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• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 7

  By raincoaster on December 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome back to the work week, kittens! It’s going to be Monday all day today, so I hope you’ve got enough warming liquids to get you through it. We recommend taking no chances and outfitting your canine companion with this… Read More ›

• A short history of racism in B.C. – and globally

  By raincoaster on December 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  If you think racism doesn’t live in your neighborhood, or you never heard of the Komagata Maru incident (which you probably haven’t) you should read this. The Chinese head tax. The Komagata Maru incident. Japanese internment camps. Aboriginal residential schools…. Read More ›

• Discovery Developing Anthology Series About Infamous Criminal Masterminds, Starting With Unabomber Manhunt

  By raincoaster on December 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Hmmm, sounds like must-see tv to us! It’ll depend, of course, on the quality; we don’t need another true crime series with bad reenactments and terrible writing. Cautiously optimistic for this one. Source: Discovery Developing Anthology Series About Infamous Criminal… Read More ›

• Geek Gift Idea: The #Anonymous Christmas Sweater

  By raincoaster on December 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  If your favourite Anon isn’t really all that Anonymous and wears his/her mask on his/her sleeve, s/he might as well really go for it in this “Ugly Christmas Sweater” sweatshirt featuring snowflakes, pine trees, and the Guy Fawkes mask. It’s… Read More ›

• Crypto-Affirmation o’ the Day: YAN on FUD

  By raincoaster on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. It used to be an acronym: FUD. Now it’s a whole industry. The terrorists hate us for our freedom, so we better take away the freedoms so we can keep the freedoms safe https://t.co/q3m7t1wfpv — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews)… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 3

  By raincoaster on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy No Mass Shootings So Far Today day, kittens! Assuming you don’t live in Syria, Libya, etc, etc, but if you did you’d probably have better things to do than surf the internet, eh? Just on the off chance, we’ll… Read More ›

• Photos: Istanbul’s dark days of protest

  By raincoaster on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Turkey, not Syria, is the real lynchpin in the MENA region.

• Google To EFF On Student Privacy: “Our Tools Comply With Both The Law And Our Promises”

  By raincoaster on December 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Technically true, if you include all that Patriot Act-related nonsense that’s been passed in the last 14 years. But not true, if you consider “Don’t be evil,” Google’s recently-dropped motto, to be a promise. Yesterday, the EFF announced the launch… Read More ›

• Goldman Sachs wants to create its own version of bitcoin

  By raincoaster on December 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In related news, investment banks give up pretending they’re anything but sovereign nations unto themselves. Source: Goldman Sachs wants to create its own version of bitcoin

• Geek Gift of the Day: #Cat Carrier

  By raincoaster on December 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Okay, so it’s not an actual jet pack; it’s still purr geek and purr awesome: the U-pet Innovative Patent Bubble Pet Carriers, Turquoise lets you take your feline companion on walkabout. The space-age bubble lets her peek out at the… Read More ›

• Cyber-Affirmation of the Day: Happy Holidays from @skullsinthestars

  By raincoaster on December 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  So…mark your calendars, kittens! Only about 24 mass shootings until Christmas, everyone. #HappyHolidays https://t.co/mw0QOMl0dC — skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) December 2, 2015 Yet another active shooter situation in the US. Getting hard to keep track. Here's year to date. pic.twitter.com/4fYcWjoas8 — ian… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 2

  By raincoaster on December 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Interwebbed is back, bitches! Bringing you all the breaking ISIS/Surveillance Elf negotiations as they happen (or a couple of days after, whatever, like we’d miss the little snitch). And all the rest of the top cyber and crypto news as… Read More ›

• Thousands Defy French Ban on Public Protest – Demand Liberté and Action at #COP21

  By raincoaster on November 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This report and the photos come to us from our old friend Joe Solomon, who is on the scene in Paris for the Climate Talk protests, and originally appeared on Common Dreams. The day began at dawn, as Avaaz and… Read More ›

• Geek Gifts for Cyber Monday!

  By raincoaster on November 30, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Happy Cyber Monday, kittens! We’ve scoured the depths of the Internet (or at least those parts of it that will give us a kickback) for the finest in geek gift items. Let no man say we are not servicey at… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 27

  By raincoaster on November 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Happy Friday, kittens! A fraught week it has been, and that’s not even counting the family scene at Thanksgiving! Let’s pray that upcoming holidays are less dramatic. May you live in uninteresting times, kittens! But not just yet, as our… Read More ›