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The Big Picture
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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.
AMERICANS: LISTEN UP.
Unusual Dusty Galaxy NGC 7049
Credit: NASA, ESA and W. Harris (McMaster University)
The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
“SpongeBob SquarePants - SB-129” (1999)
i just went for a run in my neighborhood
as i have done most nights for the past week or two
and tonight i ran past a woman walking her dog and i thought the dog was pooping
AND FOR SOME INSANELY STUPID REASON I DECIDED TO TELL HER “IT’S OK” THAT HER DOG WAS POOPING AS I RAN BY
only I had just done hills and was really out of breath
so I’M PRETTY SURE it came out as
“IT’S OK IF YOU POOP”
LIKE THIS
I TOLD A WOMAN IT WAS OK FOR HER TO POOP AND THEN RAN AWAY FROM HER
HOW DO I REMAIN IN THIS UNIVERSE
I want a bucket full of ducklings ;3;
That would be a great complement, right?
“YOU, MADAME, ARE A BUCKET OF DUCKLINGS.”
best pickup line
(Source: wuxifrisbee)
is doing squats and holding a stone cooking pans.
Installation by Jorge Pineda