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Patriot Act renewal: building on an unexpected victory (DRAFT!)

Feb 8, 2011

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Draft! Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Talk about a shocker!Â 24 Republicans (including 8 new members) joined with 124 Democrats to stand up for civil liberties and defeat an attempt to sneak Patriot Act Reauthorization through the House.Â Here’s what EFF, Wired, and the Washington Post have to say about this unexpected victory. Thanks to…

Patriot Act renewal: Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

Feb 6, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Key provisions of the Patriot Act will sunset unless Congress renews them by the end of February. Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

#mooreandme and #p2: learnings for progressives on Twitter (REVISED DRAFT)

Jan 20, 2011

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jon

in political, social sciences

Draft, work in progress. Feedback welcome! Last updated February 5. Twitter is an opportunity to engage with communities currently marginalized by the â€œprogressive blogosphereâ€. Demographically and stylisticly, Twitter is far less male-dominated than the big blogs of the progressive blogosphere … — Tracy Viselli and Jon Pincus, The #p2 Hashtag and Strategies for Progressives on…

Calls to Boycott Amazon over Wikileaks: #amazonfail 2.0?

Dec 2, 2010

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

Heading into the busiest shopping time of the year, Amazon is suddenly facing threats of a boycott over censoring Wikileaks.Â Â Seems like a good time to dust off the #amazonfail hashtag. It started last week, after a hacker took one of Wikileaks’ sites down with a relatively weak attack.Â Wikileaks moved their online base to…

Resources for National Opt Out Day

Nov 23, 2010

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jon

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Wednesday, November 24, is National Opt Out Day. We Won’t Fly, a grassroots organization that’s taken the lead in organizing, describes the goals The goal of National Opt Out Day is (1) to educate the traveling public about airport naked-body scanners and the new â€œenhancedâ€ TSA groping so they can make an informed decision; (2)…

Constitution Day 2010: We’re all talking to each other

Sep 17, 2010

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A lot of these people that are upset in this country are upset with big government, and for a lot of the people, including these Tea Party people, they don’t like the PATRIOT ACT.Â There is a constituency out there that is not just on the left, but is also on the right and in…

An open letter to President Obama on the Patriot Act (DRAFT)

Nov 22, 2009

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jon

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Draft! Work in progress!Â Feedback welcome! The open letter will be published Monday evening, and this will be one of many posts announcing it. Final version intended for Pam’s House Blend

Social network activism and the future of civil liberties

Oct 29, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also posted on The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend The most recent skirmish on the Patriot Act reauthorization battle ended badly for civil liberties.Â Â Despite passionate speeches all around in the Senate Judiciary Committee public hearings and classified briefings, in the end, only Senators Feingold, Durbin, and Specter stood up for the Constitution. As Marcy…

Social network activism and the Patriot Act (DRAFT)

Oct 24, 2009

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jon

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DRAFT Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Final version intended for The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend

National Equality March: some highlights via Twitter

Oct 11, 2009

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Some screenshots from the #nem hashtag via Twazzup:

Ask @bing to create grants for nonprofit advertising on their site (DRAFT)

Aug 27, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

Update, September 1: Microsoft responded.Â More here. Draft!Â Work in progress!Â Feedback welcome!

New strategies for fighting FISA and the PATRIOT Act

Jul 4, 2009

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

The notes from the “birds-of-a-feather” session I led at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy are written up on the CFP Wiki. Alas, we didn’t get the online aspects to work; still, we had a dozen people there in person, including Get FISA Right members Thomas Nephew and Chip Pitts. It was a great discussion. The opportunities…

Creating the future at #cfp09: showtime for privacy and civil liberties activsm!

Jun 1, 2009

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jon

in Personal, privacy, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

“Fight for me!” — a privacy-loving Facebook friend, wishing me luck at the conference Hereâ€™s our opportunity to realize the promise of the Net that was so present in 1990s when CFP started. — Deborah Pierce on the CFP blog The program for this year’s Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is outstanding even by CFP’s…

Twittering in the Trenches: a workshop on social networks at #cfp09

Jun 1, 2009

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Along with Deborah Pierce, Shireen Mitchell, and Ari Melber, I’m presenting n the Twittering in the trenches workshop today at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. If all goes well, it’ll be streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cfp09 … and the Twitter hashtag is #cfp09. Deborah’s post on the CFP blog has some background.Â Check it out! I’ll be…

#p2 and prioritizing diversity: background reading for Thursday’s tweeting

Apr 29, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

#p2 tweeting* Thursday April 30 7-8PM Pacific/10-11PM Eastern Draft agenda and discussion here Please join us! Twitter is an opportunity to engage with communities currently marginalized by the “progressive blogosphere” — Tracy Viselli and Jon Pincus, The #p2 Hashtag and Strategies for Progressives on Twitter on The Exception #p2 is a resource for progressives who…

Equal Pay Day: #fairpay and Women don’t ask

Apr 28, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, social sciences

According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2007 the ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earnings reached almost 78 cents on the dollar for full-time year-round workers, up from just under 77 cents in 2006. This is the narrowest the wage gap has ever been, but it’s only an additional…

Twitter is a strategy (UPDATED draft)

Apr 25, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

DRAFT!Â Work in progress. Feedback welcome! Update, April 27: This thread sparked and tied in with substantial discussion elsewhere — see the bottom of the main post for additional links. I developed my thoughts in Cognitive evolution and revolution, which I presented at Politics Online; the blog post and comments also document a couple of…

Cognitive evolution and revolution, part 1: #polc09 and a #diversityfail

Apr 23, 2009

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jon

in meta, political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Opening slide from early draft of Hashtags at #polc09 Politics Online (1, 2) was a great conference, at least from my perspective.Â Starting with the opening session by Secretaries of State Debra Bowen and Jennifer Brunner, every session I went to had great content.Â Â It was a wonderful opportunity to meet friends and colleagues in-person,…

#amazonfail and we’re not done yet: links and perspectives (UPDATED with new links)

Apr 18, 2009

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jon

in Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

Update, April 21: added some additional links here Amazon’s stock has recovered, bouyed by Friday’s report that Kindle sales have exceeded expectations. Traffic on the #amazonfail hashtag is much lighter.Â The auction for AmazonFail.com is over, at least for the time being. But I don’t think this issue’s going away quite that quickly. Right now…

Tweet the silence! #dayofsilence Twitter chat today at 3:30 PM Eastern/12:30 Pacific

Apr 16, 2009

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jon

in social computing, Uncategorized

The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Each year the event has grown, now with hundreds of thousands of students coming together to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior. — dayofsilence.org 11-year-old Carl Walker-Hoover took his own life last week after constant…

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