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"civil disobedience"? - be really, as in really, bad - troll a Safe Space today :) :) :D :D .... snigger
by Zeeman 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Such a meme could could bring some .. enlightenment? ... to University "save spaces"? ...snigger... Think Donald Duck muttering "civil disobedience" as he trolls some university Safe Space. Just who do these Punks! think they fricken are? You BETTER not have folk uploading video of your <ahem> educational activities. Yo! Zeeman Executive Director of Vice, Ministry of Winning -- Certified Deplorable Fake News Nazi (TM)(C)(R) Executive Director of Vice, Ministry of Winning Shilling for buxom Russian swastika clad minxes since 1488

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FVEY Data Sharing and Spy Hubs In Your Cities
by grarpamp 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

http://electrospaces.blogspot.com/2016/11/data-sharing-systems-used-within-… >From the Snowden revelations, the general public learned about the Five Eyes partnership between the signals intelligence agencies of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but details about this cooperation remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, a batch of internal newsletters of the NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID), published last August by the website The Intercept, provides new information about various systems for sharing information, metadata, content and reports among the Five Eyes partners. - From BRUSA to Five Eyes - Joint Executive for SIGINT Interoperability (JESI) - Information sharing: IWS - Interoperable access control: PKI - Sharing metadata: MAINWAY - Federated metadata queries: GLOBALREACH - Sharing content: TICKETWINDOW - Sharing end reports: CATAPULT - SIDtoday newsletters https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-… They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City. It would have no windows, 29 floors with three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of a catastrophe. But the building’s primary purpose would not be to protect humans from toxic radiation amid nuclear war. Rather, the fortified skyscraper would safeguard powerful computers, cables, and switchboards. It would house one of the most important telecommunications hubs in the United States

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Sam Biddle @TheIntercept asked 8 tech companies if they would help build a Muslim registry...
by Razer 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Only Twitter said no, and pointed him to a blog post stating as "...company policy a prohibition against the use, by outside developers, of “Twitter data for surveillance purposes. Period.” Facebook: No answer. Microsoft: “We’re not going to talk about hypotheticals at this point,” and a link to a company blog post that states that “we’re committed to promoting not just diversity among all the men and women who work here, but … inclusive culture” and that “it will remain important for those in government and the tech sector to continue to work together to strike a balance that protects privacy and public safety in what remains a dangerous time.” Google: No answer. Apple: No answer. IBM: No answer. Booz Allen Hamilton: Declined to comment. SRA International: No answer. CGI: No answer. In full: https://theintercept.com/2016/12/02/of-8-tech-companies-only-twitter-says-i…

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Bitcoin Unable To Provide Privacy, Attracts FED and IRS Heat, FinServices Cave Demands
by grarpamp 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/12/01/2119257/south-korea-to-kill-the-co… South Korea hell bent on kiling cash. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/12/01/2034208/bitcoin-exchange-ordered-to… US hell bent on killing [financial] pridom and freevacy. Ever growing unconstitutional suspicionless general warrants. Trying to track your BTC, dollars, chickens, jeans and worthless offal. Untaxed gifts banned. Barter declared illegal without registry, appraisal, fees. Welcome to the digital currencies and economy you were desperate create but foolishly failed to retain. Eyes and chains sit on you when you sit on your ass.

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Cryptocurrency In Venezuela
by grarpamp 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of The Secret, Dangerous World of Venezuelan Bitcoin Mining How cryptocurrency is turning socialism against itself Four years ago, Alberto's career prospects were bleak. The 23-year-old Venezuelan had just graduated from college with a degree in computer science, but his nation's economy was already shredded by 13 years of socialism. "There were job opportunities, but they paid like $20 a month, and we were used to traveling and buying things from abroad so we couldn't settle for that," his friend Luis recalls. Alberto and Luis—whose names have been changed for their own safety—teamed up to start a clothing business, but the venture floundered. Then Alberto discovered bitcoin mining.

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Mozilla Works 'Internet Health'
by grarpamp 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-money-internet-health-politics-net-neutra…

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Social Control
by Razer 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Social Control Megamix ... pOPdEFECT Radio Sound collage Megamix of music, film and media on the subject of Social Control, Awareness and Resistance. reoccurring clips from the film THX 1138 among others. Audio samples from: Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine, Another Brick in the Wall (film scene) Alice Cooper - Clones, Bad Religion - Sanity, Frank Zappa - Central Scruitinizer, Trouble Every Day, Ministry - NWO, Girlschool with Dio/Tony Iommi - I Spy, Spirit - 1984, Triumph - Just A Game, The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death J. Geils Band - Sanctuary, Violent Femmes - Children of the Revolution, Every Breath You Take/Theme >From Peter Gunn (Mashup) Muse - Uprising The dubover Spirit's 1984 somewhere around minute 30 is awesome... http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/153931220274

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Maker: Drugs, Biomed, Etc
by grarpamp 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/5fq5mu/for_us20_a_group_of_high_scho… https://fourthievesvinegar.org/ http://4thievzv3hh26qeh.onion/

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Scientific basis: Ethnic diversity damages social cohesion
by Zenaan Shitlord Harkness 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Let's begin to confront this one head on: http://thealternativehypothesis.org/index.php/2016/04/15/ethnic-diversity-a… " Summary: Research shows that people like those who are similar to them. Moreover, the more heritable a trait is the more important similarity in it is to friends and spouses. Thus, people enjoy the company of those who are genetically similar to them. This may explain why people to marry, befriend, and live near, members of their own race for more than randomness would predict. Moreover, a rich literature of correlational, longitudinal, and experimental, data shows that people get along better with members of their own race and that ethnic diversity damages social cohesion. ... The experimental evidence is pretty straightforward: researchers measure various traits of individuals before they meet and then see whether pre meeting similarity predict who ends up liking who. The finding, repeated over dozens of studies, is that the more similar people are the more they end up liking each-other (Bryne, 1971; NewComb, 1961; Lee, 1996; Myers, 2008 pg 400 [links in original article] ). ... In conclusion, the totality of evidence clearly shows that ethnic diversity damages how well people get along, how much they trust one another, and how satisfied they are with their lives. These findings should be kept in mind when thinking about any form of racial diversity, regardless of the races involved. " -- Certified Deplorable Fake News Nazi (TM)(C)(R) Executive Director of Vice, Ministry of Winning Shilling for buxom Russian swastika clad minxes since 1488

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Are there crypto discussions on this forum
by Igor Chudov 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Hi, I am Igor Chudov, a great while ago I was involved in running this mailing list via my proposal of a distributed list. Then junk messages became too time consuming and I got busy. I decided to subscribe to take a peek recently, and wanted to ask if this mailing list has bona fide discussions of cryptography, its role in the modern economy, finance and politics, etc. Thanks

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