• Verbraucherschutz-Portal startet mit überlasteten Servern http://j.mp/njWlRY ist doch ein guter Start?! #
• Wow I love the iPhoto facebook uploader! Life can be so easy. And here are some pics from Kisumu, lions and all http://j.mp/oLgLWA #
• Wirtschaftliche Sanktionen gegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen: Europa liefert nicht mehr für Hinrichtungen in USA http://j.mp/qgyfnW #

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• California „propositions“ (referendums) have become an industry, providing laws for big money http://j.mp/qDXXSd #democracyiscomplicated #
• I usually doubt articles like this, but interesting that supposedly least nutritious veggies are also most tasteless ones http://j.mp/oDOs2y #
• Victory for Pastafarians (& atheists): Austrian driver’s license picture wearing spaghetti strainer for religious reasons http://j.mp/p2gLnc #
• #Krugman Economic policy can achieve short-term growth, while we know little about long-term factors http://j.mp/nwFcSQ http://j.mp/pLz51U #
• #Krugman Money is the most difficult to explain economic topic because it inherently deals with market imperfections http://j.mp/r8EBfF #
• Dîner en Blanc in Paris: An aristocrat flash-mob (since 1988) http://j.mp/pE4l7g And New York tries to copy. We will see… #
• #Krugman debunks helplessness-talk concerning the economy http://j.mp/rauRM7 Which begs the question: Why is nothing done?! #
• Assange’s acts might be legal rape or not, they certainly are rape by any reasonable moral judgement http://j.mp/rtMXjm Bah. #sadbuttrue #
• Development from low to middle income through occupation change, further to high income through qualification change http://j.mp/qwZiDp #
• Median household income gain in US since 1975 (!) explained entirely by working longer http://j.mp/pMWrlf Yay rising standards of living! #
• US Inequality Quiz http://j.mp/on0heh Why is shrinking welfare popular, social mobility, taxes and growth, per capita income per work-hour #
• Informelle Große Koalition zur Steuerpolitik http://j.mp/nIyRsz Die FDP fängt an mir richtig leid zu tun. #
• Democracy succeeds or fails over „small“ technical details http://j.mp/omIzXo What Arab Spring countries should learn from US mistakes. Wow! #
• #Krugman on (contemporary) Great Recession http://j.mp/qqRDwe Unemployment is not a structural problem, it’s a lack of political will #
• The stunning culture of our own past: silent reading was a revolution for our oral ancestors, and writing had no spaces http://j.mp/rouNLF #
• #travelinsight 68: In 80 hours around Lake Victoria. Phew. Involves three border crossings. I’ll have to rant about the Ugandan ones later. #
• Tagebücher eines „kleinen“ Justizbeamten 1939 bis 1945 zeigen deutlich, was man wissen konnte http://j.mp/oBj9w2 Traurige Wahrheit. #ZEIT #
• „Rape Mythology“ creates a strong incentive for legitimate victims to lie about circumstances http://j.mp/qdgqPN #DSK #lifeiscomplicated #
• #ZEIT Fahrrad-Verkehrsregeln-Quiz http://j.mp/pXY3eL Geschwindigkeits– & Promillegrenzen, Musikhören & Einkaufstaschen, und #CriticalMass #

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• Sexism among atheists — what’s wrong with asking somebody if they want to have sex in an enlightened age? http://j.mp/kppPr0 #privilege #
• Economist reviews „Too Big to Fail“ (and „Inside Job“) http://j.mp/ioVhzc where do mistakes „cross over into villainy“? #
• Heribert #Prantl hält Laudatio zum Negativ-Preis Verschlossene Auster an Atomindustrie http://j.mp/lWlj0T „Kommuniziert wie der Teufel“ #
• #travelinsight 67: Trying not generalize African culture myself, I hear „we Africans“ all the time. A healthy, inclusive identity, I hope. #
• #travelinsight 66: I’m not the only one living out of a suitcase (that is, backpack) here: Most man my age do. Furniture is rare. #
• The church of fiscal conservatism #cartoon http://j.mp/l4ThiB #
• CDU/CSU/FDP nach Wulffs Lob für die Grünen http://j.mp/lpVOId Wir haben auch Basisdemokratie. http://j.mp/kL2FYH Lächerlich. #
• The #SlutWalk movement and Feminism — fighting the „division of women into good girls and bad ones“ http://j.mp/kv1gI5 #
• Die erfolgreiche schlechte Regierung: hört auf Stimmung der Bürger aber ist ideenlos, verbraucht deshalb „Diskursmasse“ http://j.mp/kUiYlT #
• Only perfect women are raped? Arguments for not dropping the #DSK case in the face of other lies from the alleged victim http://j.mp/iRjCeY #

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• Der freiwillige „Beitrag“ der Banken zur Griechenlandrettung hilft den Banken & belastet Griechenland http://j.mp/lpkqXJ http://j.mp/jC8kTV #
• Der Journalist „pusht“ zum #FrauenWM Paralympics-Vergleich http://j.mp/keVe3L Unfein. Aber komischer Geschmack nach allen Seiten. Allen. #
• What is the opposite of pro? This teacher obviously LOL! http://twitpic.com/5izh66 Full explanation here http://j.mp/jAWeeq #
• What’s popular with #facebook on #NYTimes http://twitpic.com/5ip1wc Sorry, facebook! #
• Inventor of highly successful Dialectical Behavior Therapy Marsha Linehan comes out as Borderline herself http://j.mp/kkBtsb Powerful! #
• #NYTimes Magazine account of an illegal immigrant becoming successful journalist, but living a life of fear http://j.mp/jvdcxk So touching! #
• Plausible psychologizing of why Obama has disappointed so much http://j.mp/jXlaCl Mediation, empathy and all-sidedness in the wrong place #
• Misbehaving words and structural Marxism in a children’s book http://j.mp/mKEwUM Literary allusions can be fun after all! #

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• #SZ Kommentar zum Ausstiegs-Ja, der viel Hoffnung für die Grünen macht http://j.mp/maaKDD So oder so: gut gemacht, Grüne! #
• RE #RSS If you want me to visit your blog, how about writing something that invites me to comment? Web 2.0, right? #
• If you have an #RSS feed, don’t make it be one-liners. I won’t be teased and visit your stupid blog over and over. I’ll delete your feed. #
• Getting „married“ on facebook http://j.mp/jN7fQY „no pending invites to stray“ #moderntimes #
• #travelinsight 65: Saying good-bye to people with no digital communication feels much more final — even though, who really writes e-mails? #
• While Obamacare & Ryancare are similar, one is a good compromise for uninsured, the other worsening existing care http://j.mp/jNOnFz #
• Nations are not companies. EU Countries make their economies weak and unequal by trying to be „competitive“ http://j.mp/jh1rRV #
• Free speech in the west and the knowability of truth, from prescribed history to political correctness http://j.mp/lELj7f Fascinating! #
• Compassionate story of an ex-gay, showing the struggles and mind-games that still trouble our sexual identities http://j.mp/mIJgwZ #
• Nachrichten aus unserem abgeschafften Entwicklungshilfeministerium und dem ecudorianischen Regenwald http://j.mp/jSKPTW Genau falsche EZ #
• After frustration with my WordPress-Blog comment system: I’m not alone http://j.mp/kTiVZo but where do I go from there? Help! #
• #Krugman on liberalism & 5 influential books http://j.mp/jJsjMh Fascinating how central epistemology is, a topic I keep coming back to, too. #
• Historischer Bogen Grüner Bildungspolitik: Bildung für soziale Gerechtigkeit, der Weg zur „Gemeinschaftsschule“ lang http://j.mp/mJnR5c #
• Secret rule of the proletariat (sort of) in the US: managerialist, not capitalist http://j.mp/lZrJPR Do we need corporate democracy? #
• The cocaine-related death of a basketball star triggered the US war on drugs 25 years ago http://j.mp/iQnvyK Can coincidences shape history? #
• #Krugman argues the Greece problem can only be solved by defaulting the debt, and talks about the costs of delaying that http://j.mp/iFe2ny #
• When companies try to do science — McKinsey’s bold health care claim and refusal (inability?) to produce the evidence http://j.mp/m0OmnX #
• #travelinsight 64: Good gear and boots — happy as a child in the rain! And the mixed smell of wet mud, grass and eucalyptus, ahhh! #
• #travelinsight 63: It can be a privilege to not understand the language: You get lots of time to observe and think about things. #
• #travelinsight 62: I’m good with Kiswahili grammar and pronunciation, not so much with vocabulary — does that mean I’m lazy? #
• US has only been militarized as intensely as now since WWII, and maybe ending the superpowerdom will not hurt too much http://j.mp/m9l8Tz #
• Die #TAZ hat ein simples Online-Tool zur Suche von Parteispenden über 10.000€, Firmen & privat. Es lebe die Transparenz! http://j.mp/jalJIi #
• Neuroscience is a (reflexive) social science: disbelief in free will changes brain activity (and behavior) — to the worse http://j.mp/klB8zG #
• Spannende und kontroverse Liste von technischen Durchbrüchen, die (vielleicht) bevorstehen. Gut gemacht #ZEIT http://j.mp/mscLMl #
• #Mankiw shows how you get the same behind different language in health care http://j.mp/iW1Jd8 Why do democrats choose the „bad“ language? #

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• Learn child care, health care and fair pay from the military. A well-functioning socialist endeavor in the US’s heart http://j.mp/jJtjG6 #
• CIA ordered by Bush administration to find „damaging“ information about displeasing Middle East blogger http://j.mp/jky8qo Very disturbing. #
• It makes me sick that there’s a whole politics of its own about winning Wall Street donations http://j.mp/koMGx2 And especially Obama! #
• Subtle corruption by naming a building or institution after somebody http://j.mp/k5xTfv very much agree with #Mankiw here #
• The virtue of „moral imagination“ vs. one step leading to the next. Good freshman talk, and very noteworthy comments too! http://j.mp/mvhlh7 #
• Review of a SF-Book that promises fun — and insights into how language and stories shape our world http://j.mp/kt7HCf Can’t wait! #
• Griechenland-Krise ähnelt dem Versailler Vertrag, und Lösung ist Europäische Finanzpolitik ohne nationale Parlamente http://j.mp/jn85mU wow! #
• Auguri, Italia! http://j.mp/kkGADw Die Berlusconi-Ära scheint vorbei, hoffen wir dass die italienische Linke was zu bieten hat. #
• Things can always be different, and not every US war is for oil. Libya definitely isn’t, read why on #InformedComment http://j.mp/jgMwNJ #
• #travelinsight 61: RE sugar cane: Europe and US here are refined sugar of course, making this an inverted U-shaped development curve for me. #
• #travelinsight 60: The difference between Africa and India and is chewing sugar cane and drinking fresh sugar cane juice. Both nice, but… #
• #TechTip SafeSleepOnce http://j.mp/mTJN4W the much-needed „deep sleep“ (hibernation) Button for Mac OS X. Also here: tested many, kept one #
• #TechTip „Mental Case“ the first spaced repetition learning software that does the job for me http://j.mp/iGObOs not free, but worth it #
• Paul #Krugman has a chart comparing Medicare and private insurance cost increases. Health markets not a good idea http://j.mp/jF7zUl #

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• Illustration of private health care system waste http://j.mp/iefY2F But I don’t agree http://j.mp/ikH95N health care is so very different #
• #travelinsight 59: Stayed up till 3 refining a four-voice choir composition with my guest brother. Demanding, but also very rewarding! #
• Nice explanation why the „food plate“ is a big step forward from the old pyramid http://j.mp/iR3m91 #
• A rare case where feminism and „men’s rights“ arguments obviously coincide http://j.mp/kZb8rg why it has to be ok for men to send naked pics #
• What puzzles me most about Obama — how and why he expands on the previous Administration’s tight grip on his citizens http://j.mp/k1f8hf #
• Intuitive, perceptual learning advanced by brain scientists http://j.mp/l5fi32 Helps with most important task: What kind of problem is this? #
• Critical Review of Adapt (book) http://j.mp/ixlSnv How evolutionary/market-style trial and error bites its own tail as a big principle. #
• #travelinsight 58: I love thinking people, both in trait and state sense Great to watch the kids put their heads together over a problem! #
• Evolutionary just-so story debunked: Dogs‘ past in family packs and implications for hierarchy, cooperation and training http://j.mp/l6oLlR #
• #travelinsight 57: When you’re constantly observed (and different) anyway, you might as well do what you feel like doing. Liberating! #
• 11 bizarre beliefs Americans hold http://j.mp/kZWkcs Depending on your level of social science training, laugh at Americans or pollsters… #
• #travelinsight 56: Twitter is teaching me to summarize. And cut unnecessary adjectives. I suppose that’s good, all in all… #
• #travelinsight 55: Why do I sometimes get that sudden craving to buy stuff, to consume?! Preferably high-end tech stuff, and new clothes… #
• Rechtliche Folgen von Stuttgart 21 für zukünftige Großprojekte http://j.mp/mcPwjq Spielarten der Bürgerbeteiligung und Verfahrensdauer #

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• Fukushima ist noch nicht vorbei — Strahlung neues Maximum und 100.000 Tonnen hoch radioaktives Wasser in der Ruine http://j.mp/jv36vX #
• #travelinsight 54: Decentralized waste incineration is a bad idea. But there is no garbage collection in place here, while trash there is… #
• How the new Egypt government changes the game for Israel http://j.mp/jHl9tc And some „old news“ we should keep in mind about the Gaza „jail“ #
• US prison system dimensions and illusions: „we pay poor unemployed rural whites to guard poor unemployed urban blacks“ http://j.mp/iHGSOX #
• Well-argued case for publishing peer-review comments with the articles, anonymous or not http://j.mp/jtgr2u #science #
• #travelinsight 53: #postbank mobileTAN is so handy when traveling I only need my mobile phone for online banking. Yeah 21st century! #
• Career advice for post-tenure economists (& others) http://j.mp/iPKrj1 increases my hope that good life and success go together in academia #
• Thought-provoking „Male Privilege Checklist“ http://j.mp/iJpZOr Scary to see how different gender worlds still are, and my own ignorance #
• Technology, liking, loving http://j.mp/ixfVrF #NYTimes #Op-Ed on how technology pulls us away from real life. Surprisingly deep thoughts! #
• Critique of the „find yourself“ mantra for college graduates http://j.mp/jlFRQy Talk of a „calling“ touches big philosophical themes. Good! #
• American doctors: incentives change political positions http://j.mp/mdvtSA Is it really only that? #
• With a nudge from the government and consumers‘ minds changed by fuel prices, American companies learn to build compacts http://j.mp/lK5BWk #

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• Why G8 „emerging democracies“ aid is too low and weak http://j.mp/mcCf9D and how it compares to former debt relieve for military support #
• A thorough look at the electricity markets to show how wind energy fluctuations are priced in and mostly unproblematic http://j.mp/inukgv #
• „publication planning agencies“ — pharma companies write journal articles, then pay renowned „authors“ http://j.mp/jSHLEk science & business #
• First German offshore wind farm in operation http://j.mp/lLsiJH 21 x 2.3 MW, some 50,000 households‘ worth of electricity. Yay! #
• Scroll a little down for a discussion of how Obama adopts the „Israeli-Zionist Narrative“ on Palestine http://j.mp/lINWQq absurd, disturbing #
• Touching portray of an African „illegalized“ immigrant to Spain http://j.mp/l6SNyt And then they keep the image up for people at home! #
• Parents not revealing their baby’s gender. Amazing idea. http://j.mp/m7iiy3 Think about why that’s so shocking! What does it change? #
• Good news from Israel’s people and Jewish Americans on peace http://j.mp/lBtkmt see also my party donations post earlier http://j.mp/jnLucM #
• As usual, very concise summary & comment of the „Arab Spring“ on Informed Comment http://j.mp/k3c5FO Mubarak, Egypt-Palestine, Yemen, Libya #
• More big money sneaking into US election campaigns through „independent“ organizations http://j.mp/jTRn2n In relative silence. #
• Puzzling power game between Obama and Congress over Libya http://j.mp/iiG1IG Why doesn’t he just put his war for democracy up for vote? #
• Aus gegebenem Anlass der zu weit gereisten Gurken http://j.mp/kG0uT7 Slow-Food, Emstäler Knorpelkirschen, brüderlich vereint in Vielfalt #
• What is it like to grow up with parents who believe the world will end soon? http://j.mp/jCimiN Nice perspective often forgotten. #
• How crazy can „pro-life“ anti-abortionism get? Very. In the House? Very. http://j.mp/m4ZE6i A reasonable woman should be prepared for rape. #
• Brilliant, sad-funny argument on extreme weather events and climate change http://j.mp/joD4u4 Some sad sad US politics mentioned too. Obama! #
• Criminology has something to think about now http://j.mp/jYbY3U Crime rates in the US falling substantially at most unexpected time. Why?! #
• Supreme Court rules for California to release 30,000 (~20%) of its prison population http://j.mp/kTjgyE to no more than 137.5% capacity … #
• Seems the political tide in the US is already turning again http://j.mp/mJQfTf I knew I could have faith in Americans #
• #InformedComment sides with Obama on the Israel Borders Issue http://j.mp/lO1YJM and has sinister predictions for Netanyahu’s course #
• #travelinsight 52: Karanga! Totally addicted to the local roasted peanuts, fresh and delicious. A lot of food here that I’ll miss at home! #
• Tea Party is their own anger exposure #psychotherapy Maybe there is some truth (and good!) in habituation after all http://j.mp/jv8Y60 #
• Interesting thoughts on reporting (sexual) harassment http://j.mp/mm8CFR in the end probably goes to show that reporting is always difficult #
• Pakistanische Journalistin über den Stand der Emanzipation in Deutschland http://j.mp/kcvma8 Warum kultureller Austausch so wichtig ist #
• Schooling without learning. The drama of developing countries‘ education system, example India http://j.mp/luAGkh Probably worse in Tanzania #
• I’m happy to find that a huge number of evolutionary psychologists have spoken up against the black-women-ugly-n-dumb guy http://j.mp/jBRGZX #
• Introduction to strong or weak currency — exchange rate issues in very readable #nytimes column http://j.mp/mBuIER Nice! #
• Re-analysis refutes the black-women-attractiveness scandal http://j.mp/jvPOvR Almost touching to see the struggle in a positivist mindset #
• My job prospects in therapy seem to be wonderful http://j.mp/iS10Xb Still sad. And shows that gender equality has to go both ways somehow. #

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• DSK: A semi-open marriage made public http://j.mp/lgeEf1 „As long as he is still attracted to me, and I to him, it is sufficient.“ Hm. Hmmm. #
• Stolen Valor Act — the crime of pretending to be a military hero http://j.mp/lq1Llg In what kind of society would this crime be wide-spread? #
• Sex and Religion: We’re all doing pretty much the same stuff. Believers just feel worse about it. http://j.mp/mTslC9 #cautionorhumoradvised #
• School funding — irony can be so enlightening http://j.mp/lPyd6N And who doesn’t get it, too http://j.mp/kQ2APx (different topic) #
• #travelinsight 51: I’ll never say cool again. There is an abundance of much nicer words of appreciation here. Shwanga! (for Germans… #
• Informed comment has Obama’s Middle East address http://j.mp/lrZs4X and a thoughtful comment analyzing pros and cons http://j.mp/lQWg71 #
• Important comment on DSK case: illegal immigrants‘ lack of access to law enforcement & astronomic sexual assault numbers http://j.mp/kwP93C #
• Well-argued and devastating critique of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his public defenders http://j.mp/m6rDia Bad bad taste in my mouth. #
• Sind Gleichstellungsbeauftragte auch für Männer da? Spannende Kontroverse http://j.mp/iEZaGU Ich finde: ja, aus vielerlei Gründen. #
• #travelinsight 49: What percentage of „Hello, can you hear me?!“ of total talk time can you tolerate in a Skype call? #
• #travelinsight 48: My mosquito technique now: Long pants, thick socks and killing the ones approaching my bare arms. Works most of the time. #
• More stimulus evaluation: via Krugman a thorough critical appraisal of the critique http://j.mp/iyzZUm & a positive paper http://j.mp/lTh9Ec #
• What Mankiw lauds as „empirical findings“ http://j.mp/m5eTVF is „Stupid Stimulus Tricks“ to Krugman http://j.mp/kFEb1Y #StimulusBill #
• http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/05/evaluating-arra.html #
• Twitter & co go newspaper: Interesting website, I’m curious how that will evolve http://paper.li/ #
• Odd-angle perspective on freedom, pleasure, capitalism, minorities, feminism, even Israel http://j.mp/l9MA8Z Awesome! #EllenWillis #
• It seems Qaddafi’s International Criminal Court indictment changes a lot in Libya by deterring his „friends“ http://j.mp/jRP8QK Good! #
• #travelinsight 47: Great fun teaching Ultimate Frisbee to rural Tanzanian Students. They’re so enthusiastic! Thank you Auroville Spinergy! #
• Vroniplag, Geißel der Plagiatoren http://j.mp/iMD5ww nach Wikileaks die nächste Wikisierung des öffentlichen Lebens. Die Welt ändert sich! #
• Syrien — Unterdrückung funktioniert, wenn genügend profitieren? http://j.mp/m0gwJM Spannend, über Wege vorwärts nachzudenken. #
• Kapital und Bildung — Stiftung Lesen wird Schleichwerbung vorgeworfen http://j.mp/ja5pHQ Schade! Wem würde man vertrauen wenn nicht denen? #
• Die ZEIT hat für mich eine Geschichte guter Kanzlerinnen-Interviews. Diesmal windet sich Merkel allerdings recht hilflos http://j.mp/mpCBdV #
• I need to travel eastern Europe again! Amazing abandoned monuments from the 70s in former Yugoslavia http://j.mp/ihrrPC great pictures too! #
• Mieter subventionieren Photovoltaik — Entrechtung von Mietern unter dem Deckmantel des Klimaschutzes http://j.mp/jzVvxV Gute Idee, FDP! #
• Declining college learning outcomes — sociological critique of education markets with a touch of disgruntled old man talk http://j.mp/kNXc1A #
• The „Decline Effect“ — why replication of experiments fails so often, and what that means for science http://j.mp/kvzIuB #

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