Links I found interesting for 17-12-2012

Six myths about the Progressive Democrats.
Reports of their rightwingery were exaggerated.
(tags: Ireland )
The Web We Lost - Anil Dash
"In the early days of the social web, there was a broad expectation that regular people might own their own identities by having their own websites, instead of being dependent on a few big sites to host their online identity. In this vision, you would own your own domain name and have complete control over its contents, rather than having a handle tacked on to the end of a huge company's site."
(tags: socialmedia Internet )
E-Christmas card? No thanks
I think I agree -a line of salutation is sufficient!
(tags: Internet Christmas )
I am Adam Lanza's Mother
A gut-wrenching piece about mental illness and parenthood.
(tags: )
Chang'E 2 imaging of Toutatis succeeded beyond my expectations!
The asteroid and the Chinese probe
(tags: astronomy )
On Being, Or Not Being, Adam Lanza’s Mother
A third-party defence of the piece I linked to above.
(tags: Disability )

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