May | 2011 | Casper ter Kuile

Link Loving 14.05.11

How to control any complex system. M.I.T.
America is bankrupt. But not in the way you think. Umair Haque.
Democratic Senators defend oil-subsidies against their own Party leadership. Now that is a sad state of affairs. Ryan Grim.
An interactive 3D model of the solar system.
I Love Charts. Amazing, amazing, amazing.
A UN climate treaty is possible says Christiana Figueres.
Aaron Peters on online networks as spaces of political contention and practice.
What is friendship? Nice two-minute video.

Hey David Cameron,

You say: “red tape”,

I say: protection of gender equality, workers rights, health standards and child safety.

Making laws that work for society? Yes. A wholesale attack on anything that gets in the way of a fast buck? No thanks.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change undergoes reform. Richard Black.
Weaving networks: the growing conversation of the world. Paul Hilder.
The geograhy of hate: What do factors like poverty, religion, and politics tell us about the location of more than 1,000 racist groups? Richard Florida.
How David Cameron could score points from carbon budget row. Fiona Harvey.
How can we explain the rape epidemic in Congo? Elizabeth Dickinson.
Climate disasters are unlikely to be midwives for progressive change. David Roberts.
Chuka Umunna‘s vision for the Labour Party.
Surreal and beautiful monuments in the former Yugoslav republics.
Decline in philanthropy leaves Big Society looking…small. Matthew Zarb.

More please.

Alex Evans identifies five theories of change on global climate politics.
Duncan Green has another look at the land grabs in Africa. Scary stuff.
Toy soldiers like you’ve never seen them before. Josh Spear.
Adam Hochschild: Lessons for the antiwar movement from the pacifists of World War I.
Europe and its myopic leaders. Eunice Goes.
Great piece from Matthew Lockwood on differing approaches within the environmental movement.

Watch this.

It’s a climate-themed video bonanza this week with this absolute cracker.

The new art of pushback – say hello to the text message. Nick Judd.
Want to set the debate for energy policy? Make a film. Matthew C. Nisbet.
Why you shouldn’t be afraid to piss off your friends says Francis Fukuyama.
Finding common ground with an adversary. Larry Flynt.
The DoNation goes live – a whole new world of fundraising/volunteering.
Leadership isn’t about having all the answers, it’s about helping others arrive at the answers themselves. Learn to love the awkward silence. Kwesi Chappin.
Teddy Goff is named as the Obama ’12 campaign’s head of digital.

Have I died and gone to heaven?! The Finnish Eurovision entry is all about climate change action!

Where are all the artists? Jonathan Wise.
Nick Jehlen on finding clarity through the TEA cycle.
The honeymoon in Egypt is over. Pankaj Mishra on the fragility of September’s elections.
The last iceberg – a hauntingly beautiful series of photographs. Camille Seaman.
Glenn Beck says young climate activists don’t love their mothers.
Joe Cox and Ralph Scott with another strong analysis of the AV vote.