Urban Vodou; climate change technology; the meaning of McChrystal; big bad (and good) pharma; blogs and Facebook and marshmallow-induced agony: links I liked

, published today, reveals the beauty that lies behind the earthquake imagery Political Climate provides some lessons on technological innovation to combat climate change (and they apply to development too) McChrystal-izing a Problem: The Militarization of American Statecraft [h/t Paul O’Brien] The good, the bad and the ugly among big pharma transnationals, according to the Access to Medicines Index ‘The future for blogs may be special-interest publishing, with pockets of densely linked sites. These pockets form around public subjects: politics, law, economics and knowledge professions.’ The Economist ponders the impact of Facebook on the blogosphere And apropos of absolutely nothing, marshmallow-induced agony, aka torturing children in the name of science, c/o Chris Blattman. Tee hee. ]]>