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A Poem for the Surveillance State

Written by me and first performed at AB14 by the lovely Wafa Ben Hassine Have you ever cried for the world? What, then, can you say for what you’re doing? This attempt at creating a country that never existed. all frozen in time when you tell me my love is unnatural my privacy is unimportant […]

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The Problem(s) With TED

In some ways, TED is great.  When I want to explain Rebecca MacKinnon’s complex book, Consent of the Networked, I need only shoot someone the link to her talk, which enumerates the concept concisely.  When I want to get a quick glimpse at a topic area with which I’m not familiar, I need only seek out […]

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#FreeAlaa

Feel free to use as you see fit. Adapted from Alaa’s own Twitter icon by Hugh D’Andrade.