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The State of The Guardian’s SOTU Infographic Is…Dumber By Emily Elert, popsci.com This chart tells you that “the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined” over time. The problem is, it’s wrong. Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama’s State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive… RT @PopSci: Cool infographic about the…
government movement by Dennis O’Reilly, cnet.com In his first term, President Obama started to make good on his pledge to improve government transparency. But a truly open government depends on citizens actively ensuring that all public agencies share information and respond to feedback. Four… http://flip.it/o2uzr Related articles Has Obama Kept His Open-Government Pledge? (gantdaily.com) Has…
Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of…
discovermagazine.com Like the debate on climate change and other societally important issues caught in the maw of our culture wars, the discourse on guns and violence has had a depressing, unchanging quality. Here’s President Obama two years ago: You see, when a trage… http://flip.it/R8QPz How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation Related articles Climate…
When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama campaign’s technologists were tense and tired. It was game day and everything was going wrong. Josh Thayer… When the Nerds Go Marching In – Alexis…
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it…
By Eric Roston, bloomberg.com In the halting, measured language we’ve come to expect from his impromptu public remarks, President Obama posed a core dilemma of climate change yesterday at his first post-election press conference. Explaining the possible… Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change Related articles Keystone XL will “lock in” more climate…
What Obama’s Victory Means for Tech Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com Barack Obama’s victory last night has far-reaching fiscal, social, and military implications, all of which are familiar to anyone who kept at least one eye open during any of this year’s debates. But what do four more years mean for tech… What Obama’s Victory Means for…
How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com Despite running a campaign with about twice the money and twice the staff of Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, President Barack Obama’s campaign under-spent Romney’s on IT products and services by $14.5 million, putting the… Related articles Obama’s Budget Would Cap Romney-Sized…
Obama wins the nerdiest election ever By Spencer Ackerman, wired.co.uk Politics Congratulations, Barack Obama: you have prevailed in the nerdiest election in the history of the American Republic. If 2008 was about hope and change, 2012 was about data and memes. The unemployment rate. The effective … http://flpbd.it/i8Wy9 Related articles Despite “Jedi” flap, Obama still…
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