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John Perry Barlow, one of the saddest RIPs

Published February 8, 2018 2:57 pm by Claire

And good luck to us all with such giants departing. John Perry Barlow — a lyricist for The Grateful Dead, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and writer of one of the most soaring statements of Internet freedom left the earth yesterday. His long-ago “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” proved to be a failed prophesy. But if it can’t make your heart sing even now, it’s possible you’ve misplaced your heart: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask…

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Weekend links

Published February 4, 2018 6:46 am by Claire

Don’t even bother trying the “too irrational to be a terrorist” defense.

Seems this teacher never learned either the Bill of Rights, school district policy, or elementary human interaction during her education.

Who’s behind the Trump dossier that the FBI relied on? Oh, this gets so thick and deep I can’t even go there. But it does help explain why the left — which has always rightly distrusted the FBI — is suddenly in love with its historic nemesis. (H/T DBH)

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Friday links

Published February 2, 2018 8:42 am by Claire

The social justice pecksniffs (and he even calls them pecksniffs!) have censored a famous pre-Raphaelite painting, while pretending it’s not censorship.

Are we getting closer to a cancer vaccine?

Fedgov wants to control next-gen wifi in the name of “safety.” Yeah, we know how that turns out.

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Monday links

Published January 29, 2018 8:01 am by Claire

In the “news that shouldn’t be news” department, Utah may legalize free-range parenting.

Data from fitness trackers may have exposed the layout of secret military bases.

Long read, but good one: In promoting the ideas of freedom we’ll get farther by telling stories than by making logical arguments.

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Weekend links

Published January 27, 2018 11:18 am by Claire

LaVoy Finicum’s widow is suing the FBI and Oregon state police. Big time.

“Your papers, please!” The all-American version.

You’ve probably heard that Ursula K. LeGuin died this week. Here’s some wisdom from her on that strange subject known as “spare time” and the even stranger subjects of creative work and life.

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Tuesday links

Published January 23, 2018 1:11 am by Claire

li>Five months of texts missing? That’s nothing. “Losing” or destroying inconvenient evidence is the FBI’s stock in trade says Jim Bovard.

Craft beer. The strangest, happiest economic story in America.

“The myth of the playground pusher.” “Drug-free school zones” are nothing more than an excuse to increase sentences for “crimes” that have nothing to do with schools.

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Thursday-Friday links

Published January 18, 2018 7:32 pm by Claire

Some hospitals, sick of high drug prices, are forming their own non-profit drug manufacturer.

Michael Wolff’s riotously controversial book about the Trump administration has already been signed for a TV series. A sit-com, I assume. (H/T MRJ)

In Mexico, cities are dealing with corruption and violence by effectively seceding and shutting themselves off.

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Midweek links

Published January 17, 2018 7:33 am by Claire

We were worried about our rights when the IRS started using private bill collectors. Did we even consider that the poor IRS might actually lose money on the deal?

Nissan wants to read your mind.

Richard Rahn talks rationally about immigration from sh*tholes (or ratholes or sh*thouses; the claims about Trump’s language are mutating) — and in the process includes three branches of my ancestry. I’m so proud.

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Tuesday links

Published January 9, 2018 1:03 am by Claire

James Damore (remember him?) has just filed a class-action suit against Google, alleging the company discriminates against conservative white males. That could get interesting.

I love movies. But I am so freakin’ sick of whiny, hypocritical actresses lamenting how difficult their privileged lives are and congratulating themselves for the “courage” of their #MeTooing and their black gowns red carpet that I’m thinking about giving up my Netflix and going cold turkey.

In case you didn’t already know it, the NFL boycott is real and significant

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Friday links

Published January 5, 2018 1:13 am by Claire

This isn’t a new story. But it’s a wow and anybody who thinks about self defense should read it. A hit man came to her house. She survived. He didn’t. No guns involved. (H/T jc2k in comments)

Republican wins a hotly contested Virginia race. By having his name pulled out of a punch bowl.

Oregonians kinda-sorta, in a smallish way, finally get to pump their own gas. And there’s panic in the streets. (If you want to know why it’s hard to get people to envision even small amounts of political change, there’s your perfect example.)

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