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Francis Davey: Commentary on the History of Marriage /ht @fjmd1
Francis wrote the following as a Facebook response to my previous posting; I thought it was so good I sought/got permission to repost it here. It’s a response to Mel Rimmer’s feed line that: […] But with this particular issue, I honestly don’t even understand their own attempts to explain their reasons. …that Francis writes:
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Cryptocat 2 Public Beta Released « Cryptocat Development Blog # epic, well done @kaepora /cc @cryptocatapp
This is fabulous. Now all we have to do is hope that WiReD shuts the fuck up about it. Cryptocat 2, the next major revision of the Cryptocat Project, has been released as a public beta. It’s a revolutionary step over previous versions of Cryptocat, completely rebuilding and restructuring the user interface, backend, encryption techniques
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On @BBCR4Today I heard Edith Hall of @kingsclassics argue that Policemen are too ill-educated to use the word #pleb
Really, from around the 01:05 mark. I know a bunch of exceedingly well-read types in the Met, not universally certainly, but that’s the way of humanity. I’m not convinced the Conservative chief whip is not possibly a jumped-up arrogant little tit – perhaps he is, perhaps not – however to say that the police are
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A Response to the Government Equalities Office Consultation – Equal Civil Marriage – from the Church of England
The Church of England cannot support the proposal to enable all couples, regardless of their gender, to have a civil marriage ceremony. We don’t like gay marriage. Such a move would alter the intrinsic nature of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, as enshrined in human institutions throughout history. We’re unfamiliar
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Citrulu: “Hosted, human-friendly, continuous front-end tests for your live websites” #testing #musthaveaplay
Citrulu: website monitoring with hosted front-end tests. Harry Metcalfe’s new thang.
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What You See From Space – English Russia # pretty
What You See From Space – English Russia.
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So @davidleigh3 thinks that the #Guardian should be publicly funded by broadband tax; I wonder what @newsbrooke thinks?
…since public funding would put (say) the Guardian into the same class as local council newspapers which she has fought against so stalwartly as propaganda and (essentially) a waste of taxpayer money. What are we to make of David Leigh? A £2-a-month levy on broadband could save our newspapers Proceeds could be distributed based on
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For all journalists / anyone reading @MishaGlenny’s Guardian article on Iran and Cybersecurity, a lesson:
Misha writes: (last sentence, my emphasis, paragraph break added for clarity) An unregulated cyber-arms race in which states develop malicious code before deploying it across the world has been triggered. Recently the BKA, Germany’s equivalent of the FBI, advertised openly for coders to write Trojan viruses for use in criminal investigations. “Governments, intelligence agencies and
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Runa A. Sandvik explains what Tor Project is and how it is used – YouTube
via Runa A. Sandvik explains what Tor Project is and how it is used – YouTube. Via Why would you want to be anonymous online?
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beehive.govt.nz – Prime Minister requests inquiry [into illegal #Megaupload wiretap] # sorry, what?
Prime Minister John Key today announced he has requested an inquiry by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security into the circumstances of unlawful interception of communications of certain individuals by the Government Communications Security Bureau. Mr Key says the Crown has filed a memorandum in the High Court in the Megaupload case advising the Court
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-24
full of the pretties: http://t.co/U158x3Ty # @petermacrobert @joannageary Lovely to have you visit; next time we'll solve the fresh air problem by doing cigars or something else obscene # @petermacrobert Wish I had the lid /cc @TomWhitwell # @ChazElliss Fireworks, I think. Either at the Elvetham or somewhere south of the village. #