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Interesting Links for 17-08-2012
Aug. 17th, 2012 05:00 pm- The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology | Naomi Wolf | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
'If you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters'
- We are Waltham Forest
'a campaign launched by Waltham Forest residents to show the EDL that they are not welcome in our multicultural borough.' The EDL are planning on marching in Walthamstom on 1st of September, this is a page for people wanting to counter-march/protest against them/celebrate the UK's multiculturallism.
- Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops - Telegraph
The online shopping giant has quietly started trialling the scheme on a small scale with items such as books and clothes, and plans to roll it out nationwide.
- This is what’s wrong with Britain today « Decline of the Logos
'This is really someone who writes a blog post entitled ‘Why I don’t listen to experts (or facts and figures)’ and means it.'
- Women’s Football Isn’t ‘Proper’ Football | The Daisy Cutter
Briefly rage inducing, then very funny and well put.
- Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum, to Extradite Whistle-Blower | World | TIME.com
The government of Rafael Correa extends its hospitality to the WikiLeaks founder but is accused of harassing unfriendly journalists and may extradite a whistle-blower from Belarus to face grave charges in the country described as "Europe's last dictatorship"
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