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• Presidential Records Act Gets New Teeth

  By raincoaster on December 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on UNREDACTED: The National Security Archive Blog:
  Map of the 13 Presidential Library administered by NARA. Photo: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The Presidential Records Act has come a long way since George W. Bush’s attempt to…

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for December 9

  By raincoaster on December 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Tuesday, kittens! Things got a little out of hand at Cryptosphere Global HQ last night, but as you can see order has been restored and everything is once again under control. Also, lunch will be provided by the management… Read More ›

• First Nation files land claim to Stanley Park and Gulf Islands

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  This has been in the making for decades. Dead Man’s Island alone has been in dispute since the 80’s. Since I’ve always had my eye on it for my Bond Villain Lair, I know these things.

• Off Grid Electric Raises $16M To Let Africans Pre-Pay For Solar Energy Just Like Phones

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Phone payments are completely changing Africa, for the better.

• Cop Beatings of Press Members Spark Letter of Protest to Berkeley Police from Society of Professional Journalists

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The Society of Professional Journalists has released a letter sent December 6 by Lila LaHood, president of the North California chapter, to the Mayor and Chief of Police of Berkeley, California. The letter is in response to what the organization… Read More ›

• The Dream Leads to Nowhere: The Farcical Use of the #Anonymous Collective’s Imagery to Instill Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt in Corporate Warfare

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Cryptospherians, please welcome back Crypto-pal @GonzoPhD, who has offered up this false-flag operation as an instructional example of internet fail. It originally appeared on the Grey Coat Labs blog. Don’t poke the Internet Hate Machine or you’ll have worse problems… Read More ›

• The People Want to Be Able to Live

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a repost of Hamilton Nolan’s article of the same title on Gawker (not a lot of crossover in audiences, I’m thinking). Nolan has long cataloged the crimes of corporate and individual overlords and the economic and security losses… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8

  By raincoaster on December 8, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Merry Monday, kittens! Were you office partying over the weekend like the rest of us? The strangest people showed up at the party, but then that’s the holiday chaos for you. In this world of Heraclitian turmoil, there’s one thing… Read More ›

• Film Friday: Android

  By raincoaster on December 5, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Tonight’s feature movie is so bad I doubt the copyright holder will even bother hitting YouTube with a takedown notice. It has 5.9 out of ten on IMDB. It’s Android, from 1982, starring Klaus Kinski, which is a perfect storm… Read More ›

• WATCH: Mexican man arrested in Peru, allegedly tried to smuggle cocaine inside 2 St. Bernard dogs

  By raincoaster on December 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Guess they’re giving up on mules, cosmetic surgery addicts, and undergraduates with big debts to pay.

• Aboriginal frustrations could lead to ‘coherent’ uprising that would threaten Canada’s economy, author warns

  By raincoaster on December 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Well, YES. Unlike the US, in Canada First Nations Peoples constitute a large and powerful political bloc which is increasingly radicalized and increasingly willing to exercise its powers. For them, “Canada” is a choice, or is rapidly becoming one. Just… Read More ›

• I Have Something to Hide

  By raincoaster on December 5, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  This is a reprint of the May, 2013 post of the same title from the Neurovagrant blog of Ian Campbell, with whom we re-connected on Twitter recently. He kindly permitted us to repost this crystal clear lesson in why encryption… Read More ›

• Numbers: The Mandelbrot Set

  By Curt on December 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  “Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” – Latin saying “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr An eternity of waves tattoos the sand In foam, embroiders it with seaweed, scarifies and brands The verge… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 5

  By raincoaster on December 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Friday, kittens! Are you as plugged in and illuminated as this somewhat-alarmed gent? If not, we have the cure for that: our Friday link roundup! All the cryptonews you need to get your weekend started. Someone was Indicted in… Read More ›

• Crews break up ‘The Jungle’ in California, largest U.S. homeless encampment

  By raincoaster on December 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  For less than the cost of this big move and policing, they could have just housed everyone.

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