January 2012
I found out this morning that my grandmother is keeping track of when and where I go to visit you, with your name at the very top of the page. I feel slightly betrayed, although I don’t yet know if this is justified at all. I understand that you doing this is out of concern for my safety, however, that thought does not quell me. This makes me like you less.
SOPA blackouts begin as MPAA calls foul →
world-shaker:
Current MPAA president and thirty-year senator Chris Dodd further blasts the blackout as a stunt that punishes the users of the aforementioned services or turns them “into corporate pawns.” He decries the decision to protest as “an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today” and claims that online information services are “intentionally...
“The Wikipedia blackout presents a horrifying picture of a world with no...”
– Andy Daglas (via kateoplis) Quote of the night. (via shortformblog)
“Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the...”
– Eve Glicksman (via audreylostinparis)
This is the first page that I have bookmarked.
http://www.jerryhunt.org/kill.htm
Muslim student claims sexual harrassment, school... →
cyberterrorist:
When she complained to a teacher, she was told that the university generally doesn’t get rid of students right away over such incidents, the lawsuit said. Another teacher asked her if she were married and asked her not to report it to the dean because he would speak with the harasser, the suit said.
Ahmad then reported the harassment and fears for her safety to the ...
“Death need not concern us because when we exist death does not, and when death...”
– Epicurus (via cultureofresistance)
thepinesaredancing:
Bon Iver - Your Love (The...
“When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs...”
– Franz Kafka (via kafkaesque-world)
December 2011
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via cultureofresistance)
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NDAA Set To Become Law: The Terror Is Nearer Than... →
socialistexan:
cognitivedissonance:
It turns out that destroying the American democratic republic was easy to accomplish, historians will write someday. Simply get the three major cable news networks to blather on about useless bull**** for a few days, while legislators meet in secret behind closed doors to rush through the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA), and its evil twin...
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I swear I'm not the devil: An Open Letter to... →
jpbrammer:
To Chick-Fil-A, Truett Cathy, and the WinShape Foundation:
It is with a heavy heart that I write to you saying that I can no longer, in good conscience, patronize your establishment. Nor can I partake of your delicious, succulent, juicy chicken. I mean, I would like to. Oh …
Considering printing a good few of these out and pasting them all over a Chick-Fil-A by my...
Deep Green Resistance Massachusetts: U.S.,... →
Microsoft and the State Department are under fire for their participation in a closed-door Internet conference this week organized with the architects of China’s repressive policies of Web self-censorship and surveillance. The fifth annual U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum, which will be held…
SAVE THE INTERNET →
brodinsons:
Right now, Congress is debating a law that would give them the power to censor the world’s Internet — creating a blacklist that could target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz!
Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation, or even failing to sufficiently police their users’...
Deep Green Resistance Massachusetts: Here's the... →
killciv:
There is a lot of chatter coming across my tumblr, that basically amounts to an argument by a bunch of young people as to what level of human population is sustainable on the planet. The crux of the discussion seems to be that anti-civ types are wrong in their assessments of…
