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NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show Using executive order 12333, the NSA has turned the world’s citizens into dots on a map. When a special dot — Mr. Red Blinky Dot — meets up with other dots, all kinds of things can happen to those dots. Dots should be outraged. But maybe they’re … Read more

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/us/new-gop-bid-to-limit-voting-in-swing-states.html?from=homepage Republicans would rather rig the voting system in their favor than work for the people over which they rule. This is how an entity in position of authority comes to an end: by serving its own perpetuation at any cost instead of serving the people who are the true source of its power. Shame … Read more

Comcast wants to buy Time-Warner. Pesky lawmakers could, theoretically, get in the way of this monopolistic, money-making, information-hobbling enterprise by pointing out the obvious fact that such a step would be terrible for consumers and the public before proceeding to stop the deal. Luckily for Comcast, and unluckily for us poor saps who can barely … Read more

Finally, I can stare at a Google map on my Nexus 4 for those seconds of the day I’m disconnected from the Internet. How? Easy peasy: 1) Open Google Maps; 2) Go the the area you want to capture; 3) Click on the search box; 4) In the screen that pops up (you may need … Read more

21 Technologies That Will Decentralize the World. Organic, community-oriented approaches to technology and information networks inspire me as much as the next guy interested in surveillance-free livin’ with a healthy dose of creativity and joy, but you have to ask when looking at these technologies: who controls the pipes? The infrastructure that makes any of … Read more

This short story I wrote, “The Proposal,” will ruin your week, but you won’t stop thinking about it. You can get it for your Kindle right here.

http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/15/door-closes-to-open-internet-but-all-may-not-be-lost/ The Internet ceases to be the Internet without net neutrality. It becomes just another cable channel. Such an environment destroys the chances for innovation for the sake of….further fattening a few corporations’ profits. Do you want to pay another fee to ensure that people can speedily access your website? That is what will happen … Read more

https://medium.com/future-participle/8075fe464ea4 Didn’t you know? You might be dangerous, so there is no maybe about tracking you completely. Surveillance of this dragnet sort translates to a creatively neutered society afraid and unable to risk change or dissent of any sort. Whose America is this?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html If you’ve been confused about that gnawing sensation steadily closing in on the center of your spirit, I’m pretty sure this NYT article accidentally explains that feeling of doom while while revealing the pharmaceutical industry’s astonishing lack of sincere concern for a human being’s health. As the head of one company’s division hawking drugs … Read more