Abulsme.com: August 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-07 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/06/2013: 12,211 steps and 9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:16
Hey, any of my followers with actual web programming chops want to partner with me to set up some stuff for my 2016 Pres analysis? Email me. 01:06:26
I have a clear idea of what I want to do in my head, but know it would stretch my own ability to its limits if I could even manage it. 01:07:19
And that assumes I even manage to find the time to try. :-) Anyway, if you want to help, let me know. Otherwise, I'll do my best solo. :-) 01:08:01
Reading – Former NSA Chief on Latest Leaked Dragnet Spy Program: It’s Real, and It’s Spectacular (Ryan Gallagher) http://t.co/ofnyvd1XRv 15:11:57
Reading – Obama Cancels Meeting With Putin (AP) http://t.co/biGk6puJCD 15:19:36
Reading – 2016 GE: Hillary vs. the GOP field, Part II (Bonncaruso) http://t.co/I1VavVMzNE 16:51:59
Reading – Ominous In Egypt (The Dish) http://t.co/dqaLCIzVqm 18:58:35
Reading – Did the CIA Just Run an Intel Operation on the Daily Beast? (J. K. Trotter) http://t.co/CLGOmUj5PE 19:02:01
Reading – Top Ten Ways Bradley Manning Changed the World (Juan Cole) http://t.co/jAUDnv5b1w 21:15:44
Brandy getting stitched up after slicing her hand. Fun! 22:52:07

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-06 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/05/2013: 9,745 steps and 7.2 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:01:10
RT @Fenhl: I made a fullscreen version of @abulsme's true binary clock ( http://t.co/8T5KTVnOzr ). It's at http://t.co/vFD9YzTSbk 03:07:23
.@Fenhl Thanks! Awesome! :=) in reply to Fenhl 03:07:44
Another Curmudgeon’s Corner wrapped up. As usual, we’ll release it вЂњa bit laterвЂќ when I have time. :-) 03:35:49
Reading – While We’re Trying To Follow His Game Of Checkers, Jeff Bezos Is Playing Chess (MG Siegler) http://t.co/Qm1SN66x02 03:39:34
Reading – Goodnight, Dusty (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/8EUuggFZJm 03:44:15
Reading – Over (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/hjUpAbru4n 03:45:57
Reading – The Politics of New Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos (David A. Graham) http://t.co/Xs1WB32cop 04:13:16
RT @Fenhl: You can set the timezone and add more digits with the query string. Example: http://t.co/rz3QIgJEM2 04:14:05
Reading – Sources at Washington Post during Bezos announcement: вЂIt was like a funeral’ (Greg Sandoval) http://t.co/EVU4N7nL5k 04:20:34
RT @davepeck: People Angrily Tweet At United Airlines Parody Account Thinking It’s Real, Parody Account Hilariously Responds http://t.co/EkвЂ¦ 12:59:20
Reading – Can NSA Director Keith Alexander Explain His Contradictory Claims? (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/qjl4Gz67V2 13:01:00
Reading – U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans (Shiffman/Cooke) http://t.co/pIRgot9hsU 13:56:54
Reading – My Reaction: Three Cheers for Jeff Bezos (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/OcQfQLYbo6 15:18:44
Reading – Fact Checking Is a Doomed Enterprise: Federal Deficit Edition (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/FLOie0HS6U 16:33:39
So sad. :-( -> Reading – 2-year-old dies just days after being parents' best man (Rebecca Fishbein) http://t.co/4kHk8FZ3fe 16:41:54
Reading – Final 'Ender's Game' trailer puts space battle front and center (Bryan Bishop) http://t.co/9UrBFccRGj 17:35:53
Reading/Watching – Is this the profanity-filled future of Doctor Who? (Rob Bricken) http://t.co/K3hnrZfTcg 17:53:04
Reading – It's (not) alive! Franken-meat lurches from the lab to the frying pan [Alan Boyle] http://t.co/wXqobz385o 18:13:02
Filling in primary ballot. Top 2 go to general. County Council only has 2 cand. Waste of ballot space without at least 3. Writing in me. :-) 19:26:46
Reading – McClatchy Editor Defends Publishing Al Qaeda Detail CNN, NY Times Held Back (Michael Calderone) http://t.co/k1up8GKV5D 21:27:59
Reading – Twitter Slowly Becoming More Cool Than Facebook (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/tD6lJ8hd0g 21:31:44
Oh well! -> Reading – You won’t be eating a lab-grown hamburger anytime soon (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/cgeE0W792s 21:48:35
Reading – NYT Bows to U.S. Request to Keep a Secret, Loses Scoop to McClatchy (Dan Froomkin) http://t.co/LfEdWQrJaE 23:05:00
Reading – Clinton vs. GOP field, 2016 GE, Part I (Bonncaruso) http://t.co/cLgEWtRYjc 23:30:06

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-05 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/04/2013: 11,795 steps and 8.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:11
Reading – What Happens At DefCon Stays With Us All (Jon Evans) http://t.co/DyI97Utl7R 03:03:12
Reading – Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/IGUuNQffVB 15:14:57
Reading – Deal or No Deal: $99 for a Lifetime Subscription to Feedly Pro (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/E2q9O44xmk 15:17:40
RT @YourAnonNews: BREAKING: HALF OF TOR SITES COMPROMISED, INCLUDING TORMAIL http://t.co/2TloG9CSnk #Tor 17:20:51
Reading – вЂњThe Emperor Palpatine Of African PoliticsвЂќ (The Dish) http://t.co/z01KsdTarW 17:23:44
Reading – Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos (Ernst/Reuters) http://t.co/cjPKLin64n 21:12:39

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-04 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/03/2013: 10,019 steps and 7.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:25
RT @doctorow: If recording your calls without a playing them back isn't surveillance, then downloading music without listening to it isn't вЂ¦ 01:52:00
Reading – Doctor Who LIVE; Guest Details (Marcus, DWN) http://t.co/ODLsK9d13Y 02:01:09
RT @billclinton: Hey @HillaryClinton вЂ“ sending you a photo of these funny-looking horses outside my hotel room. Miss you. #Africa2013 http:вЂ¦ 02:53:54
Reading – lexigeek: doctorwho: challenger23: Who will be the 12th…
(Achtung) http://t.co/GS5rOVoVxO 02:57:30
One of Alex’s favs! RT @ericspiegelman: Guys, this video has 66 million views. We are all doing everything wrong. http://t.co/Y6P2U6eAtM 03:01:53
Reading – Power plant demolition in Bakersfield goes wrong (AP) http://t.co/XaIi9MoGmF 03:11:56
Reading – Frosted Glass Effects вЂ” Why I switched to Android after all these years (Andreas GГ¶ldi) http://t.co/vsY3iDBfIr 04:15:47
Reading – Why Al Jazeera is ending its U.S. stream, and how you can keep watching (Matthew Keys) http://t.co/UszsZOmnv2 15:22:35
Reading – FBI pays for malware so it can spy on us with our phones and computers (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/VYry4zLcfq 15:24:17
Reading – Return of the Jesus Wars (Ross Douthat) http://t.co/PBMxygWxLy 15:37:49
RT @BreakingNewsUK: Peter Capaldi has been announced as the new actor to play Doctor Who, taking over from Matt Smith – @SkyNewsBreak 18:33:24

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-03 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/02/2013: 11,537 steps and 8.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:35
[Abulpost] Visit with Cousin Holly & Andrew http://t.co/VEv0aNcIDZ 04:20:12
RT @trevortimm: Glenn Greenwald on MSNBC: More NSA stories coming about surveillance "that even people in Congress don't know about" http:/вЂ¦ 17:46:27
Reading – It’s time to say goodbye to The Ross and Burbank Show (Jamie Skorheim) http://t.co/qQppFIrxzA 19:04:58
Reading – Christie’s Giuliani-Like National Security Demagoguery (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/3TYErkt0US 19:09:02
Reading – Obama administration overrules ITC ban on iPhone 4, iPad 2 (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/kWqlELM44b 19:23:25
Reading – The most insane anti-Obamacare gambit ever (Alex Seitz-Wald) http://t.co/TwlwQrdjPn 19:58:13
Reading – McCain’s Grudge-Driven Politics (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/FEreB9H24O 20:31:00
Reading – Jupiter's moon Europa: Send a submarine to explore it? (Miriam Kramer) http://t.co/2zipRhxeek 20:32:43
Reading – Craziest Flying Machine Ever Built (Dark Roasted Blend) http://t.co/VoWnJm7G4r 21:04:23
RT @BerthaDigsSR99: My path beneath Seattle is divided into 10 zones, each with its own underground landscape. Learn more: http://t.co/ZaNgвЂ¦ 22:55:48
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: The Monica Lewinsky "sex tape shocker" posted by tabloids and picked up by mainstream press was actually on C-SPAN. httвЂ¦ 23:21:48
Reading – Verizon Reportedly Provides British Spy Agency Access To Its Undersea Cables (Alex Wilhelm) http://t.co/ILVw1EYVBB 23:44:33

Visit with Cousin Holly & Andrew

@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-02 (UTC)

Reading – So Long Privacy? Court OKs Cell Phones for Warrantless Government Tracking (Adam Serwer) http://t.co/EafUbriTYK 00:57:46
My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/01/2013: 22,838 steps and 16.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:03
Reading – Oakland’s Creepy New Surveillance Program Just Got Approved (Linda Lye) https://t.co/YVHKgwEMeX 01:03:05
Reading – Marco Rubio’s 2016 Chances Are Alive and Well (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/Iv1F7ffkRx 01:44:16
Reading – A Republican Case for Climate Action (Ruckelhaus/Thomas/Reilly/Whitman) http://t.co/gr1svrvIZ0 02:04:38
Reading – FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects (Jennifer Valentino-Devries) http://t.co/4a6D31FggJ 03:11:48
Reading – Clarification and update (Michele Catalano) http://t.co/C5Z12tsKBb 03:28:20
Reading – Police Threatened to Arrest Me for Taking Their Photo Last Night (Dominic Holden) http://t.co/QVFDW8PUaO 03:38:09
Reading – The Meter vs Ads (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/YGOsTd0HqI 04:09:48
Reading – A Prohibition Rubicon (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/6CCiWeJOFE 04:14:14
Reading – Yale Officially Declares 'Nonconsensual Sex' Not That Big of a Deal (Katie J. M. Baker) http://t.co/Ykbd672GSy 04:27:18
Reading – To Russia With Asylum (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/veKkqKaaC8 04:36:26
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: No, Not Really, No http://t.co/gIAjkjpIV3 14:09:59
RT @ggreenwald: How irrational to choose Russia over the luxurious, super-max hellhole of life-long solitary confinement the US generously вЂ¦ 14:17:38
Reading – Hang on to your balloons! The helium cliff is nigh. (Lydia DePillis) http://t.co/19A64BOI6Z 14:20:18
Reading – Another Wild Story About Government Spying Circulates the Internet, Only to Be Debunked Later (Bob Cesca) http://t.co/zGIsHiL9NQ 16:04:18
Reading – Senators spar over definition of В‘journalistВ’ in seeking to protect them (Kate Irby) http://t.co/OwiCEPsAxK 16:54:13
The Government should NEVER be in the business of deciding who is or is not a вЂњreporterвЂќ for purposes of shield laws, etc. 16:55:07
If a shield law does not protect Wikileaks, my personal blog, and random Joe putting something on Facebook, then it is worse than useless. 16:56:22
Not everybody is a вЂњprofessional journalistвЂќ, but EVERYBODY should have the same rights to disseminate info they feel is important. 16:57:54
When and if government can snoop to find sources, compel you to reveal sources, etc should be same for NYTimes and random guy with blog. 16:59:57
Of course I think there should be very high bar to justify that sort of thing. Some would argue a low bar. But should not differ by day job. 17:01:06
There should not be a special class of people with extra rights with the government getting to pick & choose who is in that class. Bad idea! 17:02:22
RT @owillis: dear us congress, you dont get to judge who is/isn't a journalist. http://t.co/XoSXS3OCOD 17:08:34
RT @owillis: "Feinstein suggested that the definition comprise only journalists who make salaries"
THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA. STOP. 17:08:37
RT @owillis: this isnt 1870 or 1970 when we had "journalists" and "everyone else." the line is blurred, forever. so stop making archaic law. 17:08:41
Reading – Google, the freaky line and why Moto X is a game-changer (Robert Scoble) http://t.co/VXKBl030Rc 19:31:59
Important counterpoint to Greenwald -> Reading – Getting XKeyscore Right (Joshua Foust) https://t.co/CxWfi8NQJW 21:47:47

Curmudgeon’s Corner: No, Not Really, No

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Bradley Manning
NSA Debate
UK Censorship

Recorded on 31 Jul 2013

Length this week – 1:02:44


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-01 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/31/2013: 7,145 steps and 5.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:46
I failed at my goal of getting all my Christmas letters out before the end of July. Maybe there is hope for August. :-) 04:20:49
RT @7im: How easy it would be for the NSA to blackmail politicians 04:56:04
RT @jmessersmith: First gay couple to get married in MN walk down the aisle with adorable son. Everyone loses it. Waves of emotion. http:/вЂ¦ 05:31:50
RT @brendanloy: A demon of the ancient world. MT @KristinaRibali: What fresh hell is this? Lewinsky-Clinton revisited with 'sex tape' http:вЂ¦ 05:34:27
RT @brendanloy: If there’s one thing from the last 15 years of American politics that we really need to revisit, it’s Clinton-Lewinsky, SAIвЂ¦ 05:35:47
RT @daveweigel: Oh, it's just Lewinsky on the tape? http://t.co/bZpBsvHTsC I feel gypped 12:58:52
Reading – Apple Reportedly Ramping Up For New iPad Mini With Retina Display (Darrell Etherington) http://t.co/MUFWzcb39G 13:09:40
Reading – Glenn Greenwald, Jeffrey Toobin Clash In On-Air Debate (Tom Kludt) http://t.co/e90p6MdZMQ 16:22:16
Reading – This graph calls the entire economic recovery into question (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/7AAPr521gm 16:29:08
RT @7im: Sounds like all that stands between a bored Booz Allen contractor and Bill Clinton's realtime browser activity is self restraint #вЂ¦ 16:30:36
Reading – Barack Obama, Media Critic (Garance Franke-Ruta) http://t.co/hX8PMSYhac 16:34:32
Reading – The NSA’s Massive Call Record Surveillance Program Barely Accomplishes Anything (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/KRGeGwrt9L 16:38:48
Cancel That Moscow Summit, Mr President (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/5Y2AmKGOPA 16:41:19
Reading – Libertarians flex their muscle in the GOP (Karen Tumulty) http://t.co/tc6LUvFqVQ 16:47:06
Reading – 12th Doctor to be announced this Sunday? (PCJ, LDWC) http://t.co/K1sp5np0uR 16:48:24
Reading – Reza Aslan on Jesus: A Biblical Scholar Responds (Greg Carey) http://t.co/ke260Z1Gpe 17:14:55
No overreach in surveillance? -> Reading – pressure cookers, backpacks and quinoa, oh my! (Michele Catalano) https://t.co/FARPfA1hxw 18:45:01
The writer of prev art -> RT @inthefade: You don't believe my story? Ask any of my followers about my credibility. Then kiss my ass. Thanks. 18:45:50
Reading – Google вЂpressure cooker,’ get a police visit? Maybe not. (Caitlin Dewey) http://t.co/bYz9qramro 19:46:44
Reading – NSA chief to hackers: If you don’t like what we do, change it (CNNMoney) http://t.co/bsWxWkk9Q0 20:38:02
Reading – Moto X vs. the world: spec sheet smackdown (Jacob Kastrenakes) http://t.co/mkroqNP4uD 20:45:02
Reading – Snowden Wins Asylum, WikiLeaks Declares Victory (Elias Groll) http://t.co/b7dWSA6OXg 20:49:24
Reading – DelBene Helps Push Cell Phone Unlocking Bill Through House Judiciary Committee (Goldy, Slog) http://t.co/ksMZHCHJLr 20:52:50
Reading – The Inside Story of the Moto X (Steven Levy) http://t.co/e4mUtlLKti 21:37:08
Reading – Is the FBI snooping on our Google searches? (Dan Murphy) http://t.co/5UBbTKK1QJ 21:41:17
Just completed a 2.61 km walk – Afternoon walk to break 20k steps. Woo! http://t.co/hJFaoglvPk #RunKeeper 23:44:30
Ah… Reading – Employer Tipped Off Police To Pressure Cooker And Backpack Searches, Not Google (Alexia Tsotsis) http://t.co/Sl0YpJquwW 23:50:06
RT @BigMeanInternet: It wasn't the state, it was the state in concert with your boss! I think we all feel better now. 23:50:27
RT @JeriLRyan: Seriously. WOW. вЂњ@tweetsoutloud: Wow. Just wow. вЂњ@aneyeofsky: #ISS in front of the daytime Moon. http://t.co/NfCDMpjod4вЂќвЂќ 23:51:17

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-31 (UTC)

Reading – McCain, Graham heading to Egypt at president’s request (Dana Bash) http://t.co/jxDMKrZufH 00:40:28
My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/30/2013: 1,845 steps and 1.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:40
:-( -> Reading – Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Is Upheld (Somini Sengupta) http://t.co/tzvXTkzS34 01:05:04
RT @reedandi: Horror story in two sentences: http://t.co/yOjC2kt0qH 01:10:14
Reading – Driver in Fatal Spanish Train Was on Phone, Court Says (AP) http://t.co/S61rckom2U 01:44:44
RT @MishaRN: RT @NatGeopix: You're drunk, rainbow http://t.co/ycf0bojwUP 04:49:49
Reading – Google's Data-Trove Dance (Amir Efrati) http://t.co/8XdwYCxUCK 06:43:12
Reading – The GOP primary is a lot like the NCAA tournament (Matt K. Lewis) http://t.co/HdTqojBndr 07:43:32
Reading – Senators strongly criticise intelligence chiefs over NSA data collection (Spencer Ackerman) http://t.co/FV26gJKfyz 14:28:14
Next Shoe -> Revealed: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' (Greenwald) http://t.co/zw0YP4HqoO 14:39:09
Oh yeah, recorded CC with Ivan about 11 hours ago. Will but it out later this week as usualвЂ¦ 14:44:26
RT @joshuafoust: Shocking revelation: NSA has a tool to conduct signals and internet surveillance. http://t.co/VBXo6P3wJH 15:01:33
RT @joshuafoust: Not shocking: GG is failing, again, to distinguish between capabilities and laws. http://t.co/VBXo6P3wJH 15:01:40
RT @joshuafoust: The FBI can tap your phone whenever it wants. Laws & regs prevent it from doing so. NSA faces similar constraints http://tвЂ¦ 15:01:45
Don’t agree with points in the last few I RTed. Just having some capabilities is disturbing in own right. But counter argument important. 15:04:27
Especially when secret with limited controls, opportunity for abuse is great. Not the same as powers with strong public checks and balances. 15:05:50
Reading – Marco Rubio's Deeply Irresponsible Strategy for Defunding Obamacare (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/YxGCkScloO 15:16:16
Yesterday the hosting provider I keep my personal dashboard of graphs on changed something and my stuff stopped working. Lovely. 15:36:18
I had moved my personal wiki off them a few months ago, with the intention of moving everything off, but hasn't gotten to the rest yet. 15:37:02
This will be the push I need. Probably wont get to it until the weekend though. Right now my stuff on four different host companies. 15:38:48
This one is currently the most expensive of the four, and the least used. Consolidation to three will be good. Eventually to one hopefully. 15:39:54
But goal for this weekend is to just kill this 1 and get down to paying 3 companies instead of 4 & to get this part of site working again. 15:41:38
Hit NYT paywall for the first time. Know multiple ways I could see the article anyway. Or I could subscribe. But I will just skip article. 17:28:58
Reading – FISA Court Orders Are Rarely Challenged, Presiding Judge Says (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/ZBfaLLUOu5 17:36:36
Reading – Senator Who's Taking on the NSA Explains Why He Could Still Win (AJ Vicens) http://t.co/njTsc8zWPw 17:58:11
with morsi its us recent books skin now waste life recipe mugabe business photo house press tied at susan 19:19:58
And with that, I have turned these offвЂ¦ @abulsme: with morsi its us recent books skin now waste life recipe mugabe business photo house… 19:27:40
RT @BYUfan: Halelujah! RT @abulsme And with that, I have turned these offвЂ¦ 22:06:14
.@BYUfan Yeah, yeah, yeahвЂ¦ :-) in reply to BYUfan 22:06:27
Reading – Pluto on the Eve of Exploration by New Horizons: A problem of cartography (Emily Lakdawalla) http://t.co/94XV1T90tx 22:26:46

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