1) Gulag for Gaijin
2) The sustainability of sustainability (via Luke)
3) Ultramapping
4) US upgrades plant hardiness zone maps
5) "No Need to Panic About Global Warming" - a charateristically nuanced and objective WSJ op-ed
6) On the financial sector and public choice (via bb)
7) Potsdam, IASS, and the Santa Fe Institute are holding a summer school in Global Sustainability (via Sol)
8) Udacity and the future of online universities (via MR)
> Gulag for Gaijin
ReplyDeletehttp://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2012/01/gaijin-gulag-at-narita.html
> nuanced and objective
ReplyDelete!?! No it isn't. It is std denialist drivel.
Sorry, that was some sarcasm there. That WSJ op-ed is the definition of intellectual dishonesty. For a more detailed response, see Greg Laden over at Science blogs:
ReplyDeletehttp://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/two_incontrovertible_things_an.php?utm_source=combinedfeed&utm_medium=rss