Chasing Dragons

Weekend Reading Roundup v. 142

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'The Saturday Interview: Stuart Hall' by Zoe Williams at guardian.co.uk

• 'A Condition for Pilots: 'Existential' Conflict' by Farah Stockman at boston.com

• 'Sway: Wikileaks, Universities and Soft Power' by David Mathews at timeshighereducation.co.uk

• 'The Maps We Wandered into as Kids' by Victoria Johnson at theawl.com

Have a good weekend.

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 141

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'Contributing to Public Goods: My 20 Rules for Refereeing' by Marc F. Bellemare at marcbellemare.com

• 'The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge' by C.W. Anderson at theatlantic.com

• 'Obama Terror Drones: CIA Tactics in Pakistan Include Targeting Rescuers and Funerals' by Chris Woods and Christina Lamb at thebureauinvestigates.com

• 'Colbert v. The Court' by Dahlia Lithwick at slate.com

• 'When Art and Politics Collided in LA' by Jon Wiener at latimes.com

• 'The Liberal Arts as Guideposts in the 21st Century' by Nannerl O. Keohane at chronicle.com

Have a good weekend.

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 139

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare' by Nick Turse at guernicamag.com

• 'Five Day Gratification' by Wright Thompson at cricinfo.com (on the rhythms of test cricket in a world where speed rules)

• 'Lazy Higher Ed Journalism' by Melonie Fullick at insidehighered.com

• 'Models of Representation in Carl Schmitt' by Charles Kollmer at telospress.com

• 'The Politics of the Sweater Vest' by Vanessa Friedman at ft.com

• 'Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan' by Noel Shachtman at dangerroom

Enjoy!

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 136

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'The Social Utility of Art and Scholarship' by Clare O'Farrell at refractedinput

• 'Top 50 Multimedia Packages of 2011' by Tracy Boyer Clark at innovativeinteractivity.com

• 'What It Takes to Open a Bar in Baghdad' by Joshuah Bearman at atlantic.com (apparantly being a mercenary is a good start...)

• 'Stealth Tech, Facebook Revolutions, Shadow Wars: The Most Dangerous Year Ever' by Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman at dangerroom

• 'Photographs of the Year 2011' by Homa Khaleeli, Rob Fearn, Amy Fleming, Sarah Phillips, and Paula Cocozza at guardian.co.uk

• 'The Struggle for the Open Web: Putting "Piracy" In Perspective' by David Campbell at david-campbell.org

• 'I'll Tell You Why Movie Revenue is Dropping' by Roger Ebert at rogerebert.com (hint, it's not piracy...)

Happy New Year!

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Weekend Reading v. 135

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'Airforce Drone Operators Report High Levels of Stress' by Elisabeth Bumiller at nytimes.com

• 'Against All Odds: How "Crazy" Kim Jung Il Outfoxed the World' by Howard W. French at atlantic.com

• 'Social Media in the 16th Century: How Luther Went Viral' at economist.com

• 'Smoke Screen' by Charles C. Mann at vanityfair.com

Peace on earth and goodwill to all humans.

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 131

This weekend in a reading roundup inspired by the scattered thoughts produced by too much travel in too little time:

• 'David Cameron: We Have a Few Questions for You' at guardian.co.uk  (British PM demonstrates just how big a merkin he is)

• 'Assassinating the Rule of Law' by Larry C. Goodman at inthesetimes.com

• 'Reading Peter Adey's Aerial LIfe' by Martin Coward at martincoward.net

• 'Comics and Graphic Storytelling: A Sample Syllabus' by Henry Jenkins at henryjenkins.org

• 'Pepper Spray: Even With Citizens in the Act, Issue Still a Pattern of Abuse by Police' by Michael Shaw at bagnewsnotes.com

A big thank you to all of those involved in hosting the 4th Annual Popular Culture and World Politics conference at the University of Lapland.It was a fantastic conference, the hospitality was biblical in proportions, and you brought a dynamic group of scholars together in a fabulous location! There will be more to say in the following days. But for now thanks again!

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 128

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'On the Invisibility of Class Warfare: Or, What if They Gave a Class War and One Side Refused to Show Up?' by John Louis Lucaites at nocaptionneeded.com

• 'Weaponized UAV Drones in the Hands of Local Police' by Bruce Schneier at schneier.com

• 'Are radical journals selling out?' by Alistair Bonnett at timeshighereducation.co.uk

• 'The Life of the "Theory" Journal' by Stuart Elden at societyandspace.com

• 'What has Europe Ever Done for Us? Well...' by Tony Burke at leftfootforward.org

• 'South Sudan: First Things First--In Pictures' at guardian.co.uk

• 'We are Paid Too Much, Bankers Confess in St. Paul's Survey' by Matt Thomas and Brian Brady at independent.co.uk

What a week. Hang in there everyone...

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 127

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'Pakistanis Rally Against Drone "Assassination Campaign"' at channel4.com

• 'Syd Hoff's Teeth: The Leftist Satire of A. Redfield' by Philip Nel at ninekindsofpie

• 'The Revolution Will be Hashtagged: The Visual Culture of the Occupy Movement' by Henry Jenkins at confessionsofanacafan

• 'The Privatisation of Public Space is Harming Our Ability to Protest' by Alex Hern at leftfootforward.org

• 'The Grotesqueness of Pop Culture Politics' by Alyssa Rosenberg at thinkprogress.org

Enjoy the weekend!

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 126

This weekend in the reading roundup:

• 'Academic Blogging Again' by Clare O'Farrell at refractedinput

• 'Tips for Promoting Your News Website or Book on the Radio' by Robert Niles at ojr.org

• 'Here's What the Wall-Street Protesters are So Angry About' at businessinsider.com

• 'After Helping to Kill Qaddafi, NATO Prepares to End Libya Mission' at DEBKAfile (allegations that NATO special forces wounded Qaddafi and left him to found by rebels)

• 'Thinking Images v. 23: Gaddafi's Death' by David Campbell at david-campbell.org

Have a good weekend!

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Weekend Reading Roundup v. 125

In this week's reading roundup:

• 'Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot Appears An FBI Sting' at therealnews.com

• 'The "Very Scary" Iranian Terror Plot' by Glenn Greenwald at salon.com

• '$7 million, 36 Hours: Special Ops Spend Big on Family Training' by Spencer Ackerman at dangerroom.com

• 'Research and the UCU Action-An Infrequently Asked Question?' by Stuart Elden at progressivegeographies.com

Have a good weekend!

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