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June 25, 2013
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*I don’t like to pick on the Chocolate Factory when it comes to the exciting modern practice of “Surveillance Marketing”, but since poor old Google would n
Satire is vastly different from the snark and irony that are the default humor settings of the internet.
Among other things, Bruce Sterling is a fine satirist.
This is one of the driest pieces of satire I’ve ever read. Not that I read every word. Part of...
Russia RebukesU.S., InsistingSnowden NotWithin Border
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, chastised U.S. demands regarding Edward J. Snowden, insisting that Mr. Snowden “did not cross the Russian border.”
A lot of he said she said here, with no new information. Though I had missed that bit in the second to last paragraph were Snowdenapparentlytold the South China Morning Post that he applied to Booz Allen “…so he could collect information about the N.S.A.’s secret surveillance progra...
June 24, 2013
Two things:
1) I’ve been working on a science fiction...
Two things:
1) I’ve been working on a science fiction pilot script set on Jupiter’s moon, Callisto.
2) This is just fantastic. Beautiful and ominous.
The Revolution Will Begin at Starbucks
The image of Edward Snowden ghosting the skies between Hong Kong, Russia, and parts unknown has been bumping up against the latest round of social media enabled protests. I’m starting to think about a character, a modern Che Guevara. A social media revolutionary who travels from social unrest to social unrest showing them how to organize online.
To some extent, this is the paranoid vision that’s being voiced by the Brazilian and Turkish governments right now.
In any case, the vision...
Plane for Havana Leaves Moscow Without Snowden
Edward J. Snowden, the former national security contractor accused of espionage, did not leave Moscow as expected on a flight to Havana on Monday, raising questions about alternate travel plans.
If this morning’s turn in the Snowden saga doesn’t raise your interest in the story then you should probably never consider readingSKINNER.
They don’t know where he is, people!
He “reportedly” flew into Russia, “reportedly” booked a flight to Cuba en route...
June 23, 2013
N.S.A. Leaker Leaves Hong Kong on Flight to Moscow
The final destination remains unclear for Edward J. Snowden, who left after Hong Kong said a U.S. request for an arrest warrant did not meet legal requirements.
I’m starting to feel like a tween following the exploits of their favorite pop idol. I just want to scream, “OMG!” at the top of my lungs.
I though this story had everything already, but I was fooling myself. No spy story is complete without Russia.
That massive sigh of relief that wok...
June 22, 2013
"Do you believe,” she went on, “that the past dies?”
“Yes,” said Margaret. “Yes, if the present cuts..."
“Yes,” said Margaret. “Yes, if the present cuts its throat.”
- Leonora Carrington, The Seventh Horse And Other Tales (via frenchtwist)
June 21, 2013
Mastering the internet: how GCHQ set out to spy on the world wide web
Project Tempora � the evolution of a secret programme to capture vast amounts of web and phone data
“You are in an enviable position - have fun and make the most of it.”
Snowden seems to have taken that bit to heart.
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