Berto Jongman: Harvard to Journal Publishers – Piss Off! Open Access Here We Come…

Harvard University says it can’t afford journal publishers’ prices University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls Exasperated by rising subscription costs charged by academic publishers, Harvard University has encouraged its faculty members to make their research freely available through open access journals and to …

Berto Jongman: Kill the Messenger Movie, Gary Webb Interviews, CIA Drug Business Back in the News

American Drug War: The Last White Hope: Pre Release Cut(YouTube) The original Dark Alliance web portal (Narco News mirror/re-upload) Book: Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion (Amazon) Book: Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ Col James Sabow, USMC (RIP) Murder Book (Web Site) Video: Gary Webb on …

Owl: Manufactured Ebola Crisis — the Three Benefits for the 1% of a Biological 9/11

(Manufactured) Ebola Crisis is the Biological 9-11 for the Whole World – a Gift from the .01% Internet radio financial pundit Richard Martin recently stated: “”In 1915 there were 15 million horses in the US. By 1950, even though the human population had expanded exponentially, there were only 1 million horses, a result of the …

Micah Sifry: Progressive Activism Frustrated by Lack of Tools — And Refusal to Share…

Transparency, Big Data and Internet Activism Internet activism—and internet democracy—depend on accessible public meeting spaces online. So why are there so few of them? By Micah L. Sifry UTNE Reader, October 2014 Micah L. Sifry tackles the reasons progressive change has failed to manifest with the growth of the internet in The Big Disconnect (OR …

Tom Engelhardt: Failure is Success – How American Intelligence Works in the Twenty-First Century PLUS Robert Steele on Steps President Obama Could Take…

Failure Is Success: How American Intelligence Works in the Twenty-First Century “While taxpayer dollars flowed into your coffers, no one considered it a problem that the country lacked 17 overlapping outfits bent on preventing approximately 400,000 deaths by firearms in the same years; nor 17 interlocked agencies dedicated to safety on our roads, where more …

Patrick Meier: Integrating Geo-Data with Social Media Improves Situational Awareness During Disasters

Integrating Geo-Data with Social Media Improves Situational Awareness During Disasters A new data-driven study on the flooding of River Elbe in 2013 (one of the most severe floods ever recorded in Germany) shows that geo-data can enhance the process of extracting relevant information from social media during disasters. The authors use “specific geographical features like hydrological data and …

Review: The Big Disconnect – Why the Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet)

Micah Sifry 5.0 out of 5 stars Should Be Top Ten Book Across All Progressive Communities, October 5, 2014 This is one of the most useful important books I have read in the past couple of years, and I am stunned that the publisher has failed to properly present the book for purchase on Amazon. …