Tag: Politics

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
NYTimes.com – F.C.C. Seeks Mandatory Alerts of Cellphone Overage Charges
Remembers kids we can’t have the carriers implement a solution that might make them less money.
January 22, 2011
Ars Technica – Why you should always encrypt your smartphone
Important read for anyone who has a smartphone.
January 19, 2011
Yuxi You – So you still think the Internet is free
So do you?
January 13, 2011
NYTimes.com – Why So Many Rich People Don’t Feel Very Rich
I love these sorts of article, putting a reality behind a feeling or attitude.
January 12, 2011
Reason Magazine – Hating the “Sinner”
Calling all people who are social conservatives bigots is a intellectually weak argument, but it is fair to call out such bigotry when it occurs.
January 12, 2011
Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF Calls for Immediate Action to Defend Tunisian Activists Against Government Cyberattacks
Umm, wow, glad I don’t live in Tunsia.
January 11, 2011
NYTimes.com – Climate of Hate
This is perhaps the larger point, there is a problem when violent rhetoric is used as a substitute for reasoned and rational debate.
January 10, 2011
The New Yorker – The battle over the Constitution
Covers the history of the ratification, the document itself and how it’s been used to argue all sides in a debate including gun control.
January 10, 2011
FactCheck.org – A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
Let’s see misrepresents the CBO report, ignores the CBO report in other parts, yep totally valid criticisms Republicans.
January 9, 2011