Category Open source – the commons
A day in the world
On May 15 2012, Aday.org asked people around the world to pick up their cameras to photograph daily life. This photo by Mehran Hamrahi, Iran, is one of my favorite and I heard it is Desmond Tutu’s too. Amamzing how their eyes meet in the jump – two buddies playing. Here are the 45 photos featured in […]
Tammy Baldwin first female senator in Wisconsin and first openly gay senator in the US
Baldwin’s victory makes her the first openly gay candidate elected to the U.S. Senate. “Tammy Baldwin’s victory showed what a majority of Americans already know: that candidates should be judged on their qualifications for the job and not their sexual orientation,” said Herndon Graddick, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). In an […]
American third party candidates do exist but could they ever win?
Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala with roots in Finland, are the Green Party candidates in the US presidential election 2012. They have not been invited to the large debates and have protested outside instead. Below on the grounds of Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York. I remember when my father-in-law went door […]
The beutiful sandy shore of New Jersey before Sandy
While looking for news about Sandy and the New Jersey shore where we visited friends in July I stumbled upon news about other areas where the storm has hit. We have to remind ourselves that the storm hit in other places too but that news is not as hyped as the storm in the US […]
Fresh air movie interviews 2009-2012
What would I do without the movie programs from NPR? I guess live without them. But my household chores would be more boring. Fresh air movie interviews 2009-2012 Filmweek on AirTalk
Ai Weiwei’s firm closing down by authorities
Chinese authorities are closing down the firm handling Ai Weiwei‘s affairs, the artist said on Monday, he believed he and his team had lost the battle but won the war since he will not pay the remaining £1.5m tax fine. Officials said this weekend they were removing Fake Cultural Development’s business license because it had not met annual registration […]
Att bo kollektivt är roligt, smart och bekvämt
Kollektivhus: miljösmart och bekvämt Intressant artikel i Minplanet om varför det är både miljösmart och praktiskt att bo än i kollektivhus. Om hur det fungerar i praktiken och varför är denna boendeform så ovanlig. Minplanet söker svaren bland kollektivhusfrälsta och professorer. Minplanet är en site som vill göra vår värld grönare och skönare och bevakar de senaste miljönyheterna, och […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
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