Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
U.S. Police Killed More People in March Than UK Police Did in 20th Century
April 9th, 2015Via: Russia Today:
Cal Poly Pomona: Students Must Obtain Permits to Distribute Material in Tiny “Free Speech Zone”
April 6th, 2015Via: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: College student Nicolas Tomas filed a First Amendment lawsuit today against California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with assistance from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). The lawsuit targets university policies that restrict where, when, and how students can exercise their free speech rights. The lawsuit alleges […]
Net Cafe Refugees: Japan’s Disposable Workers
April 3rd, 2015Via: YouTube:
Yemen’s Shiite Rebels Capture Presidential Palace in Aden
April 2nd, 2015Via: CTV: Yemen’s Shiite rebels and their allies fought their way through the commercial centre of Aden on Thursday and seized the presidential palace on a strategic hilltop in this southern coastal city, security officials said. The capture was a major blow to the Saudi-led coalition, which has been carrying out airstrikes for a week […]
California Imposes First-Ever Mandatory Water Restrictions
April 2nd, 2015Via: Time: California’s governor issued unprecedented mandatory water restrictions for the entire state on Wednesday, in the face of a persistent drought that is growing dire. Governor Jerry Brown directed the State Water Resources Control Board to cut the state’s water usage by 25% by enacting a series of water-reduction practices, which could translate to […]
The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains
March 28th, 2015Via: The Atlantic: Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. Why children and the poor are most susceptible to neurotoxic exposure that may be costing the U.S. billions of dollars and immeasurable […]
Peak… Sand?
March 26th, 2015Via: Wired: Apart from water and air, humble sand is the natural resource most consumed by human beings. People use more than 40 billion tons of sand and gravel every year. There’s so much demand that riverbeds and beaches around the world are being stripped bare. (Desert sand generally doesn’t work for construction; shaped by […]
“The messengers do talk… They end up asking each other which apps they work for”
March 25th, 2015It’s not Portlandia. Baylandia? Oh yeah, Silicon Valley. Via: Medium: Angel the concierge stands behind a lobby desk at a luxe apartment building in downtown San Francisco, and describes the residents of this imperial, 37-story tower. “Ubers, Squares, a few Twitters,” she says. “A lot of work-from-homers.” And by late afternoon on a Tuesday, they’re […]
Yemen’s President Flees Residence
March 25th, 2015Via: AP: Yemen’s embattled president fled his palace home in the southern port city of Aden for an undisclosed location Wednesday as Shiite rebels closed in on the country’s third-largest city and launched airstrikes targeting the presidential forces guarding the palace’s compound. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi left the palace just hours after the rebels, […]
47% of American Households Have No Savings
March 24th, 2015Via: Business Insider: This could be the scariest chart in the world, from Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Sløk. Nearly half of American households don’t save any of their money. If it isn’t obvious, this has a broad range of implications. People who don’t save won’t have any buffer should the economy turn and they lose their […]
