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criticism [was Re: much cesorship, now including the cp list]
by Karl 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

>> > ah yes. And don't forget to tatoo the unique per-subject, SORRY, per >> > 'citizen' address on the subject's, I MEAN 'citizen's' forehead. >> >> too negative, harmful > > > Actually, you're completely wrong. My comment is perfectly valid and isn't > harmful at all. What is harmful is the idea of LINKING EVEN MORE IDENTIFIERS > TO PEOPLE. It's an idea that would make anonimity even weaker than it > currently is. sounds like you're really, really upset here ...? I don't quite understand the argument yet, but it sounds like I said something very thoughtless. it seems what's important is that we need to help people be more anonymous, and not associate identifying attributes with them? > There is no need for more addresses and you can run servers at home without > any New IPv6 Bullshit. this is true for the set of people who already have an ipv4 address, of course

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much cesorship, now including the cp list
by Zenaan Harkness 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

I imagine this is being done in the backbones. Most of my emails today are not getting through.

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[FLASH] US SEC OF STATE MIKE POMPEO ENDS ONE-CHINA POLICY, RECOGNIZES TAIWAN
by Se7en 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Feed: Press Releases – United States Department of State Title: Lifting Self-Imposed Restrictions on the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship Author: Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Link: https://www.state.gov/lifting-self-imposed-restrictions-on-the-u-s-taiwan- relationship/ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:29:42 -0800 Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State > Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and reliable partner of the United > States, and yet for several decades the State Department has created > complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, > servicemembers, and other officials’ interactions with their > Taiwanese counterparts. The United States government took these > actions unilaterally, in an attempt to appease the Communist regime > in Beijing. No more. > Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed > restrictions. Executive branch agencies should consider all > “contact guidelines” regarding relations with Taiwan previously > issued by the Department of State under authorities delegated to the > Secretary of State to be null and void. > Additionally, any and all sections of the Foreign Affairs Manual or > Foreign Affairs Handbook that convey authorities or otherwise > purport to regulate executive branch engagement with Taiwan via any > entity other than the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) are also > hereby voided. The executive branch‘s relations with Taiwan are to > be handled by the non-profit AIT, as stipulated in the Taiwan > Relations Act. > The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial > partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two > democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of > law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statement recognizes > that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be > shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy. -- |-----/ | Se7en / The One and Only! | se7en(a)cock.email / | 0x0F83F93882CF6116 / | https://se7en-site.neocities.org

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National Review: SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case Challenging First Amendment Violations by Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra against Conservative Nonprofits
by jim bell 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

National Review: SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case Challenging First Amendment Violations by Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra against Conservative Nonprofits. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-cha…

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JOHN Young type Stalinists are even worse than Nazi's
by professor rat 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Breaking with Stalin after Hungary is far too little - far too late. The Nazi's were relatively humane genocidal executioners compared to these Jean Paul Sartre approved, mass-murderers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

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Cryptome down?
by jim bell 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Last night, I got: "Bad Gateway". Today, I get this: An error occurred. Sorry, the page you are looking for is currently unavailable. Please try again later. If you are the system administrator of this resource then you should check the error log for details. Faithfully yours, OpenResty. Jim Bell

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Cryptocurrencies make micropayments a reality
by professor rat 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/01/quantum-technolog… I know how much I have and how much I'm spending but never both at the same time. Btc at 40.7 K

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Why are all the Nazi's weeping?
by professor rat 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/down-goes-parler/35369/ Remember, or have we forgotten so soon, that occasionally people die to keep the rest of us free. That's the way it's been for hundreds of years. The United States of America was founded by people who risked death to shake off the yoke of a government that was, by the standards of the day, not particularly bad. Think about it. Somebody had to be the first one to start banging on the Berlin Wall, with a sledgehammer, in 1989. Somebody had to be the first to walk through. Somebody had to be the first to stand up and say, "Enough!" And the ironic thing is, the most strangely unusual thing, is that the entire Eastern Bloc fell, almost bloodlessly, in a couple weeks, because one by one everybody realized that all that's sometimes required is to finally stand up and be counted, and to just say no to the government. .." ( Sent yesterday - news from Nowhen )

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[broadcast] Please collect proof and logs that our communications are altered in transit, so that hackers will resolve the situation
by Karl 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Please collect proof and logs that our communications are altered in transit, so that system administrators and programmers will resolve the situation. I've sent some messages to this list indicating alteration that are misleading. I often get confused. We need actual logs for the problem to be resolved. If you can, please reply to this email so that logs can be combined. Note: it is _highly_ abnormal for nobody to cryptographically sign their emails on a hacker list, but the humans have been hacked as well as the communication systems, so it's hard to know what's going on for sure.

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List Issues
by Karl 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Hi Greg, A number of us had messages blackholed when sent to the list yesterday. Zenaan's today is the first to get through. Here's one of the messages that disappeared, attached. Do you know what happened?

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