L.A. Times (Almost) Blamed by Union for Teacher Suicide
A panel yesterday at UC Berkeley saw Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Felch discussing the paper’s decision to publish...
Monthly Archives: September 2010
ZeuS Attack! £6 Million UK Ring and LinkedIn Spam
Remember ZeuS? It’s a Trojan that steals banking information by keystroke logging, and according to the BBC, it’s still...
Twitter Meme Tracker “Truthy” Targets Political Astroturfing, Is Delightful Data Pr0n
Say hello to Truthy, and data nerds say goodbye to the next few hours of your life. This meme...
Portrait of a Troll: Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell
I think a book profiling the everyday, offline lives of digital serial stalkers and trolls would be fascinating. Chilling...
High Pressure Experiments Duplicate Conditions 1,800 Miles Underground
As a dedicated Hollow Earth Nerd, I’m always fascinated by the idea of structures hundreds or thousands of miles...
Important Moments in Space Junk
An MSNBC article about the launch last Saturday of the US Air Force’s Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite gives...
John Sweeney Revisits the Church of Scientology
The BBC’s John Sweeney investigated the Chrurch of Scientology back in 2007 and had a now-infamous meltdown during the...
Dept. of Defense Pulps Army Reserve Officer’s Memoir, Drives eBay Price to $2,000
The Department of Defense purchased and destroyed almost 10,000 copies of the St. Martin’s Press first printing of black-ops...
Rain-Soaked Latte Zombies Called Out by Smog-Choked Double Espresso Vampires
So now a post on Thought Catalog alerts me that my generation murdered irony? Transcontinental Ironic Bitchfight! Denver, go...
Los Alamos Spy Case Factual Error
The exciting world of nuclear policy and nuclear-weapons science blogs are positively abuzz — and Lord knows those cats...