Clearing the Cache: Can We At Least Agree the Revolution Will Be Photographed?
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, June 15 2009
- Flickr abounds with photos from the election protests in Iran, but photographer .faramarz has some particularly powerful shots. (Note to activists armed with cameras: marking your work with "Creative Commons" frees others to spread it far and wide.)
- TehranLive.org also has some remarkable captures from the streets of that city.
- If you haven't overdosed on it yet, get a full helping of Iran-meets-Twitter coverage here.
- The international advocacy organization Avaaz.org launches "Stand with the People of Iran": "Let’s support them at this crucial moment -- sign the emergency petition below, then spread the word."
- Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley tweeted his mind about President Obama's approach to congressional health care negotiations, and he's not about to apologize for it. (Thanks Shaun Dakin)
- Mayor-for-Life (kidding!) Mike Bloomberg hooks up with Facebook Connect.
- U.K.'s MySociety is looking for pledges of support for an Internet-friendly Parliament from the candidates for the open Speaker's seat.
- Finally, as a practical matter, can Obama's new cybersecurity plan be executed while also respecting privacy?
- [One more] We noted yesterday that Huffington Post's Nico Pitney was engaged in an interesting experiment in rapid-fire reporting and aggregation of Iran news. Today, NYTimes.com's The Lede blog is making use of a similar format, style, and approach.
(With Micah Sifry)

