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Monday linkage: Iran, Syria, Twitter, Olympics, Photoshop and more

by Sam Roggeveen - 30 July 2012 3:54PM

Australia's top 100 journos and media people on Twitter. (Thanks Stephanie.)
A new book by a senior Iranian insider about the diplomatic tug-of-war with the West over Iran's nuclear program.
A short, well-sourced history of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
Rory Medcalf in today's Crikey says that, when it comes to foreign policy, there's less between the two sides of politics than the current Sturm und Drang would suggest.
Nice audio/video presentation from CFR about the politics of the Olympics.
A new dimension to China's military power projection: destroyers with land-attack cruise missiles.
Austrian newspaper caught out using Photoshop to make Syria look even worse than it is. (Thanks Eddo.)
John Waters is mad about the modern counter-culture (h/t Put This On):

When I was young there were beatniks. Hippies. Punks. Gangsters. Now you're a hacktivist. Which I would probably be if I was 20. Shuttin' down MasterCard. But there's no look to that lifestyle! Besides just wearing a bad outfit with bad posture. Has WikiLeaks caused a look? No! I'm mad about that. If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the government, it seems to me he should at least have an outfit for that. Get a look!

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