“Open, locks, Whoever knocks!” – Wm. Shakespeare The day a man first locked his door, His neighbor learned to lift the latch. He bent a branch and stripped a switch And softly crossed the empty floor. The rich throw bolts… Read More ›
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Understanding the AUMF and the 9/11 Attitude by AnonyÓðinn
This is another in AnonyÓðinn‘s ongoing series of essays examining the political and economic underpinnings of our current, and somewhat fraught, situation. Socioeconomic assumptions that lay unexamined for the past forty or fifty years must now be reviewed, tested against current… Read More ›
#Bitcoin and Book Chat with #Anonymous Publications
The Parade with the Drums is an unlikely literary document; it’s the first children’s book published by the faceless hacktivist collective Anonymous. Why? Who? How? and Is It Any Good? All these questions and more occurred to us, so we… Read More ›
Film Friday: Timestalks presents David Carr, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Edward Snowden
Revered New York Times columnist and media critic David Carr collaped in the newsroom yesterday and died at the age of 58. Shortly before he died, he moderated this outstanding TimesTalks panel centering on the documentary CitizenFour, featuring Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, and… Read More ›
Tweet o’ the Day: Davos State of Mind
This tweet by Felix Salmon is a few weeks old, but its message is eternal, summing up the wisdom of the kind of jesters the 1% are letting into their courts nowadays. Tom Friedman, in #Davos, proves once again he… Read More ›
Video: Bathtime for Barrett
Occasionally we at The Cryptosphere feel that the cyberwar/hacktivism world could use a little levity, and therefore we are pleased to present this otherwise news-value-free video by Xylergeist. It is nothing more nor less than a drag king recreation of Barrett Brown’s second most-famous… Read More ›
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Reprints: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow
In our tradition of featuring the defining documents of the internet, today we offer you John Perry Barlow’s A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, reprinted from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This 1996 Outsider manifesto articulates a philosophy of not simply… Read More ›
Presidential Hopeful Jeb Bush Just Doxed His Florida Supporters
You’re doing a heckuva job there, Bushie! Jeb “The Smart One” Bush, presidential light horse, GOP heir apparent, and Governor of the state of Florida, is truly a man of the people. If by “people” you mean “Florida Man.” Approximately… Read More ›
Ten Percent of All Bitcoin in Circulation Was Just Stolen
At least, that’s what it looks like thanks to the sudden collapse of MyCoin, a Hong Kong Bitcoin investment company. Although referred to as an exchange, in reality it marketed (in extremely garbled English and Chinese) the opportunity to invest in… Read More ›
Privacy On The Web 101: Julia Angwin’s Dragnet Nation
If you’re a newcomer to issues of privacy and security on the web, Julia Angwin’s 2014 Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance is a good place to start. In accessible language and a… Read More ›
Numbers: The Wolf from Pisgah
“Our dead never forget the beautiful world that gave them life.” – Chief Si’alh “I became a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I could not cross the river with The wolf I saw… Read More ›
Film Friday: Carts of Darkness
Oh, a Canadian documentary. A Canadian documentary about the underprivileged. A Canadian documentary about the underprivileged finding a source of joy that unites them and gives their lives meaning and purpose. Oh, how worthy. Fuck that. Watch this. That’s the… Read More ›
#Anonymous Takes a Bite Out of the Illegal Tiger Trade with #OpTigerStorm
On Thursday, February 5, OpFunKill, the anti-hunting branch of hacktivist group Anonymous, changed its stripes temporarily, becoming OpTigerStorm, and nearly swallowing the internet whole. Still trending… 5.5 hours. Sleeps. Tell me when it stops, or better still keep it trending… Read More ›
Review: The Martian, a Sci-Fi Novel Proving Duct Tape Really CAN Do Everything
Previously published on Writing In My Head on December 29, 2014. You’re on a mission to Mars, and all your crewmates have left the planet, leaving you behind, because they think you’re dead. This is the premise of The Martian, probably one… Read More ›
Numbers: The Death of Alberto Nisman
“I depart for the great Maybe.” – François Rabelais The day Alberto Nisman died Flowers broke his skull, His eyes like prisms bent the light And plenty burst from null. The single truth a life secures By simply being so Unravels… Read More ›
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