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http://www.olpcnews.com OK, this is the last OLPC site… at least for this year! A great “independent” news source for all things OLPC.

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http://olpclearningclub.org/ My new semi-local X0-1 user group!

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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Charles Mann, Dan 'The Auto Man', John Wilson, Mahmood Mamdani, Nicholas Hale, Roger Morris

We played interviews with Mahmood Mamdani on the language of genocide, Roger Morris on the history of the CIA, and Charles Mann telling us what the Americas were like before 1491. We also had live contributions from correspondents Nicholas “Fool Britannia” Hale, Dan “The Auto Man” Litchfield and John Wilson told us about his [...]

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http://peterrussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php The World Clock. Actually, more like of a webpage of the week – packed with fast flying facts. Many of them disgusting! Thanks to Laura for this one!

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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Ben Wallace-Wells, Elvis DeMorrow, Jacques Leslie, Jamey Lionette, Jeff Dorchen

Jamey Lionette is a contributor to "Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed" (South End Press) which is edited by author and activist Vandana Shiva. Jamey’s contribution was posted at AlterNet this week under the title, "We Are What We Eat." Jamey and his family run Lionette’s Market (http://www.lionettesmarket.com) in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Jacques [...]

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http://laptopgiving.org Do good and get a great littlerevolutionary laptop/e-book reader to boot! Errata from the show – TheOne Laptop Per Child project was annouced in 2005, not 1995.

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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Carah Ong, Dr. Krys Bigosinski MD, Jonathan Schell, LaddieO.com, Maurice Carney, Michael Fox, Robert Lipsyte

Maurice Carney is the Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, which “was established at the behest of Congolese human rights and grassroots institutions in 2004, to work together to bring about peaceful and lasting change in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. The Friends of the Congo is led by people of [...]

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http://www.strangescience.net Mad paleontology.

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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Bruce Dixon, Jeff Dorchen, John Perkins, Kate O'Donnell, Raed Jarrar, Stephen Zunes, Todd Williams

John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," will be on to discuss his new book, "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption." Stephen Zunes is the Foreign Policy In Focus Middle East editor and a professor of politics at the University [...]

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http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com Just in time for the holidays!

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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Fatima Bhutto, John Brown, Kevan Harris

Fatima Bhutto is a writer and poet. She is the daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who was killed in 1996 in Karachi when his sister, and Fatima’s aunt, Benazir, was prime minister. Fatima recently wrote the piece, "The Dismantling of Pakistani Democracy." John Brown is a former US Foreign Service officer who resigned from [...]

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http://gethuman.com/ From TIH producer Drew C: “Lists of how toget through automated messages systems as fast as possible. Honestly,usually you just push ’0′, but some companies have some pretty weirdbackdoors.”

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