Archive for the 'Resistance' Category
For Tech-Weary Midwest Farmers, 40-Year-Old Tractors Now a Hot Commodity
January 6th, 2020Via: Star Tribune: Kris Folland grows corn, wheat and soybeans and raises cattle on 2,000 acres near Halma in the northwest corner of Minnesota, so his operation is far from small. But when he last bought a new tractor, he opted for an old one — a 1979 John Deere 4440. He retrofitted it with […]
Hong Kong Elections: Pro-Democracy Camp Has Won 17 Out of 18 District Councils
November 24th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post: The anti-establishment reverberations from almost six months of street protests swept through polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday, as voters in record numbers roundly rejected pro-Beijing candidates in favour of pan-democrats. The tsunami of disaffection among voters was clear across the board, as pan-democrats rode the wave to win […]
The Encyclosphere Is Coming
November 22nd, 2019Via: Larry Sanger: We are fed up. After ten years of domination by big social media—which might finally be in decline—we are tired of giant Silicon Valley corporations using us contemptuously. We still remember an Internet in which we charted our own destiny and owned our own data. It’s not just social media. It’s Wikipedia, […]
“We the People” Have Become “We the Police State”
October 23rd, 2019Via: The Rutherford Institute: We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. Book: Battlefield America: The War On The American People by John W. Whitehead
Secret Ingredients
October 8th, 2019Warning: Nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. — I have friends who had a vaccine injured child. Despite my urging them avoid vaccinating their baby, they went ahead with the standard vaccination schedule. The child wound up in a coma after the MMR. She survived, but was later diagnosed with autism. […]
Health Fears Prompt Swiss 5G Revolt
September 18th, 2019Via: AFP: Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G, but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt. Demonstrators against the technology are due to fill the streets of Bern later this month, but already a number of cantons have been pressured […]
DARPA to Fight Fake News
September 3rd, 2019From my ancient post on the American Culture Bomb: In summary, the U.S. military is aware that “American Culture” is a strategic weapon that is capable of defeating an enemy, or entire populations, without necessarily having to kill them. The U.S. military, however, must and will kill in order to allow “American Culture” into a […]
Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can’t Block
September 3rd, 2019Via: Fortune: How do you communicate when the government censors the internet? With a peer-to-peer mesh broadcasting network that doesn’t use the internet. That’s exactly what Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters are doing now, thanks to San Fransisco startup Bridgefy’s Bluetooth-based messaging app. The protesters can communicate with each other — and the public — using […]
Chinese Government to Hong Kong Protestors: “The End Is Coming”
September 2nd, 2019Via: CBS: On Monday an editorial in Chinese state media warned “the end is coming for those attempting to disrupt Hong Kong.” It didn’t give detail on any specific upcoming action, but it could be referring to a potential crackdown by Chinese troops, who have massed both inside Hong Kong territory, and just across the […]
Hong Kong: Demonstrators Defy Ban on March
August 31st, 2019Via: BBC: Hong Kong police have used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse crowds as tens of thousands marched in the city, defying a ban. Demonstrators lit fires, threw petrol bombs at riot police and attacked the parliament building. An event to mark five years since Beijing ruled out fully democratic elections […]
