Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-5-2011

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• Daily Kos: Matt Damon gives PERFECT defense of teachers!
  (tags: america education culture Awesome teaching)
• Social-Creature » This Is Why You Share
  Why do we pass on info to other people (that's not critical 'Mind the gap' stuff)? The internet has raised the ease and thus the amount we do it, but what's the underlying reasoning behind it? Most of linked stuff features into why I do these linkposts.
  (tags: braaaaaains blog culture interesting internet geeky)
• denise: "Real Name" policies: They just don't work.
  (tags: culture pseudonymity identity geeky interesting internet)
• Ten things not to say to a depressed person | purplepersuasion
  "…Despite the fact that depression is so widespread, it is apparently still a very misunderstood illness.  That’s the only conclusion I can draw from some of the insensitive, crass and sometimes downright bizarre things people have said to me about my depression over the years."
  (tags: depression mentalhealth health interesting important useful viaandrewducker)
• Virgin wants to give free public wi-fi to London - Challenge to BT's Openzone | TechEye
  Richard Branson wants to give BT's Openzone a run for its money by covering London with a free public wi-fi network. If it all works, Virgin Media's network would be free to anyone at 0.5Mbps, and to subscribers at speeds up to 10Mbps.
  (tags: Awesome commercial computers geeky web useful dude!)
• BBC News - Vilnius mayor crushes car parked in cycle lane
  The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, has been filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked illegally in a cycle lane. "That's what will happen if you park your car illegally," Mayor Arturas Zuokas, an avid cyclist, says in a clip posted on the Vilnius City website.
  (tags: law parking cycling amusing Awesome dude! ooh…nasty)
• Drunken Expat Writer - The News You Need
  During a campaign stop in San Francisco GOP Primary Hopeful Khal Drogo endorsed Marvel Comics' controversial decision to have Spider-Man portrayed as a Stark Of Winterfell.
  (tags: agameofprimaries amusing parody geeky)
• Anders Behring Breivik's not a terrorist, he's a mass-murderer | World news | The Guardian
  "The Norwegian killer is insane and those trying to give meaning to his actions should stop". Yes, really, we should stop looking at why he did this, and just dismiss him as a loon. That'd be helpful. Really! And of course, he's not Muslim, so he can't be a terrorist really anyway. Or? Not.
  (tags: idonotagreewiththepagelinkedto terrorism wtf journalism insanity culture)
• Church sex abuse inquiry 'not needed' | Herald Sun
  Because the Bishop in question, "While conceding the abuse of children was wrong, he said that in the past it had not always been clear to everyone what was appropriate and inappropriate behaviour."
  (tags: abuse children dude... crime corruption law wtf religion peoplesuck)
• The Daily Mash - Western culture still very much there, say experts
  LIBERAL western culture does not seem to have noticed it is under threat, experts have confirmed. (has a large picture of a woman in a bikini next to the story, which could make it less suitable for work for some)
  (tags: 'liberals' amusing culture fear journalism)
• ‪West Wing from s06e20 - Debt Ceiling‬‏ - YouTube
  The Debt Ceiling issues summarised in sixty seconds
  (tags: america amusing comment democracy economy peoplesuck politics money)