links of the day 10/15/2013 (a.m.)

• TV Evangelist Says That Your Low-Carb Diet Violates God’s Plan - The Cut

• Infographic: A Look at the New $100 Bill -- Daily Intelligencer

• North Korea Threatens ‘Horrible Disaster’ -- Daily Intelligencer

• How Christian Delusions Are Driving the GOP Insane | Alternet

• How Private Tech Companies Are Collecting Data on You and Selling Them to the Feds for Huge Profits | Alternet

• 6 Surprising Facts About the Richest People in the World | Alternet

• How the FBI Manipulates Grand Juries to Intimidate Political Dissidents and Radicals | Alternet

• Meet the Opposite of Monsanto -- These Are the Folks That Really Feed the World | Alternet

• 5 Far-Right Groups Trying Hard to Secede from America | Alternet

• Right-Wing Coup: How Deluded Secessionists Have Already Won | Alternet

• Obama's Attacks on Journalists are Worst Since Nixon | Alternet

• The Four Most Exceptionally Bad Presidents | Alternet

• Animals are having an obesity crisis, too

• Expert: Pollsters need to upgrade phone plans

• Study: Monster waves rearrange deep-water reefs

• Church and state refuse Rome funeral for Nazi

• Google TV reportedly being phased out in favor of a new 'Android TV' brand | The Verge

• The $1 billion weather app: why Monsanto is betting the farm on smarter forecasts | The Verge

• Taskmasters: how Israeli intelligence officers helped inspire the look of iOS 7 | The Verge

• The Vatican Misspells the Word Jesus on Medals -- Daily Intelligencer

• How Much Did Obamacare’s Broken Website Cost? -- Daily Intelligencer

• Windows Phone 8.1: everything you need to know | The Verge

• Seven Principles for Big Data and Resilience Projects | 100 Resilient CIties - Rockefeller Foundation

• Hudson Institute > Hudson Upcoming Events Detail

• Hudson Institute > Journalism or Espionage?

• Dried up: climate change could leave another billion people without enough water | The Verge

• Nearly one-third of internet users now upload videos, Pew finds | The Verge

• Chrome stores some sensitive data in plaintext, but Google says it's supposed to | The Verge

• Research provides new insight into how the Earth's core was formed | The Verge

• Advertisers could track your smartphone through its accelerometer, researchers find | The Verge

• Undercover Police, Just About Everywhere - NYTimes.com

• Records show NY Police will spy on practically anyone | The Verge

• Why Google can't give you driving directions in South Korea | The Verge

• Microsoft bypasses carriers to deliver early Windows Phone updates | The Verge

• Prisons turn to computer algorithms for deciding who to parole | The Verge

• Facebook acquires mobile data startup to help further its global internet ambitions | The Verge

• Lessons from Silk Road: don't host your virtual illegal drug bazaar in Iceland | The Verge

• Seene lets you capture 3D objects using an iPhone | The Verge

• US Cellular embraces shared data trend with new plans starting at $40 | The Verge

• The LSD Avengers, Silk Road’s self-appointed drug inspectors, announce retirement | The Verge

• Why did Healthcare.gov's source code mysteriously vanish from public view? | The Verge

• Ségolène Royal aan Di Rupo: "Stel ontgroeningen buiten de wet"

• "Arafat vergiftigd met polonium-210"

• Why the FBI Can’t Get Its Hands on Silk Road Kingpin’s $80 Million Hoard | TIME.com

• House Republicans Changed The Rules So A Majority Vote Couldn't Stop The Government Shutdown

• Official Warns Shutdown Could Make Spies Double Agents | TIME.com

• Did Obama Swap ‘Black’ Detention Sites for Ships? | TIME.com

• The trouble with timestamps

• Flying cars are now a reality - set to launch in 2015 - Vulcan Post

• The Joy Of Being Detained By U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Feld Thoughts

• The man who lives without money - World Observer Online

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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.