Well, god DAMN. We lost an icon, people. Sad to learn of Yvonne's passing. As Batgirl she was one of America's sweethearts. — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 19, 2015 I meet women today who tell me that they grew up… Read More ›
Month: August 2015
Crypto-Affirmations: Salman Rushdie on #Security
This pretty much says it all, eh kittens? "There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity." –Salman Rushdie — wily (@0x1C) August 17, 2015
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 20
The Ashley Madison dump continues to leak, in a denouement exactly as savory as its mission statement. Journalists continue to be murdered. Drones continue to get hacked. Prisoners continue getting shot by police. And Cryptospherian kittens keep on reading about… Read More ›
Tortured
Originally posted on The Gad About Town:
The cane broke. Isn’t that all we need to know? The switch broke. Raymond Johansen allowed himself to be tortured yesterday in solidarity with Saudi writer Raif Badawi. He was hit 50 times…
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto #News for August 19
Happy hump day, kittens! We’ve got a heapin’ helpin’ of hacker, hacktivist, and cybery-type news for you today, so put some Martin Denny on the hi-fi, settle into your LexMod Eero Saarinen Chair, and get ready to read. Dox o’… Read More ›
#Prison #America II: Stanley Cohen on the Prison Industrial Complex
This is Part II of Prison America. See here for Part I. Radical firebrand, Anonymous friend, and activist lawyer Stanley Cohen is currently a guest of the President at USP Canaan, a prison in rural Pennsylvania, serving 18 months behind bars… Read More ›
Raymond Johansen of #PPI and #Anonymous Flogged in Solidarity with #FreeRaif Badawi: Video
Well, he did it, kittens. Pirate Party International and Anonymous activist, torture survivor and Cryptosphere contributor Raymond Johansen underwent 50 lashes in Trafalgar Square last night to raise awareness of the case of imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1000… Read More ›
Pirate Party Activist Raymond Johansen to Be Publicly Flogged Sunday
This is a press release which we helped create. Please share and repost widely. Raymond is a contributor to the Cryptosphere as well as a Pirate party activist. EDITED TO UPDATE: Video and post-flogging interview here. Torture survivor and Global… Read More ›
Film Friday Pairing: The Saint and The Saint Cocktail
Who doesn’t love a good spy thriller? Even a great one? This, The Saint, is one. Starring the living anime figurine Val Kilmer as the mysterious thief-for-hire Simon Templar and Elisabeth Shue as his scientist sweetie, it’s a fun and… Read More ›
Numbers: All the Wrong People Dying
For Henry and Eric “Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles.” ― Wm. Shakespeare, Macbeth Look how the world is lying, All the wrong people dying All the worst people thriving. Those who once were pariahs Fight for a crown of… Read More ›
Behold: the Queen of #Anonymous
Leaderfagging: you’re doing it wrong. To be honest, kittens, this is one of the rare cases where the YouTube transcript makes more sense than the actual words in the interview. Still, we cannot pass up the opportunity to share this… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto #Security #News for Aug 13
Ferguson, Oath Keepers, Windows 10, old fashioned phonecalls, spies be spying, finks be finking, hackers meet insider traders, and even more bad news: our top news roundup for Thursday is action-packed, colourful, and glitchy just like our featured image for… Read More ›
First Nations Seek Injunction To Stop Site C Dam Work, Destruction Of Eagle Nests
Originally posted on RED POWER MEDIA:
By Judith Lavoie / DeSmog Canada Two Treaty 8 First Nations have applied for an injunction to prevent BC Hydro from cutting down trees containing eagle nests in preparation for construction of the controversial Site C Dam.…
Ireland Refuses to Extradite Man to US Because Prison System is Too “Inhumane”
Well, now. This looks like encouraging news for Julian Assange, Lauri Love, and all others fighting extradition to the United States for hacktivism. We know Ireland is not the UK, but it’s not far from there…and they say ideas are… Read More ›
Kelowna woman warns others about Canada Revenue Agency scam
This old scam is back. In fact, it never went away; it just dies down between tax seasons.
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