“Bale has now earned more than Barack Obama and David Cameron’s annual wages combined.”
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Author: tariq
Academic freedom vs. the surveillance state. Sadly we know who the winner will be.
via Facebook http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/10/nsa-matthew-green-takedown-blog-post-johns-hopkins
For those who use webmail you can use GPG to encrypt the text of your email on your computer and then copy the encrypted text into the compose screen for the webmail. When you receive encrypted email you can copy the text into GPG and then it will decrypt it:
https://securityinabox.org/en/gpg4usb_portable
via Facebook https://securityinabox.org/en/gpg4usb_portable
Those of you who use Outlook or similar for their email should look into switching to Thunderbird and integrating GPG into that with Enigmail: https://securityinabox.org/en/thuderbird_encryption
via Facebook https://securityinabox.org/en/thuderbird_encryption
I have memories of attaching PGP signatures to my emails in undergrad. No one knew what the hell they were, and as no one used PGP themselves I couldn’t encrypt anything anyways. Perhaps now people will start to take a bigger interest in this and start using encryption software like GPG (a free, open source version of PGP). Why make it easy for these largely unaccountable agencies to snoop your stuff?
via Facebook http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
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14 Fun Photos of Personality-Filled Frogs
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/fun-photos-of-personality-filled-frogs
Excerpt:
“Is that tiny frog holding a leaf like an umbrella, to shield himself from the rain? Yes, and it’s just one of several amazing shots by photographers who feature the tailless amphibians in their photos.”
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/04/218961237/trent-reznor-im-not-the-same-person-i-was-20-years-ago
Excerpt:
“Trent Reznor is known as a detail guy: a meticulous composer and manipulator of sound, layers upon layers of it. From his band’s genesis 25 years ago, the leader of Nine Inch Nails has been known for songs of deep, menacing pain, rage and self-destruction.”
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/4/4681972/sony-qx100-qx10-smart-lens-release-date-price-features
Excerpt:
“The rumor that once seemed too wild to be true has just become an official reality with Sony’s announcement of the new QX Smart Lens series of smartphone accessories.”
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/31/nirvana-dave-grohl-krist-novoselic-in-utero
Excerpt:
“I can walk down the street and someone will come up and say, ‘Weren’t you the bassist in Nirvana?'” says Krist Novoselic. “And I’ll hear a story about how our music changed their life. How their parents were going through a divorce, or how they were in rehab, and the music helped them through.”
“Sure, there’s always root beer, cream soda and orange crush. But if you’re looking for that carbonated heat at the back of your throat and that sweet burn on the sides of your tongue, there’s nothing like ginger ale.”
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