Matthew McDermott at Treehugger: Does Focusing on Biodiversity Diminish Nature? Natural capital and ecosystem services both imply human uses as that’s they way they are measured and prioritized. Eric Lach at Talking Points Memo: Focus On The Family: Anti-Bullying Efforts Are A Gay Front Focus on the Family has a message for gay rights activists: …
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Clear Clavicles
Tim Carmody at Wired: 5 Myths About Philadelphia’s ‘Blogging Tax’ As a blogger who lives in Philadelphia — and the newest member of the Wired.com team — I feel I have to dispel some myths guiding the “WTF?” reaction many writers had to this story. OuyangDan at random babble…: Medical Autonomy Chronicles: The Virgin Pap …
Hazy Lorikeets
Check out Susan J., another nonbinary trans person who also happens to run a column called ‘Beyond the Binary‘! Melissa Del Bosque at the Texas Observer: Droning In Dollars The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees the safety of U.S. airspace, reports that the Border Patrol’s accident rate for drones is 353 times higher than for …
Covered Donors
Chris Vogel and Patrick Michels at LA Weekly: Asylum Denied If someone speaks up, he is silenced, usually with a bullet made in the United States. Mexican citizens have nowhere to turn. Except north. Gregory B Hladky at Fairfield Weekly: Gag Response “This is disturbing on so many levels,” state Sen. Andrew McDonald says of …
Squinting Carbon
Michael Roberts at Denver Westword: Police brutality: Were Michael DeHerrera and Shawn Johnson targeted because they’re gay? …there have been five incidents of police misconduct and brutality against members of the LGBTQ community in Denver this year, and four in others reported across the state. Chris Faraone at The Boston Phoenix: Is micro-news the future? …
Arch Rooks
Alice Klein at NOW Toronto: Bring on nature’s design firm The biomimic asks nature how it accomplishes the different functions we humans need to carry out, like making fibres stronger than steel at low temperatures the way spiders do, out of carbohydrates with no toxins, or making solar cells that imitate the way leaves turn …
Dusty Dorks
Charlie Mintz at East Bay Express: Are Capital Punishment’s Financial Costs Worth It? Although they are disputed by some prosecutors, studies done by the American Civil Liberties Union suggest that the cost of seeking death for Hernandez should be at least $1.1 million more expensive than seeking his permanent imprisonment. Andrea Appleton at Baltimore City …
Tainted Tines
Richard A. Kerr at Science: Report Paints New Picture of Gulf Oil Oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts surveyed the gulf around the BP well from the research ship Endeavor from 19 to 28 June, a period of heavy flow. Ron Elving at NPR: ‘Ground Zero Mosque’: Latest In A Litany …
Murky Monks
Robin Urevich at Monterey County Weekly: Critics take a hard look at inequities in property tax burden Now with local governments strapped for cash, and cutting staff and services, some local labor and community activists are demanding that the firms pay up. Brendan Kiley at The Stranger: The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine …lately, doctors …
Shallow Spume
Aura Bogado at Mother Jones: Hazing Arizona It was Arpaio’s zeal that compelled me to spend five months on his home turf last year. I wanted to see firsthand how his tactics affected the Latino residents who make up 31 percent of the county’s population. Ana Arias at Boulder Weekly: Dreaming of a future She …