Category: Politics

Schneier on Security – UK Immigration Officer Puts Wife on the No-Fly List
Imagine being the wife here, go visit your family, try to return, on a list that you can’t even find out why you are on and no way of being able to appeal your inclusion on the list.
February 5, 2011
Union of Concerned Scientists – FoxNews.com Article Uncritically Passes on Climate Misinformation
Nice take down UCS.
February 4, 2011
NYTimes.com – Gangs Hunt Journalists and Rights Workers
Bad news for any country when journalists aren’t able to freely report.
February 3, 2011
The Big Picture – A harrowing, historic week in Egypt
Some incredibly powerful images here of the Egyptian protests.
February 2, 2011
TechCrunch – Egypt Shuts Down Noor, Its Last ISP
This is so weird and disturbing the idea of a political entity being able to just disconnect itself from the internet.
January 31, 2011
Official Google Blog – Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard
Only Google has this kind of ability to just buy a company and build a product to make the internet and a public more free.
January 31, 2011
Salon.com – Why can’t we watch Al Jazeera?
The first part is just sad, the second makes other cable news companies look pathetic in comparison.
January 29, 2011
Kickstarter – Standing Up To The Experts by Orlando Wood
They’ve already reached their goal and then some but this looks like an awesome project.
January 24, 2011
NYTimes.com – Bush White House Broke Elections Law, Report Says
Wonder if Karl Rove is going to get asked on Fox News how this happened and what happens if charges are actually filed against him or the person who made the decisions to do this?
January 24, 2011
The Atlantic – The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks
I’m not sure what’s more shocking, that a country wide keylogger was in use, or that Facebook took these actions to defend their users and freedom of speech.
January 24, 2011