New York’s Department of Financial Services has presented draft regulations for bitcoin trade that are an absolute heap of bullshit, and that’s even before…
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LIVE: Detention Lift Hearings For Assange, Stockholm District Court
At 13:00 July 16, hearings were held in the Stockholm District Court whether to lift the almost-four-year-old detention in absentia for Julian Assange. This…
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On Data Retention in the UK, a rebellious ISP that fights for its customers, and self-censorship. I’ve been experimenting with a new format for…
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You Can Only Be Against Basic Income Based On Morals, Not Evidence
There are all sorts of arguments against an unconditional, universal basic income — that is, the idea of giving everyone a minimum income regardless…
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How Newspeak Makes Real Libertarian Thought Impossible In The US
The United States is an Orwellian nightmare, and I don’t mean because of the NSA. Over decades, we’ve destroyed the difference between the words…
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Freedom Of Religion Is Obsolete, Superseded, And Harmful
Freedom of religion was intended to guarantee freedom from governmental persecution because of private beliefs. Today, that freedom has been twisted and perverted into…
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Why Buying Photoshop Instead Of Pirating It Is Ethically Wrong
Companies like Adobe that make propirateary creative software in order to charge licensing fees see themselves as selling products to a market, and see…
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Flattr: Decentralized Payments Paving A Roadless Web
Peter Sunde, recently arrested for having been the spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, is lesser known for co-creating Flattr. The fact that Flattr is…
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