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Once again, a collection of things economic, political, ecological, and more, complete with Fukushimapocalypse Now! First up, from TechWeekEurope, an ominous notice that Big Brother intends you to wear him, ushering in the dawn of a new era of Taylorism...

The myth of Europa is, at basis, a parable of partition and estrangement. Zeus, camouflaged as a docile white bull, kidnaps the maiden Europa from her homeland in Phoenicia and whisks her away to Crete, where he offers her gifts and succor. Europa enters...

From Ian: How Israeli ‘Human Rights’ Groups Threaten Our Very Existence Im Tirtzu has issued a number of position papers to counter the narratives slandering Israel, including: Nakba Nonsense, which refutes the Nakba narrative; a report on Palestinian...

At 5pm local time on June 12, the national soccer teams of Brazil and Croatia will kick off the 2014 World Cup at the São Paulo Arena in Brazil’s largest city. The players will compete before a live crowd of tens...

Bob Henderson wrote an autobiography for Nautil.Us (via CIP): What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics? Einstein and Feynman ushered me into grad school, reality ushered me out. He's a Rochester theoretical physics PhD who had come to the grad...