“Roosevelt and his advisers never had a master plan. Rather, in the
administration’s first 100 days, they implemented a flurry of laws and
regulations. If those programs worked, they remained. If they didn’t, they
were dropped, to be replaced by others.”
Lizabeth Cohen ,
The Lessons of the Great Depression
(The Atlantic ,
May 2020 )
posted 3/25/2021 8:53pm ∞
“Right now, the best we can do is an ad hoc defense of democracy. Begin by
rejecting the temptation to think that this election will carry on as elections
usually do. Something far out of the norm is likely to happen. Probably more
than one thing.”
Barton Gellman ,
The Election That Could Break America
(The Atlantic ,
November 2020 )
posted 9/24/2020 7:51am ∞
“Police can use Fog Reveal to geofence entire buildings or street blocks—like
the area surrounding an abortion clinic—and get information on devices used
within and surrounding those buildings to identify suspects. … [A]bortion data
surveillance via Fog Reveal could seemingly be conducted without warrants and
without any legal oversight.”
posted 11/30/2022 8:00pm ∞
“George W. Bush didn’t originally want to create the Department of Homeland
Security; he was persuaded into doing so by Democrats, who were themselves
mostly grasping for an opportunity to score political points. Almost no one
pushed for a new department because they thought it was a good idea.”
Amanda Chicago Lewis ,
The 20-Year Boondoggle
(The Verge ,
November 16, 2022 )
posted 11/29/2022 8:00pm ∞
“For all the grandiose talk about The Light Of Consciousness and The Future Of
Humanity that has come out of Silicon Valley during its ascent, what it has
delivered has mostly been spectacularly useless, lifeless, and anti-human. In
this sense, it reflects its owners perfectly.”
David Roth ,
Everything Is Silicon Valley Now
(Defector ,
November 14, 2022 ,
via Nick Heer )
posted 11/21/2022 8:00pm ∞