PostsCommentsPayoutsericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoOklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money on prepaid cardsAnother Reason to Use Cryptocurrency... "You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture. That's where police can seize property and cash without first proving a person…ericbotticelli (34)in #ethereum • 8 years agoStudents at Berlin University Build Chess Game on Ethereum"The team grew out of a group of students with programming skills and who chose the game chess due to its popularity in the computer science field. With a game that consists of…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoDebtors' Prison for Kids: Poor Children Incarcerated When Families Can't Pay Juvenile Court FeesMany states are incarcerating poor children whose families can't afford to pay juvenile court fees and fines, a report published Wednesday finds, which amounts to punishing…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoThe Criminalization of Poverty: Woman Describes Fines & Arrests After $1.07 Check BouncesClick here for the video from democracynow.org We continue our look at what the ACLU calls an illegal debtors’ prison in Arkansas by speaking with a former resident who wrote…ericbotticelli (34)in #music • 8 years agoAnother Single: Freedun, Released from M.I.A.'s upcoming Album, A.I.M. (September 9th)M.I.A. appeared on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show Thursday to play her collaboration with Zayn, "Freedun." The song will be on her new album A.I.M. which is coming out September 9. Listen here:ericbotticelli (34)in #drugs • 8 years agoThe DEA Is Placing Kratom And Mitragynine On Schedule IThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has filed a notice of intent (PDF) to place the southeast Asian plant called kratom to the most restrictive classification of the Controlled…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoThe NSA Leak is Real, Snowden Documents ConfirmA cluster of hacking tools developed by the NSA have been acquired by a private group called ShadowBrokers. ShadowBrokers are planning on selling them to the highest…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoEvery Issue of Oz, London'd Psychedlic Magazine from the Late 1960s, is Now Available OnlineClick here to view the magazines: Strongly identified as part of the underground press, it was the subject of two celebrated obscenity trials, one in Australia in 1964 and…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoCalifornia Lawmaker Pulls Digital Currency BillThis bill would have required a $5,000 license fee in order to use cryptocurrency. August 18, 2016 State lawmakers were poised to quickly jam through an amended version of…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoBig Pharma Plans Massive Ad Blitz to Fight Criticism of Drug Pricesby Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams The pharmaceutical lobby is gearing up for a massive, multi-million-dollar post-election ad blitz to fight the shifting rhetoric surrounding…ericbotticelli (34)in #news • 8 years agoAmid Zika Scare, FDA Clears Way for GMO Mosquito Trial in FloridaAugust 06, 2016 by Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams Pivoting off of the recent news that there is an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus that has infected over a dozen…ericbotticelli (34)in #poetry • 8 years agoAllen Ginsberg's Celestial Homework - Repository of Poems Recommended by Allen GinsbergCelestial Homework is a specialized reading list for "Literary History of the Beat Generation," a course taught by Allen Ginsberg at Naropa Institute during the summer of…ericbotticelli (34)in #internet • 8 years agoPrivacy Badger - Anonymity Online from the EFF - For Free!Privacy Badger is a browser add-on that stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web. If an…ericbotticelli (34)in #music • 8 years agoFree Jazz Every Night from Smalls Jazz in NYC!If there is jazz being played at the club right now, you can view it here: You just need to create an account, and you can view, live, for free! If there is no jazz…ericbotticelli (34)in #gmo • 8 years agoGenetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever - Designer babies, the cure for cancer...Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing…ericbotticelli (34)in #police • 8 years agoLos Angeles: Police Kill 14-Year-Old Middle Schooler - 8/11/16" One woman told the Los Angeles Times she saw Romero toss a handgun toward a fence while he was running away from the police. She says the gun went off when it hit the ground.…ericbotticelli (34)in #censorship • 8 years agoIt’d Be Crazy Easy for Brazil to Block the Web Right NowAS THE OLYMPICS unfold in Brazil this week, the digital rights group AccessNow started a petition to make sure the government there doesn’t turn off the Internet. But that’s…ericbotticelli (34)in #cryptography • 8 years agoHow the Government Is Waging Crypto War 2.0"The FBI’s call for technology companies to be forced to include backdoor access into their encrypted devices is highly reminiscent of the NSA’s development of the Clipper chip…ericbotticelli (34)in #poker • 8 years agoJason Somerville Demands Online Poker Regulation (Legalization) in the US"My name is Jason Somerville, and if you know one thing about me, it's that I believe people ought to have the freedom to be who they are and follow their own passions. Well, one…ericbotticelli (34)in #music • 8 years agoM.I.A. Releases New Track “Bird Song”: Listen Here (Fans Only)M.I.A.’s new album, AIM, is out September 9 via Interscope. She’s already shared “Borders” and “Go Off” from the record. Today, she’s released “Bird Song,” produced by…