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Politics: 

After days of often acrimonious debate, played out against a desperate clock, as Colonel Qaddafi’s troops advanced to within 100 miles of the rebel capital of Benghazi, Libya, the Security Council authorized member nations to take “all necessary measures” to protect civilians, diplomatic code words calling for military action. 

NY Times: As U.N. Backs Military Action in Libya, U.S. Role Is Unclear, March 17, 2011

In spite of a promised cease fire, the regime in Libya seems to be preparing for massive air strikes against cities under the control of the rebel forces, while NATO forces prepare counter measures.

Foreign Policy has a photo essay on Japan's history of devastating disasters. The true nature of the issue with the reactors in Fukushima is still unclear, both because the situation seems to be changing constantly and the limited information made available by the owners of the plant and the Japanese government. 

We make money not art on the "politics of air" and the works of digital media artist Andrea Polli. 

Another of her project, Breather, wraps up a car inside a plastic bag to illustrate the problem of air pollution in New Delhi India, where one person dies every hour from breathing complications. The quality of the air is so bad that walking in some areas of the city is the equivalent for your health to smoking 15 cigarettes in a day.

Pop Culture: 

"Super-group" Wild Flag, featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony and Rebecca Cole, played at SXSW, and NPR (mourning the loss of blogger and occasional co-host Brownstein) recorded it. I wonder how many records I'd have to buy to get them to play a concert in Vienna? 

She's Real (Worse Than Queer), a documentary of the queercore scene by Lucy Thane (1997) is available online. Part 1, Part 2

Bill Maher talks to Sarah Silverman about clumsy exposition, lazy writers and female comedians.

I can't really articulate my thoughts about the Skins finale. Unicorns and rainbows and tiny hearts and stuff. I've spent so much time this year on watching, reviewing, discussing and thinking about this show, and I can't really express how rewarding it is to have a perfect season with a perfect cast of unbelievably lovely  and complex characters to write about.