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This article originally appeared in Culture Making, 18 January 2011. Steve Jobs’s medical leave of absence is the top story in today’s newspapers. The Wall Street Journal says his brief and poignant memo raises “uncertainty over his health and the future of the world’s most valuable technology company.” These two questions—Jobs’s health and Apple’s health—are […]

Egypt’s Class Conflict Posted on 01/30/2011 by Juan On Sunday morning there was some sign of the Egyptian military taking on some security duties. Soldiers started arresting suspected looters, rounding up 450 of them. The disappearance of the police from the streets had led to a threat of widespread looting is now being redressed by […]

via archive.wbai.org Here’s a recording of my appearance on the Underground Railroad on WBAI hosted by the great Jay Smooth (of IllDoctrine.com, NPR, and other things). We speak on the current happenings in Egypt (around the 55 minute mark) and also the State of the Union(1 hour 50 mark). I hope I wasn’t too dry […]

A security guard stands outside a Tunisian Internet Agency. Photo: Mikel Ayestaran TUNIS, Tunisia –- When Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s dictatorship began unraveling here last month amid violent street protests, Tunisia’s internet administrators saw a massive spike in the number of sites placed on government block lists. But, in contrast to the embattled Egyptian […]

The service, which began broadcasting in 1932, is one of Britain’s most visible exports and is known for bringing uncensored news to places where there is no free press. It currently has a budget of $432 million a year, a staff of 2,400 and a listening and viewing audience of 180 million a week, and […]

via truth-out.org Bauman is so good. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous

via slate.com Religion/media nexus that I can’t help but to find amusing. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous

In recent weeks, editors at a respected psychology journal have been taking heat from fellow scientists for deciding to accept a research report that claims to show the existence of extrasensory perception. The report, to be published this year in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, is not likely to change many minds. And […]

via nytimes.com I’ve seen a few Spanish-speaking Muslims in my neighborhood as well. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous

via pitchfork.com A bit campy but still profoundly educational for someone like me who is minimally knowledgable about this music and would like to know more. Posted via email from sam han’s posterous