Abulsme.com: Thursday, June 13th, 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-12 (UTC)

Reading – Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America (Daniel Ellsberg) http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-united-stasi-america вЂ¦ 01:51
RT @gerrycanavan Because if there’s anything the NSA stands for it’s trust, cooperation, respect for institutions and deference to common procedures #freedom ??:??
Yesterday twitter turned off RSS, which I used to power my Top Books thing http://www.abulsme.com/topbooks/ Prob don’t have time to do API. Oh well! 19:40
Reading – What Is PRISM, Exactly? Ctd (Dish Reader) http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/06/11/what-is-prism-exactly-ctd/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter вЂ¦ 20:21
Reading – Generating the nuclear codes and more (Marc Ambinder) http://theweek.com/article/index/245537/generating-the-nuclear-codes-and-more вЂ¦ 20:25
RT @attackerman Jeff Merkley, supported by 8 Dem & Rep senators, is dropping a bill to declassify govt interpretations of surveillance law. Story soon. ??:??
Reading – A.C.L.U. Files Lawsuit Seeking to Stop the Collection of Domestic Phone Logs (Charlie Savage) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/us/aclu-files-suit-over-phone-surveillance-program.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0 вЂ¦ 21:00
Reading – Did James Clapper Lie to Congress? (Jonathan H. Adler) http://is.gd/OtnrbV 21:34
Reading – Google’s Real Secret Spy Program? Secure FTP (Kim Zetter) http://is.gd/UXgPrs 21:36
Authorized to != Able to -> Reading: Investigators looking at how Snowden gained access @ NSA (Finn/Miller/Nakashima) http://is.gd/wNJP00 21:50
Reading – There Is No Mistaking How Glenn Greenwald Feels About The NSA (David Bauder) http://is.gd/SOoBri 21:54
Oh Yeah! -> Watching – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Official Teaser Trailer [HD] (WarnerBrosPictures) http://is.gd/8DCfNj 22:44
Reading – Spies Without Borders I: Using Domestic Networks to Spy on the World (Isreal/Rodriguez) 22:48
Reading – How OS X Mavericks will save you power and boost performance (Peter Cohen) http://is.gd/9T8Q2Z 22:49
Reading – Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution (Thomas Drake) http://is.gd/ieeKIW 22:56
Reading – Only Child Myths: Lauren Sandler, Author Of ‘One And Only’ On Her Surprising Discoveries (Farah L. Miller) http://is.gd/4Cwm3M 22:59
Really? RT @BretEastonEllis: Actual modeling photo of Edward Snowden from the early 2000s… pic.twitter.com/5uvHxFERtq 23:23
Reading – Why Apple Inc. Can’t Be Forgiven For IOS 7 (Mike Schuster) http://is.gd/25mgUd 23:39

@abulsme tweets from 2013-06-11 (UTC)

Just finished recording this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner. Longest one ever. But only cause we cheated. You’ll understand when you listen. :-) 02:56
As usual, it will be released later in the week depending on when I have time to put it out. 02:56
Reading – How Glenn Greenwald Began Communicating With NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden (Michael Calderone) http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3416978?utm_hp_ref=tw вЂ¦ 03:15
RT @_ColinS_: The new Mac Pro is as powerful as the world’s best supercomputer was in 2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing вЂ¦ 13:37
Watching – John Oliver On NSA: ‘I Bet The Amish Are Feeling Pretty F**king Smug Right Now’ (Daily Show) http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/john-oliver-on-nsa-programs-i-bet-amish вЂ¦ 13:43
Reading – The Snowden Prism (Josh Marshall) http://is.gd/eM1K0n 20:43
Uh, interesting, but… -> Reading – Fixing the Digital Economy (Jaron Lanier) http://is.gd/rOeAYl 22:05
Reading – Sunless Earth (Randall Monroe) http://is.gd/zYoA16 22:11
Reading – El Candigato Morris: Fed up with “rat” politicians, Mexican town proposes cat for mayor (Xeni Jardin) http://is.gd/gpnPen 22:14
Reading – James Bamford, the NSA’s Chief Chronicler (Alexander Nazaryan) http://is.gd/9lORbj 22:27
Reading – Using Metadata to find Paul Revere (Kieran Healy) http://is.gd/cF9zuz 22:42
Reading – What to Make of a Climate-Change Plateau (Justin Gillis) http://is.gd/JqFScq 22:46
Reading – Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ (Daniel J. Solove) http://is.gd/XgB5Wi 23:09