Archive for October, 2007
Here I am in Dharamsala, India, and we’ve received word that Lhasa is on lockdown! After H.H. the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal last week, Tibetans in Tibet have been celebrating – and the Chinese government is not happy. I don’t know many details, but I have heard that the Drepung [...]
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Tags: China, HHDL, India, lockdown, repression, Tibet
Yes, it’s true. According to arstechnica.com:
New laws going into effect today in the United Kingdom make it a crime to refuse to decrypt almost any encrypted data requested by authorities as part of a criminal or terror investigation. Individuals who are believed to have the cryptographic keys necessary for such decryption will face [...]
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Tags: data, encryption, privacy, security, UK
imperialism at its finest…
04Oct07
reminds me of the IWW Pyramid of Capitalist System:
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Tags: capitalism, iww, pyramid
twitterings…- sockrebel: Getting on the earlier flight means I'll have 32 hours (instead of 25) in the Bay Area before I fly out again.
- sockrebel: Ticket B55 and I got an aisle seat row 7. Score!!!
- sockrebel: Never been so appreciative of having a Southwest A-List pass. Security line at LAX ridiculously long.
- sockrebel: RT @nytimes: Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor http://bit.ly/8oIYq9 (thx @Wasserwoman)
- sockrebel: Stuck in Friday rush hour traffic in LA. What could suck more?
- sockrebel: UAW is out here at @LAAutoShow petitioning to stop the NUMMI plant closure. G'Luck!
- sockrebel: ahh... got moved into a non-smoking hotel room. That other one reeked!
- sockrebel: RT: @tmorello: A retweet of Aaron McGruder: "isn't it SO much better being sent into a dumb war by a smart president??"
- sockrebel: Had an amazing dinner at www.SiblingRivalryBoston.com last night! Felt awkward being at a fancy restaurant though.
- sockrebel: Snowing or not, I've always thought of Boston as THE worst city for driving.
