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An update: The company behind the Twitter spies?
http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2011/04/30/the-twitter-spy-who-followed-me
An update: The company behind the Twitter spies? Apr 30, 2011. For background, see the bottom of this post. After talking to a few peeps, I’ve decided to throw caution to the wind, and reveal what I know. After all, I’m not in the national security field, and I’m UK based. Here goes:. If you search around in Wikipedia history, you find a vanity entry for Shawn Gorman at The Athenian Upper School in Danville, CA. Also of interest, is a photo in their prospectus. Similar profile names, avatars, and use of ...
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Why Liz Kendall Lost the Labour Leadership Election
http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/2015/7/26/why-liz-kendall-lost-the-labour-leadership-election
Why Liz Kendall Lost the Labour Leadership Election. Jul 26, 2015. Not much has been written about The Ibogaine Effect as a serious factor in the Labour primary, but toward the end of the race about three hours before the vote word leaked out that some of Kendall’s top advisors had called in a Brazilian doctor who was said to be treating the candidate with some kind of strange drug that nobody in the press corps had ever heard of. Original analysis by Scott Eric Kaufman.
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Why are we calling for a No Fly Zone in Libya?
http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2011/03/12/why-are-we-calling-for-a-no-fly-zone-in-libya
Why are we calling for a No Fly Zone in Libya? Mar 12, 2011. X-posted to Perpetual Pieces. The below is an updated and extended version of a post I did for Liberal Conspiracy:. That rebel forces are asking for a no-fly-zone (NFZ) to be established does not further the case for NATO to actually establish one. They’re untrained, relatively disorganised, and are relying on the misguided belief, perpetuated by pundits and social media that an NFZ would significantly alter the balance of power. Have said a NF...
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Student protests and social movement theory
http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2011/01/04/student-protests-and-social-movement-theory
Student protests and social movement theory. Jan 4, 2011. Aaron John Peters has a new article up at Left Foot Forward that takes a look at networked forms of social movements. And their superiority to older social movement organisations. I want to take issue with this, and as I’m being lazy, I’ll quote paragraphs and offer my views:. Networks are not an alternative to organisations a network is just an analytical device that sociologists (and computer scientists) use to understand relations between actor...
