RU Sirius's Blog (10)

There's something morbidly funny about tasing, but it's no joke...

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I will be rather scarce around here for the next week or so. I hope everyone will carry on in inappropriate ways... RU Continue

Another side of RU Sirius -- I hope you'll join this course. It shoud be interesting and fun. Plus, if lots of people join, I'l be able to pay my bills again!

Has Sirius been too serious lately?

Join me in a new Maybe Logic course this February. Tell all your friends and neighbors.

Pranks, Pransters, Trickster & Tricks

http://www.maybelogic.org/courses.htm

Pranks and Prankster, Tricksters & Tricks -- the brilliant ones open up a spac… Continue

A very interesting essay by MondoGlobo Network member Mark Pesce that ranges from the new evolutionary theory -- multi-level selection that seems to privilege self-interest and altruism about equally (E.O. Wilson is a prt of it) to how that feeds into the way political categories are falling apart to what are the political implications of a hyperlinked post-Wikipedian world. A complex piece well worth the investment of your time. Link Continue

Daniel Pinchbeck has posted an interesting and insightful piece on his Reality Sandwich site (which also features regular pieces by one of my favorite writers, Erik Davis) that focuses on the work of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, two contemporary Marxist philosophers who seem to promote a whole new version of communism for the post-internet, open source age. This is a wide ranging essay that is sure to provoke thought and controversy and also directly relates to many things we discuss here.… Continue

Hi all. Too many people here already for me to go around and shake hands with everybody but if you invite me to be your friend, I'll accept. I'd also love to hear from any and all who want to share with me what your enthusiasms, skills, connections, ad infinitum... what you're bringin' to the party, if you're up for that. So drop me a line and let's be pals... RU Continue

So it's three days since I posted my proposals on 10 Zen Monkeys and the response has been gratifying. Given that fewer sites have linked to the pieces than to other pieces I've done (there have been a few big surprising omissions but maybe they'll still come though) an astounding number of people have taken the next step and joined the network.

Among the people who have joined the network, a really good percent have taken still another step and joined one or both organizations. I hat… Continue

"Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers," Ellen Nakashima reports for the paper. (Washington Post) Link Continue

"Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers," Ellen Nakashima reports for the paper. (Washington Post) Link Continue