Year: 2018
Courtesanal Access Protocols
A while back, I stumbled across a series of posts by New Orleans sex worker Annie Calhoun on the subject of screening clients who contact her through the internet. I was especially struck by the degree of sophistication she shows in her thinking about security. I realize that sounds condescending, but I don’t mean it… Read more
Trump and the Art of the Vandal
On Monday of last week, Harley-Davidson announced that it will be moving production of motorcycles destined for the European Union to somewhere outside the United States. The reason isn’t hard to understand: In response to U.S. duties on European steel and aluminum, the EU enacted tariffs Friday on more than $3 billion worth of U.S.… Read more
Marc Randazza, Freedom Fighter
The New York Times is reporting that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has hired Marc Randazza to defend him against the lawsuit filed by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims over Jones’s claims that the shooting was some kind of hoax. Since days after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.,… Read more
GDPR Compliance Notice
I’m pretty sure the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) doesn’t apply to this website because (1) it is not hosted in the EU, (2) it doesn’t target people in the EU, (3) it’s not even a business website, and (4) fuck that Eurotrash bureaucratic bullshit. Personal data collected: This is a normal website, meaning… Read more
Dumb Green Energy
The California Energy Commission wants to force new homes to use solar energy : California moved a step closer Wednesday to requiring solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings starting in 2020, the first such mandate nationwide and the state’s latest step to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This clean energy revolution comes at… Read more