A Blogazine for the Ladies
Did you hear that CISPA is back? The misguided, anti-privacy bill -- defeated last year by a huge public outcry -- has been reintroduced in Congress and is up for a vote in the House on Wednesday. The new version of the bill would allow private companies to share our personal data with the government, other companies, and private agencies like the MPAA. Click here to join me in standing up to this assault on internet … [read more]
Dear friend, The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, is a proposed law that would give companies unprecedented power to hand your personal information from the internet, including from private communications, over to government agencies without a warrant. When CISPA first showed up last year, we successfully defeated it together--so we need to remind President Obama about this dangerous threat to our personal privacy. I just signed a petition calling on President … [read more]
Friends, Here it comes: After months of secret negotiations with the players who pushed SOPA, the major Internet Service Providers on the verge of implementing their "Six Strikes" plan to fight "online infringement". With essentially no due process, AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon will get on your case if you're accused of violating intellectual property rights -- and eventually even interfere with your ability to access the Internet. (You can contest … [read more]
I previously posted to inform you-all that CISPA is back and it concerns me. I did contact my Senator about the issue and thought I would share the response from his office here: Dear Ms. [WomanlyWoman*]: Thank you for sharing your concerns with the government’s cyber security efforts and our First and Fourth Amendments. While much has been done to protect our country from cyber terrorism, we still face significant vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure such as … [read more]
Here is a trailer for a book coming out about the recent political issues surrounding the internet and it's associated freedoms: Did you hear that CISPA is back? The misguided, anti-privacy bill -- defeated last year by a huge public outcry -- has been reintroduced in Congress. The new version of the bill would allow private companies to share our personal data with the government, other companies, and private agencies like the MPAA. Click here to join me in standing up to this assault on … [read more]
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have been receiving attention lately but I think that most people don't quite understand the issue and what it is important. Proposition 37 was recently voted down in California. This video helps to clarify some information. Beware: This video apparently contains a curse word... although I can't find it. by visually.Check out our data visualization blog. … [read more]
So I came across this image on Facebook and since I am a progressive Libertarian, I really have encountered the answers to these questions over the past few years. I really have been paying attention. But even I have forgotten the answers to some of these questions. As a person who likes to be an informed, educated citizen (and also likes to educate others), I have decided to do some google research for you. Now, I did learn in college that googling stuff doesn't usually count. But … [read more]
I just generated an infographic that shows data for the #Election2012 Hashtag so far this morning. It was quite interesting to me that Kourtney Kardashian is one of the most influential people on Twitter for that hashtag so far. Interesting! create infographics with visual.ly … [read more]
THIS SITE IS ON STRIKE AGAINST #SOPA AND #PIPA!!! Please go to http://americancensorship.org/modal/sopastrikeoverlay.html to view this page in it's original formatting Stopsopa Standard ALL SITES AND PEOPLE TO GO OUT AGAINST SOPA AND PIPA RIGHT NOW FOR 150 SECONDS Internet Goes On Strike ALL SITES AND PEOPLE TO GO OUT Major sites all over the internet have gone on strike due to SOPA and PIPA, the hot-button anti-piracy legislation. Experts expect strike to … [read more]
Thank you, Betty Ford, for laying the groundwork for women like me. I am able to express my opinions not only in my own home but also blast it to the world on the internet! I just finished watching a video on NBC news that I am embedding below so that you are able to view it as well.br /br /Knowing that Betty Ford was a cancer survivor, I also ask that you scroll down and look to the right side bar on my blog. Being a cancer survivor myself, it would mean a great deal to me and many others … [read more]
