Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff
BOOK: Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism BOOK: Indian Mujahideen: Computational Analysis and Public Policy CYBER: Best Practices Not To Be Found at NSA CYBER: Carmakers Track Driver’s Locations
Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff 1.4
9/11 Lee Bracken on US Leader Complicity BABES: The Women of Al Qaeda BOOK: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar (Brookings Video) CIA Lawyer: Could Have Stopped Waterboarding CYBER: 2014 Threat Prison Locker Ransomware
Miguel Paz: Journalism Trends
Why “news nerds” are an essential part of quality reporting Call me stupid, but I think journalism is an exciting way to change the world. But in order to do that these days, we need to favor change and promote disruptive innovation within the news and information ecosystem — and start thinking way outside the …
Review: Occupy: Reflections on Class War, Rebellion and Solidarity
Noam Chomsky 5.0 out of 5 stars Explosive Opening, Less Satisfying Conclusion, January 5, 2014 The book explodes on page one: no bankers arrested — none, zip, nada, rein — 7,762 Occupiers arrested from the first 80 in NYC on 24 September 2001 to the two arrested in SF on 15 June 2013. Talk about …
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Event: 22-23 Feb 14 DC Open Data Day #DC
Open Data Day #DC A yearly hackathon in the District of Columbia and on the same day as open data hackathons around the world. February 22-23, 2014 at The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA. Organized by Josh Tauberer (GovTrack.us), Eric Mill (Sunlight Foundation), Sam Lee (World Bank), Katherine Townsend (USAID), and Julia Bezgacheva (World Bank) …
Neal Rauhauser: Political Populism Emergent – First Occupy Solidarity Network Now Assange and Hacktivists
First Occupy Solidarity Network, Now Assange First we saw Micah White split from Adbusters and announce the creation of the Occupy Solidarity Network, an explicitly political creature with its root in Occupy Wall Street. Now two weeks later Democracy brings us WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Calls on Computer Hackers to Unite Against NSA Surveillance (starting at 31:00 …
Worth a Look: Books on Cities
These books will be reviewed: Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage, 1992) Katz, Bruce and Jennifer Bradley. The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy (Brookings, 2013) McGahey, Richard and Jennifer Vey (eds). Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s …
