BBC News - State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994

I read something about the EDL, the racist group that campaign against Islamic extremism, and then I read this article, and it's sickening seeing the same argument made. Muslim groups that 'do little to tackle extremism'? What if extremism isn't the point of them? Why is that a problem? FFS this is messed up. And strengthening nationalism increases extremism, nationalism is a racism dogwhistle, it's messed up. "Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Democracy. The rule of law. Equal rights, regardless of race, sex or sexuality." "It says to its citizens: This is what defines us as a society. To belong here is to believe these things." The creepy thing is he sees no contradiction between these paragraphs - freedom of speech means 'to belong here is to believe in these things'. You're free to agree with him.
Tags: multiculturalism, politics, toread, news, bbc, uk, europe, islam, britain, cameron Saved by: admin

BBC - Schools - Primary History
Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline: Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Children of Victorian Britain Children of World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Tags: history, bbc, timeline, interactive, education, social_studies, romans, victorians, ww2, elementary Saved by: admin

BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
The BBC has released their own JavaScript library. Before you cry, "oh god, really?! Another js lib?!" there really are some nice looking bits here. Most impressive is the browser support, which stretches back quite far. The syntax is familiar otherwise. I even commented to a colleague this morning that it looks a lot like jQuery with wider browser support. Of course, jQuery's influence is far reaching to most JavaScript libs these days. I, for one, like all the options we have for doing JavaScript development, and this one looks like a worthy addition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow/
Tags: javascript, library, bbc, framework, opensource, glow, ajax, js, design, development Saved by: admin

BBC - Digital Revolution Blog: Rushes Sequences - Danah Boyd interview - USA (Video)
From an adults perspective it's identifying information is their absolute fear right. The idea that it's your name, your address, your phone number, anything that will identify you. And this has to do with the idea of physical risk. But for young people it's about the you know, alright fine you can call me by my name why is that a big deal? It's more about the things that make you vulnerable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/11/rushes-sequences-dana-boyd-int.shtml
Tags: danahboyd, youth, privacy, web, identity, internet, blog, research, socialmedia, technology Saved by: admin

BBC - Magazine Monitor: 100 things we didn't know last year
The most interesting and crazy facts can come from the daily news stories and the regular Magazine docs some of them inside its weekly feature, ten things we did not know last week. To kick off 2010, here's an almanac of the best from the past year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_4.shtml
Tags: interesting, 2009, culture, lists, list, facts, news, fun, bbc, history Saved by: admin

BBC News - Internet has 'not become the great leveller’
"The internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be," according to Harvard academic Ethan Zuckerman. Mr Zuckerman was speaking at the TED Global (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford. He said that the web was now contrary to the original utopian vision and users focused on information from a handful of wealthy countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10642697
Tags: internet, socialmedia, technology, twitter, social, media, ted, news, via:packrati.us, 2010 Saved by: admin