Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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links for 2011-02-09
Ideas Are Not The Same As Race – NYTimes.com It’s particularly troubling to apply some test of equal representation when you’re looking at academics who do research on the very subjects that define the political divide. Biologists, physicists, and chemists are all predominantly liberal; does this reflect discrimination, or the tendency of people who actually […]
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links for 2011-02-07
Leaked Cables: Egyptian Government Stokes Fears of Muslim Brotherhood “The Egyptians have a long history of threatening us with the MB bogeyman,” wrote Ambassador Francis Ricciardone to FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2005, in a newly released U.S. embassy cable obtained by WikiLeaks. Another cable from 2006 stated: (tags: politics culture religion) Database to foil […]
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links for 2011-02-05
Egypt: journalists targeted at Hilton hotel in Cairo (tags: journalism undefined)
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links for 2011-02-04
News Desk: Does Egypt Need Twitter? : The New Yorker “high risk” social activism requires deep roots and strong ties. But surely the least interesting fact about them is that some of the protesters may (or may not) have at one point or another employed some of the tools of the new media to communicate […]
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The Problem With… Train’s “Marry Me” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Train's "Marry Me" – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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links for 2011-02-03
Recessions Under the Gold Standard – NYTimes.com (tags: economics history money) What Role Have Multinationals Played in Egypt’s Communication Shutdown? (tags: politics internet)
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links for 2011-02-01
F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go—And Who Decides How It’s Spent? (tags: politics)
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links for 2011-01-29
How Egypt Switched Off the Internet Instead, the signs are that the Egyptian authorities have taken a very careful and well-planned method to screen off Internet addresses at every level, from users inside the country trying to get out and from the rest of the world trying to get in. “It looks like they’re taking […]
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links for 2011-01-28
The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks – The Atlantic The biggest issue is that political dissidents often do not want to use their real names in places where activism can get you killed. Facebook has adamantly opposed activists attempts to use pseudonyms. “We get requests all the time in a few […]
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The Problem With… Far East Movement’s “Rocketeer” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Far East Movement’s “Rocketeer” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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