Use them or lose them. (Not to mention the waste of public funds.)

Been out of town; so, in cased you missed these (more re- each item at the headline link) . . . 1. Don't Forget to Sign Up for the ...

A new user interface is being forced on us bloggers. My and others' experience indicates it's harder to use and offers much less co...

. . . you should minimize your use of the hundreds of terms listed at Animal on social media sites (or elsewhere online?) I was going to...

Don't miss Michael Hasting's excellent, recent interview of Julian Assange in Rolling Stone . Assange mentions the speaker in the v...

Ok, we need a better term. The basic idea is, the fundamental rights recognized by the Founding Fathers, such as the right not to be killed...

Watch the video below to see how one videographer stood up to illegal intimidation by NYPD police: Per Gizmodo , police in at least three st...

Another brilliant piece by Taibbi in one of the last bastions of journalism still standing in the U.S., Rolling Stone ; here's a taste: ...

On Thur., Dec. 30, Aaron Tobey, a student at the University of Cincinnati, stripped down to his underwear at a Richmond, Virginia airport i...

No joke. More at Wikipedia .

. . . is that (1) our leaders are in corporate pockets, and/or (2) our leaders are more afraid of US than they are of terrorists. Body sca...

A robot helicopter capable of hovering for 20 hours without re-fueling at altitudes up to and beyond 15,000 feet, equipped with a 1.8 gigapi...

Sorry to keep pounding this but I can't believe how many people still don't get it. Via Slashdot , "Microsoft's vision of y...

You can download it for free here (you can also buy it already printed; per amazon , it's 384 pp.). I'm really enjoying it; and it...

As reported by ipower , "As of yesterday YouTube has replaced its list of 'Most Viewed' videos on the site's 'Videos...

"The ACLU says a 'Constitution-free zone' [has been created] within 100 miles of the US border, where [U.S. authorities claim]...

Via cryptogon (thanks, Ben!) Like, wow, that "Ring of Steel" really helped London prevent the 7-7-05 bombings .

Too impt. not to re-blog. Transcript from starting around 4:30 min.: Lawrence Lessig : "There's going to be an i-911 event . . . I...

Obama voted to abet the evisceration of our Fourth Amendment rights? Check this out. And this . Here's the source for the image.

-- as Bush put it . A number of Senate Dems, including Senator Clinton, have voted in favor of granting telecoms immunity for abetting the B...