February 2012
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“A week later, the raft was stolen, and I managed to track down the people who...”
– Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Of everything in this lengthy Julian Assange, this story stood out to me as a strangely poetic interlude.
What the whole Assange/Manning/Wikileaks affaire impresses upon me is that hindsight isn’t 20/20. Sometimes, we...
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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an...”
– John Steinbeck (disputed), as quoted by Ronald Wright in A Short History of Progress (via earlyfrost
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“Whether or not the practice is standard in the industry, as Morin claimed to...”
– Path uploads address books to servers—without permission
My latest on the Daily Dot.
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Political Art & Design: WANTED: A pirate in... →
political-artanddesign:
In different European countries (mostly Northern and Eastern European) there are Pirate Parties based on the politics of technology—mostly piracy. Pirate politicians tend to be young and tech savvy (a lot of them being hackers and software developers). Last year they won seats in Berlin’s local…
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William Elliot Shaub: “When I was twelve my family... →
shaub:
“When I was twelve my family and I lived in Byron Bay. Some days I would try to climb up to the lighthouse. Earth would overhang the sea cliffs and sometimes a pebble would shift or a gull would cry and I would wonder if I was standing on the overhang.
Later I would look back and see that in…
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Washington VS Mankind, by Julian Assange
notesonwikileaks:
I’m a little fascinated by Washington Vs Mankind, a piece written by Julian Assange that Russian pioneer published today. Even though the original was published in Russian and google translations are always tricky, it still comes across as a very interesting and personal article. An essential read, I’d say. Rolling Stone also published another much more publicized interview...
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Need to start a new Political Party in Australia
downgetup:
Recently there were suggestions that Julian Assange could run for the senate here in Australia and there were requests for suggestions to name the party. I am going to suggest that “Pirates against corporatism” or just “Pirates” would be a good name for a libertarian movement here in Australia and I will be continueing to work towards starting something like this in the future.
Any...
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“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between ...”
– Michael Kimmel: Men, Masculinity, and the Rape Culture (via mollay)
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The Morning GIF: Ahmad Bradshaw squats into Super... →
My first Morning Gif for the Daily Dot. Apparently I passed the “pretend you know something about football” test.
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