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Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School - Jessica Lahey - The Atlantic
RT : Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School - Atlantic Mobile
from twitter
4 hours ago
Quiz: Do you know MLB rules? - SportsNation - ESPN
I did really poorly on this baseball quiz: (I used to read my dad’s ump rulebook for fun; need to brush up!)
from twitter
7 hours ago
Twitter / katxena: New haircut! http://t.co/EYUXsOddIS
New haircut!
from twitter_favs
12 hours ago
Nate Silver: Politico Co-Founders Lack 'Curiosity For The World Outside Of The Bubble' | TPM LiveWire
still RT : If you're enjoying the on-going Politico-Nate Silver tiff, just read this. via
TeamNate  from twitter
13 hours ago
Politico Co-Founder: Nate Silver 'Gets Up On His High Horse Quite A Lot' | TPM LiveWire
RT : Politico Co-Founder: Nate Silver 'Gets Up On His High Horse Quite A Lot' via
Teamnate  from twitter
15 hours ago
I Know What You Think of Me - NYTimes.com
RT @nowthis: "and everyone else does not always view you in the forgiving light that you hope they do...always on your side"
philosophy 
yesterday
Patton Oswalt | A CLOSED LETTER TO MYSELF ABOUT THIEVERY, HECKLING AND RAPE JOKES
Here learns/changes mind re . Good essay (except for sentence “And since I’ve..”)
rapeculture  from twitter
yesterday
Persuading David Simon (Pinboard Blog)
nsa  privacy  surveillance  security 
yesterday
Why I am no longer a skeptic
atheism  religion 
yesterday
Schneier on Security: Blowback from the NSA Surveillance
RT : Blowback from the NSA Surveillance
from twitter
yesterday
If you live in a surveillance state for long enough, you create a censor in your head
RT : "The chilling disciplinary effect taking place in the digital age affects everyone"
from twitter
yesterday
CNN Poll: Obama approval falls amid controversies – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
RT : 60% disapprove of Obama's handling of surveillance of citizens, higher than 52% who disapproved of Bush on the issue
from twitter
yesterday
NFL implements new bag policy: Leave the purses at home - CBSSports.com
RT : Looks like the NFL is creating its own version of the TSA. Good thing I don't go to football games:
from twitter
yesterday
Apple - Apple’s Commitment to Customer Privacy
RT : Apple statement on NSA surveillance: iMessage and FaceTime are encrypted end-to-end. Apple cannot decrypt the data.
from twitter
yesterday
Persuading David Simon (Pinboard Blog)
RT : A blog post in response to David Simon, who sees no big difference between NSA activity and traditional wiretaps:
from twitter
yesterday
Hullabaloo
Amazing that this was objectionable RT : Is happiness a dirty word? ”
from twitter
2 days ago
No, Candy Crowley. That is not good enough. » Pressthink
RT : New..."We need interviewers who are dead serious about holding people accountable for what they say. So get with it."
from twitter
2 days ago
Thread: The quiet war in tech
RT : The precarious system of banking and computer networks isn't going to keep running forever.
from twitter
2 days ago
What makes Prism work? National Security Agency’s megadata collection from Internet pipeline - The Washington Post
RT : We're getting closer to a clear explanation of what Prism is and how works with this solid piece from the AP:
from twitter
3 days ago
Ancient Roman Concrete Is About to Revolutionize Modern Architecture - Businessweek
environment  history  science 
3 days ago
Million-Anecdote Baby - NYTimes.com
RT : Hang on: Timothy Egan - 6 months until the end of pre-existing condition exclusions
from twitter
3 days ago
Yahoo Supplied Data to PRISM Only After Losing Scrappy FISA Fight | Threat Level | Wired.com
RT : News from 5 years ago that's just breaking now: Yahoo went to court to fight off gov's PRISM data demands, but lost.
from twitter
4 days ago
NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar | Threat Level | Wired.com
Appreciate Bamford’s close in this piece - what would it cost to fix those dams v. what Alexander is spending?
from twitter
4 days ago
Misogyny and the Marketing Chick — about work — Medium
Misogyny and the Marketing Chick:
gender  programming 
4 days ago
Jeb Bush: Economy Needs 'More Fertile' Immigrants | TPM LiveWire
I can’t-I don’t--whut?? Oh, Jebbie. RT Jeb Bush: U.S. Economy Needs 'More Fertile' Immigrants via
from twitter
4 days ago
Lawsuit: "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world hundreds of millions for improperly collected royalties - Boing Boing
RT : Fetch me the popcorn
from twitter
4 days ago
A Rising Tide Lifts All Yachts - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic
This work is so important. RT @TNCposts: New TNC post: A Rising Tide Lifts All Yachts
class  civilrights  economics  poverty 
4 days ago
On PRISM, partisanship and propaganda | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
RT : On partisanship, propaganda and PRISM. talks back to critics of his stories and stance on the NSA leaks.
from twitter
4 days ago
David Simon | Counter-Arguments: Gathered and Answered
David Simon has an interesting conversation with commenter Gavin in the comments thread:
government  surveillance 
4 days ago
The Sickening Snowden Backlash - The Daily Beast
privacy  surveillance 
4 days ago
Politics: some / Politics: none. Two ways to excel in political journalism. Neither dominates. » Pressthink
RT : Just posted at PressThink. Politics: none / Politics: some. My take on Glenn Greenwald, journalism and the NSA story
from twitter
5 days ago
CIA deputy slut-shamed over erotica reading - Salon.com
RT : "That’s why it’s called the Axis of Dick." lays it out:
from twitter
5 days ago
Udall, Wyden Call On National Security Agency Director to Clarify Comments on Effectiveness of Phone Data Collection Program | Press Releases | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
RT : Haven't yet seen evidence NSAs dragnet collection on Americans has thwarted "dozens of attacks" as Alexander suggests
from twitter
5 days ago
Untitled (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/court-says-human-genes-cannot-be-patented)
Seems like a big deal. RT : Supreme Court says human cannot be patented, reports .
genes  from twitter
5 days ago
Windmills at Night by suzy6281 | Quilting Pattern
quilting  crafts  quilt 
5 days ago
Sure, My Name Is Khan - Phosfate, Rosencrantz - Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]
entertainment 
5 days ago
"Can't innovate anymore, my ass!" | MetaFilter
Whatever you think of Ive and iOS7, I like these musings on design in software (a comment at MeFi):
from twitter
5 days ago
Potentially Dangerous Storms Loom for Thursday; 7 Ways to Prepare Now | Fairfax County Emergency Information
RT : 7 ways to prepare for potentially dangerous storms that may affect us:
ffxstorm  vawx  from twitter
6 days ago
Untitled (http://www.cypherspace.org/rsa/spook.html)
RT : I just tried to use "M-x spook" in a story. Editors weren't having it.
from twitter
6 days ago
Choose One: Secrecy and Democracy Are Incompatible - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
RT : See dismantle (what's becoming typical) nonsense from : Secrecy and Democracy Are Incompatible
from twitter
6 days ago
Top 10 Ways to Challenge Employees to Perform - Incentive Magazine
management 
6 days ago
Incentive Programs - Top 10 Ways to Get Ready to Give Recognition - Incentive Magazine
management 
6 days ago
Lawsuits over government surveillance languish - Yahoo! News
RT : AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein warned 7 years ago about the same NSA surveillance. Everyone should read his story:
from twitter
6 days ago
Man, the State and trust | Daniel W. Drezner
RT : "I reluctantly agree. And if this gets me kicked out of the Respectable Foreign Policy Pundit Club, so be it."
from twitter
6 days ago
Dangerous thunderstorm set up for D.C. area Thursday; storms possible tonight as well
RT : Begin thinking storm preparedness: charge portable devices, secure/move loose outdoor items, clear storm drains etc:
from twitter
6 days ago
Everything is a project, even this
Everything is a Project (nice write-up in @berkun archives) - Totally agree. 1/n
organization  management 
6 days ago
Former NSA Boss: We Don't Data Mine Our Giant Data Collection, We Just Ask It Questions | Techdirt
RT : "The whole point of the 4th Amendment is that you're not allowed to collect the haystack."
from twitter
6 days ago
The PRISM Details Matter — PRISM Truth — Medium
Why the (still vague) technical details of the story of the week matter:
from twitter
6 days ago
Shakesville: With Allies *cough* Like These...
RT : Independent prosecutor for sexual assault cases provision has been stripped from Defense Authorization Act. By Dems.
from twitter
6 days ago
Why I Don't Care About Edward Snowden - NationalJournal.com
RT : Credit to who has emerged as a voice of principle on the NSA story
from twitter
6 days ago
Edward Snowden and the selective targeting of leaks | Jack Shafer
RT : "Secrets are sacrosanct in DC until officials find political expediency in declassifying them or leaking them."
from twitter
7 days ago
Untitled (http://gawker.com/the-vain-media-cynics-of-the-nsa-story-512575457)
RT : Part of NSA fiasco is dubious behavior by media insiders. Here's the story: via
from twitter
7 days ago
Snowden’s Secret. | Ghost in the Machine
RT : GitM: Snowden's Secret.
from twitter
7 days ago
David Brooks and the Mind of Edward Snowden : The New Yorker
RT : Ok, let's get this right: Love this piece by Amy Davidson who shreds David Brooks so finely he is turned to goo.
from twitter
7 days ago
Six Fairy Tales for the Modern Woman | The Hairpin
RT : This, forever: . h/t cc
from twitter
7 days ago
The Secret Government | The Nation
RT : We are way overdue for a new Church Committee:
from twitter
7 days ago
Parenting with abundance vs. scarcity | Project Based Homeschooling
inspiration  parenting  reference  reread 
7 days ago
Edward Snowden And Congress - The Snowden Effect, Day Two - Esquire
RT : The Snowden Effect, Day Two
from twitter
7 days ago
‘The Unwinding,’ by George Packer - NYTimes.com
Infrastructure and institutional collapse
books  currentevents  politics 
7 days ago
You commit three felonies a day
RT : You commit three felonies a day (and your government likes it that way):
from twitter
7 days ago
Did Obama Just Destroy the U.S. Internet Industry?
Dramatic headline, but interesting and relevant angle on the news of the week.
economics  privacy  surveillance 
7 days ago
It's Not Too Late: You Better Fight for Your Right to Privacy - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
RT : Defeatism is Premature: You Better Fight for Your Right to Privacy
from twitter
7 days ago
Inside the United States | GlobalPost
RT : Fascinating demonstration: What if reporters wrote about the US the way the wrote about other countries.
eyeopening  from twitter
7 days ago
27 new iOS 7 features Apple didn't talk about | Macworld
RT : Curious about iOS 7? Stick with me, kid. I dug into Apple's slides and found 27 features you didn't know about.
from twitter
7 days ago
What Privacy is For - Julie Cohen
privacy  law  legal 
8 days ago
Eschaton: Gatekeepers
The media criticism layer of the leak story is also fascinating (albeit predictable.) Atrios on gatekeepers:
from twitter
8 days ago
How we broke the NSA story - Salon.com
RT : Snowden "told me he’d contacted me because my border harassment meant that I’d been a person who had been selected."
from twitter
8 days ago
How Google and Silicon Valley Screw Their Non-Elite Workers | Alternet
RT : My first piece for as a staff writer: How Google and Silicon Valley Screw Their Non-Elite Workers
from twitter
8 days ago
The Numbers Don't Lie: It's Irrational to Give Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
RT @conor64: The Numbers Don't Lie: It's Irrational to Give Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror
security  privacy  economics 
8 days ago
Schneier on Security: Government Secrets and the Need for Whistle-blowers
security  politics 
8 days ago
Untitled (http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/dont-take-your-vitamins.html&OQ=smidQ3Dtw-shareQ26_rQ3D2Q26&OP=88b099c8Q2FQ3EQ60Z0Q3EHE0Q3ELLLQ3E608Q2AQ3EhQ60Q5DD7Q60Q600Q2BQ3EQ2BKlQ2FQ3EKVQ3EKzQ3EQ60ZQ3AHQ3AQ6
RT : Thought you might like this. Don’t Take Your Vitamins
from twitter
8 days ago
When things fall apart - Will Bunch
RT @Will_Bunch: When things fall apart From a Philly building collapse to our spying, lying government, the foundations are crumbling
currentevents 
9 days ago
When things fall apart
RT : Wow, this piece by is a must read synthesis of an amazing few days of news: When things fall apart
from twitter
9 days ago
Twitter / katxena: Where I am right now ...
Where I am right now
from twitter_favs
9 days ago
Edward Snowden's NSA Leak And Booz Allen Hamilton - Business Insider
RT : The rise of the Beltway Bandits
from twitter
9 days ago
The Chairs Are Where the People Go (EXCERPT) by Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti
People's protective bubbles are ok - scroll down
privacy  philosophy 
9 days ago
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance | World news | guardian.co.uk
RT : Wow. The whistleblower behind recent NSA revelations reveals himself, his name, photo, everything.
from twitter
9 days ago
Log In - The New York Times
Lanier piece in NYT this weekend (but really you should read the book):
from twitter
9 days ago
Twitter / christineburns: Powerful graphic, putting ...
RT : Over 11,000 US women killed by husband or boyfriend since 9/11: more than all US civilians&soldiers in"War on Terror"
from twitter
9 days ago
On Being Watched and Being Watchful - FIRST DRAFT
Rebuttal to David Simon RT : On Being Watched and Being Watchful
from twitter
9 days ago
Untitled (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008J2AEY8/ref=r_ea_s_t)
finished Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
from twitter
10 days ago
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