Thank you. Thank you so much. No really, thank you. Yes, it’s great to be here again! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since I won the Living Monument to Flesh finals by the largest margin ever seen in the history of the 146 years this event has been held. Thank you! Thank [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by DeepthiW
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What exactly is clean coal? The term refers to coal produced by new technologies for capturing and sequestering coal by-products that reduces the harmful impacts of coal on the environment. Does clean coal exist? No. The emerging technologies referred to have not moved from concept to reality, despite billions of dollars of investment since 2001 [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by DeepthiW
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This whole tea party thing looks highly dangerous. Even though estimates of how many turned out for the tea party protests are relatively modest, it’s still a significant number, and the whole event could spiral into a much larger movement through media mishandling.
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by DeepthiW
Filed under: Global Culture, Media, Movies, Participatory Culture, Politics, School, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
From Minal Hajratwala, author of the recently released and well-received Leaving India:
“I noticed the other day that my Amazon sales ranking had disappeared. Now I know why: all books labeled as having “gay and lesbian” content have been stripped of rankings and searchability. The main entry for my book no longer shows up under either [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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Thanks to Charlotte and Joumana for posting these links.
Read a remarkable piece of investigative journalism by Ben Goldacre about vitamin pill (snake oil) salesman Matthew Rath and how he’s been responsible for the death of millions of Africans, yet no one has made any real attempt to stop him. One of the themes that leapt [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by DeepthiW
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