[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited from my diigo]
Fingers crossed that Baton Rouge puts as much money into educating their kids as they do to arm their cops. pic.twitter.com/QsWsBcLgKu
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) July 11, 2016
#ifyouonlyreadone
How technology disrupted the truth – “Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism”
#watch and
Kids Explain the Internet…and It’s Adorable – “We asked a group of Canadian kids to explain the Internet and this is what they think.”
23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America – “why it’s time to take action to heal the long history of systemic racism in America. #23Ways”
When u trying to make a slow motion video and you see a wasp – “OMG A WAAASSSPPPPPPPPP”
David Cameron Evil Tory Theme by Chris Hollis – “This video is the wonderful work of Chris Hollis.”
One Week on a Cruise for Conspiracy Theorists – ConspiraSea – “Watch what happens when Conspiracy Theorists set sail on a cruise ship and answer all of our questions!”
Spatial Bodies – “Spatial Bodies depicts the urban landscape and architectural bodies as an autonomous living and self replicating organism. Domesticated and cultivated only by its own nature. A vast concrete vegetation, oscillating between order and chaos.”
#learn
Bodily Matters: Human Biomatter in Art (part 1. The blood session) – “Human bodily materials are frequently invested with highly symbolic cultural power and complex visceral and emotional entanglements, thus the use of human biomatter as art medium opens up an intriguing cultural space to reflect critically upon the relationships between materiality, aesthetics, affective response, ethics and the production of cultural meaning.”
The Future as a Way of Life – “Envisioning and making the future must be a massively public endeavor.”
Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests – “The demand for ‘perfect’ fruit and veg means much is discarded, damaging the climate and leaving people hungry”
A police abolitionist’s response to being hit by a car at BLM protest – “I don’t need the cops and their violence to make this situation better for me because we handled it in the streets. It’s over. The violence of the police, even though it’s neater and more socially acceptable, is far worse than the justice we dished out. As mad as I am, I don’t want to see that dude put in handcuffs, locked in a cage and facing charges that will follow him the rest of his life. I’ve been to jail. I’ve been beat by the cops and I’ve had charges and I don’t wish that on anybody.”
In wake of Appelbaum fiasco, Tor Project shakes up board of directors – “New team includes Cindy Cohn, Biella Coleman, Matt Blaze, and Bruce Schneier.”
David Doo-doo – “I’m a singer-songwriter of doo-doos and used to be Prime Minister. A bot by M Plummer-Fernandez”
Putin trolls CIA on Edward Snowden – “Mr Snowden believes he is fighting for human rights and he has devoted his life to this. He is very young. I don’t know how he is going to live. I’m not kidding. How is he going to live? For now, he is in Russia. But then what?”
TOS agreements require giving up first born—and users gladly consent – “Study says participants also agreed to allow data sharing with NSA and employers.”
VPN Provider PIA Exits Russia After Server Seizures – “Private Internet Access is informing users that some of its servers in Russia may have been seized by the authorities. The company believes that it may have been targeted due to its strict no-logging policy, something which puts it at odds with Russian data-retention rules.”
Texture is Born – “I’m very proud to announce the official release of our interactive fiction authoring tool, Texture!” Co-autoring interactive tool
David Cameron’s Swan Song (ringtone) – “David Cameron hums an odd tune and then issues a stout “Right,” having just stepped aside as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in favour of Theresa May”
Negative Swiss 50-year bond yields just shattered the global insecurity barometer – “Last week, Switzerland announced that all of its bonds would pay negative yields, even the 50-year ones. That means that Swiss authorities have taken the market’s temperature and concluded that there’s a lot of money to be earned in betting that things will only get worse for the next half-century.”
Tim Berners-Lee warnt vor Ende der Netzneutralität – “Wer beherrscht das Internet? Die Lobbyschlacht um diese Frage geht in die entscheidende Phase. Die Zeit, Einfluss zu nehmen, läuft ab.”
Geduldsfaden gerissen – “Drogen, Teeniemassen, Übergriffe: Die Berner Reitschule hat ihre eigene Schliessung verfügt, weil sie nicht alle städtischen Probleme ausbaden will.”
Regisseur über Hass im Internet: „Ein Trainingscamp der Radikalität“ – “Hier sagt ein ganz normaler Bürger einfach seine Meinung. Das geht dann schnell in eine Schwundform des Märtyrertums über. Denn je heftiger die Hetzparolen werden, desto mehr kann der Einzelne auf Repression hoffen, die wiederum zeigt, wie schlecht das System ist, gegen das er arbeitet. So kann er sich etwas als Märtyrer fühlen.” #hatertainment
Bundesweiter Polizeieinsatz gegen Hass im Internet – “Das Bundeskriminalamt hat einen Einsatztag gegen Hasspostings im Internet koordiniert. Bundesweit wurden die Wohnungen von 60 Beschuldigten durchsucht und Laptops, Tablets und Speichermedien sichergestellt.”
Tom Kummer hat wieder zugeschlagen: Der Fake ist die neue Realität? – “The same procedure as last year: Seit Jahrzehnten ist Tom Kummer im Journalismus als Fälscher unterwegs, seit Jahrzehnten geben ihm Zeitungen und Magazine Aufträge.”
Ich schulde niemandem Schönheit – “WIR SCHULDEN EUCH UNSERE SCHÖNHEIT NICHT. […] Lasst uns stattdessen hinarbeiten auf den Tag, an dem sie sich wünschten, wir wären bloss hässlich.”
«Dort, wo Süchtige sind, halten sich auch Dealer auf» – “Die ständigen Probleme auf dem Reitschule-Vorplatz sind laut dem Soziologen Ueli Mäder der Preis für die drogenfreie Berner Altstadt.”
Pokémon Go greift sich alle Google-Rechte – “Das Augmented-Reality-Spiel ist in aller Munde. Spieler sollten allerdings aufpassen, wenn sie sich mit einem Google-Konto anmelden: Die App kann alle Mails lesen, auf Daten im Google Drive zugreifen und selbst Mails im Namen des Nutzers verschicken.”
Zum Ethos der Tech-Szene in der digitalen Ökonomie: Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit – “Wir als Techies haben eine geladene Pistole herumliegen lassen, in der Hoffnung, dass niemand sie jemals nehmen und benutzen würde.”
1200 Frauen wurden Opfer von Silvester-Gewalt in Köln – “An den Taten in mehreren deutschen Städten sollen mehr als 2000 Männer beteiligt gewesen sein, heißt es aus Polizeikreisen. Bislang wurden erst 120 von ihnen gefunden – und das könnte auch so bleiben.”
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