{"word_count": 605, "character_count": 5570}
Some writing worth reading, found here and there"132 Gaza Children Killed by “Protective Edge”" http://telegraph.co.uk/news/middleeast… or "Children paying a terrible price in Gaza" http://washingtonpost.com/world/… with 'only' deads here, not (horribly) wounded ones. See also http://online.wsj.com/… "The asymmetry is complicated even further by the status of these civilians" and MT @MahmoudRamsey Nothing says "minimize civilian casualties" http://theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/…see alsoMaps and charts updated weekly show the latest extent of the drought in the United States http://nytimes.com/interactive/…[free ebook] " An Introduction to Data Science" https://docs.google.com/VZDSkxjZ0Z5VUE … ht @lisachwinter"A review of data mining using big data in health informatics" http://journalofbigdata.com/2196-1115-1-2… ht @DiegoKuonenRunning speed in a marathon, over 42km (via http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057602 …)"Which Hockey Leagues Have The Most Fights?" http://regressing.deadspin.com/…"Want to hear my favorite procrastination joke? I’ll tell you later" http://newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/… "Getting Over Procrastination" ht @raulpachecoEvolution of gender ratio in US state legislature (state senates and houses), 1975-2014 http://graphzoo.tumblr.com/90348681327…"I know where your cat is" project http://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/  with an interesting discussion http://cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/…"Close The Libraries And Buy Everyone Amazon Kindle Unlimited Subscription" http://forbes.com/sites/timworstall/… ht @Calimaq (I hope this never happens)Re-desing of “The Middle East Friendship Chart” (see part 150) via http://reddit.com/user/KRMPL "Historians have come to the conclusion that the U.S. must have believed in science at some point" http://newyorker.com/humor/…"Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtually Impossible to Block" http://propublica.org/…Parts from some endangered species are worth more than gold (or cocaine) http://economist.com/news/…"Why Social Epidemics Spread Faster in Some Countries Than Others" http://technologyreview.com/529126/… ht @DiegoKuonen“There is an overwhelming tendency to precrastinate” http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014… (from http://pss.sagepub.com/ …) ht @gerhard_fehr @davdittrichif CO₂ was a visible gas (via http://reddit.com/r/gifs/…) "while inequality is rising within many economies it is falling globally" https://economist.com … by @tylercowen see also "Income Inequality Is Not Rising Globally. It's Falling" http://nytimes.com/2014/ …research with grants from super-rich people http://nytimes.com/2014/…June 2014 Temperature Anomalies http://ncdc.noaa.gov/2014/6 … (Temperature and Precipitation Maps)"We're All Data Scientists Now" http://bit.ly/1rFCFB1 "Big data enables a new opening step in the growth decision-making process" http://dupress.com/…: by @GregoryOBanksjust perfect! http://theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/… "Great moments in science (if Twitter had existed)" by @garwboyunderstanding investment decision-making http://bbc.com/capital/… and http://nytimes.com/2014/… ht @laurenfosternyc"What death certificates can tell us, and what they can’t" http://newyorker.com/final-forms … by @kathrynschulzin order to avoid Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines flight flew over… Syria http://flightradar24.com/data/… ht @flightradar24"Learning about theory does not teach people how to theorize" http://worthwhile.typepad.com/… by @franceswoolley"Big data and the future of sports" http://usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/…"The hidden dangers of big data tools" http://gcn.com/blogs/emerging-tech/… " the rate of 'false positives' is likely to increase over time""Should We Stop Teaching Calculus In High School?" http://forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/… might be good to understand that maths ≠ calculus… but still"Recognizing The Illusion Of 'Homo Economicus'" http://npr.org/blogs/331975032… ht @stephenbuz"The rise of data and the death of politics" http://theguardian.com/technology/… by @evgenymorozov"How to talk like an estate agent – seven tips" http://theguardian.com/books/2014/… by @stevenpoole"Read and Display Data from GPS Devices Using R" http://nceas.ucsb.edu/scicomp/…Beverage logic http://thedoghousediaries.com/5846"Grocery Store Economics: Why Are Rotisserie Chickens So Cheap?" http://kcet.org/living/the-nosh/… ht @adelaigue (et bon appétit)"Which Religious Groups Do Americans View Most Negatively?" http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/… ht @adelaigue"The OpenStreetMap Package Opens Up" http://blog.fellstat.com/356 et un peu de lecture en français,[opendata] "Quand la transparence de la vie politique vire à la mauvaise blague" http://data.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/… par @decodeurs"Gaza : Les mots en guerre" http://acrimed.org/4410… ht @monachollet ou encore "La Bande à Gaza", que savent les étudiants du conflit israélo-palestinien ? (Yvroux, 2011) http://blog.mondediplo.net/2011-11-07… ht @joelgombin @SH_lelabo"Comment sortir du paradigme individualiste en matière de données personnelles ?" http://scinfolex.com/2014/07/…analyse des connexions entre twittos de la blogosphère éco (au sens large) http://captaineconomics.fr/… par @captaineco_fr"Cartographier l’écosytème de l’Open Science pour mieux comprendre ses enjeux" http://hackyourphd.org/2014… par @HackYourPhd ht @celyagd"Ces nouveaux maires qui réintroduisent la voiture en ville" http://transports.blog.lemonde.fr/… sans parler du prix des transports publicsIntelligence et transport, par @LeChatGeluck ht @rom1greDid I miss something interesting?