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A prominent climate change skeptic in the UK, Nigel Lawson, believes that the BBC has blacklisted him under a "quasi-Stalinist" policy of censorship. In an editorial written for the Daily Mail, the one-time chancellor claims that the Corporation is in cahoots with the Green Party, to the point where its editorial impartiality has been compromised. All of this stems from a radio debate in February between Lawson and Sir Brian Hoskins -- a veteran scientist whose views on the threat of climate change are in line with the rest of the scientific community. After the broadcast, the BBC received numerous complaints saying that a non-scientist like Lawson had no place taking part in a discussion concerning climate change. Subsequently, the Corporation's leaders have agreed that it's no longer worth giving equal prominence to dissenting voices given the overwhelming evidence in favor of climate change. Still, if you'd like to listen to the original radio debate for yourself, we've embedded it after the break.

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Source: BBC Trust (.PDF), Daily Mail

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Facebook these days

BradTheGeek writes:

Lawrence Lesssig's Super PAC to end Super PACs met its second goal of 5 million. It may be ironic (using the power of citizen-funded big money to fight the big money of crony capitalists and special interests), but it's making headway.

We launched two crowdfunded campaigns. We met our first $1M goal in only 13 days. That $1M was matched by technology entrepreneurs from all sides of the political debate.

In June, we set an even larger $5M goal, which over 48,500 of you stepped forward to meet.

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lhsi writes:

The Telegraph reports:

BBC journalists are being sent on courses to stop them inviting so many cranks onto programmes to air 'marginal views'.

The BBC Trust on Thursday published a progress report into the corporation's science coverage which was criticised in 2012 for giving too much air-time to critics who oppose non-contentious issues.

The report found that there was still an 'over-rigid application of editorial guidelines on impartiality' which sought to give the 'other side' of the argument, even if that viewpoint was widely dismissed.

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Bet you never thought this would happen: Pink Floyd will be releasing a new album in the fall to coincide with the twentieth anniversary and deluxe reissue of their final album, The Division Bell. The new album is called The Endless River and is based on 1994 sessions with Richard Wright. As CoS points out, the news was revealed on Twitter by David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson, who calls it “Rick Wright’s swansong and very beautiful.”

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gewg_ writes:

The Center for American Progress reports:

Think a higher minimum wage is a job killer? Think again: The states that raised their minimum wages on January 1 have seen higher employment growth since then than the states that kept theirs at the same rate.

The minimum wage went up in 13 states Arizona, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington either thanks to automatic increases in line with inflation or new legislation, as Ben Wolcott reports in his analysis at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The average change in employment for those states over the first five months of the year as compared with the last five of 2013 is 0.99 percent, while the average for all remaining states is 0.68 percent.

Digging deeper, all but one of those states are experiencing increases in employment, and nine of them have seen growth above the median rate.

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If corporations are people, then so are dogs, staplers, packaged foods and the color red. Why not? Haven’t trees earned the vote?

Buy something from the SFAM store, won’t you? You won’t regret it much.

icarusthesupernaturalpig:

Look at him, he is so happy with himself.

Six seasons and a movie. That's what fans of Community want, and they're very close to getting it. NBC cancelled Dan Harmon's comedy after its fifth season on the network -- one that may have already owed its existence to streaming services -- but now Yahoo has announced it's commissioning a new 13-episode season. There had been rumors/wishes that Community would return on an online network like Hulu, Crackle or Netflix, but The Wrap reports the cast's contracts were due to expire on Monday, so Sony Pictures needed to make a deal and Yahoo is looking for content (Firefly fans, update your mailing lists). With the exception of the previously departed Troy (Donald Glover) and Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase), the main cast is onboard all the way down to Jim Rash as Dean Pelton. The season will be exclusive to Yahoo Screen, but details like how much it will cost to watch (if anything) or how the episodes will be released are still unclear. The one problem we hope Yahoo can solve right away? Where to put October 19th.

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See you in the fall. #CommunityLivesOn pic.twitter.com/HSIzD0StT9

- Yahoo Screen (@YahooScreen) June 30, 2014

It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden. My love is stronger than my fear of death. #SixSeasonsAndAMovie

- Dan Harmon (@danharmon) June 30, 2014

#sixseasonsandamovie

- Gillian Jacobs (@GillianJacobs) June 30, 2014

Sixth season. #CommunitySixthSeason

- Joel McHale (@joelmchale) June 30, 2014

So excited to welcome Community to @YahooScreen http://t.co/qGFHO5zjr7

- Kathy Savitt (@ksavitt) June 30, 2014

Season 6 of "Community" is coming to Yahoo - yahoo: By Kathy Savitt, CMO And the crowd goes wild... the... http://t.co/2ffvBgrzM1

- marissamayer (@marissamayer) June 30, 2014

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Working from home is just terrible. It’s lonely, counter-productive, filled with distractions, and you can’t walk away from your work at the end of the day. Thankfully, there are some easy ways to combat this!

Step one: Set regular hours for yourself, this way you know when you’re working and when you’re not. Having an schedule is key.

Step two: Set aside a workspace for yourself. It helps if it is far away from where you have your leisure activities. Try working in a different room, perhaps even a different building that’s a short commute away.

Step three: Fill your off-site at-home workplace with your regular coworkers. It will offset the loneliness and improve communication. Make sure your boss is there too so you know your performance is up to snuff!

And just like that, you’ve escaped the doldrums of the stuffy office workplace in favor of working at home! Try it now! You can thank me later.

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louis ck ( on gay marriage ; shameless )

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If you don’t lose your voice partying with me, you’re doing it wrong, cause we’re drinking all night! - James Adomian (x)

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astrogasmic:

Eddie Izzard on guns

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In one instance, the long sought-after drone memo references another legal memo that concluded that al-Awlaki's American citizenship did not "preclude the contemplated lethal action." From this reference, we can deduce that the OLC authored a separate drone memo assessing – and dispensing with – the proposition that an American citizen had the right not to be deprived of his life without some form of judicial process. But that earlier memo, treated by the executive branch as binding law, is still secret.