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Link salad, get it while it's fresh.

• India considers banning Google Earth. The story itself is an uncomfortable truth about these kinds of technologies, and while I like to focus on the reaffirming quote on the nature of this double-edged sword, mostly this is here because not sharing it felt too much like me manipulating the reader experience.


• And in ironically timed news, Google debuts a new app that will let smartphone users show others where they are. Speaking of double-edged...


• Spinal Tap to record new material. Elation. I think that's what I feel. I can't help but love niche humor.


• Snarkmarket is pitching curricula for a "new liberal arts". I'm not sure if I find this interesting because it's an indicator of a cultural reformation, or interesting because it smells a little like pretension and presumption. I will, in the end, probably be buying the book.