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sevvie Rose

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hacker. writer. video essayist. anarcho-capitalist. voluntaryist. obsoletist. ᚌ "Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think." --Julian Assange

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2017-04-06 01:21

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A Homeless Halloween for Those Who Need It Most

A Homeless Halloween for Those Who Need It Most

There’s an electricity within the shelter tonight, an energy I haven’t felt in any other facility like this. Despite the rather dire environment, a different kind of mask is being worn in the halls. We’ve

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Defend against the Homeless Shelter of the Mind

Defend against the Homeless Shelter of the Mind

Life in a homeless shelter is often described as humbling by those blessed to not require its services, but humbling doesn't seem quite right from the view inside; watching mothers with children do their

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Haven't you heard that I'm the new Cancer?

Haven't you heard that I'm the new Cancer?

Fuck. This is the word that continued to run through my mind as I try to make sense of the chaos surrounding my situation. , and now it's doctor appointments planned, then cancelled by the hospital because

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The Joy of Programming (while Homeless)

The Joy of Programming (while Homeless)

Programming while homeless is a feat. Software development these days is heavily dependent on an active internet connection. Need documentation? Well, it's online. Need to grab a library to accomplish

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The Growing Heat of an Old, Cold Civil War

The Growing Heat of an Old, Cold Civil War

In his reprised role as beloved breaker of difficult stories and pundit-darling, Carl Bernstein has popularized a phrase I have been using for more than a year to describe the active violence (without

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That Paradoxical Fear, Homelessness

That Paradoxical Fear, Homelessness

To be asked, “aren’t you afraid?” three times before I can make it out the door to walk my service dog, I am confronted with a strange realisation. Relatively speaking, I am fearless. After all, what is

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Direct Message: A Return to Homelessness

Direct Message: A Return to Homelessness

When I created the Direct Messages category, I had originally meant it for personal and direct writings which do not fit my more editorial, AP style-guide formatted articles. I had no idea it would end

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Don't Be Evil: Google and the Government

Don't Be Evil: Google and the Government

It was at this point that I realized Eric Schmidt might not have been an emissary of Google alone. Whether officially or not, he had been keeping some company that placed him very close to Washington,

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Google China will Link Searches to Phone Numbers

Google China will Link Searches to Phone Numbers

Google China's search engine app, designed to be compliant with Chinese censorship laws, will associate all users' searches with their phone numbers, making it easier for the Chinese government to identify

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Brave Files GDPR Privacy Complaint against Google

Brave Files GDPR Privacy Complaint against Google

Brave, the privacy-focused web browser developer led by Brendan Eich, has filed privacy complaints, on Wednesday, in Great Britain and Ireland against Google and associated advertising firms. The petitioners

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What the Censorship of ThinkProgress Tells Us

What the Censorship of ThinkProgress Tells Us

Facebook's decision to place the neoconservative Weekly Standard on their team of fact-checking organizations has incensed progressives after the progressive outlet ThinkProgress had their dishonest reporting

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Is the Bigger Threat to Our Elections Russia, or Google?

Is the Bigger Threat to Our Elections Russia, or Google?

An e-mail obtained by Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson this week demonstrates a Google Executive's use of official resources to increase Latino voter turnout and influence the 2016 Presidential election

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The FBI's "Media Leak Strategy" is Information Laundering

The FBI's "Media Leak Strategy" is Information Laundering

Rep. Mark Meadows has published two letters sent to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, this week, addressing the corrupt "media leak strategy" employed by FBI and DOJ officials including Peter Strzok

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Memory-Holed: The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis

Memory-Holed: The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis

There are few conversations more dangerous, more riddled with landmines, than the seemingly innocuous subject of sexual dimorphism. Despite mountains of evidence, ideologues in pursuit of equity will go

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Sen. Ben Sasse's School House Rock Speech

Sen. Ben Sasse's School House Rock Speech

The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have represented the culmination of every broken element of politics coming to a head. Protestors screaming to interrupt Republican Senators

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Google: Beyond Good and "Don't Be Evil"

Google: Beyond Good and "Don't Be Evil"

There is an uncomfortable willingness among privacy campaigners to discriminate against mass surveillance conducted by the state to the exclusion of similar surveillance conducted for profit by large

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Fascism: Left Until It's Right

Fascism: Left Until It's Right

They can be heard asserting that the university is the "creation and expansion of a revolutionary movement," an incubator of revolutionaries first, and place of learning only thereafter. They demand emphasis

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Facebook Memo: "A Problem with Political Diversity"

Facebook Memo: "A Problem with Political Diversity"

The Facebook memo, titled "We Have a Problem with Political Diversity," is an essay published on Facebook's internal message board by senior Facebook engineer Brian Amerige on August 20th. It called for

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Social Media Algorithms are Biased Against Conservatives

Social Media Algorithms are Biased Against Conservatives

Social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google are under great scrutiny at the moment, due to the bias in their algorithms. They assert that they're "cracking down on fake news," but the results

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China Hacked Clinton's E-mail Server, Sources Say

China Hacked Clinton's E-mail Server, Sources Say

Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server was compromised by operatives in a Chinese-owned company working out of Washington, DC, according to sources at the Daily Caller. These operatives used malware which