Month: January 2018

The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Frank Radice, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 12, 2018. G3: Last Hope — Mary Hodder, Halley Suitt Tucker, Francine Hardaway, Tina Hui, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, January 12, 2018. @stevegillmor, […]

As the citizens of Hawaii came out of hiding in their bathtubs and basements Saturday morning, after learning that the emergency alert they had received, warning of an imminent nuclear missile attack, was a false alarm, their fear and panic transformed into rage. “I’m extremely […]

Is Finland’s Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? Published on January 14, 2018 at 01:14AM It was one year ago that Finland began giving money to 2,000 unemployed people — roughly $652 a month (€560 or £475). But have we learned anything […]

Hey, Hawaii: The Telecom Industry Lobbied Against Testing for Emergency Alert System – Everyone in Hawaii received a ballistic missile threat today under a system that currently has no good testing protocols. http://ift.tt/2FCIa0c Submitted January 13, 2018 at 09:39PM by mvea via reddit http://ift.tt/2D7P7sq

‘Science Fiction Writers of America’ Accuse Internet Archive of Piracy Published on January 14, 2018 at 12:09AM An anonymous reader writes: The “Open Library” project of the nonprofit Internet Archive has been scanning books and offering “loans” of DRM-protected versions for e-readers (which expire after […]

‘Science Fiction Writers of America’ Accuse Internet Archive of Piracy Published on January 14, 2018 at 12:09AM An anonymous reader writes: The “Open Library” project of the nonprofit Internet Archive has been scanning books and offering “loans” of DRM-protected versions for e-readers (which expire after […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 14, 2018: Emirates airline Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) departing 26L at Munich Airport, Germany. http://ift.tt/2EEQStz

January 14, 2018 at 12:39AM from ESPN via http://espn.go.com/

January 14, 2018 at 12:39AM from ESPN via http://espn.go.com/

windsucker , n : A horse with the habit of windsucking. (archaic) […] The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). (derogatory) A term of abuse.