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CO2 hitting record levels – It’s time to quit ignoring fossil fuels

CO2 hitting record levels – It’s time to quit ignoring fossil fuels

By: Tom Prigg

Floating bear – Creative Commons
On Saturday, May 11th, the New York Times published a story, “Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears,” that reported about the highest day’s average of CO2 concentrations in human … Read more…

The CryptoParty “Big Three”

The CryptoParty “Big Three”

We will get into a number of applications and tools to help you protect your online privacy in this series, but for the Cryptoparty there are three that are fundamental. We will discuss these tools … Read more…

A Brit’s perspective on mass shootings, Part III

A Brit’s perspective on mass shootings, Part III

Part Three of Three – Gun Control (and a few weird ideas no-one seems to be talking about).
To a very few the prospect of taking up arms against a defenseless civilian group becomes conceivable and … Read more…

The Importance of the CryptoParty

The Importance of the CryptoParty

CryptoParty is a decentralized, global initiative to introduce basic cryptography tools – such as the Tor anonymity network, public key encryption (PGP/GPG), and OTR (Off The Record messaging) – to the general public.
Now you may … Read more…

The many identification cards of Chris Dorner

The many identification cards of Chris Dorner

From the Monday LA Times online:
After authorities interviewed the boat captain early Thursday, they found Dorner’s wallet and identification cards “at the San Ysidro Point of Entry” near the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Tuesday’s San Diego … Read more…

San Bernardino Redditor keeps meticulous updates to Dorner standoff

San Bernardino Redditor keeps meticulous updates to Dorner standoff

DumbledoresAthiest of San Bernardino county, kept a running update from last night’s firefight, manhunt, and arson.
I am watching live and updating as things go:
I’m watching it live. Hope you don’t mind all the updates.
Lots of … Read more…

Gun activists rally at Oregon state capitol, openly carrying firearms

Gun activists rally at Oregon state capitol, openly carrying firearms

Photos by Thomas Boyd of Oregon Live

Arkansas Legislature keeps priorities straight: vote to allow guns inside churches

Arkansas Legislature keeps priorities straight: vote to allow guns inside churches

From CNN (emphasis added):
The Arkansas House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a measure that would allow concealed guns to be carried in churches and houses of worship, and the governor’s office says it plans to … Read more…

MSNBC airs edited video to push gun laws

Police beat tazed, grounded, and compliant man

Reportedly this video is from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dated January 28th of this year, the video shows an officer taze a man as he’s running. Once the man is lying on the ground, not moving, … Read more…

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