“Does Anyone in Syria Fear International Law?” and other Tweeted Links…

Does Anyone in Syria Fear International Law? [newyorker.com]

Chinese Billionaire Linked to Giant Aluminum Stockpile in Mexican Desert [wsj.com]

Toxic soil in one black community is forcing more than 1,100 residents out of their homes [blavity.com]

Hero or Murderer? 15-Year-Old Bresha Meadows Faces Life in Prison for Killing Abusive Father [democracynow.org]

Aurora massacre survivors sued. How did 4 end up owing the theater $700,000? [latimes.com]

The Undermining of American Charity [nybooks.com]

Colin Kaepernick’s issue with the national anthem is history repeating itself [blavity.com]

Kaepernick’s Protest is Revolution of the Mind – A Great Opportunity Squandered [blackstarnews.com]

Are we really so modern? [newyorker.com]

One of Europe's Biggest Companies Loses 40 Million Euros In Online Scam [news.slashdot.org]

The Do's And Don'ts Of Doing Business In Nigeria [iafrikan.com]

Iroko Launches IrokoX – Full Service Pan-African & Diaspora Network for Aspiring Content Creators… [twitter.com]

Malawi and South Africa Pioneer Unused TV Frequencies for Rural Broadband [spectrum.ieee.org]

Landmark CA climate bill could have wide effects on cars, energy [greencarreports.com]

History of the California Blacks Nation Califians (Khalifians) The First Americans [eurweb.com] via @eurweb

August 30, 1983: Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Becomes The 1st African-American Astronaut To Travel In Space [blackthen.com]

August 27, 1949: A Mob Attacks At Paul Robeson’s Scheduled Concert [blackthen.com]

August 27, 1963: Dr. W.E.B DuBois Died [blackthen.com]

Scipio Africanus Jones: Prominent Attorney Best-Known for Defense of the “Elaine 12” [blackthen.com]

origins of "Aryan" and Indus mystery [youtube.com]

A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013) [smithsonianmag.com]

As an engineer you are constantly in a state of discomfort and intellectual incompleteness, a state most people aren't comfortable with.

I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me [vox.com] @iAyori

How I Learned to Stop Worrying, and Build a Custom Camper Van [syntheti.cc]

“How I Used & Abused My Tesla — What a Tesla looks like after 100,000 Miles, a 48 State Road trip…” by @SteveSasman [medium.com]

A Brief History of the College Textbook Pricing Racket [atlasobscura.com]

Graduate Students, the Laborers of Academia [newyorker.com]

The Internet Should Be a Public Good [jacobinmag.com] @iayori

Internet Access May Be Getting More Affordable, But More Than Half Of The World Remains Offline [iafrikan.com] @iayori

Google To Drop Nexus Brand Name, Move Away From Stock Android [tech.slashdot.org]

Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn [npr.org]

How exactly did lightning kill 323 reindeer in Norway? [theverge.com]

Vipers, mambas and taipans: the escalating health crisis over snakebites [nature.com]

How Your Brain Becomes Addicted to Caffeine [smithsonianmag.com]

Mapping the Mercantilist World Economy [ericrossacademic.wordpress.com]

Meet USBee, the malware that uses USB drives to covertly jump airgaps [lxer.com]

[]( "Tiffany Mikell [mikellsolution]") Virtual classrooms can be as unequal as real ones [theatlantic.com]

VernissageTV Magazine No. 36: Nature [vernissage.tv]

Film Project in the works about the very odd and fascinating true story of The Silent Twins [shadowandact.com]

Nest houses made of living trees by Patrick Dougherty [designer-daily.com]