“Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that more than…

"Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including in scholarly publications in any media—without permission from the Museum and without a fee. The number of available images will increase as new digital files are added on a regular basis. "

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…and here we go again with the semantics ….” Specifically, the House changed the definition of a…

…and here we go again with the semantics …." Specifically, the House changed the definition of a search term from “a term used to uniquely describe a person, entity, or account” to “a discrete term, such as a term specifically identifying a person, entity, account, address, or device.” That shift, particularly the removal of the word “unique” and addition of “such as,” might be enough to enable nearly the same sort of mass surveillance the NSA now conducts…"

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would end the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ phone records. Unfortunately, it may not end the NSA’s mass collection of Americans’ phone records.

A great summation of how we got from there to here, and what it means to the road onward. 

A great summation of how we got from there to here, and what it means to the road onward. 

How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?

Look who is rolling into the dacha….its comrade Lolzbot who somehow thinks it’s target is Mr Ficklesworth…

Look who is rolling into the dacha….its comrade Lolzbot who somehow thinks it's target is Mr Ficklesworth.  Oh those crazy skynetkiddiez. 

Russia is using gun-toting robot sentries to defend its army bases and shoot intruders

My new go to license…. WTFPL 

My new go to license….
WTFPL 

How do I use the WTFPL? Step 1. Download or copy/paste the full text of the WTFPL and distribute it with your work. A common file name for the license file i