arguably, the word “explosive” is autological if you form it out of sticks of tnt. the only problem is, WHO’S GOING TO ARGUE WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS THE WORD “EXPLOSIVE” FORMED OUT OF STICKS OF TNT?? Dinosaur Comics (2010-12-08). archive – contact – sexy exciting merchandise – adventure – search – aboutholiday shipping deadlines are below! the first non-US deadline is today! :o!!!@@e2;2020;90; previousDecember 8th, 2010nextDecember 8th, 2010: I’ve been enjoying The Onion AV Club’s Star Trek television reviews for quite a while. They’re by Zack Handlen who knows… (Linked Wednesday 2010-12-08.)

Greenwald, Army of One. Will Wilkinson, Will Wilkinson (2010-12-07). Glenn Greenwald is just killin' it re: WikiLeaks. Today's highlights: Every line of pro-prosecution rationale cited by Feinstein applies equally to journalists – including especially the newspapers from around the world which are publishing all of the same diplomatic cables as WikiLeaks is, and which are publishing them before WikiLeaks even does…. (Linked Thursday 2010-12-09.)

This Is Free Trade? Sheldon Richman, The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2010-12-07). The so-called Republic of Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement has lived down to expectations. Note this excerpt from a report in The Hill: Specifically, the agreement extends intellectual property protections by ensuring copyright holders have the exclusive right to publish their works online. It also bans the hacking of technology… (Linked Thursday 2010-12-09.)

Project Idea: Accolad.es (working title) Kellan, Laughing Meme (2010-11-11). There are a number of new sites (as well as a number of sites from the last few generations of start ups, some ideas keep getting re-invented) that purport to be my online identity because they aggregate and/or link to the various online externalizations. (e.g. about.me) Someone should build a… (Linked Monday 2010-12-06.)

Loose lips sink dictatorships. John, Blagnet.net (2010-12-04). Seen on the internet, from someone who originally saw it in Barcelona, presumably inspired by Obama's opposition to WikiLeaks: (Linked Saturday 2010-12-04.)

Please Read: A Personal Appeal From the Outlaw Josey Wales. John Gruber, Daring Fireball (2010-12-01). I would pay to put this on Wikipedia. Update: Safari extension from Troy Gaul.  â˜…  (Linked Sunday 2010-12-05.)

!!!@@e2;20ac;2dc;A Waste of Money and Time' John Gruber, Daring Fireball (2010-11-29). Bruce Schneier makes the case against the TSA: Exactly two things have made airplane travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door, and convincing passengers they need to fight back. Everything else has been a waste of money. Add screening of checked bags and airport workers and we're done. Take… (Linked Sunday 2010-12-05.)

Leaker Calls on Leaker to Leak the WikiLeaks Story. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-03). With Amazon denying that pressure from Sen. Joe Lieberman was the deciding factor in its decision to expel WikiLeaks from its server, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has put out a call for an Amazon leaker to come forward and tell the inside story: This would be a good time… (Linked Sunday 2010-12-05.)

"The 'TSA radius' is the distance below which you'd rather drive than fly." — http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1899811. Mark Pilgrim, Mark's Firehose (2010-11-12). (Linked Sunday 2010-12-05.)

C4SS Launches Wikileaks Mirror. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-12-05). For Immediate Release 12/05/10 POC Thomas L. Knapp Media Contact: media@c4ss.org 530-618-C4SS Technical Contact: admin@c4ss.org ANARCHISTS LAUNCH WIKILEAKS MIRROR, ASSISTANCE PROGRAM December 5th — "Censorship has always been wrong and irresponsible," says Brad Spangler. "Now it's another thing: Impossible." Spangler, director of the Center for a Stateless Society, announced on… (Linked Sunday 2010-12-05.)

I Remember When the RIAA Thought This Would Work. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-02). Fresh from successfully pressuring Amazon into booting WikiLeaks from its servers, Sen. Joe Lieberman (CFL-Conn.) has now persuaded Tableau, a Seattle software company, to take down some WikiLeaks-related material created by the journalist James Bell. Glenn Greenwald, who interviewed Bell today, reports that the material consisted of charts summarizing the… (Linked Thursday 2010-12-02.)

Mississippi Supreme Court Grants Cory Maye a New Trial. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-02). The Mississippi Supreme Court granted Cory Maye a new trial today (PDF), though on different grounds than the Mississippi Court of Appeals, which granted the trial based on a change of venue issue. The state's supreme court instead ruled that Maye's trial judge should have let the jury consider a… (Linked Thursday 2010-12-02.)

Update in Northern Virginia: Police Agencies Still Secretive, Newspaper Editor Still Okay With That, Plus a Disturbing Police Visit to the Former Residence of a “Reason Institute” Writer. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-12-02). Over the last six months, I've written several articles about the extraordinary secrecy of Northern Virginia's police agencies (see here, here, and here). A few updates on the story: First, Michael Lee Pope, the reporter for the Connection Newspaper chain and the NPR affiliate WAMU who deserves all the credit… (Linked Thursday 2010-12-02.)

Support Irene Bedard. bfp, flip flopping joy (2010-11-29). I just found out that Irene Bedard–the actress who played Mary Crow Dog in the movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee and was the voice for Pocohontas in the Disney movie by the same name, needs help and support. After 17 years of abuse and violence, Irene left her… (Linked Thursday 2010-12-02.)

The Center Needs Your Help! James Tuttle, On ALLiance (2010-11-30). Dear Fans of the Center (Centerians?), So this is how the story goes, retold for the recently Centered: C4SS asks the internet for donations and support.  Out of the gate, there is a sudden influx of funds followed by a long period of nothing.  This is when the writers and… (Linked Tuesday 2010-11-30.)

WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning isn't a criminal. He's a hero. – CSMonitor.com. www.csmonitor.com (2010-11-30). Many are condemning Bradley Manning for allegedly providing WikiLeaks with sensitive reports about US foreign policy. But a government that can make war while keeping essential information about its justification and conduct secret is neither open nor fit for free people. (Linked Tuesday 2010-11-30.)

brooksie: Yet it might be useful to consider one more filter. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-11-30). brooksie: Yet it might be useful to consider one more filter. Consider it the World Order filter. The fact that we live our lives amid order and not chaos is the great achievement of civilization. This order should not be taken for granted. This order is tenuously maintained by brave… (Linked Wednesday 2010-12-01.)