Category Archives: Government & Politics

Drone War Exposed by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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Drone War Exposed – the complete picture of CIA strikes in Pakistan: TBIJ. Covert Drone War – the Data: TBIJ. The Bush Years 2004 – 2009: TBIJ.

Why was Awlaki and his son killed?

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These videos should make you wonder… http://vimeo.com/30716267 http://vimeo.com/29871580 http://vimeo.com/29884549 http://vimeo.com/29844939 http://vimeo.com/30610120

My country is a coward

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My country now regularly kills people who disagree with it via remote-controlled flying robots. Pretty soon anyone who tweets something negative about the USA will have a target digitally painted on them. The right thing to do is to end violence with diplomacy: acknowledge that people all over the world have legitimate grievances with American [...]

“Appropriart!” A Graphic about Copyright

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“Appropriart!” A Graphic about Copyright by Susie Cagle, co-produced by MDF and GIA | Media Democracy Fund

Chicago’s $635M budget deficit…

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…is one pretty damn good reason that selling the city’s parking rights was a bad idea. And the graph is another example of how not to make an infographic. City of Chicago :: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Outlines 2012 Budget Proposal to Secure Chicago’s Future Also: City of Chicago 2012 Budget Ideas

The American Police State is the ‘New Normal’ – Yahoo! News

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The American Police State is the ‘New Normal’ – Yahoo! News

Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of the Glee Club (via Balkinization)

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Ever watched Glee? Me neither. It’s a show about high school on FOX that consistently shows students violating copyright law. Is this hypocrisy? Or is FOX involved in a back-door strategy to shift the world of intellectual property law towards the Creative Commons approach? Christina Mulligan writes an interesting bit about that very conflict: These [...]

Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (via NYTimes.com)

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The New York Times has a kick ass group of info graphics to help you visualize the BP oil spill… Map and Estimates of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com.

Graffiti in New York City (via Tableau Software)

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I was searching for some free data visualization software (to create “mind maps” of my hair-brained schemes), and I found tableau software. One of the demos of their software is a data visualization of graffiti incidents and resolution actions in NYC. This is obviously intended as a tool for the city to track crime and [...]

In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News

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In Photos: Two months later, the oil still flows – Yahoo! News.

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