Philanthropy 2173

newyorker: A cartoon by Christopher Weyant. For more cartoons...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:53:46 -0700

A cartoon by Christopher Weyant. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/16FOIXo

del-fi: Officially Entering "And Then They Fight" Phase of Open Access

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:34 -0700

del-fi: Officially Entering "And Then They Fight" Phase of Open Access:

And, my friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.

Although the substance of the above quote is usually attributed to Gandhi, there’s no…

Open Access cycles

futuramb: Beware the Coming War Against Personal Photography...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:50 -0700

futuramb:

Beware the Coming War Against Personal Photography and Video
Lauren Weinstein, petapixel.com

Are you ready for the imagery war — the war against personal photography and capturing of video? You’d better be.The title of this piece actually isn’t entirely accurate. In some ways, this war isn’t just coming, it’s already begun. Forces are lin…

Fear is a powerful force which often leads us astray… Western societies are now threading a dangerous path and will continue to do so if we don’t change from controlling, masculine and exclusive strategies to female, dialectic and more inclusive approaches.

jtotheizzoe: Elemental rings, some precious metal for your...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:10:58 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

Elemental rings, some precious metal for your precious digits. I pity the fool that don’t want a little metallic chemistry on their phalanges!

(check ‘em out at ITSNONAME)

explore-blog: So great: Major movements in philosophy, as...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:41:30 -0700

explore-blog:

So great: Major movements in philosophy, as minimalist geometric graphics.

maddieonthings: This happened.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:57:17 -0700

maddieonthings:

This happened.

del-fi: Emperor's New Short Tandem Repeats

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:16:33 -0800

del-fi: Emperor's New Short Tandem Repeats:

del-fi:

Yaniv Ehrlich’s lab at MIT has a new paper out in Science today, with a companion policy piece from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH. Apologies for icky paywalls but these are important papers.

The gist is that a savvy computational scientist can find enough breadcrumbs…

Lessig Blog, v2: A time for silence

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:06:47 -0800

Lessig Blog, v2: A time for silence:

lessig:

A week ago today, Aaron gave up. And since I received the call late Friday night telling me that, like so many others who were close to him, I have not rested. Not slept, really. Not connected with my kids, at all. Not held my wife except to comfort her tears, or for her to comfort mine.

Instead…

Lessig Blog, v2: A time for silence

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:06:46 -0800

Lessig Blog, v2: A time for silence:

lessig:

A week ago today, Aaron gave up. And since I received the call late Friday night telling me that, like so many others who were close to him, I have not rested. Not slept, really. Not connected with my kids, at all. Not held my wife except to comfort her tears, or for her to comfort mine.

Instead…

arlpolicynotes: I know we don’t usually talk about data and...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:37:01 -0800

arlpolicynotes:

I know we don’t usually talk about data and data-sharing here, since generally data are not copyrighted in the US, but this is too funny/maddening not to share.

"You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:34:25 -0800

“You grow great crops in great soil. And the soil is the commons. Increasingly, we have monopolistic companies that try to take as much as they can for themselves. And we have a patent and copyright regime that makes sure that nothing goes back into the commons unless by an extraordinary act of generosity. This is not fertile soil for innovation.”

- Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing | Wired Business | Wired.com (via arlpolicynotes)

Millennial Mega Mashup: Exclusive Interview: Generation Innovation with @MTVInsights

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:26:06 -0800

Millennial Mega Mashup: Exclusive Interview: Generation Innovation with @MTVInsights :

megamashup:

MTV have begun to call the Millennial generation “Generation Innovation.” They are a generation of creators, entrepreneurs and innovators, and will drastically reshape this country in terms of its cultural, commercial and civic spheres. In MTV’s 2012 study, they explore the creative ethos of…

explore-blog: A 3-minute animated guide to the 10 amendments of...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:35:20 -0700

explore-blog:

A 3-minute animated guide to the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights.

emergentfutures: 5 Transformational Forces That Should Be...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:20:35 -0700

emergentfutures:

5 Transformational Forces That Should Be Driving The Social Sector (But Aren’t)

Technological advances that are powering the rest of the economy have been slower to make their mark on people working for change. What could happen when they are fully unleashed?

Full Story: FastCo

Clay Shirky on the Internet and Government

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:30:54 -0700

Clay Shirky on the Internet and Government

Inspirational

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:58:26 -0700

Inspirational

Photo

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:37:18 -0700

Knight News Challenge Round 2: Highlighting the 2%: the Knight News Challenge: Data finalists

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:31:45 -0700

Knight News Challenge Round 2: Highlighting the 2%: the Knight News Challenge: Data finalists:

newschallenge2:

This morning, we announced the winners of the Knight News Challenge: Data.

We’d also like to share the 15 finalists. While we weren’t able to fund all of them, we enjoyed getting to know more about the people and ideas behind them, and hope to see them come to life in the months ahead.

We’ve heard that it’s valuable for people to see the original applications for the projects that rose to the top, so gathered them them all in one place. If you want to learn more about each of the finalists and the winners, check out the links to each of their original submissions (an asterisk notes a News Challenge: Data winner).

Great - Second chance fund opps!

jtotheizzoe: The Deep Sea Mystery Circle - A Love Story At...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:29:16 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

The Deep Sea Mystery Circle - A Love Story

At first glance it looks like an undersea crop circle. But it’s actually an intricate pattern drawn into the sand by the male of a species of pufferfish. He hangs out in the middle, waiting for females to follow the grooves … and then, you know, they do the thing that you do in the middle.

Artists always get the ladies …

(via Spoon & Tamago)

"When systems are built as such, Shirky says we move from a culture of “failure is not an option” to..."

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:27:40 -0700

“When systems are built as such, Shirky says we move from a culture of “failure is not an option” to a culture of “failure is not a problem.””

- Clay Shirky: Unlocking Mankind’s Untapped Potential - Forbes