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• Adrian Lamo, hacker, dead at 37

  By raincoaster on March 16, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  Adrian Lamo died earlier this week, cause of death to be determined.

• Barrett Brown on Intellectual Dishonesty, Excuses, and Knowing What the Hell You’re Getting Yourself Into in Activism

  By raincoaster on December 21, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Originally posted on The Pursuance Project:
  As posted previously on Facebook: Men who obtain power by stirring up hatred against racial and religious minorities are the enemy. Anyone who supports such men are also the enemy, regardless of whether you’ve…

• Ada, or When It Was Safe to Stay Dark

  By raincoaster on November 13, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  This disturbing and powerful short story by David Burr Gerrard and edited by Michelle Lyn King comes to us via CC license from Joyland Magazine. It retells the story of the 2016 election from the point of view of Ada, the AI… Read More ›

• Aaron Swartz Day Pursuance Appearances by Barrett Brown and Steve Phillips (Transcript)

  By raincoaster on November 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Pursuance Project:
  Pursuance founder Barrett Brown and tech lead Steve Phillips were interviewed as part of the Aaron Swartz Day event in San Francisco. Their talk was live-tweeted by our Director of Social Media, Lorraine Murphy,…

• Aaron Swartz Day interviews with Barrett Brown and Steve Phillips

  By raincoaster on November 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Pursuance Project:
  Aaron Swartz, The Internet’s Own Boy, was driven to suicide by aggressive prosecutorial overreach. Facing decades in custody, this gifted and community-focused programmer took his own life rather than rot away in a prison…

• Coming soon: Pursuance, the music!

  By raincoaster on October 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Pursuance Project:
  We are flattered, honoured, and delighted to announce that on November 17 German artist AGF aka poemproducer aka Antye Greie will release her latest album, Solidicity, on Bandcamp, featuring a song inspired by our very…

• Finding the (Alleged) Equifax Hackers

  By raincoaster on September 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Weapons Grade Shinanigans:
  In case you’ve been living under a rock since the afternoon of 9/7/2017, it should come as no surprise that Equifax recently disclosed one of the worst hacks in history. Equifax states that the…

• #AntiSpyBill Event Tonight Featuring Lauri Love, Kim Dotcom, Lee Camp, Suzi Dawson, and more

  By raincoaster on August 5, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Tonight the Internet Party of New Zealand is hosting a major international event live online, featuring interviews with internet eminents including Internet Party founder Kim Dotcom, alleged hacktivist and Cryptosphere contributor Lauri Love, political refugee and new Internet Party head… Read More ›

• Keynote Speech at WordCamp Ottawa: WordPress for Revolutionaries!

  By raincoaster on July 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on raincoaster media:
  WordCamp Ottawa is on! Well, it’s on the 20th, 22nd, and 23rd of July! WordPress for Revolutionaries! An ambitious title, an ambitious talk, for my inaugural keynote speech! I’ve given a variation of this talk…

• A Plea from Lauri Love

  By raincoaster on April 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on The Gad About Town:
  The waiting is torture enough. Any individual placed in confrontation with the legal system knows that the process somehow moves too quickly in the most painful ways and then too slowly in other,…

• Press Release: Swiss Domain Registry Switch threatening to disable wikileaks.ch

  By raincoaster on April 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on hacktivist culture:
  Statement from The Swiss Pirate Party in English, German and French. It also doubles as an open letter to Wikileaks and their team. F o r   i m m e d i a t…

• London Attack at Westminster Apparently Targeted via 4Chan, Pastebin

  By raincoaster on March 22, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  The London attack on the Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminister (ie Parliament) which has ended the lives of five including one attacker and a policeman, and wounded 40 others was apparently targeted via posts on the infamous troll board… Read More ›

• The 12 Days of Fedmas

  By raincoaster on December 25, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This festive seasonal carol comes to us from the fertile brain of John. A. Ninpo on Facebook, and perfectly expresses the experience of social media activism in 2016 which can, by the way, eat a bowl of dicks. Bring on… Read More ›

• Op/Ed: Irina Tsukerman on Spies, Lies, and Reality

  By raincoaster on December 21, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  We will be very surprised if this editorial, from lawyer Irina Tsukerman, does not cause kerfuffles a-plenty. Not every whistleblower is a whistleblower, and not every action which inconveniences those in power is worthy of worship. Pull up a chair,… Read More ›

• #FreeMartyG Operation Announced for Marty Gottesfeld, Alleged #Anonymous Hacker

  By raincoaster on August 31, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Marty Gottesfeld resides in custody, held without bail, for allegedly attacking a hospital’s website via DDoS, in retaliation for the hospital’s alleged (there’s that word again) mistreatment of Justina Pelletier. Well, the mistreatment was actually real, separating her legally and… Read More ›