Tag: Politics
NYTimes.com – China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids
Do you really need a better explanation for why the revolts happened?
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Trial of Independent Media Pioneer Chiranuch Premchaiporn Begins in Thailand
Blame the owner/operator for anonymous comments, sounds like fun.
Miller-McCune – Book Banners Finding Power in Numbers
Banning a book or in reality knowledge has to be one of the worst decisions any person could make.
NYTimes.com – Failure to Launch
Ouch.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists – FoxNews.com Article Uncritically Passes on Climate Misinformation
Nice take down UCS.
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.
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.
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.