Surveillance, Security, Privacy, Politics. Ian Bicking: a blog (2010-08-18):

I hang around people who talk about security and privacy and activists quite a bit. When talking security beyond the typical attackers — people committing identity theft, simple vandals, spammers, etc. — there's the topic of government surveillance and legal attacks, and privacy as a way to defend political activists…

I’m running a fever right now and suffering from the physical effects of several vaccines combined with a too-large dose of direct sunlight earlier today. But I wanted to link this while I have the chance. I hope to have something more to say about it once I’ve recovered a bit; in the meantime, though, just read the whole thing.

• 15th August 1889 – The Meeting of Emma Goldman & Alexander Berkman. Dorian, Dorian Cope presents On This Deity (2010-08-14).   Suffolk Street, NYC c. 1889   One hundred and twenty-one years ago today, a fateful and momentous meeting of two exceptional minds occurred in a café in New York City's Lower East Side. Like Wordsworth and Coleridge, or John and Yoko, the reaction between the two was instant and… (Linked Monday 2010-08-16.)

• Climb Every. Dorothy, Cat and Girl (2010-08-16). (Linked Tuesday 2010-08-17.)

• 08/16/10 PHD comic: ‘LolGrads’ PHD Comics (2010-08-17). Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "LolGrads" – originally published 8/16/2010 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE! (Linked Tuesday 2010-08-17.)

• Taking Afghanistan seriously. admin, This Modern World (2010-08-17). (Linked Tuesday 2010-08-17.)

• Bradley Manning's Moral Clarity. Will Wilkinson, Will Wilkinson (2010-08-16). In case you haven't seen it, here's my latest column at The Week about Bradley Manning and Wikileaks. I've got to say that I've been pretty disappointed with the response to the Manning/Wikileaks affair from a pretty good number of libertarians. I think it's obvious that Wikileaks screwed up pretty… (Linked Tuesday 2010-08-17.)

• Try G-G the book. garfield minus garfield (2010-08-13). Try G-G the book. (Linked Saturday 2010-08-14.)

• D.P.H. ongoing by Tim Bray (2010-07-21). I owe a whole lot to Perl. So does the practice of computing in general, and the construction of the Web in particular. Perl's situation is not terribly happy; I wouldn't go so far as to say "desperate", but certainly these are not its glory days. Herewith some thoughts on… (Linked Saturday 2010-08-14.)

• When soothing lies go wrong. John Markley, The Superfluous Man (2010-08-07). Radley Balko has been writing quite a bit lately about incidents of people being harassed, arrested, or having their property confiscated by law enforcement for recording video or audio of their encounters with police in public places, frequently involving police who cite completely imaginary state laws against the practice. From… (Linked Sunday 2010-08-15.)

• feministhulk: HULK HAVE NEVER SHOWER WITH JUDITH BUTLER, BUT FANFIC REMIND HULK OF FOOTNOTE 44 IN CHAPTER 2 OF “BODIES THAT MATTER.” Twitter / feministhulk (2010-08-12). feministhulk: HULK HAVE NEVER SHOWER WITH JUDITH BUTLER, BUT FANFIC REMIND HULK OF FOOTNOTE 44 IN CHAPTER 2 OF “BODIES THAT MATTER.” (Linked Thursday 2010-08-12.)

• Michael Bloomberg vs. the Cult of American Identity. Will Wilkinson, Will Wilkinson (2010-08-03). Hero of the day: Michael Bloomberg! The simple fact is, this building is private property, and the owners have a right to use the building as a house of worship, and the government has no right whatsoever to deny that right. And if it were tried, the courts would almost… (Linked Friday 2010-08-13.)

• Why would you give your music away for free? Michael Forrest, Canonical Design (2010-08-09). Photo (cc) Matt McGee You’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach Nigel Godrich and Brian Eno a thing or two in the studio. You’re gonna have so…so many groupies scrabbling for pieces of… (Linked Friday 2010-08-13.)

• How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox. Charline Poirier, Canonical Design (2010-08-11). When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant's actual real life goals.  This is because, as users interact with a system, they are made to feel a certain way – just as people can, software can bring the best… (Linked Friday 2010-08-13.)

• Darth Nader. Who Is IOZ? (2010-08-13). But what’s dangerously myopic about going ballistic as Gibbs did in his statements is that just 10 years ago we had a little event in which only a tiny portion of the base went with a third party bid from the left — and the consequences were catastrophic. Democrats, of… (Linked Friday 2010-08-13.)

• Yes, this is a litmus test. KN@PPSTER, KN@PPSTER (2010-07-27). People who refer to themselves as “libertarians” spend a lot of time arguing over exactly what they mean by “libertarian.”Personally, I try to be fairly “big tent,” figuring that people who once self-identify as libertarian tend to get more consistently libertarian after doing so, if they’re a) accepted and b)… (Linked Friday 2010-08-13.)

feministhulk: HULK HAVE NEVER SHOWER WITH JUDITH BUTLER, BUT FANFIC REMIND HULK OF FOOTNOTE 44 IN CHAPTER 2 OF "BODIES THAT MATTER." Twitter / feministhulk (2010-08-12).

I could be mistaken, but I believe that the fanfic in question is at: oldspice-kinkmeme.dreamwidth.org/460.html?thread=7372