more surveillance, less security…
via Wired: Senate Approves Telco Amnesty, Legalizes Bush’s Secret Spy Program.
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astroturfing in action
Here is a clear case of astroturfing… I noticed the following ad on HuffingtonPost yesterday (01.28.08) promoting “draftbloomberg.com.” Draftbloomberg.com (formerly Unity08.com) has been setup to encourage people to petition Michael Bloomberg to run for president as an Independent. The ad states 5,237 signatures…
Meanwhile the web site only lists 3,719 signatures. Bloomberg’s broadcasting of support appears […]
bloomberg on technology
From the wired interview:
Wired: Kids sit on the steps of the Brooklyn library trying to get Wi-Fi. Why can’t we solve the problem that roughly half the people in this city don’t have broadband?
Bloomberg: We will. That’s what capitalism is all about. As there’s demand, the private sector will come and fill it in. I […]
the war at home
Read about this while in boston this weekend. From the boston globe:
Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their children’s bedrooms…
Apparently, in order to save the children we must declare them an enemy of […]
Electronic Social Club Event
Hello everyone – I ran into Sara Nelson Wright from the IMA/MFA program at Hunter and she invited me to an upcoming event of the “Electronic Social Club (ESC).” The ESC bills itself as a “network of NYC graduate students connected by the practice of creating social dialogue through projects in media, art and design. […]
