By using ICANN in this way, a disturbing precedent is being set, one in which the US government can seize private intellectual property without the need for a court trial or conviction in the name of protecting intellectual property. Without a clear record of trial, what recourse is available? Scary.

Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless.

Revealed: how the spy agency used unwitting artists such as Pollock and de Kooning in a cultural Cold War

Our digital heritage saved by a few enterprising scenesters. Not everything, but 900gb+ of what amounts to the early steps of pre-blogs and whatever else this new medium is supposed to be about.

“Clear your disk space – this one’s going to be a doozy.”