Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- TSA Agent Threatens Woman With Defamation, Demands $500k For Calling Intrusive Search ‘Rape’ | Techdirt – Dear Ms Alkon: You go, girl! Love, Me.
- Mentally disabled man robbed of his epic Superman collection – Boing Boing – “Gary” better hope only Superman hears about this. If Batman find out, God help him.
- Video shows controversial forensic specialist Michael West fabricating bite marks – Prosecutors are incented to win cases, and disincented from admitting their cases were in error. That’s a weakness with adversarial justice systems.
- The Limping Middle Class – Rising tides lift all ships … but the tides rise from the bottom, they don’t trickled down from the top.
- The molecule “arsole” is named for exactly what you imagine it is [Chemistry] – Oh, those zany chemists.
- Google+ API Launch Still Months Away – Very much looking forward to offerings to integrate G+ with other services I use.
- Facebook is Making Undercover Policing Impossible – Fascinating. Wondering about that dude that just joined the gang / mob / cartel? Take his picture, and run it against Facebook (or what will no doubt be a growing number of facial recognition programs). Bang — learn his/her real name, the crazy beer party they had as a sophomore, and their vacation in Cabo. and, as George notes, the same issue pertains to witness protection / “new identity” matters, too. It’s one thing to tell someone never to contact their old friends and family; it’s another to tell them never to let their face appear on the Internet …
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