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Fwd: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2022-056-01966 Acknowledged
by Gunnar Larson 27 May '22

27 May '22

On 2/4/22 we submitted a FOIL Request to the NYPD seeking a copy of the Administrative Guide for best practices use of Sound Cannon; Sound Gun; Wave Gun; Sonic Weapons; Active Denial System. We have strong reasons to respect the technology and perhaps are 'hailed' daily ... The intent of the use of the technology at our expense in Chelsea, New York City is perhaps to be expected? It sure has been a learning experience and is not something I can control directly. Anyway, the NYPD got back to us on the Guide... See below: You can expect a response on or about Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Wow :) -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <donotreply(a)records.nyc.gov> Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 2:46 PM Subject: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2022-056-01966 Acknowledged To: <g(a)xny.io> The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has *acknowledged* your FOIL request FOIL-2022-056-01966 <https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2022-056-01966>. You can expect a response on or about Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Additional Information: Your request has been assigned to Police Officer Covo (646-610-6458). *Note: Due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic there may be extensive delays, lasting up to one year, in determining your request.* Please visit FOIL-2022-056-01966 <https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2022-056-01966> to view additional information and take any necessary action. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <donotreply(a)records.nyc.gov> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 2:20 PM Subject: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2022-056-01966 Submitted to New York City Police Department (NYPD) To: <g(a)xny.io> Your request FOIL-2022-056-01966 has been successfully submitted to the New York City Police Department (NYPD). The details of your request are shown below. Request Title: Sound Cannon; Sound Gun; Wave Gun; Sonic Weapons; Active Denial System. Request Description: Other Request Request Type: Other Request *Other Request* Type of Request: Administrative Guide Report #: Date: 02/04/2022 Time: Precinct: Location: Description: We would like to receive a copy of the NYPD administrative guide related to the use of Sound Cannon; Sound Gun; Wave Gun; Sonic Weapons; Active Denial System technologies. Requester's Contact Information *Name:* Gunnar Larson *Title:* Not provided *Organization:* xNY.io *Email:* g(a)xny.io *Phone Number:* (646) 454-9107 *Fax Number:* Not provided *Street Address (line 1):* You can view the request and take any necessary action at the following webpage: https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2022-056-01966.

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The Verge: Elon Musk says Starlink internet service will be ‘fully mobile’ in 2021
by jim bell 27 May '22

27 May '22

The Verge: Elon Musk says Starlink internet service will be ‘fully mobile’ in 2021. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22388378/elon-musk-starlink-satellite-in… Jim Bell's comment: I imagine, and hope, that this news will signal the ability of the Starlink system to be used by people in "freedom-hostile" nations. But, that may depend on how this is implemented. Can anyone buy a dish and use it anywhere on Earth? Without regard to political boundaries?

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The New Yorker: How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.?
by jim bell 24 May '22

24 May '22

The New Yorker: How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.?. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/how-vulnerable-is-gps

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Free E-Book Service
by bookpdf＠keemail.me 14 May '22

14 May '22

Hi Cypherpunks Free access to any information is a vital necessity of a man of today, of free society and flourishing culture.A society built around information <https://context.reverso.net/%C3%A7eviri/ingilizce-t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e/informat…>tends to produce more of the. things people value most in a modern democracy: freedom and Information should be free <https://context.reverso.net/%C3%A7eviri/ingilizce-t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e/free>, and access to information <https://context.reverso.net/%C3%A7eviri/ingilizce-t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e/informat…> should be free <https://context.reverso.net/%C3%A7eviri/ingilizce-t%C3%BCrk%C3%A7e/free>, I believe in equality for everyone, except goverments and agents. Fiction: Google Books lets you download any book in the world for free.Google or other platforms do not provide free access.Freeaccess is possible with limited pages.I believe that people should have free access to information regardless of their economic or social background. But not everyone has money or physical access.I have a great book archive. A while ago, a cypherpunk who left the this list sent me a message.After this message, I had this idea. To change that, I'm going to publish books in PDF here every day.These could be computer science and books on a lot of topics.Please don't answer the mail I sent here .Instead, you can write to me in privately People need physical access and money to access books It is worth remembering that we are still at the dawn of a new age of information technology, and fierce battles are being fought over the right of access to information in different countries. Why should we pay for the distribution of information that can be easily and perfectly copied without any loss of the original quality?If there is a book you want to be published here, you can send me a private message. If it's in the archive, I'll post it here. Unlimited access for everyone :-)

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Jan6: Patriot Purge (Documentary, Censored, Banned, Free Speech)
by grarpamp 07 May '22

07 May '22

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ac4pyM37tJnb Patriot Purge - Full Docu 1:09:59 https://tuckercarlson.com/show/tucker-carlson-originals/ https://www.bitchute.com/search/?query=patriot+purge Panicked Democrats Call for Tucker Carlson to be Banned >From Television for Patriot Purge Documentary

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If there was a God it would be essential to destroy it
by professor rat 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

Mind-expanding mass-democracy or religion. Choose one. https://www.burningshore.com/p/the-elephant-lsd?s=r Give me globalized anarchism and give religion death

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Our Fight To Prevent Patent Suits From Being Shrouded in Secrecy
by Revevilgod God 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

Our Fight To Prevent Patent Suits From Being Shrouded in Secrecy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/our-fight-prevent-patent-suits-being-… The public has a right to know what happens when companies litigate in publicly funded courts. Unfortunately, when it comes to patent cases, companies routinely ignore the public’s rights—for example, by filing entire documents under seal without making any attempt to justify that much secrecy. Even when courts have specific rules requiring justification for sealing requests and publicly filing redacted versions of sealed documents, parties can often defy them without consequence. That’s why EFF, along with the Public Interest Patent Law Institute, and the assistance of Columbia Law School’s Science, Health, and Information Clinic has filed a motion to intervene and unseal documents in a patent case, Uniloc v. Google, in the Eastern District of Texas. When Google filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, the parties filed their briefs and documentary exhibits entirely under seal, keeping even basic facts about those documents (like their length) secret. Worse, the parties did not file any sealing motions or make any other attempt to justify their excessive sealing requests. This conduct violated the public’s access rights under the Constitution and common law as well as the standing order of the presiding judge, Judge Rodney Gilstrap. It also undermines earlier efforts by EFF to ensure greater transparency in patent cases in this Texas federal court, which has one of the largest dockets of patent cases in the country. These sealed documents are important: they go to whether Uniloc has a legal right, known as standing, to bring lawsuits based on these patents. As one of the country’s most prolific patent litigants, Uniloc’s right to sue affects the freedom of countless technology makers and users. Many of the documents that Uniloc filed under seal in Texas were already unsealed in another case—yet in Texas, they remain sealed in their entirety. There is no justification for that. Once information is public, it cannot be sealed. Hoping the parties would recognize that as well, EFF and PIPLI asked Google and Uniloc to unseal those already public records and to file motions to seal any information they could justify keeping sealed. Google and Uniloc refused. So we’re asking the federal court to order them to unseal these materials. This case is important for another reason: It appears that many companies litigating in this district court are ignoring the Constitution, common law, and the court’s own standing order. Those rules require them to justify any sealing requests and file redacted versions of the sealed material on the public docket. Google and Uniloc did not attempt to justify their sealing requests or even ask the court’s permission before making all of their filings secret. Instead, they appear to believe a private agreement governing the exchange of documents in litigation, known as a protective order, gives them a free pass to file material under seal without showing any cause. But private parties cannot violate the public’s right to access federal court records by entering into a secrecy agreement. Crucially, the misuse of protective orders is not unique to this case. It is rooted in misinterpretation of the model protective order used for all patent cases in the district. And Uniloc and Google are not alone in reading this model order incorrectly. Patent litigants in the Eastern District of Texas routinely file documents under seal without making any showing of cause. That’s unlawful and shields the public from activities occurring in courts that they fund. EFF and PIPLI intervened in this case to stop patent litigants in the district from using the model protective order to trump the public’s right to access court records. We hope that in filing this motion to intervene and unseal, we can help the public learn more about the issues in this case and vindicate its right to access court records in patent cases going forward. EFF and PIPLI would like to thank Columbia University law students Caleb Monaghan and David Ratnoff, along with Associate Professor of Clinical Law Chris Morten, for their work on the case.

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Elon Musk did something awesome that has nothing to do with Twitter
by jim bell 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-service-ukraine-20… NewmanApril 29, 2022, 1:47 pmUkraine’s plucky military has so far outboxed the larger and more muscular Russian army that invaded on Feb. 24. Elon Musk may have something to do with it. "The American punditocracy has obsessed over Musk’s recent deal to purchase Twitter, which might ruin free speech as we know it, or, modestly alter a social-media platform most Americans don’t even use. Meanwhile, people have been dying in Ukraine—or not dying—because of Musk’s effort to help the underdog Ukrainians with secure communications. "On Feb. 26, two days after the Russian invasion began, a top Ukrainian official asked Elon Musk on Twitter to activate SpaceX’s Starlink service in Ukraine. Starlink is a satellite-based high-speed internet service offered by SpaceX, where Musk is CEO, for people who don’t have access to wired internet. Airlines may adopt it for in-flight Wi-Fi. SpaceX rockets have so far deployed about 2,400 Starlink satellites, with the goal of ultimately fielding 42,000 satellites that can provide internet service in most inhabited parts of the world."

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ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 As Amended through the 108th Congress
by Gunnar Larson 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 As Amended through the 108th Congress "The purposes of this Act are to provide a means whereby the eco- systems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be con- served, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species, and to take such steps as may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of the treaties and conventions set forth ..." For reference, I have included 91 highlights underscoring potential ESG best practices: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ahV6Oh0_Ji7c3ImmSJT8tHsvXtFA3SKU/view?usp=…

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Proffessor Turd needs killing (My 0.5 cent )
by razorleaker 30 Apr '22

30 Apr '22

> i'll give 0.5 cent to whoever did it. that's how much his blood is worth

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