News

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Top Stories

• Facebook Frenzy (Newsweek — May 21, 2012, 05:00am EST)
• Bound for America: After Seven Years of Abuse, Blind Activist Chen Leaves China (TIME.com — May 19, 2012, 01:35pm EST)
• Which Insane Stunt Crew Will Be the <cite>Jackass</cite> of the Future? (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:30pm EST)
• Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ?Cure? (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 05:41am EST)
• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 19 (Wired — May 19, 2012, 04:01am EST)
• Microsoft to Launch Amazon EC2 Rival. Again (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:08am EST)
• Kickstarter of the Week: A Portable Scanner for Smartphones (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:05am EST)
• The Yemeni Front Against al-Qaeda Heats Up (TIME.com — May 18, 2012, 09:25pm EST)
• G-8 or G-Zero? Why the West No Longer Sets the Global Agenda (TIME.com — May 18, 2012, 09:25pm EST)
• Art Review: ?Monet?s Garden? at the New York Botanical Garden (NYTimes — May 18, 2012, 07:07pm EST)
• Op-Ed Columnist: Apocalypse Fairly Soon (NYTimes — May 18, 2012, 06:19pm EST)
• Arrest in Miss. killings (CNN — May 18, 2012, 05:15pm EST)
• Plan to raise sunken cruise ship (CNN — May 18, 2012, 04:19pm EST)
• Art Review: The Barnes Foundation, From Suburb to City (NYTimes — May 18, 2012, 03:50pm EST)
• Final moments call to girlfriend (CNN — May 18, 2012, 03:48pm EST)
• Cover Story: Bibi's Choice -- Will He Make War? Can He Make Peace? (TIME.com — May 18, 2012, 12:20pm EST)
• 49 headless bodies normal in Mexico? (CNN — May 18, 2012, 12:15am EST)

Columns

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Politics

• Obama Admin: Myanmar Open for Business (ABC — May 19, 2012, 12:00pm EST)
• Obama Urges Wall Street Reform (ABC — May 19, 2012, 10:01am EST)
• Behind Army?s $17,000 Drip Pan, Harold Rogers?s Earmark (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 09:57am EST)
• New Hampshire Vote Looks Close, and the Romney Team Is Hopeful (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 07:50am EST)
• Political Memo: Race and Religion Rear Their Heads (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 04:27am EST)
• The Caucus: A Drop in Fund-Raising for the Obama Campaign (NYTimes — May 18, 2012, 11:32pm EST)
• Grow up, Congress -- make a deal on debt (CNN — May 18, 2012, 09:14pm EST)
• Twitter Improves Privacy Options, Now Supports 'Do Not Track' (Wired — May 18, 2012, 03:38pm EST)
• Palin Endorsements Still Work (ABC — May 18, 2012, 02:51pm EST)
• LGBT families lobby Congress (CNN — May 18, 2012, 01:50pm EST)
• Do voters want no more moderates? (CNN — May 18, 2012, 01:40pm EST)
• Romney Envisions 'Day One' (ABC — May 18, 2012, 12:18pm EST)
• Cell Doors 'Incapable of Locking' at Giant Afghan Jail (Wired — May 17, 2012, 09:30pm EST)
• Obama's likeability a factor in election (CNN — May 17, 2012, 06:40pm EST)
• Face Down, Cash Up, Then Pakistan Lets in Our Trucks (Wired — May 17, 2012, 02:07pm EST)
• Your First Class Seat For Space (Wired — May 17, 2012, 12:57pm EST)

Pittsburgh

• Justice Joan Orie Melvin to fight charges (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Obama calls for more Africa farm aid (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• French president wins Obama's backing for European Union economic growth (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• China military ripens: Pentagon (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Ga. woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Rochester roundabout allows quick drive (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Boy's cancer detection tool wins science fair top prize (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Young killer to be freed at age 21 at the latest (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• Local authorities to get first crack at prosecuting Konias (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)
• A sudden halt to stellar career (Post-Gazette — May 18, 2012, 03:00pm EST)

Games

• All the recent "female gamer pics" prompted me to give you an actual look into a female gamer. Enjoy, I look like hell. (reddit — May 19, 2012, 08:53am EST)
• I don't think I'm allowed at Best Buy anymore. (reddit — May 19, 2012, 01:34am EST)
• Your game industry in your words: Week of May 18 (Gamasutra — May 19, 2012, 12:02am EST)
• Get a job: SCE Santa Monica and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board (Gamasutra — May 18, 2012, 11:38pm EST)
• A Personal Journey: Jenova Chen's Goals for Games (Gamasutra — May 18, 2012, 04:00am EST)
• Predicting Churn: Data-Mining Your Game (Gamasutra — May 17, 2012, 04:00am EST)

Technology

• Week in science faces our cyborg future (Ars Technica — May 19, 2012, 01:00pm EST)
• Which Insane Stunt Crew Will Be the <cite>Jackass</cite> of the Future? (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:30pm EST)
• Facebook Builds Network of Friends in Washington (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 12:00pm EST)
• DealBook: After Buildup, a Modest Start for Facebook (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 04:23am EST)
• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 19 (Wired — May 19, 2012, 04:01am EST)
• DealBook: Facebook?s Debut Marred by Trading Problems (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 03:51am EST)
• Microsoft to Launch Amazon EC2 Rival. Again (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:08am EST)
• Kickstarter of the Week: A Portable Scanner for Smartphones (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:05am EST)
• Full Coverage, Including Livestream: Historic SpaceX Launch to the ISS (Wired — May 18, 2012, 11:30pm EST)
• ITC Awards Microsoft an Import Ban on Motorola Phones, Tablets (Wired — May 18, 2012, 11:18pm EST)
• Dear Google: AT&T Locked Down the Best Android Handset Ever, and It's Your Fault (Wired — May 18, 2012, 10:43pm EST)
• The Launch Pad: SpaceX Falcon 9 Ready for Liftoff (Wired — May 18, 2012, 10:11pm EST)
• Record companies score infringement victory over "Russian Facebook" (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 09:46pm EST)
• DealBook: Facebook Shares End Day With Scant Gain (NYTimes — May 18, 2012, 09:44pm EST)
• Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola?s Android devices (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 09:36pm EST)
• Facial detection cameras ready to creep out San Francisco bar patrons (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 07:52pm EST)
• Feds considering allowing DVD-encryption cracking (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 07:10pm EST)
• First private launch to the ISS scheduled for 5am tomorrow (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 06:48pm EST)
• What it takes to make a "green" Apple (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 05:30pm EST)
• WiFi?s future: faster, smarter, and fewer cables (Ars Technica — May 18, 2012, 05:00pm EST)

Science

• Computers Abort Private Rocket Launch to Space Station (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 12:07pm EST)
• SpaceX Aborts Launch to Space Station (National Geographic — May 19, 2012, 10:17am EST)
• Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 06:37am EST)
• Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 06:18am EST)
• Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 04:56am EST)
• Space Pictures This Week: Trippy Stars, Spooky Moon, More (National Geographic — May 18, 2012, 09:17pm EST)
• Tiles May Help Shrink Carbon Footprint by Harnessing Pedestrian Power (National Geographic — May 18, 2012, 07:44pm EST)
• SpaceX to Launch First Private Craft to Space Station Tomorrow (National Geographic — May 18, 2012, 05:43pm EST)

Business

• Facebook Builds Network of Friends in Washington (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 12:00pm EST)
• Stocks and Bonds: Markets End Week on With Losses (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 05:05am EST)
• DealBook: After Buildup, a Modest Start for Facebook (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 04:23am EST)
• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 19 (Wired — May 19, 2012, 04:01am EST)
• DealBook: Facebook?s Debut Marred by Trading Problems (NYTimes — May 19, 2012, 03:51am EST)
• Microsoft to Launch Amazon EC2 Rival. Again (Wired — May 19, 2012, 12:08am EST)
• ITC Awards Microsoft an Import Ban on Motorola Phones, Tablets (Wired — May 18, 2012, 11:18pm EST)
• Analysts Say Nokia Will Burn Through $2.5B by Year's End (Wired — May 18, 2012, 09:26pm EST)

Python

• Updated my guide to python packaging. (reddit — May 19, 2012, 10:26am EST)
• ObjP generates Objective-C code that bridges Python and Objective-C using Python's (3.2+) C API (reddit — May 19, 2012, 05:20am EST)
• Creating QR Codes with Python (reddit — May 18, 2012, 10:47pm EST)
• PythonAnywhere's first press release is more honest than most, if you only read the first letter of each sentence... (reddit — May 18, 2012, 06:46pm EST)
• TIL that MySQLdb doesn't use real bind parameters and instead just uses Python's string formatting to build SQL queries (reddit — May 18, 2012, 06:18pm EST)
• Would anyone be interested in a blog post about getting up and running with Pyramid? (reddit — May 18, 2012, 02:01pm EST)

Ultimate

• No stories

Blogs

• Cameron to Critics: Shut Up (Paul Krugman — May 19, 2012, 12:58pm EST)
• Going To Extreme (Paul Krugman — May 19, 2012, 12:50pm EST)
• Brodustrial: WWJD? (jwz — May 19, 2012, 12:22am EST)
• Fridaygram: email journey, humans and robots, special space launch (Google Code — May 18, 2012, 12:56pm EDT)
• A look inside our 2011 diversity report (Google — May 18, 2012, 12:13pm EDT)
• Yo, advice with swearing (jwz — May 18, 2012, 07:01am EST)
• We Who Value Simplicity Have Built Incomprehensible Machines (James Hague — May 18, 2012, 06:00am EST)
• Helping students fish for a better future in the land of 10,000 lakes (Google — May 17, 2012, 02:34pm EDT)
• Hangouts Hackathon: 1 API, 5 developers, 2 weeks (Google Code — May 17, 2012, 12:14pm EDT)

Popular Links

• Khan Academy (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 01:36pm EST)
• Oh, you! S01E04 (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 11:28am EST)
• The definition of WHAT THE FUCK ! (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 11:27am EST)
• TED: Ideas worth spreading (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 11:04am EST)
• YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 10:41am EST)
• Subtle Patterns | Free textures for your next web project (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 10:13am EST)
• COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 09:56am EST)
• Can anyone tell me what movie this gif is from? I want to watch it and drool over this man. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 09:40am EST)
• TURKEY DUBSTEP (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 09:36am EST)
• Well this sucks for SpaceX (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 09:04am EST)
• All the recent "female gamer pics" prompted me to give you an actual look into a female gamer. Enjoy, I look like hell. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 08:53am EST)
• Kern Type, the kerning game (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 08:19am EST)
• dafont.com (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 07:09am EST)
• Dart : Structured web programming (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 06:56am EST)
• A transparent pregnant frog. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 05:22am EST)
• Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds (del.icio.us — May 19, 2012, 05:17am EST)
• My friend let her bulldog Jager outside, and came back to see him playing with a new friend who had wandered into the yard. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 04:50am EST)
• TIL Richard Harris who plays DUMBLEDORE, only accepted the role because his 10-year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he did not take it. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 03:02am EST)
• All of the animals! (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 02:28am EST)
• I feel almost like a real scientist. My first publication, in a review on climate change and aquaculture. (reddit.com — May 19, 2012, 01:23am EST)
• Well said (reddit.com — May 18, 2012, 11:19pm EST)
• reddit, I've answered a lot your questions about being deaf, and I'd like you to return the favor. I have some questions about hearing. (Also, you can AMA about deafness) (reddit.com — May 18, 2012, 10:46pm EST)
• Up to 88% of Georgia college's faculty may quit over requirement to sign pledge against homosexuality, public drinking (reddit.com — May 18, 2012, 10:06pm EST)
• "In Athens, the homeless are on the streets in growing numbers, soup kitchens feed twice as many people as a year ago, and the poor are diving into garbage bins in search of scrap they can sell. Greece is close to breaking point as it struggles with austerity targets set by creditors" (reddit.com — May 18, 2012, 09:05pm EST)
• Delicious.com - Discover Yourself! (del.icio.us — May 18, 2012, 07:59pm EST)
• React is a PHP port of NodeJs non-blocking I/O platform (Hacker News)
• High-dimensional spheres are "spikey" (Hacker News)
• SpaceX ISS launch webcast starts at 4:15 am EDT (Hacker News)
• We Who Value Simplicity Have Built Incomprehensible Machines (Hacker News)
• World?s First ?Wikipedia Town? Goes Live Today (Hacker News)
• SpaceX Rocket launch aborted in final second due to technical problems (Hacker News)
• Recording police with your smartphone is a Constitutional right, says DoJ (Hacker News)
• The default state of a startup is failure (Hacker News)
• Why HTML5 is the best platform for rapid game development (Hacker News)
• Dumb Like Me: A Year Low On Oxygen (Hacker News)
• Light Table is in YCS12 (Hacker News)
• SpaceX headed to the ISS tomorrow (Hacker News)
• The story of the ?secret? room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs (Hacker News)
• Avoiding Depression While Not Running a $1B Company (Hacker News)
• 'The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We're Dancing on its Grave' (Hacker News)

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