And now… it feels weird if they *DON’T* have it. c_c
CISPA Update of the Day: CISPA, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act that passed the House in April, likely is headed for a Senate vote in early June.
To drum up opposition to the legislation, which would create “a ‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws,” Fight for the Future, Democrats.com, The Liberty Coalition, and the Entertainment Consumers Association have created a new website called Privacy Is Awesome. The site outlines the top five ways to help defeat CISPA:
- Call your senators and tell them to oppose the Lieberman-Collins bill (CISPA), and ask for a constituent meeting during the Memorial Day recess to help change their mind.
- Email senators offices about CISPA, expressing your opposition.
- Keep calling senators until they plan a constituent meeting.
- Donate to anti-CISPA organizers — the same teams that helped defeat SOPA/PIPA.
- Share your opposition online — Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is spearheading opposition to the legislation, concluding a recent Senate floor speech with:
I believe these bills will encourage the development of a cyber security industry that profits from fear and whose currency is Americans private data. These bills create a Cyber Industrial Complex that has an interest in preserving the problem to which it is the solution.
Watch the full video here. It’s terrific.
This is important.
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It is wrong to protect one sex legally from having their genitals mutilated, yet routinely hack away at infants of another sex. Female genital mutilation is abhorrant - so is male genital mutilation. No person, regardless of sex, should have their genitals butchered against their will. When you circumcise a boy, you are forcibly amputating a healthy portion of his anatomy without his consent - you are violating his human rights to bodily integrity.
If an adult male wishes to be circumcised, that’s his choice - but it needs to be his choice. When you mutilate an infant, you are taking away their choice to their body, the same choices that you profess you should have.
Children are not dolls. They are not your property to do with however you see fit. They are people - treat them as such.
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Got any spare change?
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I LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES
AND YOU DO THIS
A lot of people asked for the process on foam robotics, so here ya go. Click through for captions.
reblogged for later
wow coooool!!!
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