Interesting Links for 30-10-2011

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• The Importance of Mind-Wandering
  On constructive daydreaming
  (tags: psychology )
• Income Inequality Is Not a Myth - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic
  U.S. tax policy has given a break to poor families for a long time. It's not the enemy, and it won't be the entire solution. What we're dealing with is a vast, complicated conspiracy of incentives.
  (tags: economics usa )
• Norman Davies on Europe’s Vanished States | The Browser
  Countries that once were and in some cases are again.
  (tags: history )
• George Soros attacks Brussels rescue deal - Telegraph
  He says it only last between "one day and three months".
  (tags: eu economics )
• peterbirks: Blind 'em with science
  Pete also thinks that the Greek solution is untenable.
  (tags: eu economics )
• Pollution and evolution: Waters of change | The Economist
  Fish proteins react to pollution.
  (tags: science )
• Twitterology - A New Science? - NYTimes.com
  What we learn from Twitter.
  (tags: twitter science )
• Bram Stoker's Secret Journal Found on Great Grandson's Bookshelf
  "The diary begins when Stoker was in his early 20s in 1871. He had graduated from Trinity College in Ireland and was working at Dublin Castle. It details how he read about Vlad the Impaler, who was the inspiration for Count Dracula. The journal details his travels, which were extensive, and reveals numerous story ideas for other books. "
  (tags: sf )
• Alix Kates Shulman: Dances with feminists
  "As I may, inadvertently and indirectly, bear some responsibility for the extrapolation from authentic text to familiar paraphrase, I would like to confess and set the record straight. "
  (tags: life sexandgenderandsexuality )
• This Long Disease, My Life | Tom Shakespeare | Disability Studies Quarterly
  "I. AM. THE. TRAGEDY. MODEL. OF. DISABILITY", says Peter. I repeat the words after him to make sure that I've followed his meaning. He nods, I smile. Concentrate. The moving finger writes: "BUT. YOU. ARE. THE. COMEDY. MODEL."
  (tags: life )
• How the 1% got richer, while the 99% got poorer | Richard Wolff | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  The Guardian covers the Congressional Budget Office report.
  (tags: usa economics )
• The study that shows why Occupy Wall Street struck a nerve - The Washington Post
  The Washington Post covers the Congressional Budget Office report.
  (tags: usa economics )
• The St James's Evening Post: Sir James Savile OBE KCSG 1926-2011
  Matthew Kilburn looks at a strange media life.
  (tags: death )
• The UK heads slowly for the exit | European Voice
  Andrew Duff: "everyone in Brussels and elsewhere knows that, in current or likely future circumstances, no question with the word ‘Europe' in it will induce the answer ‘Yes' in a British referendum."
  (tags: eu ukpolitics )
• Where an Internet Joke Is Not Just a Joke
  The dangers of online humour in China.
  (tags: internet china )