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Reuters This Is Getting Serious: Intellectual Self-Isolation in China
Let's hope that some day we'll look back on the current crackdown as an unfortunate phase.
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Youku via The Nanfang One Clip, Two Views of China
Take a look at this video. These are the people the Chinese government thinks shouldn't get open access to the Internet.
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Wikimedia California High-Speed Rail: A Minor End, an Important Beginning
Who should get the benefit of the doubt when we consider the unknowable future?
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NASA Fascinating New Ways of Depicting the Motions of the Air and the Seas
Modern data-based graphics meet the timeless mysteries of the globe.
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GreatFirewallOfChina.org The Under-Appreciated Genius of Mark Zuckerberg in China
"Facebook is blocked in China, but Chinese media and social media was aflame with the story of the multi-billionaire founder of Facebook who speaks Chinese!"
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James Fallows The 100% Renewable-Powered City: Too Good to be True?
Balancing substance and symbolism in the movement toward cleaner energy sources
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Calisphere California High-Speed Rail No. 11: Thinking in Time
Everybody talks about the future, but nobody does anything about it.
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Calisphere California High-Speed Rail No. 10: Palate Cleanser
"The decision on HSR is going to shape the future in ways we can’t predict, and a touch of modesty in the arguments would be welcome."
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Marin County Library, via Calisphere California High-Speed Rail No. 9—the Chairman's Turn Again
You want to hear more about the biggest infrastructure project being considered anywhere in the country? You've come to the right place.
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Calisphere California High-Speed Rail—More Questions and Concerns
"Bad, bad, bad," and other critiques
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AP The Courts Speak Up for California High-Speed Rail
And so do some readers.
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UC Davis and Esri California High-Speed Rail: 10 Readers With 10 Views
A solution looking for a problem? A genuine leap forward? The best we can expect from messy political half-measures? Or something truly brave? Take your pick.
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Dominique Renauld Sunday Evening Tech Tips, en Français
How's your flux de travail? You never know unless you ask.
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Wikimedia Commons The California High-Speed Rail Debate—Kicking Things Off
The Erie Canal. The transcontinental railroad. The Interstate Highway system. Big, expensive, controversial—and indispensable. Is the next one in this series a new rail network in our most famously freeway-centric state?
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The Power of Maps, Past and Present
New ways of envisioning how America once looked, and how it is changing.
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Software Notes: Solutions to Info Overload and Other Eternal Challenges
Old problems, new programs and devices.
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The Cirrus Parachute, as Seen From HQ and From a Swamp
A plane with a built-in parachute records another save.
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Wikipedia Man Bites Dog: A Small Publisher Speaks Up on Amazon's Behalf
The latest version of an argument that has been with us for a very long time.
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Who Has a Legitimate Gripe Against Vibram Shoes? The Syndactyly Crowd
Why some readers view this photo as a frightening "trigger."
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Wikipedia After the Latest Peril-in-the-Skies Saga, Should You Be Afraid to Fly?
No.
