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Flavorwire » 10 Beautiful Buildings Inspired by Famous Books
architecture  books 
16 days ago
Flavorwire » Incredibly Unique Bookmobiles around the World
books  libraries 
4 weeks ago
The meaning of life is cheese. Thank you, @zachweiner.
comics  cheese 
4 weeks ago
The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish
via @TheAtlantic
dpla  copyright  books 
6 weeks ago
13 Simple Steps To Get You Through A Rough Day
7 weeks ago
Popcorn and salted caramel ice cream « Phuoc'n Delicious
7 weeks ago
Marc Johns: objects reading books
Love this.
art 
8 weeks ago
5,000 sent to fight Kony
3 yrs after failed Operation Lightning Thunder, AU sends new troops.
uganda  northernuganda  LRA  africanunion 
8 weeks ago
How it feels to be a Jayhawk
This, exactly.
KU  kansas  basketball 
9 weeks ago
'Stop Kony' screening tour cancelled after Ugandans react with outrage #kony2012
uganda  LRA  northernuganda 
9 weeks ago
Guernica / Northern Uganda, Visible
Gallery of photographs & reflections curated by @scarlettlion
uganda  LRA  northernuganda 
10 weeks ago
Enchanting illustrated version of Alice In Wonderland
inspiration  design  illustration 
10 weeks ago
Ugandan Gay Rights Group Sues Scott Lively, a U.S. Evangelist - NYTimes.com
uganda  LGBT 
10 weeks ago
Interactive documentary and the wild, wired world
via @metalabharvard
film  documentary 
10 weeks ago
Weekend reading list, STOP KONY edition
This is a thought-provoking take on the #kony2012 situation. /via @juliacsmith
uganda  LRA 
10 weeks ago
Solving War Crimes With Wristbands: The Arrogance of 'Kony 2012'
Best article on this I've read yet, by authors of @wrongingrights via @theatlantic
uganda  LRA 
10 weeks ago
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Is Buying 'The New Republic' : The Two-Way : NPR
npr  media  facebook 
10 weeks ago
Teju Cole on Kony and the White Savior Industrial Complex
via @alexismadrigal
uganda  LRA  northernuganda 
11 weeks ago
The Definitive ‘Kony 2012′ Drinking Game | @wrongingrights
This. Is. Amazing. Read this. Now. Go. #kony2012
uganda  LRA 
11 weeks ago
Unintended consequences of anti-corruption campaigns
via @cblatts
corruption  politics  development 
11 weeks ago
Are You Following a Bot? (from @theatlantic)
@timhwang's social bot experiment #truthicon
internet  twitter 
11 weeks ago
Marc Johns: the fez was uttering uncomplimentary remarks
art 
11 weeks ago
Africa: Wikipedia to Be Free On Mobiles in Africa, Middle East
wikipedia  africa  internet  mobilephones 
12 weeks ago
Twaweza asks for impounded calendars to be released by Ugandan authorities
M7 being ludicrous again.
uganda  development  censorship 
12 weeks ago
BBC News - Ship's anchor slows down East African web connection
12 weeks ago
Frank Rich: Why We Can't Forget That Gay Marriage's Liberal Champions Spent Decades on the Wrong Side of the Issue
glbt  LGBT  humanrights  UShistory  USgovernment  USpolitics 
12 weeks ago
Is The 'Right To Be Forgotten' The 'Biggest Threat To Free Speech On The Internet'? : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR
internet  internetfiltering  freespeech  npr 
12 weeks ago
The Love Competition on Vimeo
Contestants have 5 minutes in an fMRI machine to love someone as hard as they can. Awww.
video  love 
february 2012
How New York Pay Phones Became Guerrilla Libraries - Arts & Lifestyle - The Atlantic Cities
libraries  architecture  design 
february 2012
And the Prize for the Worst (Best) Dictator Fan Website Goes To… (by @jilliancyork)
This is amazing.
crazy 
february 2012
Ethics Minister shuts down gay rights conference
How #Uganda govt celebrates Valentine's Day, apparently.
LGBT  humanrights  glbt  uganda 
february 2012
Malaysia Celebrates Valentine's Day by Arresting Unmarried Couples
february 2012
The Beauty of the Printed Book - NYTimes.com
This makes me want to spend all day at the bookstore.
books  art  design 
february 2012
Discovering The Mysteries Of Rice Krispyhenge
(and gummy bearskin rugs, and broccoli tree houses!)
npr  art 
february 2012
Edward Tufte forum: PowerPoint Does Rocket Science--and Better Techniques for Technical Reports
design  information  data  visualization 
february 2012
This Chart Is a Lonely Hunter: The Narrative Eros of the Infographic
Reveling in this. /via @the_millions
infographic  information  data  visualization  design 
february 2012
A Quick Look at the @risingvoices Microgrant Proposals
Uganda leads the pack; over 1000 proposals!
globalvoices  citizenjournalism  citizenmedia 
february 2012
xkcd: Wake Up Sheeple
Mondays in the @sheepcave.
february 2012
OECD Statistics Explorer and Some Other Cool Shit - Chart Porn
Oooh, shiny.
visualization  data  statistics 
february 2012
Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books
"Unite and pirate everything I've ever written."
intellectualproperty  books 
february 2012
South Sudan considers ICC membership
Wondering how this will affect http://bit.ly/A46hbX (via @reutersafrica)
africa  southsudan  ICC  humanrights 
february 2012
They Will Say We Are Not Here
Remembering David Kato. #uganda #lgbt
uganda  lgbt  glbt 
january 2012
How Kansas Owned Its Ebooks | American Libraries Magazine
dpla  libraries 
january 2012
The Soviet “Hobbit” | Retronaut
glorious illustrations via @sonia_smith
art  literature  soviet 
january 2012
Is This the World’s Thrashingest 8-Year-Old?
She's so hard core.
video 
january 2012
Sandwich Artist
Two of my favorite things: Mondrian and sandwiches. via @booooooom
art  food 
january 2012
The Berkman Community Responds to SOPA/PIPA
Excellent roundup of @berkmancenter community responses
berkman 
january 2012
Prohibition's Premier Hooch Hounds
Fascinating story of the self-styled "Prohibition Agent #1" via @smithsonianmag
prohibition  UShistory 
january 2012
U.S. Bills Could Threaten the Global Internet
@globalvoices is going dark to protest SOPA/PIPA tomorrow
globalvoices  SOPA  PIPA 
january 2012
The long march speeds up
Africa in 2012: "Expect turbulence."
africa  politics 
january 2012
Jack Kerouac's On The Road as iPad App
This looks awesome (via equally awesome #DPLA RA Ben).
reading  literature  digitallibraries 
january 2012
Occupy Nigeria – a reactionary occupy movement? (by @ethanz)
nigeria  politics  oil  economics 
january 2012
A Girl You Should Date « nona merah
january 2012
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right - NYTimes.com
nyt  internet  humanrights 
january 2012
Tip of the Iceberg: Unique & Unusual Finds at the Harvard Library
Ooh, cool. #dpla
libraries  harvard 
january 2012
The Absolute Moron’s Guide to the New Military Detention Laws
politics  unitedstates  obama 
january 2012
xkcd: Wait Wait
Heart.
npr 
december 2011
Ugandan photographer @echwalu's photos of the year
These are stunning.
photography  uganda  blogren 
december 2011
Your Crib Sheet for Covering African Elections, in Congo and beyond (by @itsjina)
africa  elections  journalism 
december 2011
Please take five minutes to read this: #Dec15, a day of gratitude (by @jilliancyork)
december 2011
Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back
"Something extraordinary has happened in Wukan."
china 
december 2011
Four Difficult Questions Regarding Bullying and Youth Suicide
Scary but important. From @zephoria.
youth  cyberbullying 
december 2011
Margaret Atwood Says Twitter, Internet Boost Literacy
reading  twitter  internet  digitallibraries 
december 2011
Hillary Clinton and Internet Freedom - Salon.com
Scathing and awesome.
USforeignpolicy  internet  internetfreedom  wikileaks 
december 2011
U.S. Backs Gay Rights Abroad, Obama and Clinton Say - NYTimes.com
uganda  glbt  LGBT  humanrights  USforeignpolicy 
december 2011
Why Syria's arrested blogger, Razan Ghazzawi, is one of my heroes
by @jilliancyork
syria  bloggers 
december 2011
Official Google Africa Blog: YouTube Launches in Uganda!
google  youtube  uganda 
december 2011
The Library Phantom Returns!
Scottish artists secretly leaves stunning paper sculptures in Edinburgh libraries
libraries  art 
december 2011
Kansas Gov. Says Staff Overreacted To Teen's Tweet : NPR
politics  kansas  twitter 
november 2011
The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies
great recap of @chrysaora's talk about @higherawesome at @civicMIT
november 2011
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, TWO
Yay!
videos 
november 2011
Today in news from the darkest timeline: NBC pulls Community from its midseason lineup
Heartbroken.
november 2011
.@npr introduces the 'Infinite Player'
npr  radio 
november 2011
Ugandan arrested for making pigsty out of presidential campaign posters
#m7 is losing it.
uganda  museveni 
november 2011
science of cocktails
A serious recap of last night's talk by someone whose understanding of cocktails far exceeds mine.
cocktails 
november 2011
Shaken and Stirred
@nytimes article on Dave Arnold, last night's Science of Cocktails speaker. Red hot poker mention!
cocktails 
november 2011
The Subtle Condescension of “ICT4D”
via @whiteafrican
ICT4D  ict4development  technology  africa  ICT  development 
november 2011
ICT *or* Development, Part 3: The Jester Meets the White African
ICT4D  ict4development  africa  technology  ICT  development 
november 2011
First Listen: Childish Gambino, 'Camp'
Yes. (@donaldglover via @nprmusic; h/t @blanket)
music 
november 2011
Lady Gaga Launches Foundation With MacArthur and @berkmancenter
november 2011
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