Streetfilms | Copenhagen’s Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets. 37% of people commute by bicycle in copenhagen. video talks about some other cool features they have like synchronizing lights for bicycles. via ryan.

France at night – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals). Ram, whether right or wrong, is definitely epic in the comments of this post. There’s 205 comments and a stunning amount of them are either directed at or about Ram.

Swiss Model for Health Care Is Gaining Admirers – NYTimes.com. the swiss are so american, without the guns at political rallies of course.

Robbers pull off wild heist in Sweden – The Globe and Mail. it’s like the thomas crowne affair.

PM’s apology to codebreaker Alan Turing: we were inhumane | The Guardian. Alan Turing was chemically castrated for being gay. That’s quite the thanks for helping end WWII.

Magna finally wins control of Opel – The Globe and Mail. that’s right, there’s now a Canadian/Russian car company that makes cars in Germany. And for anyone who complains about immigrants: Austrian born Frank Stronach moved to Aurora, Ontario and founded Magna in 1957. Today it employs over 75,000 people.

Qatar Acquires Stake in Porsche in Merger Deal – NYTimes.com. wow, that must have been a bitter pill to swallow for the Porsche and Piech family.

Loft in Porquera de los Infantes by Jesús Castillo Oli Arquitecto | CoolBoom. now that’s a crazy conversion project.

East German Stasi Spy Killed Protester, Ohnesorg, in 1967 – NYTimes.com. that’s a pretty big plot twist.

Basketball Prospect Leaving High School to Play in Europe – NYTimes.com. forget about finishing highschool, he’s not even doing his senior year.

FRONTLINE: black money. the us, the uk, saudi arabia, arms deals, and dirty money. the US is the only one who ends up looking good in all this.

Italians Comb Through Rubble After Quake – NYTimes.com. some crazy photos.

Sweden Says No to Saving Saab – NYTimes.com “We are very disappointed in G.M., but we are not prepared to risk taxpayers’ money. This is not a game of Monopoly.” The next TV commentator to call a Scandinavian country “socialist” without being ironic should be shot.

Free Obama-themed Americano’s at Krispy Kreme in the UK this friday. how many locations could they have in the UK?

NPR Planet Money: Russia, Russia Everywhere. today’s podcast reminds me how Gazprom is basically one of those “world domination” companies from Tomorrow Never Dies or Quantum of Solace.

Atheists Send a Message, on 800 British Buses – NYTimes.com. The ad says “There’s Probably No God”.

a busy day in canada

Lots of news today for the Canadian economy…

“September employment soars unexpectedly“. The headline is that we added 107,000 new jobs which is 10 times what was expected. The part I think is kinda shocking: only 10,000 were full-time jobs. The rest are part-time.

“Ottawa buying $25 billion in mortgage pools“. I’m somewhat confused why this was their move to add liquidity. Why not guarantee 100% of retail deposits like Ireland just did? That’s also big news as basically every other EU nation will have to do the same.

“Loonie continues its decline“. It’s at $1.17 on the greenback. This is the best news I’ve heard in weeks.

reportonbusiness.com: Central banks slash rates in extraordinary move to ease crisis. “Central banks in Canada, the United States, Britain, the European Union, Sweden and Switzerland cut key lending rates by half a percentage point.” the next story is going to be about where to buy shotguns and canned food.

Cold Comfort -Times Online. if you haven’t heard, Iceland might be declaring bankruptcy (yes, the whole country). I haven’t found any really good articles explaining wtf happened but this one is a good start.

CONTEMPORIST » Walter Towers by Bjarke Ingels Group. crazy building going up in prague. looks like something you’d expect in china.