivocal." Chronicle of Higher Education | previously View full entry
The recently featured street artist, Buff Monster, is opening his gallery show this evening at Gallery 1988 on Melrose Blvd in Los Angeles. | buffmonster.com View full entry
What happens when ad agencies adopt the methods of street artists? The suspicious blinking circuit boards that shut down the city of Boston turned out to be a guerilla marketing campaign for a cartoon. NYTimes View full entry
Charlie never should have gotten a CharlieCard. Since then, he’s had his checking account numbers stolen and sold to a Nigerian scammer, gotten busted in divorce court for having had an affair, been fired from his job for time fraud, and finally died at the hands of a low-level Mass. Bay... View full entry
Tracing outbursts of collective joy, the public orgy, from Dionysus to the Greatful Dead, Barbara Ehrenreich's Dancing in the Streets recognizes that the that "most carnivalesque activity over the centuries has been planned rather than spontaneous ... a licensed displacement of popular energies."... View full entry
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A simple search of published court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of “beverage” that involved... View full entry
Scientists from around the world gathered in Paris today to finalize an authoritative report on climate change, expected to be a grim warning of rising temperatures and sea levels worldwide. Daily Mail View full entry
John Ekow Ampan's trek from Africa to Europe is a tale of desperation. During his four-year journey from Ghana to Spain, he was deported and imprisoned several times, and yet he remained determined to reach the European Promised Land. Spiegel Online View full entry
Three decades after the death of dictator Francisco Franco brought it in from the political and economic wilderness, Spain is on the verge of surpassing Italy in per capita income. It's a development that has been the talk of both countries, particularly Italy, which long has looked on Spain as... View full entry
"Find a shady place which gives you a wide range of things to observe, spread a piece of old newspaper on the pavement, sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee (or any other drink you like). This is a new style of drinking coffee among young people in Saigon." Read in VNB. View full entry
Survey says more than four out of five U.S. workers do not have their dream jobs, which most people describe as work that is fun? Reuters View full entry
By Lisa Margonelli and distributed in NYT-Select (account required) This is what I wish President Bush would say about energy in his State of the Union message: In 2001 I said we needed to increase energy supplies, and in my State of the Union speech in 2002 I said we needed to increase energy... View full entry
"in order to remove the peace protestor Brian Haw, who has been demonstrating continuously in Parliament Square for over 5 years, the British Government have granted themselves draconian and arbitrary powers, which affect the rights of all individual British citizens"(PPBlog), a ban on protests... View full entry
This pricey London Pied a Terre, all 77 SQ ft of it, Is going for a modest £170,000 ($335,000). Well, it is centrally located and close to the shops. See it here View full entry