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rmBut between Wikileaks (which actually affected my getting a residuals payment yesterday); the state of the administration and Congress and the Republicans and the Tea Party; and five-years 'til Euro collapse scenario; and long-term cyclical shift to global economic growth being centered in what we euphemistically call the "developing world" (now, perhaps called such because what the fuck are we making here?) there are a lot of shifts going on in the state of the world that it's very hard to anticipate the shape of. As someone who does work about how the media does its work (both in matters of fact and matters of fiction) this is an exhilarating moment. It's also a scary one right now.
Currently, the most powerful man in the world is a random guy sitting in a UK jail on a series of rape charges. The insurance file is looming over all of us (and make no mistake, that file will eventually be activated, it's a matter of time); the impact this is having on corporate interests who are being retaliated against for succumbing to US government pressure is the stuff of Gibson and Sterling (a fact only enhanced by the announcement this hour of the arrest of a 16-year-old in The Hague for the Mastercard and Visa attacks); and the potential impact this has on freedom of the press in the US (as calls for prosecuting newspapers that publish the leaks grows) is terrifying. Julian Assange may be about to change the world, and, if one goes by Wikileaks' mission statements, not in a way that was ever intended.
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airspaniel: yes, that is exactly how you make that work. (Although, please, sir, shoot your cuffs and do something about the hint of tie I can see below your waistcoat, thank you). This definitely goes in my sartorial role models of personal relevance file (yes, this exists on my laptop).
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Date: 2010-12-09 06:17 pm (UTC)That's beauty, that is.
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Date: 2010-12-09 06:34 pm (UTC)http://www.beachcalifornia.com/sunset7.html
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Date: 2010-12-09 06:37 pm (UTC)That was an amazing sartorial moment, and I have to admit my first thought on seeing it was, "Dutchess Clothiers would do a great version of that."
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Date: 2010-12-09 08:04 pm (UTC)My apologies, I assumed it was merely a "I get paid on $date" issue.
We all know what happens when people assume!
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Date: 2010-12-09 08:26 pm (UTC)No problem! I'm very much hoping this project goes forward, and I very much do want to contribute. :)
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Date: 2010-12-09 07:18 pm (UTC)Has anyone recommended "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by
And that pic of MF in that suit is.. amazing. I'm so used to seeing MF-as-John that it's slightly disconcerting, actually, because it's so not-John, but it's a GREAT suit.
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Date: 2010-12-09 10:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-10 05:40 am (UTC)Plea
Date: 2010-12-09 08:10 pm (UTC)Re: Plea
Date: 2010-12-09 08:14 pm (UTC)Nothing that I've said indicates that I think anything other than that I hold that opinion, that I have spoken about at lengths in other posts about Assange.
I have repeatedly tweeted about the situation saying we don't know what's going on, we can't make this about victim blaming and just because the rape cases are being used politically doesn't mean they're not rape cases and false rape accusations are extremely rare.
The fact remains that the rape cases are a remarkable part of the narrative, and that regardless of the outcome of those cases the situation and his power over pretty much everyone at this point is weird, disturbing and interesting.
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Date: 2010-12-09 10:26 pm (UTC)Re: Plea
Date: 2010-12-09 10:50 pm (UTC)Re: Plea
Date: 2010-12-09 11:29 pm (UTC)Re: Plea
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Date: 2010-12-09 09:14 pm (UTC)Just over 400 dollars more to go! You are going to do this!
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Date: 2010-12-09 10:24 pm (UTC)Whoa. Your perspective from the media end of things and mine from the hacker culture end of things dovetail.
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Date: 2010-12-09 11:30 pm (UTC)This is true of the rape charges (which should, of course ALWAYS be taken seriously), and also of the potential for human death to result from an individual's actions -- Assange is criticised for releasing information that could potentially lead to threats on human lives -- yet the governments criticising him cause unnecessary loss of human life every day.
I'm certainly very scared about what this means for freedom of speech.
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Date: 2010-12-09 11:50 pm (UTC)re: the last: BUT WASN'T THAT THE BEST ONE
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Date: 2010-12-10 02:41 am (UTC)Ekatarina
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Date: 2010-12-10 04:01 am (UTC)Yours,
Ekatarina
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Date: 2010-12-10 11:37 am (UTC)