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1. Understanding Breivik, both as an individual as well as a member of a resurgent radical right that is growing in Europe.
2. Such beautiful presentation of such meaningless data. This one too.
3. Electron microscopic fine art of food. Via The Awesomer.

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1. Philosophy prioritized by usefulness. Via The Browser.
2. Things are heating up. Via Marginal Revolution.
3. Gender imbalances in foreign policy.
4. Mostly German volunteers but beautiful nonetheless. Via Infosthetics.
   

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1. Producer surplus case study.
2. Great infographic about the work we put in for taxes. 
3. Food shortages in North Korea and the politics played with aid.
4. Forestalling 'harrassment' with nuclear weapons.

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1. I can't imagine it will do much but surprising nonetheless.
2. US-China relations taking a hit.
3. Great infographic about how to use which type of sunscreen depending on your skin tone.
4. Fantastic essay by Barbara Ehrenreich on the future of war with a subtle but convincing undercurrent of war, itself, as the catalyst for our evolving social structures. Via The Browser.
5. Our Earth continues to terrify and amaze. 
6. ...To say nothing of our universe...
   

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1. Facebook privacy through the lens of health.
2. Spooks and John Le Carre. Via The Browser.
3. North Korean propaganda posters for the upcoming 'elections'.

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1. Fantastic article about the history of secretive Korean diplomacy.
2. We are never safe on the internet. Via Infosthetics.
3. Insight on Murdoch's nightmare. Via The Browser.
4. Also from The Browser, a damning critique of America's economic situation.

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1. NKEconWatch on North Korea's housing initiatives. The degree of attention this blog lavishes on the details is astounding.
2. More people voting with their feet. Times must be getting tough in the Hermit Kingdom.
3. North Korea's entrepreneurship abroad.
4. Beautiful, interactive infographic charting population movement around the world. (Although their data shows no movement from North to South Korea.) Via Infosthetics.
5. The Year of Wonders. Via The Browser.

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1. Funny organizational charts. Makes me shudder at the memory of having to make these for my old employer. Nowhere is a company's self-deception more apparent than in their organizational charts.
2. Propaganda art is hilarious. (Am I the only one who thinks so?)
3. The circus of Russian politics.
4. Google famously subscribes to it's "Don't be evil" mantra of its founder. Where do our morals lie though, when it comes to a trade-off between privacy and evil? 
5. Painting with salt. Via The Awesomer.
   
6. An excellent article describing the inescapable corruption that accompanies even the most well-intentioned designs. Similar stuff to our previous link to over-counting graves. Whiiiiiiiich...I can't find. I think I should probably rethink my organization here. 

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1. Good history of coffee and its effects. Via Gizmodo.
   
2. Where HAVE all the girls gone?
3. Interesting read from one of the fathers of a Gizmodo editor of all people. Goes to show that any life is interesting. (Or maybe...that our fathers had way more interesting lives than us.)

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1. Fantastic, terrifying article about the state of American psychiatry. Perverse incentives abound from the pharmaceutical bed-fellows to the Supplemental Security Income on an individual basis. Via The Browser.
2. Neat infographic charting the rise of Foursquare.
3. Beautiful, sad travelogue of a former military advisor returning to Iraq.
4. North Korean meth production and addiction. Via NKEconWatch.
5. The Daily Show takes Fox to task...again.
6. Incredible levels of customization in Halo: Reach. Via The Awesomer.
   

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1. Beautiful photos of our subterranean lives. Via Marginal Revolution.
2. Shifting economies viewed through the lens of per capita GDP.
3. Brutal article about the people who work at US military bases around the world. Via The Browser.
4. Infographic of what happens in 60 seconds on the internet. Via Gizmodo.
5. I really do love the internet. Ask and ye shall receive in spades. Literally the exact video I originally commented on gets the stationary-sky treatment.
   
6. The FUTURE!

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1. Adjacencies and the 9/11 memorial. I wish I had this program back two years ago when I needed to create a matrix to satisfy just two requirements. Via Infosthetics.
2. Haunting footage of Japan's wreckage, albeit with an epically poetic news anchor narrating. Via Gizmodo.
3. Though this is a few days old, it's a great video. Humor makes political statements so much more effective.
   

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1. Last.fm getting us to do their work them. Thankfully, their work is really cool. Via Infosthetics.
2. The future, via Gizmodo. I'm saving up for this bad boy if he can get some decent gyroscopes to keep me from flipping over.
3. Depressing but unavoidable realities of humanitarian aid and the numbers they use to ask for support.
4. Two amazing videos from Gizmodo. One of base-jumping (it's a watch ad yes, but still breathtaking), the other of a funny, scary TED Talk. (Second is after the break.)

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1. Jesus. That was fast. One day after requesting it here, up crops this video giving me exactly what I want. Thank you internet.
   
2. Some fun infographics today. Crime maps, bike accident maps, and expat quality of life maps to name a few.
3. Obscure but hilarious attack on one comic artist's abilities. 
4. Slow motion car commercials featuring things getting destroyed. 

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1. Interactive hashtag correlation map. Type in any word to see the most related hashtags. Via Information Aesthetics.
2. Scary soothsaying on Greece's eventual default. Via Marginal Revolution.
3. Seriously inventive use of technology. 

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1. More of the worst video game voice-overs from the best guy to do them.
   
2. OECD infographic from lots of different places on the internet. 
3. The complicated state of Pakistan.
4. Before Bungie was famous.
5. Another wide-spread splash on the internet today, women like men who don't smile.
6. Another massive panorama photo, this one of Wembly Stadium.

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1. Foursquare infographic.
2. SNL with Justin Timberlake. I'm not even sure if it's funny but they have so much fun there's a vicarious thrill to be had.
3. Funny thoughts on The Rapture.
4. Two bits on North Korean documentaries from 38 North. The first, an interview with a filmmaker, the second, an essay on the role of documentaries in the Hermit Kingdom.
5. More not good news for optimists on the fall's UN decision on Palestinian statehood.
6. Interesting science on the Earth's soil. Via Marginal Revolution.

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More since we've been lazy as of late.

1. Riding the escalator. We truly live in the future.
   
2. 35 years backwards.
   
3. Funny, creative charts.

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1. Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly. Do you almost feel...like...Jesus...mutual respect?
2. David Ortiz getting hugs in NYC. Extremely feel good stuff.
   
3. Breakdown of a mashup, via Infosthetics.
4. A history of Christian Rock. Via Marginal Revolution.
5. Big Oil in today's economy.

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Quick hits at the end of a long day.

1. Vimeo truly is the internet home for the best and brightest of tomorrow's filmmakers. Via The Awesomer.
   
2. Fantastic interactive chart of snake oil.
3. Initially confusing but ultimately beautiful chart of where our water consumption comes from and goes to. Via Infosthetics.
4. The politics of nuclear North Korea.