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Some interesting reading on Charlie Hebdo

Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris, Juan Cole What Drives Blasphemy Charges in the Middle East? (It’s Not Just Religion), Afef Abrougui Charlie Hebdo: The ‘them and us’ narrative is a dangerous downward spiral, Nesrine Malik Joe Sacco: On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Joe Sacco Charlie Hebdo: This […]

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A note from Kathy Sierra

I received a lovely email last night from Kathy Sierra after she saw her name repeatedly being mentioned in the context of EFF’s legal support of weev, particularly in the aftermath of our latest post on harassment. She also sent a statement of sorts that I am free to publish as I wish; Kathy’s words […]

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Reading List 11/4/14

I’m not “that creepy guy from the Internet”: How Gamergate gave the geek community a bad name Reading a Poem: 20 Strategies Is the Syrian Regime Sectarian? Parts One and Two Why I Believe Space Exploration Matters Sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow shares his views on technology, culture From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, the racist […]