December 2011
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Alan Moore on Science and Imagination →
“I would prefer a two-state solution. My basic premise is that human beings are amphibious, in the etymological sense of ‘two lives’. We have one life in the solid material world that is most perfectly measured by science. Science is the most exquisite tool that we’ve developed for measuring that hard, physical, material world. Then there is the world of ideas which is...
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Bitcoin Reborn: As a Financial Wire Service for... →
A P2P (person to person) transaction system can be used to for many different things, least of all as a currency for retail transactions. One of the more interesting of these uses is it growing use as a wire transfer system like Western Union for the $10 Trillion and rapidly growing System D, the world’s shadow/black economy. Why is a P2P transaction system perfect for this? It...
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Thank You Anarchists →
At its core, anarchism isn’t simply a negative political philosophy, or an excuse for window-breaking, as most people tend to assume it is. Even while calling for an end to the rule of coercive states backed by military bases, prison industries and subjugation, anarchists and other autonomists try to build a culture in which people can take care of themselves and each other through healthy,...
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Forbes: St. Louis Doesn't Suck! →
St. Louis has its problems like anywhere else, but there’s a lot to like: good schools, nice parks, great public institutions, competitive sports teams, strong corporate base, the world’s largest mustache (Gateway Arch), and plenty of places that make delicious beer.
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LittleSis: a free database of who-knows-who at the... →
LittleSis is a free database detailing the connections between powerful people and organizations. We bring transparency to influential social networks by tracking the key relationships of politicians, business leaders, lobbyists, financiers, and their affiliated institutions.
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The Rise of Developernomics →
The one absolutely solid place to store your capital today — if you know how to do it – is in software developers’ wallets. If the world survives looming financial apocalypse dangers at all, this is the one investment that will weather the storms. It doesn’t matter whether you are an individual or a corporation, or what corner of the world you inhabit. You need to find a way to invest in software...
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Romney's Billionaire Sugardaddy Threatens BBC... →
Last Monday, a call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the office of Mitt Romney’s billionaire backer and “advisor” Paul Singer.
Singer, top donor to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee had a message for the news chiefs at the prestigious broadcaster:
“We have a file on Greg Palast.”
I bet they do.
The purpose of the Singer call was clear: to...
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“When righteousness
Withers away
And evil
Rules the Land
We come into being...”
– Philip Glass, read to protestors at #OWS GA
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Defying Police Blockade, Boston’s Occupy Builds a... →
Occupy Boston establishes a city-within-a-city with the help of MIT developers. (via BoingBoing)
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Croatian transparency activists publish enormous... →
Marko Rakar, leader of a kind of Croatian version of Wikileaks, has once again made a stir in Croatia. Previously, Rakar published a database showing rampant voter-fraud (this triggered a constitutional crisis and reform effort).
Now, Rakar’s latest project is a database of “All the public procurement data for government spending since July 1, 2009, in easily searchable form.”...