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Protesting this weekend 1/19/17

Your Guide to NYC Inauguration Weekend Protests:

1/19 Thursday  Trump International Hotel  6pm rally at Columbus Circle

1/20 Friday  Foley Square, 111 Worth St 5pm - 11pm visit the Facebook page for details on the route etc..

1/21 Saturday One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 10:45am-5pm visit the Facebook page for details on the route etc... it's suggested to RSVP, staggered start times for groups...  also see Human First Society 

Also see the Gothamist's article, specifically for tips on what to bring....

Information about events in DC

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SIGNAGE!

Signs-- can protest without one!  Well you can, but it's not as much fun ;)

Ideas:

Power to the People Love! Not hate! Makes America great! My body, my choice! No justice!” / “No peace! Choose to Be United by Love Not Divided by Hate The Power of the People is Stronger Than the People in Power No one is free when others are oppressed Girls Just wanna have fundamental rights! Power to the Peaceful Protest is Patriotic There is no planet B

Here's a Pinterest board with some more ideas... if you have any other ideas, let me know ;)

ROAR with the ♀ symbol forming from the “O”

Love is Love

Say what now? #Snowden

Here's Why The Washington Post Is Wrong About Edward Snowden via Fortune

Why is this so surprising and/or controversial? Because theWashington Post was one of the primary outlets that worked closely with Snowden, published multiple stories based on his leaks, and in fact won a Pulitzer Prize for a story about the program that the editorial board says should not have been publicized.

In effect, the newspaper’s editorial board is arguing that the coverage that won it the Pulitzer also “disrupted lawful intelligence-gathering” and therefore was largely indefensible even by the standards usually applied to whistle blowers.

WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)

THREE OF THE four media outlets that received and published large numbers of secret NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden — The Guardian, the New York Times, and The Intercept –– have called for the U.S. government to allow the NSA whistleblower to return to the U.S. with no charges. That’s the normal course for a news organization, which owes its sources duties of protection, and which — by virtue of accepting the source’s materials and then publishing them — implicitly declares the source’s information to be in the public interest.

But not the Washington Post.

need to try this out on the tablet lol

Education Reform

Dear Karl, Scott, Daniel, and John : The Future You Predicted Seems Right On Schedule

What If They All Took Art?

In response to an email about someone taking a social media hiatus

to make more time for living their own life as opposed to being just a spectator in others' lives:

As y'all know, I'm a big fan of social media ;)  But I completely agree that as with every tool, there's pros and cons.  However; there are just too many benefits of social media for it to decline all together...  instead we'll see a plateau, as with most hype cycles, where social media will be treated as any other mode of communication (such as email, texting, phone etc).  *Filters* and productivity tips are key in helping people manage the information deluge.  If anything, I hope email is going to decline faster than social media because in general it is much less cost effective both in terms of time and effort.

This is an excellent article that articulates those pros and cons of social media

; you can see from the list the numerous benefits social media has over more 'traditional' methods of communication-- both in terms of scale, timeliness, and also content....  I believe that teaching people how to use these tools effectively can help keep them from feeling overwhelmed and cutting themselves off from taking advantage of being a member of various s.m. communities. Personally, I've cut back on the amount of time I spend on FB for the same reason as your friend.  For me the only reason why I haven't completely deleted my account is because it lets me check in with my family/friends in a way that is more enriching than an occasional phone call or visit...

I protected my privacy by ditching Chrome for Brave–and so should you

This web browser looks and works like Chrome–if Chrome were built to shield your data from prying eyes.

I’ve been reading about Brave, going to give it a go....

SpaceX Just Landed a Rocket on a Drone Ship

This is #awesome!!

SpaceX Just Landed a Rocket on a Drone Ship

The World Wide Web, AR, VR, and MR

 “Technologies like Magic Leap’s will enable us to generate, transmit, quantify, refine, personalize, magnify, discover, share, reshare, and overshare experiences. This shift from the creation, transmission, and consumption of information to the creation, transmission, and consumption of experience defines this new platform. As Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz puts it, “Ours is a journey of inner space. We are building the internet of presence and experience.”

We haven’t yet fully absorbed the enormous benefit that the internet of information has brought to the world. And yet we are about to recapitulate this accomplishment with the advent of synthetic realities."

The Untold Story of Magic leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup by Kevin Kelly via Wired. This is a looooong article, but a must read.  

On a side note, Kevin Kelly (founding editor of Wired) is one of my favorite futurists.... check out some of his other stuff:

We Are the Web (Wired timeline/feature)

The Next 5,000 Days of the Internet (TED talk)  

One more must read from today’s surfing (much, much shorter!) is a piece from the NYT:  The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It.  

See also The Internet Part II from my wiki for related info and articles as well as my page on Privacy.