You’ve been owned

October 29, 2012

I’m supporting Demand Progress and others to support Supap Kirtsaeng in the Kirtsaeng vs John Wiley & Sons case.

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

October 29, 2012

Responsive Cities: Kent Larson at TEDxBoston – YouTube Provocative talk by Kent Larson. Covers “mobility on demand”; land utilization (which is better with shared vehicles); how to get 7 vehicles into the “space” of 1; democratizing access to bike lanes; re-thinking housing by probing development of micro-units and creating “technology enabled infill” (furnishings); approaching apartment […]

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Canada’s fateful next step

October 17, 2012

Canada’s government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, is about to sign into law a new trade agreement with China. The agreement has had no public input by the Canadian people or their elected representatives. One can only suppose that it’s designed to enrich Canada’s corporate class. It certainly impoverishes Canada’s democracy. As The Tyee, […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

August 26, 2012

Complainers in the Office: 3 Ways to Deal With Them | Inc.com THIS. Might help explain why American voters are getting dumber: they’re listening to too much crap on the media. QUOTE …being exposed to too much complaining can actually make you dumb. Research shows that exposure to 30 minutes or more of negativity–including viewing […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

August 19, 2012

What the Environment & Mobility Mean for the Nation’s Fastest-Growing Demographic | Project for Public Spaces That last bit, re. the importance of town centers for rural areas, applies (in my opinion) equally to small cities. When cities “fling” their centers out to strip mall locations, they take away a key asset for an aging […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

August 12, 2012

Rag Drag by Nicole Gelinas – City Journal This is so interesting. Maybe there will be a backlash, and people opt for some “artisan” clothing that lasts? QUOTE As for accessibility and variety, Cline notes that you can’t compare what a nice dress cost three decades, half a century, or even a century ago—a few […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

August 5, 2012

Americans Want to Live in a Much More Equal Country (They Just Don’t Realize It) – Dan Ariely – The Atlantic Shocking. QUOTE …from the total pie of wealth (100%) what percent do you think the bottom 40% (that is, the first two buckets together) of Americans possess? And what about the top 20%? If […]

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Perfect purpose

July 29, 2012

Seems I’ve been too buried in my house project to get a weekly links post together this Sunday. Instead, I’ll just point to an article on my old hometown’s newspaper site: B.C. teens, twenty-somethings turn to Botox for forever 21 look. It made me wonder about a bunch of things. According to the article, more […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 22, 2012

You Are Where You Eat: Re-Focusing Communities Around Markets | Project for Public Spaces Rethinking food shopping: QUOTE In most places today, at least in many Western countries, shopping is a chore; our food system has stopped being about food, and has become entirely about convenience. Food spoils, meaning that we used to have to […]

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Plans for Salem’s Harbor Power Station: Realpolitik or Missed Opportunity?

July 9, 2012

The Salem Harbor Power Station will close in June 2014. Initially, the field looked wide open for exciting new redevelopments, but now it appears that the site might see another power plant. Strike one for Realpolitik, zero for vision? Green Drinks invited Jan Schlichtmann, Lori Ehrlich, et al., to debate on June 26, 2012.

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