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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.

Moving

Time to return from whence we came. There will be a short hiatus in your regularly scheduled programming. Please check back in around July 7th.

Love,
BofHam

The Tyler Cowen

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. Falling RD in the pharma sector. Via Marginal Revolution.
2. Sexy revolutionary activity in North Korea. Via Gawker.
3. Scary portents of further famine in North Korea.
4. Here's hoping this never leaves the internet. It is too powerful, too right, too important to be consigned to a $12.95 book.
5. Here's one way to spice up baseball. Via The Awesomer.
   

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1. Sad infographic about the state of the rhino. Although, it must be said, also not very clear. The static version (found here) is no better. Why they're overlaying dark gray on light is beyond me. But still...stupid urban legend-driven prices for rhino horn are nothing short of tragic.
   
2. Great summary of China's foreign policy and prospects. Via The Browser.
3. Oy. Via Marginal Revolution.
4. Daily Show making fun of itself. 
5. An extremely compelling argument to send a man to Mars. I mean extremely compelling. Seriously.
6. Beautiful ad for Nokia from all over the interwebs today.
   Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

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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. Two wildly different but interesting articles on North Korea, both from 38 North. The first is written like a travelogue and features an impossibly articulate Bangladeshi interlocutor. The second is a drier academic tract on NGO collaboration between the US and the DPRK.
2. More on BitCoin.