Is there a single globally resonant social trend that the Simpsons haven’t covered?
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Myst Linking Book
Just a glorious piece of hardware porn for us old-skool types. Remember Myst? I never got off that goddam island, but I didn’t mind too much, because it was so, so, so pretty.
#Anonymous Issues Terrifying Electronic Armageddon Video: Are You Paranoid Enough?
No. No, you are not. The month-old AnonSec 101/SteelBAileY account has uploaded a new 11-minute video to YouTube, focused on how-to’s for Operational Security (OpSec) at protests, in “civilian” life, and online. And it is terrifying. UPDATE: Thanks to commenter… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 14
Good morning, kittens! The Cryptosphere is properly caffeinated, freshly showered, fed, watered, walked, and coming to you live from the complete opposite of a basement, so all is clearly right with the world. Rats Can Be Smarter Than People… Read More ›
CENTCOM Hints Blame Lies With “Lone Wolf” Attacker for Social Media Hack
Today General Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of CENTCOM, posted to CENTCOM’s Facebook page a letter to CENTCOM members and supporters apologizing for the pro-ISIS Twitter and YouTube hack yesterday. The letter did not specifically assign blame or describe the… Read More ›
Paintings by Group of Seven founder were buried in backyard for 30 years
Ooooh, a Long Lost Art story. We love those. We don’t really believe any of them (particularly this one) but we love them all the same. Yeah, right, buried in the back yard for decades. Yep, pull the other one.
Founder Of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Reportedly Tied To Payday Lenders
Not that this is a conflict of interest at all, but it’s the worst conflict of interest I think we’ve ever seen. As if payday loan clients weren’t already screwed, this guy will charge you to throw you into the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for Jan 13
PRAISE BE TO JUAN VALDEZ, there’s coffee in Cryptosphere Global HQ again! We hope you’ll forgive us, kittens, for our late links on this fine morn afternoon, but we really couldn’t get going until a passing drone took pity on… Read More ›
The #CyberCaliphate vs US #CENTCOM
The latest skirmish in the Propaganda Wars has all the elements of farce, many of the elements of a mystery, and quite a few of the elements of FUD. Hey @BarackObama next time tell #CENTCOM that "Waterboarding" is a weak… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 12
Good Monday, kittens! Hope you are able to see it through with real, caffeinated coffee, unlike your humble editor here. If the links get progressively less interesting, blame it on the decaf. ‘I AM NOT CHARLIE’: Leaked Newsroom E-mails Reveal… Read More ›
How the Charlie Hebdo attack and manhunt unfolded day by day, city by city
An excellent guide to the Charlie Hebdo and related attacks in Paris from Quartz.
Witness: Saudi blogger convicted of insulting Islam publicly flogged 50 times
Only 950 more lashes to go in the sentence of blogger and citizen journalist Raif Badawi, who had called for liberalization of Saudi Arabia’s increasingly Draconian and repressive laws. Slate reports that the lashes are broken up in this way… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 9
TG to the IF, kittens! We made it through the first full week of 2015 and so far, so … so … so much like last year, actually. It gets better, right? It gets better! That’s what the Youtube videos… Read More ›
#Anonymous wishes Jeremy Hammond Happy Birthday with Children’s Book Project
Jeremy Hammond, the AntiSec anarchist activist and hacker who liberated the Global Intelligence Files ie about 5 million private emails, passwords, and more, from private intelligence contractor Stratfor and handed them over to WikiLeaks via a series of cloak and… Read More ›
Jian Ghomeshi facing three new allegations of sexual assault: Crown
Canada’s own Bill Cosby is going to spend the rest of his life dealing with these charges, and unless he finds a prison pen pal, will likely never marry, thus handing his mother the greatest disappointment a Persian mom can… Read More ›
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